10 Domestic Dialogue Prompts

sexual tension prompts

loving reminder that "my muse" is the person reblogging the meme and "your muse" is your muse! if you want to reverse these, add a +, like so: [ PIN ] + and the roles will switch! these prompts are inspired by THIS MEME! they're designed for all muses, regardless of whether they've interacted before or not!

[ PIN ] : your muse pins my muse against a wall.

[ HANDS ] : our muses' hands touch. (anything from grazing past or the hand holding content we all deserve.)

[ GAZE ] : your muse watches my muse from across a crowded room.

[ GUIDE ] : in order to guide my muse, your muse presses a hand against the small of their back.

[ INVITE ] : your muse asks mine into a private room with nobody else present.

[ TOUCH ] : our muses touching one another discreetly but intimately in a public setting.

[ LICK ] : your muse licks something from their thumb or lips in front of my muse.

[ SLEEVES ] : your muse rolls up their sleeves to reveal their forearms.

[ SMIRK ] : while interacting with my muse, your muse can't resist a smirk.

[ NECKLACE ] : your muse fastens a necklace around my muse's neck.

[ CLOSE ] : our muses are in a position which leads to your muse stepping intimately closer to my muse.

[ UNBUTTON ] : due to heat or stress or other reasons, your muse unbuttons the top of their shirt to reveal their neckline.

[ DANCE ] : our muses dance together in close quarters.

[ DEFEND ] : your muse intervenes between my muse and a source of unwanted attention.

[ TEXT ] : your muse texts intimate content to my muse.

[ PHONE ] : while on the phone with my muse, your muse flirts teasingly during the call.

[ BEHIND ] : unexpectedly, your muse arrives close to my mind from behind, taking them by surprise.

[ WET ] : our muses find one another in a torrential downpour of rain, both soaking wet.

[ LEAN ] : your muse leans tantalisingly close to my muse to retrieve something or catch their attention.

[ LOOK ] : your muse initiates intense eye contact with my muse.

[ ALONE ] : our muses find one another alone in an isolated setting.

[ ASK ] : your muse asks my muse if they're single.

[ WHISPER ] : your muse leans close to my muse's ear in order to whisper something to them.

[ BRUSH ] : your muse reaches forward to brush a strand of my muse's hair from their eyes.

[ STEADY ] : your muse steadies my muse by placing their hands on their waist when my muse almost falls against them.

[ SMILE ] : your muse begins to grin at something my muse is saying, like a big unstoppable grin.

[ PULL ] : your muse pulls my muse into their side as they're walking together.

meeting parents prompts!

1. A and B have been in a relationship for a while, yet A has never met B’s family. They kept trying to arrange dates to do so, but they were either too busy with work or simply forgot. It wasn’t until A was walking through the grocery store while running errands that they bump into a couple that brought a sense of familiarity to them. They both reminded A of someone and after a few moments of small talk, it clicks that the couple is B’s parents! A then figures that it’s time to finally introduce themself, and comes home with the funniest story to tell their significant other. 

2. B has never had a good relationship with their parents and although they seemed to have grown from it, it doesn’t mean that wounds from the past don’t sting from time to time. When A and B start their relationship, A introduces B to their parents and is welcomed in loving arms. B, not being used to such a caring environment doesn’t know how to properly respond or express how truly grateful they are. 

3. B brings A to their parents for the first time. A had expressed how nervous they were for weeks on end, worrying if B’s parents would like them or not. B helps A through their nervousness and constantly reassured their partner that their parents wouldn’t be dismissive or rude at all, telling them that A would be welcomed warmly. It calms A’s nerves and gives them the confidence to go through with the plans, but when B’s parents are unexpectedly rude and disapproving, A has to now deal with their rising panic. B has to figure out what to do about this new problem. 

4. A has been avoiding the whole step in which B meets their family, as they are worried that their family wouldn’t accept or approve of B for any given reason. B wonders why, but respects that A isn’t ready just yet. After thinking a while though, A decides that it is unfair to B to hide them away and should embrace their lover instead. After arranging plans, A finally brings B to their parents, ready to defend their partner at any costs, but is heavily surprised when instead of rejecting B, their parents love B more than anything else in the world. 

Writing prompt

A: "You know what's worse than pineapple pizza?"

* Whispers in B's ear * "Broccoli pizza. "

B: * GASPS * WHICH KIND OF DEMON WOULD THINK OF DOING THAT??!

A: * points to C. *

B: OMG, BRING ME THE HOLY WATER NOW !! He's possessed!!

Bonus point: C tries to escape from B who attempts to exorcise them with salty " holy water " and A either enjoying the chaos or trying to stop it.

Writing prompt.

During career day a child announces that he would like to grow up to be a supervillain, shocking everyone.

He is from the family of the most powerful super heroes.

25 Writing Prompts to Annoy or Anger Your Character

His coworker or neighbor keeps listening to awful music.

At the casino, she played the slot machine for an hour before giving up. The next person sat down and got a huge jackpot on the first try.

Someone who was caught breaking a rule, or the law, wasn’t properly punished.

Someone stole or copied his creative work, research, or invention.

Someone’s taking up two seats on public transit, so she has to stand.

There are no parking spaces, and someone double-parked.

Someone criticizes her cat, dog, or child.

His pet, child, partner, or roommate wakes him up at night for the third time in a row.

Her snack just got stuck in the vending machine.

Someone he knows keeps talking about himself or herself, dominating the conversation.

She’s wrongly accused of a misdeed, or even punished for it.

The zipper of his coat gets stuck.

She sees someone mistreating or threatening a vulnerable individual.

He gets home from the store with several bags of groceries, but not the one item he went there to get.

Someone cheats on her.

Someone steals his wallet, computer, or car.

There’s water on the bathroom floor and his socks get soaked.

She’s asked her partner or child a hundred times to stop doing a particular thing. They’ve promised to stop. They’re still doing it.

Someone eats food off his plate without asking.

Someone makes a cruel joke or insensitive remark.

Someone cuts ahead of her in line.

Someone defaces his property or damages his vehicle.

Someone interrupts her repeatedly.

Someone asks him too many personal questions.

A sick person coughs or sneezes on her.

This is an ultimate masterlist of many resources that could be helpful for writers. I apologize in advance for any not working links. Check out the ultimate writing resource masterlist here (x) and my “novel” tag here (x).

✑ PLANNING

Outlining & Organizing

For the Architects: The Planning Process

Rough Drafts

How do you plan a novel?

Plot Development: Climax, Resolution, and Your Main Character

Plotting and Planing

I Have An Idea for a Novel! Now What?

Choosing the Best Outline Method

How to Write a Novel: The Snowflake Method

Effectively Outlining Your Plot

Conflict and Character within Story Structure

Outlining Your Plot

Ideas, Plots & Using the Premise Sheets

✑ INSPIRATION

Finding story ideas

Choosing ideas and endings

When a plot isn’t strong enough to make a whole story

Writing a story that’s doomed to suck

How to Finish What You Start: A Five-Step Plan for Writers

Finishing Your Novel

Finish Your Novel

How to Finish Your Novel when You Want to Quit

How To Push Past The Bullshit And Write That Goddamn Novel: A Very Simple No-Fuckery Writing Plan

✑ PLOT

In General

25 Turns, Pivots and Twists to Complicate Your Story

The ABCs (and Ds and Es) of Plot Development

Originality Is Overrated

How to Create a Plot Outline in Eight Easy Steps

Finding Plot: Idea Nets

The Story Goal: Your Key to Creating a Solid Plot Structure

Make your reader root for your main character

Creating Conflict and Sustaining Suspense

Tips for Creating a Compelling Plot

The Thirty-six (plus one) Dramatic Situations

Adding Subplots to a Novel

Weaving Subplots into a Novel

7 Ways to Add Subplots to Your Novel

Crafting a Successful Romance Subplot

How to Improve your Writing: Subplots and Subtext

Understanding the Role of Subplots

How to Use Subtext in your Writing

The Secret Life of Subtext

How to Use Subtext

Beginning

Creating a Process: Getting Your Ideas onto Paper (And into a Story)

Why First Chapters?

Starting with a Bang

In the Beginning

The Beginning of your Novel that isn’t the Beginning of your Novel

A Beginning from the Middle

Starting with a Bang

First Chapters: What To Include @ The Beginning Writer

23 Clichés to Avoid When Beginning Your Story

Start Writing Now

Done Planning. What Now?

Continuing Your Long-Format Story

How to Start a Novel 

100 best first lines from novels

The First Sentence of a Book Report

How To Write A Killer First Sentence To Open Your Book

How to Write the First Sentence of a Book

The Most Important Sentence: How to Write a Killer Opening

Hook Your Reader from the First Sentence: How to Write Great Beginnings

Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing and the Red Hering

Narrative Elements: Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing and Suspense

Foreshadowing Key Details

Writing Fiction: Foreshadowing

The Literary Device of Foreshadowing

All About Foreshadowing in Fiction

Foreshadowing

Flashbacks and Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing — How and Why to Use It In Your Writing

Setting

Four Ways to Bring Settings to Life

Write a Setting for a Book

Writing Dynamic Settings

How To Make Your Setting a Character

Guide for Setting

5 Tips for Writing Better Settings

Building a Novel’s Setting

Ending

A Novel Ending

How to End Your Novel

How to End Your Novel 2

How to End a Novel With a Punch

How to End a Novel

How to Finish a Novel

How to Write The Ending of Your Novel

Keys to Great Endings

3 Things That End A Story Well

Ending a Novel: Five Things to Avoid

Endings that Ruin Your Novel

Closing Time: The Ending

✑ CHARACTER

Names

Behind the Name

Surname Meanings and Origins

Surname Meanings and Origins - A Free Dictionary of Surnames

Common US Surnames & Their Meanings

Last Name Meanings & Origins

Name Generators

Name Playground

Different Types of Characters

Ways To Describe a Personality

Character Traits Meme

Types of Characters

Types of Characters in Fiction

Seven Common Character Types

Six Types of Courageous Characters

Creating Fictional Characters (Masterlist)

Building Fictional Characters

Fiction Writer’s Character Chart

Character Building Workshop

Tips for Characterization

Fiction Writer’s Character Chart

Advantages, Disadvantages and Skills 

Males

Strong Male Characters

The History and Nature of Man Friendships

Friendship for Guys (No Tears!)

‘I Love You, Man’ and the rules of male friendship

Male Friendship

Understanding Male Friendship

Straight male friendship, now with more cuddling

Character Development

P.O.V. And Background

Writing a Character: Questionnaire

10 Days of Character Building

Getting to Know Your Characters

Character Development Exercises

✑ STYLE

Chapters

How Many Chapters is the Right Amount of Chapters?

The Arbitrary Nature of the Chapter

How Long is a Chapter?

How Long Should Novel Chapters Be?

Chapter & Novel Lengths 

Section vs. Scene Breaks

Dialogue 

The Passion of Dialogue

25 Things You Should Know About Dialogue

Dialogue Writing Tips

Punctuation Dialogue

How to Write Believable Dialogue

Writing Dialogue: The Music of Speech

Writing Scenes with Many Characters

It’s Not What They Say …

Top 10 Tips for Writing Dialogue

Speaking of Dialogue

Dialogue Tips

Interrupted Dialogue

Two Tips for Interrupted Dialogue

Show, Don’t Tell (Description)

“Tell” Makes a Great Placeholder

The Literary Merit of the Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Bad Creative Writing Advice

The Ultimate Guide to Writing Better Than You Normally Do

DailyWritingTips: Show, Don’t Tell

GrammarGirl: Show, Don’t Tell

Writing Style: What Is It?

Detail Enhances Your Fiction

Using Sensory Details

Description in Fiction

Using Concrete Detail

Depth Through Perception

Showing Emotions & Feelings

Character Description

Describing Your Characters (by inkfish7 on DeviantArt)

Help with Character Development

Creating Characters that Jump Off the Page

Omitting Character Description

Introducing Your Character(s): DON’T

Character Crafting

Writer’s Relief Blog: “Character Development In Stories And Novels”

Article: How Do You Think Up Your Characters?

5 Character Points You May Be Ignoring

List of colors, hair types and hairstyles

List of words to use in a character’s description 

200 words to describe hair

How to describe hair

Words used to describe the state of people’s hair

How to describe your haircut

Hair color sharts

Four Ways to Reveal Backstory

Words Used to Describe Clothes

Flashbacks

Using Flashbacks in Writing

Flashbacks by All Write

Using Flashback in Fiction

Fatal Backstory

Flashbacks as opening gambit

Don’t Begin at the Beginning

Flashbacks in Books

TVTropes: Flashback

Objects in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear: Flashback Techniques in Fiction

3 Tips for Writing Successful Flashbacks

The 5 Rules of Writing Effective Flashbacks

How to Handle Flashbacks In Writing

Flashbacks and Foreshadowing

Reddit Forum: Is a flashback in the first chapter a good idea?

Forum Discussing Flackbacks

P.O.V

You, Me, and XE - Points of View

What’s Your Point of View?

Establishing the Right Point of View: How to Avoid “Stepping Out of Character”

How to Start Writing in the Third Person

The Opposite Gender P.O.V.

LANGUAGE

 How To Say Said

200 Words Instead of Said

Words to Use Instead of Said

A List of Words to Use Instead of Said

Alternatives to “Walk”

60 Synonyms for “Walk”

✑ USEFUL WEBSITES/LINKS

Grammar Monster

Google Scholar

GodChecker

Tip Of My Tounge

Speech Tags

Pixar Story Rules

Written? Kitten!

TED Talks

DarkCopy

Family Echo

Some Words About Word Count

How Long Should My Novel Be?

The Universal Mary Sue Litmus Test

Writer’s “Cheat Sheets”

Last but not least, the most helpful tool for any writer out there is Google!

50 Meet Cutes

You had an assigned seat next to them at a wedding for a mutual friend.

You accidentally sprayed them with yogurt when you opened the lid the wrong way.

Studying at the same table in the library, you see they are pulling the same study resources as you.

They mistook your bowling ball for theirs in the shared ball return.

They caught you when you slipped on ice and nearly fell over.

Accidentally stepping on their heel in a crowded room.

You both do the side-to-side dance when you try to pass them in the grocery store aisle.

Humming a song and having them begin to hum with you without thinking.

Tripping while getting into your seat in the theater and spilling your popcorn on them.

You matched with them in an online chat roulette room.

Both of you wore the same ugly Christmas sweater to a party.

You kick a ball and your shoe flies off, hitting them in the back of the head.

Accidentally opening a door on their face.

They cover the small amount of change you are short on for a purchase.

You both go to the counter, having the same type of coffee called for pick-up.

Riding together up the ski lift.

They pull you out of the way from the busy bike path.

They see your ice cream drop to the ground and buy you a new one.

You see your favorite book on their desk during class and ask them about it afterwards.

You walk out of a dressing room asking if the outfit suits you, but it’s not your friend waiting outside the room like you thought.

Almost spilling a drink because you met their eyes and got distracted thinking how cute they are.

Getting paired up in a line dance.

Happening to sit next to each other on a park bench, reading the same book.

Being paired up at a beginners ballroom dancing class.

Sharing an umbrella at a bus stop as it snows.

They get your attention and return your phone that fell out of your pocket.

You help catch their dog when the leash slips from their hand.

They ask you to pretend to be their date at a bar to prevent an ex from talking to them.

You help pull a loose thread off the back of their shirt.

Meeting their gaze after throwing a coin in a wishing fountain.

Sitting next to each other at a very boring meeting and bonding over your shared lack of attention.

You wear matching masks at a masquerade party.

Holding the elevator for them and getting off on the same floor.

Bumping into each other while trying to pass through a doorway.

They jump into your car breathless and tell you to keep driving.

You throw a snowball at a friend but miss and hit them instead.

The two of you wear costumes from the same fandom at a costume party.

You help a lost child find their parent together.

Walking into the incorrect bathroom and meeting eyes with them before quickly realizing the mistake.

You help catch their hat as it flies away in the wind.

The person sitting next to you on the train is wearing clothes that match your lucky colors from your fortune that morning in the paper.

They knock on your apartment door instead of your neighbor’s.

You both reach for the last umbrella in the store on a rainy day.

You fix your hair in the reflection of a window to see them smiling at you through it.

You get scared by them in a corn maze and lash out and hit them, quickly followed by apologizes.

You reach for the same bouquet in a flower shop.

Texting the incorrect number but continuing the conversation.

Sitting next to each other at a sushi bar and sharing a roll.

You both reach for the final donut in the case at a bakery.

Getting paired up on an amusement park that requires even numbered riders.

WORDS TO USE INSTEAD OF: LAUGH / LAUGHED / LAUGHING

Do you ever find yourself over-using the verb “laugh” (or “laughed” or “laughing”) in your writing? Try using these words instead:

giggle / giggled / giggling

chuckle / chuckled / chuckling

snicker / snickered / snickering

cackle / cackled / cackling

guffaw / guffawed / guffawing

grin / grinned / grinning

titter / tittered / tittering

snort / snorted / snorting

chortle / chortled / chortling

howl / howled / howling

roar / roared / roaring

cachinnate / cachinnated / cachinnating

snigger / sniggered / sniggering

mock / mocked / mocking

crack up / cracked up / cracking up

bust a gut / busted a gut / busting a gut

in stitches / in stitches / in stitches

burst into laughter / burst into laughter / bursting into laughter

die of laughter / died of laughter / dying of laughter

split one’s sides / split one’s sides / splitting one’s sides

(NOTE: Keep in mind that all of these words have slightly different meanings and are associated with different emotions/scenarios.)

SENSUAL BITING  &  LICKING PROMPTS as always,  feel free to switch around sender and receiver as needed. 

1)  for sender to lick receiver’s lips before kissing them. 

2)  for sender to bite receiver’s lip before kissing them. 

3)  for sender to lick receiver’s throat. 

4)  for sender to bite receiver’s throat. 

5)  for sender to lick up from receiver’s throat to their chin and then their lips. 

6)  for sender to lick right where receiver’s earlobe meets their jaw. 

7)  for sender to bite receiver’s earlobe. 

8)  for sender to put receiver’s fingers in their mouth,  licking and sucking suggestively. 

9)  for sender to bite receiver’s inner wrist. 

10)  for sender to bite the side of receiver’s neck then lick the mark left behind. 

11)  for sender to bite the inside of receiver’s thigh and then lick the mark left behind. 

12)  for sender to lick the inside of receiver’s thigh to tease them. 

13)  for sender to bite and lick at receiver’s jaw. 

14)  for sender to teasingly lick receiver’s cheek. 

15)  for sender to lick receiver’s cheek in a possessive and lustful way. 

16)  for sender to lick and suck receiver’s nipples. 

17)  for sender to bite receiver’s nipple. 

18)  for sender to bite and then lick receiver’s nipples. 

19)  for sender to bite receiver’s chest/breasts and then lick the marks left behind. 

20)  for sender to bite receiver’s stomach and then lick the mark left behind. 

21)  for sender to leave several bite marks on receiver’s belly. 

22)  for sender to lick at receiver’s navel. 

23)  for sender to bite at receiver’s navel and then lick it. 

24)  for sender to bite along receiver’s hips. 

25)  for sender to lick from receiver’s hip to their navel. 

26)  for sender to lick between receiver’s breasts/pecs. 

27)  for sender to lick along one of receiver’s collarbones. 

28)  for sender to bite and lick at the edge of receiver’s ear. 

29)  for sender to bite at receiver’s ass and then lick the marks left behind. 

30)  for sender to lick along receiver’s spine. 

Little things in the hidden injury trope that give me life more than water does

Tying something between their teeth to stop their cries from being heard while they treat themselves in the dark

Bloodied bandages stuffed into the gap between the wall and the bed

Whumpee wearing long sleeves/pants but their bandages still finding a way to peek out

Blood running down their limb from inside their clothes and dripping onto the ground

Bloody footprints

Bloody handprints

Faint bloodstains on the floor that whumpee can’t get off no matter how hard they scrub

Whumpee limping as soon as the other person turns their back

Dark undereyes from obv no sleep

Those sexy beads of sweat and pale skin

Leaning against wall/ furniture whenever they get the chance

When a normally talkative character is quiet

Controlling their breath while they try to complete normal tasks but then doubling over and gasping for air behind closed doors

When they peel back the bandages to check their injury and it’s gotten worse

Whumpee trying to bring it up with someone but then deciding against it when the other person starts talking about future plans

Someone in the team feeling like there’s something wrong with whumpee but not knowing what so they don’t bring it up and then the GUILT they feel afterwards holy

Whumpee FINALLY fainting - behind closed doors and being found by someone later or just dropping to the ground while they’re with someone else

I mean just imagine character A talking and thinking whumpee is beside them and whumpee just drops out of frame with a sigh and a thud

Whumpee trying to tell the others that they’re fine and that they can handle it while they’re literally bleeding out on the ground

Bonus! The scene afterwards when whumpee wakes up and their wounds are bound in those crisp white bandages instead of the bloodied, dirtied torn pieces of clothing they’d used before