Writers and Prompts

[Schan]

That is a really cool idea. I wasn't aware it existed. Thanks

[Jaywalker]

That is a really cool idea. I wasn't aware it existed. Thanks

No problem! Not all fandoms have this kind of setup going, but when they do get popular some incredible work tends to result.

Not pushing my own stuff so much as giving examples, in other fandoms I've made stories for prompts like "Customizable player character gets fanmail and hatemail from people across the fantasy world", "Character X paired with Character Y in Z country", "Character X gets institutionalized and hallucinates dead Character Y", "Customizable player character of such-and-such fantasy race dealing with faith/culture clashes", all sorts of stuff. Some of the prompts were paragraphs long, others were less than one sentence. In my experience the best balance comes from bringing enough specificity to spark ideas but enough wiggle room for writers to add their own spin.

Since nothing is official and all of it is free, whole thing just serves to get people more excited about source material and provide more content to enjoy. No one has to read stuff they don't like, but if there's something you want to see odds are it's out there in some form.