silwritersguild | History Became Legend... Or Cool Things You Forgot Existed on the SWG: Random Prompt Generator

When the SWG turned ten years old, we wanted to give a gift--a mathom, if you will--to the Tolkienfic fandom community that had allowed us to thrive for a decade. And so we created the Random Silmfic Prompt Generator: a prompt roller that would randomly choose a prompt from up to ten different categories, one for each year of our existence.

We tailored our prompt generator to work for newcomers to The Silmarillion to the sort of gnarled Silmfic veteran willing to try a hurt/comfort story about Dagnir set at the time when Elwing finds Eärendil and they pass into the West and featuring seashells and pearls. (Yes, I just rolled that one. Feel free to try it, if you dare!) You can roll one category, several, or all ten. Categories encompass genres, characters, groups, locations, and time periods, as well as prompts featuring story elements and quotes. If taking what Fate serves you isn't your speed, you can roll and reroll to your heart's content, till you get that perfect prompt that begs to be written.

Go ahead ... roll a random Silmfic prompt and see what you get!