Limited Edition Quills
Days of Potter 2025 Challenge


This year for Days of Potter, we have prepared a selection of EEFD-style writing prompts to spark your creativity as a writer, whether you prefer to produce poetry, a series of ficlets, a screenplay or drama, or any other form!

To participate, select at least one quill from the list provided below (we encourage you to go wherever your creativity takes you!) and complete the prompts that are tied to it (if you pick up the Self-Inking Quill, you can mix and match any prompts that inspire you most from the other lists). Each prompt must be present somewhere in your writing; all could appear in a single post, or they can be spread out across multiple entries.

Text Cut: list of Limited Edition Quill prompts

Black Quill

• someone hurts a person they love and must deal with the guilt/consequences
• a character must write, rewrite, or confess something against their will
• a character says something they instantly regret
• someone delivers a beautiful speech, but the truth underneath is rotten
• a person overshares in the worst possible moment

Eagle Feather Quill

• someone becomes too ambitious and ends up losing everything
• a secret is revealed from above (owl post, balcony, sky, bird, cloud)
• someone must prove they are the smartest person in the room
• a character literally or figuratively "soars," only to crash into reality
• a character takes the moral high ground

Peacock Feather Quill

• something sparkly becomes a distraction at the worst possible time
• a peacock (literal or figurative) ruins a big moment
• someone dramatically swishes their cloak/hair every time they speak
• a character tries to host a "refined and tasteful" gathering that descends into chaos
• someone tries to "gracefully" enter a room and fails spectacularly

Pheasant Feather Quill

• a character's "moment of peace" in nature is interrupted
• a character finds themselves hopelessly lost in the woods
• a small, ridiculous incident spirals into a much bigger problem
• someone chases something they absolutely should not chase
• a character insists they are a "survival expert" (they are not)

Phoenix Feather Quill

• something catches fire
• a character is brought to tears by something beautiful
• a character falls flat on their face, but rises from the ashes of embarrassment in dramatic fashion
• a character names their hairstyle "The Fawkes"
• a character finds ash in a peculiar place or just everywhere

Quick-Quotes Quill

• someone gets "quoted" saying something they absolutely never said
• a character is the subject of a ridiculous headline
• someone wildly exaggerates a story about themselves
• someone blurts out a half-truth to save face
• a character is accused of something absurd and must prove otherwise

Sugar Quill

• a character wins a lifetime supply of their favourite candy
• an innocent treat causes unexpected magical side effects
• a wholesome moment melts even the grumpiest character
• someone sneaks out of Hogwarts to go to Honeydukes
• someone gives a "sweet" gift that is actually terrible

Self-Inking Quill

• Your choice from any of the dare options!
• Your choice from any of the dare options!
• Your choice from any of the dare options!
• Your choice from any of the dare options!
• Your choice from any of the dare options!

Once you've chosen your quill, head to the Bott's Bean Tasting Table and create a new thread using the EEFD prefix to house your writing.

Provided below is a thread template you can use and customize to get you started:

Text Cut: thread template (feel free to edit to your liking!)

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[B][SIZE="3"]Title[/SIZE][/B]

[SIZE="1"]Disclaimer: All locations, characters, objects, etc. from the Harry Potter
series that appear in this writing collection were created by JKR. Any characters
and elements that were not created by me will be credited accordingly.
[/SIZE][/CENTER][INDENT]Every quill tells a different kind of story. For the 2025 Days of Potter limited-time EEFD challenge, I selected the [B][Dare Type][/B], and with it came a set of daring prompts that demand a story to match.[INDENT][LIST][*]List dare prompt here[*]List dare prompt here[*]List dare prompt here[*]List dare prompt here[*]List dare prompt here[/LIST][/INDENT]Now, quill in hand, I'll attempt to complete these dares. Let's see what words flow from ink and imagination...

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[EEFD writing goes here; subsequent posts can be made if not producing a one-shot][/INDENT]

Text Cut: what the template looks like

Title

Disclaimer: All locations, characters, objects, etc. from the Harry Potter
series that appear in this writing collection were created by JKR. Any characters
and elements that were not created by me will be credited accordingly.

Every quill tells a different kind of story. For the 2025 Days of Potter limited-time EEFD challenge, I selected the [Dare Type], and with it came a set of daring prompts that demand a story to match.

• List dare prompt here
• List dare prompt here
• List dare prompt here
• List dare prompt here
• List dare prompt here

Now, quill in hand, I'll attempt to complete these dares. Let's see what words flow from ink and imagination...

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[EEFD writing goes here; subsequent posts can be made if not producing a one-shot]

We can't wait to read your creations! Don't dawdle, though, because this challenge wraps on the end of New Year's Eve (December 31).