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Best Angst Writing Prompts

Join our ongoing contests and win up to $1,500. Flex those creative muscles with these writing prompts.

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This week's contest:
Win $250

Against the Odds with Jessica Brody

27 contest entries /
20 stories

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Place your characters in a tough situation, where nobody wants to acknowledge the reality of what's happening.

– 79 stories

Write about a moment of defeat.

– 50 stories

Write a story about anger.

– 64 stories

Start your story with a character canceling their plans.

– 25 stories

Write a story titled 'Paradise Lost'.

– 66 stories

Set your story in a playground: two characters are having a serious conversation while on the seesaw/in the jungle gym/on the swings.

– 79 stories

Craft a story where a character finds themselves swept away by the wind, either physically or metaphorically.

– 59 stories

Set your story at a silent retreat.

– 44 stories

Start or finish your story with a speaker unable to finish their sentence, perhaps overcome by emotion.

– 86 stories

Write about a character who isn’t nostalgic about their past at all, and show readers why.

– 53 stories

Write a story in which a character is running away from something, literally or metaphorically.

– 116 stories

Write a story about someone whose time is running out.

– 109 stories

Write a story about someone looking for a sign in a dark sky.

– 52 stories

Write a story in which a jaded academic makes an unexpected, rash decision.

– 41 stories

Write a story about someone who breaks an unwritten social rule and the consequences they face as a result.

– 43 stories

Write a story about someone who is constantly being put into a box by others.

– 40 stories

Write about a character who develops a special ritual to cope with something.

– 89 stories

Write about two friends getting into a fist fight.

– 30 stories

Write a story about someone who has put “Blood Sweat & Tears” into getting where they are — only to question whether it was worth it.

– 47 stories

Write a story about someone successfully — or unsuccessfully — escaping their fate.

– 105 stories

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