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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

Tension, Twists, and Turns with WOW!

54 contest entries /
28 stories

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Write a story about a character who struggles to translate their thoughts and feelings into words and action.

– 51 stories

Write a story about someone coming to terms with how different they are from their younger self.

– 49 stories

Set your story in a world devoid of logic, where feelings govern all decision-making.

– 22 stories

Write about a character who’s never encountered a problem they couldn’t buy their way out of — until they do.

– 25 stories

Write about a character who gets good and bad news in quick succession — not necessarily in that order.

– 46 stories

Start your story with the narrator or a character saying “I remember…”

– 101 stories

Start your story with the words: “Grow up.”

– 61 stories

Write a story where hard work doesn’t pay off.

– 28 stories

Write a story about a problem with no good solutions.

– 31 stories

Write a story including the phrase “Better late than never”.

– 66 stories

Write a story about a character in search of something or someone.

– 89 stories

Write about a character who always wears a mask (physical or metaphorical).

– 47 stories

Write about a character who struggles to express their thanks.

– 14 stories

Your character has always viewed the past with rose tinted glasses. Write about what happens when they’re finally confronted with the truth.

– 25 stories

Write about a character who yearns for something they lost, or never had.

– 111 stories

Write about a character who is being asked for their blessing, but is reluctant to give it.

– 14 stories

Write about a character seeking forgiveness for something that happened in the past.

– 66 stories

Write about a character who feels like they're cut off from something.

– 54 stories

End your story with a character standing in the rain.

– 98 stories

Start your story with the line “We have plenty of time,” and/or end it with the line “We were never going to make it.”

– 47 stories

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