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Best Character 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

Lost, Then Found with A. Y. Chao

161 contest entries /
83 stories

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Write from the point of view of a character writing a letter to their past or future self.

– 69 stories

Write about a character who’s pathologically camera shy.

– 21 stories

Write about someone who critiques things for a living, or acts like they do.

– 35 stories

Write about a character with an unreliable memory.

– 45 stories

Write a story about a character forced to give up something important to stand up for what they believe in.

– 26 stories

Write about a character who has a ‘hot and cold’ personality — or is affected by someone like this.

– 29 stories

Write about a character whose name you got from our Character Name Generator.

– 45 stories

Write about a character learning to trust their intuition.

– 27 stories

End your story with someone finding themselves.

– 39 stories

Write about a character who wakes up in the future and learns that their legacy has outlasted them — for better or worse.

– 32 stories

Write your story from the perspective of a side character.

– 142 stories

Write a story from the point of view of three different characters.

– 188 stories

Write about someone who everyone thinks is an extrovert, but is actually an introvert.

– 74 stories

Write about a character with an unassailable moral compass.

– 34 stories

Write a story about a character who always repeats themselves.

– 45 stories

Write a story about a character who fails to understand something until they have the full context.

– 75 stories

Write about a character doing something they’ve done hundreds of times — only this time, it’s taken on a new meaning.

– 146 stories

Write a story about someone who’s extremely impulsive — or extremely indecisive.

– 104 stories

Start your story with someone being presented with a dilemma.

– 216 stories

Write about a technophobe who’s been given a device to solve a problem they’ve struggled with for years, but isn't sure how they feel about it.

– 95 stories

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