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Best Dialogue 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:
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Love is in the Air

119 contest entries /
55 stories

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Write a story that starts with the line “So, what’s the catch?”

– 95 stories

Write a story entirely of dialogue. Nothing but dialogue. No attributives (he said, she said, etc.). No descriptions of scenes or gestures or movements (unless these things are presented in the dialogue). Just words between quotation marks. Pure, beautiful, untainted dialogue.

– 274 stories

Start a story with someone saying, “It’s mine, and you can’t have it!”

– 25 stories

Start your story with someone saying “Houston, we have a problem.”

– 40 stories

Write a story about someone who is cursed to always say the opposite of what they mean.

– 25 stories

Write a story that includes someone saying, “Let’s go for a walk.”

– 70 stories

Write a story about two or more characters who don't speak each other's language (literally or metaphorically), but still find a way to communicate.

– 54 stories

Write a story that includes someone saying, “Thank you for that.”

– 46 stories

Start your story with the line “I’ve got a plan”.

– 59 stories

"Ma'am, move aside. We're here to investigate a crime."

"You didn't come to the funeral. Why?"

"Oh my God! Don't say THAT in front of my mother!"

"Quick! Act surprised!"

"Are you absolutely sure that your plan is foolproof?"

"Come here. No, not you."

"Truth or dare."

"Tell me something that I don't know."

"Is that—is that blood all over you?"

"Right, I'm leaving now."

"When has listening to you EVER worked out well for me?"

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