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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:
Win $250

Love is in the Air

119 contest entries /
55 stories

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Closes at 23:59 - Feb 20 EST

"Don't do that."

"No, you can't have my number."

"Here's looking at you."

"I'd rather you just tell me."

"Did you also hear a knock on the door?"

"Honey, you're not looking your best today. What happened?"

"He did it first."

"Well, don't just stand there! Do something!"

"RUN! RUN NOW!"

"Hey. Someone's on the phone for you."

Write about somebody who likes to work in silence.

– 25 stories

Write a story that includes one character reading aloud to another.

– 28 stories

Start or end your story with someone saying “You’ll never know unless you try.”

– 57 stories

End your story with a character saying “Thank you, God. Thanks an awful lot.” (sarcastically or not).

– 43 stories

Start your story with a character saying “Are you there, God? It’s me…”

– 108 stories

Start or end your story with the line ‘This is my worst nightmare.’

– 73 stories

Write a conversation that takes place between two people who refuse to say what they mean.

– 58 stories

Write a story told exclusively through dialogue.

– 345 stories

Write a story involving a conversation that’s packed with subtext; the characters aren’t quite saying what they mean.

– 76 stories

Write a story about an argument that seems to be about one thing, but is actually about another.

– 121 stories

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