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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

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Write a story about two strangers chatting while waiting for something.

– 196 stories

Write a story about two neighbors talking from their yards, windows, balconies, etc.

– 196 stories

Write a story told entirely through text messages or emails.

– 101 stories

Write a story about someone who receives an unexpected phone call.

– 63 stories

Write a short story about people stuck in traffic during a blizzard. There's nothing much to do but wait, and talk...

– 67 stories

Write a story about an ordinary day in a person's life. Use their internal dialogue to make the story interesting.

– 25 stories

Write a story that sets the stage through letters between two people.

Write a story that sets the stage through dialogue between two or more characters.

Every day when you get home, you rant to your pet about how awful your day was. One day they start talking back — to give you a dose of tough love.

Using only dialogue, write a short story about a first date, a reunion between old friends, an argument that gets heated, an adult explaining something to a child, or the reveal of a long-hidden secret.

Using only dialogue, write a short story about the reveal of a long-hidden secret.

Using only dialogue, write a short story about an adult explaining something to a child.

Using only dialogue, write a short story about an argument that gets heated.

Using only dialogue, write a short story about a reunion between old friends.

Using only dialogue, write a short story about a first date.

Write a story that uses NO dialogue.

Write about an average, unextraordinary Sunday. Rely on the character's internal dialogue to make the story interesting.

Write a story only through a character's internal dialogue.

Write a short story that ONLY uses dialogue.

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