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Writing Prompts

Join our ongoing contests and win up to $1,500. Flex those creative muscles with these writing prompts.

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Write a story with the aim of scaring your reader.

– 109 stories

A character finds a clue or object linking them to a stranger.

– 55 stories

Two strangers discover they have a hidden connection that alters their understanding of each other and themselves.

– 65 stories

Write a story that includes the line “Have we met before?”

– 140 stories

A chance encounter brings together two old friends who have changed in surprising or strange ways.

– 46 stories

A character crosses paths with a stranger who looks eerily familiar.

– 65 stories

Write a story about someone searching for a missing ingredient, literally or metaphorically.

– 48 stories

Set your story in a kitchen, either early in the day or late at night.

– 78 stories

Write a story inspired by the saying “Revenge is a dish best served cold.”

– 58 stories

Start or end your story with two people discussing an important matter over a meal.

– 57 stories

Write a story in the form of a recipe.

– 78 stories

Show how an object’s meaning can change as a character changes.

– 58 stories

Write a story about an ordinary object that becomes magical (either literally or figuratively).

– 61 stories

Center your story around a character who is obsessed with an object.

– 59 stories

Send your characters on an unforgettable quest to find an essential object.

– 33 stories

Write a story about an object that changed everything for a character.

– 81 stories

Center your story around a character’s attempt to escape a bad situation that inadvertently leads them back to the source of their problems.

– 46 stories

Start a story with someone receiving a message from their past self, warning them of the consequences of their actions.

– 32 stories

A character’s life of deceit unravels as their past catches up with their present. What are the consequences?

– 38 stories

Write a story about someone seeking forgiveness for their past actions.

– 89 stories

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