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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 about a human and a cat that come to some kind of mutual understanding.

– 122 stories

Set your story in a cat shelter.

– 24 stories

Write about a cat living in an ancient temple, like the Acropolis.

– 17 stories

Write a story from the point of view of a big cat — whether that’s a lion, cheetah, etc., or just a chunky pet.

– 47 stories

Start your story with a character being led somewhere by a stray cat.

– 107 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

Write a story that formally utilizes a mathematical sequence; e.g., the Fibonacci sequence could determine the number of words in each paragraph, or start with a number and work backwards. Make sure the formula is made clear, either within the story, or before or after it.

– 17 stories

Write a story within a story within a story within a ...

– 53 stories

Write a story of fragments. Many options here: no verbs, sentence fragments, short sections, nothing but objects, etc. The fragments should relate to one another obliquely, hesitantly, subtly, ambiguously, preposterously, marvelously.

– 52 stories

Write a story in which each paragraph begins or ends (or both!) with the same sentence.

– 76 stories

Set all or part of your story in a jam-packed storage unit.

– 46 stories

Write about a dragon who doesn’t know what to do with their hoard anymore.

– 61 stories

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

– 25 stories

Someone’s beloved collection is destroyed. How do they react?

– 25 stories

Write a story about someone who doesn’t know how to let go.

– 119 stories

Write a story where a character has to decide whether to press the button or not.

– 69 stories

Write about someone who has chosen to disconnect and live an analog life.

– 36 stories

Write a story about a character who is experiencing glitches in their reality.

– 81 stories

Set your story during a complete city or nation-wide blackout.

– 50 stories

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

– 40 stories

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