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Writing Prompts

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Write about a character with questionable morals.

– 39 stories

Start your story with a couple sharing a cigarette in a parking lot.

– 63 stories

Write about somebody looking for love on a reality TV show.

– 17 stories

Write about two characters who both want what the other has, without knowing the feeling is mutual.

– 26 stories

Write about a character who discovers the grass isn't actually greener on the other side.

– 44 stories

Write about someone deliberately trying to make somebody else envious.

– 24 stories

Write about a relationship, either romantic or platonic, that is being affected by jealousy.

– 69 stories

Write a story about a pathological liar.

– 35 stories

Start your story with a character or a narrator saying, “Don’t you remember?”

– 58 stories

Write about false news coverage of an important event.

– 16 stories

Write a story where a character is experiencing parallel realities.

– 64 stories

Write about two characters arguing over how a past event happened.

– 34 stories

Set your story in a kids’ playground, or at a roundabout.

– 44 stories

Write about a character who is pathologically ambivalent, until something shakes them up.

– 33 stories

Write about a character who gets good and bad news in quick succession — not necessarily in that order.

– 46 stories

Write a story that includes a character using the phrase “swings and roundabouts.”

– 37 stories

Start your story with a character facing a situation that isn't awful, but isn't great.

– 33 stories

Write a story featuring an element of time-travel or anachronism.

– 66 stories

Write a story about an object that has been around for centuries or passed down generations.

– 46 stories

Write a story — romantic or not — about two characters who can’t find the right timing.

– 31 stories

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