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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 inspired by a piece of music (without using any lyrics).

– 39 stories

Start your story with a character saying “Listen, …”

– 57 stories

Start your story with an unusual sound being heard.

– 41 stories

Set your story during a sudden change of season.

– 26 stories

Your character picks up a fallen leaf and can’t believe what they discover underneath it. What happens next?

– 37 stories

Write your story from the perspective of an outsider watching something or someone change.

– 45 stories

Write about a character, animal or human, who is reborn as something totally different.

– 42 stories

Start your story with “Today’s the day I change.”

– 54 stories

Write about someone whose busiest night of the year is Halloween.

– 26 stories

Set your story at the boundary between two realms.

– 69 stories

Write about a missing person nobody seems to know or remember.

– 49 stories

Write about a character who uses a night where everyone’s in costume as cover for something sinister.

– 34 stories

Start your story with the words “Everything was ready for the ritual.”

– 47 stories

Write a story that centers around a parking permit.

– 11 stories

Write about a character who is being asked for their blessing, but is reluctant to give it.

– 14 stories

Start your story with someone being forbidden from doing something.

– 43 stories

Write about a character seeking forgiveness for something that happened in the past.

– 66 stories

Write about a character breaking a rule, but for good reason.

– 38 stories

Write a story where a device goes haywire.

– 29 stories

Start or end your story with a character scrolling (or doomscrolling) through social media.

– 14 stories

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