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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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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

Write about a character who feels like they're cut off from something.

– 54 stories

Set your story in a town disconnected from the rest of the world.

– 36 stories

One moment your character is talking on the phone with a friend, and the next, the connection is lost. Write a story about what follows.

– 42 stories

Set your story at a talent show.

– 7 stories

Write a story that involves sabotage.

– 19 stories

Write about someone grappling with an insecurity.

– 37 stories

Write about a clique that dominates your story’s social scene.

– 17 stories

Start your story with the line, “You wanna do something fun?”

– 41 stories

Write about a character whose dreams are portals to other worlds.

– 54 stories

Write a story about a character who interprets people’s dreams.

– 18 stories

Write about two people whose dreams are somehow connected.

– 42 stories

Start or end your story with the line ‘This is my worst nightmare.’

– 73 stories

Write a story about a character who believes their dreams predict the future.

– 38 stories

Write about a character driving in the rain.

– 56 stories

The first rain of the season arrives. Write a story that begins immediately afterward.

– 27 stories

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