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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 character who’s known to be a cynic, but secretly romanticizes everything.

– 15 stories

Start or end your story with a character noticing the beauty in something they've seen hundreds of times.

– 74 stories

Write about a character who can suddenly see through another person's eyes — literally.

– 129 stories

Write a story that switches between first person and third person point of view.

– 98 stories

Write your story from the perspective of a side character.

– 142 stories

Write about a person trying to see something from another’s point of view.

– 91 stories

Write a story from the point of view of three different characters.

– 188 stories

End your story with the line, “I’m never going out with you again.”

– 103 stories

Write about an introvert and an extrovert who are best friends.

– 104 stories

Write about someone who wants to stay home alone, only for their plans to be disrupted.

– 143 stories

Write about someone who everyone thinks is an extrovert, but is actually an introvert.

– 75 stories

Start your story with a character saying, “Are you coming tonight?”

– 237 stories

Write a story about someone who starts noticing the same object or phrase wherever they go.

– 104 stories

Start your story with someone discovering a photograph that has something written on the back.

– 195 stories

Write a story where a character runs into someone they’ve seen in their dreams, or enters a building they’ve dreamt about before.

– 229 stories

An apparent coincidence occurs. Write a story about a character who suspects paranormal, spiritual, or criminal causes.

– 128 stories

Write about a character looking for a sign.

– 151 stories

Write about a mysterious figure in one’s neighborhood.

– 204 stories

Write a story about someone losing faith in an institution.

– 116 stories

Write about a character with an unassailable moral compass.

– 34 stories

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