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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 about one event from the different perspectives of multiple friends.

– 121 stories

Write a story about friends who wind up on a misadventure.

– 98 stories

Write a story about two people who meet and become instant friends.

– 106 stories

Two people who thought they were the last people left on Earth end up meeting by chance.

– 147 stories

Write a story that begins and ends with someone looking up at the stars.

– 386 stories

Write a story about a Google Street View driver.

– 39 stories

Write about a person experiencing the 'overview effect' (a feeling astronauts report having when they first view Earth from outer space).

– 48 stories

One day, the sun rose in the west and set in the east.

– 71 stories

Write a story about someone posting a video on social media that goes viral.

– 54 stories

Write a story about someone learning how to play an instrument.

– 74 stories

Write a story about two neighbors talking from their yards, windows, balconies, etc.

– 196 stories

Write a story about someone who is working from home and constantly getting distracted by their pet.

– 98 stories

Write a story about someone who finds a magical portal in their home.

– 236 stories

Write a story about a rumor making its way through the grapevine.

– 47 stories

Write a story that starts with the reveal of a long-kept secret.

– 126 stories

Write a story that takes place in the woods.

– 178 stories

Write a story about someone who keeps coming across the same stranger.

– 181 stories

Write a story about a valuable object that goes missing.

– 91 stories

In the form of diary/ journal entries, write a story that provides glimpses into a person's life at different ages.

– 133 stories

In the form of diary/ journal entries, write about someone who's up late at night because they're having trouble sleeping.

– 236 stories

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