Over 2,198 Writing Prompts

After global fuel reserves run critically low, a new authoritarian regime rises with a promise to distribute resources fairly. When your protagonist’s community is left desperate and starving, despite the regime's promises, they begin to orchestrate a covert resistance. Detail their struggle to uncover and disrupt the regime's true motives.

Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Dystopian

Write a tale set in a dystopian future where an AI supervises humanity through a continuous, global role-playing game. Every human must role-play assigned characters with specific quests and goals, unaware that their compliance influences real-world consequences. Your protagonist begins to see the underlying truth and aims to disrupt the narrative.

Fiction
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Role-Playing Games

One morning, your school bus takes a wrong turn and ends up in a fantastical jungle that seems to go on forever. With your classmates and the bus driver, you must find a way back home. During this unexpected adventure, what strange creatures do you encounter, and how do you cooperate to overcome challenges?

Kids & YA Fiction
Kids
Ages 9-12

At the retirement party of an esteemed police dog handler, a retired German Shepherd reacts in an unexpectedly aggressive way towards a guest. Construct a story where this incident unravels a cold case the handler and his canine companion never managed to solve, leading to a series of events that might provide closure.

Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Police Stories

Write a story about a small town where every year, the locals hold a secret festival that nobody outside the town knows about. This year, an outsider accidentally discovers the festival and decides to stay.

Fiction
Contemporary Fiction

Write a story about two rival coffee shop owners on the same street who anonymously bond over a shared online music playlist, not realizing who the other is.

Fiction
Romance

Create a tale based on a couple dealing with long-distance relationship challenges. They keep their love alive through creative online dates, shared playlists, and simultaneous movie watching, but an unexpected job offer to one threatens the balance they’ve managed to maintain.

Fiction
Romance
Contemporary

In a city where people's shadows are bought and sold, your protagonist discovers they now possess the shadow of the city's most feared criminal. Write about their journey to either return it to its rightful owner or use it to uncover hidden secrets.

Fiction
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Magic & Fantasy Fiction

Delve into the concept of synchronicity. Recall a time in your life when everything seemed to fall into place perfectly, as if the universe was aligning just for you. Describe the events, your thoughts at the time, and how it influenced your beliefs about fate and destiny.

Non-Fiction
New Age & Alternative Beliefs

You find an old diary in your attic that belonged to your grandparent when they were your age. The diary entries stop abruptly with a mystery that was never solved. Armed with your wits and the diary, you decide to solve the mystery that puzzled your grandparent decades ago.

Kids & YA Fiction
Kids
Ages 9-12

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