Over 2,198 Writing Prompts
Write a story from the perspective of a cloud in the sky. What does the cloud see during the day? Does it meet any airplanes, birds, or even a kite? What happens when it gets too heavy with water?
Kids & YA Fiction
Kids
Baby-2
Choose a recent scientific breakthrough and explain it as if you were speaking to a ten-year-old. Include analogies, simple language, and vivid imagery to make the concept understandable and engaging.
Non-Fiction
Science
The main character is a young child who finds a lost soldier in their barn. Explore the friendship that develops between them and how it changes the lives of everyone in the village.
Fiction
Historical Fiction
World War 1
Explore the life of a professional medium who can communicate with the spirits of a city, leading ghost tours by day and helping unsettled spirits find peace by night. One evening, they encounter a spirit that doesn't want peace, but rather seeks assistance to complete an unfinished task tied deeply to the city’s most infamous unsolved mystery.
Fiction
Contemporary Fiction
Urban
Imagine a world where at the age of sixteen, everyone must undergo a ceremony that determines their role in society. Your main character, defiant and questioning, chooses to forge a different path. Detail their journey of self-discovery and the consequences of defying societal norms.
Kids & YA Fiction
Teen and YA Fiction
Coming of Age
The youngest child of a strictly religious family secretly joins a non-denominational spiritual group. Explore the dynamics of love, acceptance, and identity as they navigate their family's reactions and discover their own path in faith.
Fiction
Contemporary Fiction
Religious
Imagine you are a historian tasked with documenting a lesser-known but significant cultural tradition from any time period and location. Explain the origins, the evolution, and its effect on the local community and beyond.
Non-Fiction
History
Tell the tale of three generations of women from the same family who come together to save the family vineyard during a particularly challenging season, uncovering long-buried secrets and mending old wounds along the way.
Fiction
Contemporary Fiction
Women's Fiction
In a bustling modern-day city, mythological creatures hide in plain sight as regular citizens. Write a story from the perspective of a young naiad who runs a popular floral shop, but must conceal her true identity as water levels in the city's river mysteriously begin to rise.
Fiction
Contemporary Fiction
Fantasy
Set during the tumultuous times of the Civil War, a young Southern belle secretly learns to read and write. Despite societal constraints, she begins to document the war’s impact on her family's plantation and the complex relationships between the enslaved persons they own and the family members.
Fiction
Historical Fiction
United States
Tell your story ✍️📚Captivate readers 😍Start earning 💸🤑💳Tell your story ✍️📚with Chapterly.
Get 2 weeks free, then pay as little as $9.99/mo. No commitments. Cancel anytime.