Over 120 "Romance" Writing Prompts
During the height of the Viking era, a Norse warrior falls in love with a Celtic healer. Despite their cultural differences and the looming threat of war, they find common ground in their shared reverence for the natural world. Write about how their love challenges and changes their communities.
Fiction
Romance
Historical Romance
Imagine a romance that blossoms during a community dance class. Both individuals signed up to try something new after experiencing tough breakups. Detail their initial awkward encounters, growing friendship, and eventual realization of feelings for each other.
Fiction
Romance
Contemporary
Imagine a world where everyone has the date they will meet their soulmate tattooed on their wrist from birth. Write a love story about a character who, as the date approaches, starts to question the concept of destiny and soulmates, especially after meeting someone who doesn't align with what they expected, just weeks before their supposed destined meeting.
Fiction
Romance
Contemporary
After a bizarre electrical storm, your character, a barista, begins to experience flashes of someone else’s life through reflections in mirrors and windows—a complex man entangled in a dangerous, otherworldly affair. The reflections become more frequent and intense, revealing that this man is not only real but reaching out for help, and love, across dimensions.
Fiction
Romance
Paranormal Romance
Create a tale centered on a couple that rekindles their romance on the eve of their planned divorce. Throughout a 24-hour storm that forces them to stay inside their family cabin, unravel the past misunderstandings and the future promises they plan to keep.
Fiction
Romance
In post-revolutionary France, amid the chaos and reconstruction of society, a young widow running a humble bookshop finds a series of passionate poems written in the margins of a donated collection of books. Intrigued, she seeks out the author, an impoverished poet, leading to a profound connection as they explore the new philosophies and freedoms of their time through their writings and debates.
Fiction
Romance
Historical Romance
In a bustling Renaissance city, a young, ambitious woman painter secretly dresses as a man to sell her art and study with the masters. At a grand ball, she meets a charismatic noble who seeks an artist to capture his visage. Write about their encounters in secret studios and opulent palaces as they struggle with their identities and the boundaries set by society.
Fiction
Romance
Historical Romance
Create a narrative where the main character falls in love with someone through their letters, without knowing that the sender is actually their best friend playing a prank. What happens when the truth comes out?
Fiction
Romance
Write a story set in an exclusive, luxurious spa resort where a renowned chef and a celebrity personal trainer are both taking a sabbatical. Their paths cross, and with nothing but time on their hands, they explore the sensuality of food and fitness, discovering an appetite for each other in the process.
Fiction
Romance
Erotic
Every full moon, your character transforms into someone else—not a werewolf, but a different person entirely. During one transformation, they fall desperately in love. The next morning, they're themselves again, with no way to explain or know who they were for that night... until they start seeing their mysterious love in their real life.
Fiction
Romance
Paranormal Romance
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