Writing Prompts
Story ideas to get you writing — suggested by the community, answered by you. Nothing ever closes: pick any prompt and add your story.
The note in the library book
Tucked between the pages of a borrowed library book is a handwritten note, clearly meant for a stranger. Write the story of the person who finds it, and what they decide to do next.
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The note in the library book
Tucked between the pages of a borrowed library book is a handwritten note, clearly meant for a stranger. Write the story of the person who finds it — and what they decide to do next.
Prompt by StorySloth
Three minutes of fame
Everyone in the world is granted exactly three minutes of being famous — and your character's three minutes start now. Write what happens before, during, and after.
Prompt by StorySloth
The door that was always locked
There is a door in the house that has been locked for as long as anyone can remember. Today, your character finds it standing open. Write what waits on the other side.
Prompt by StorySloth
A goodbye in a language you don't speak
Two people who don't share a language have to say goodbye, perhaps for the last time. Tell their story without relying on the words between them.
Prompt by StorySloth
The world's worst superpower
Your character wakes up with a genuine, undeniable superpower — and it is utterly, gloriously useless. Write the day they discover exactly how useless it is.
Prompt by StorySloth
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