September 14 – 27, 2023 Writing Prompt “Taking the wrong path”
Theme: Taking the wrong path. It can be realistic, supernatural, spiritual, absurdist … whatever you like. No other restrictions.
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Theme: Taking the wrong path. It can be realistic, supernatural, spiritual, absurdist … whatever you like. No other restrictions.
Read MoreTheme: New Job. The story should start with the following sentences: “Hello,” [I/he/she/name] extended [my/his/her] hand with a smile. No
Read MoreYou are cleaning out your grandparents’ attic and you find an old wooden box.
What’s inside?
Theme: Weather Required Elements: none Word Count: 1200 Next Prompt to be chosen by Adrienne Riggs. .
Read MoreTheme: Fire Your story must start with these three lines: The fire spread quickly and he(she) looked up in dismay.
Read MoreThis week’s story theme: Figure in the Stormy Sky
Your story must start with these two lines:
“A crack in the sky opened, spilling light through billowing clouds sweeping across the thunderous, dark ceiling of a storm brewing.
Then we saw the figure of a winged specter, looming high in the night sky, we watched it slip through the slit in the storm.”
Theme: Horse(s) Interpret and use the theme and inclusions in any way you like. Required Elements: Saddle Braids Word Count:
Read MoreA new writing prompt, the theme is “Dead” and the required elements are: fire, cracking a code, two characters who are related.
Read MoreTheme: Peace Open to interpretation by the writer. Required Elements: eyes of some sort. Word Count: 1200
Read MoreTwo twin girls set out on Christmas Eve with a plan: to capture Santa Claus.
Read MoreTheme: Uncle Joe’s Cabin A family decides to spend their winter holiday in their uncle’s cabin in the woods. In
Read MoreTheme: A Secret Identity Your protagonist has to assume a secret identity. Does she/he do it to protect themselves, or
Read MoreTheme: Doorway Required Elements: a little girl Word Count: 1200
Read MoreTheme: Fancy Triangles Required Elements: The following words must be included somewhere in the story. They must be used exactly.
Read MoreTheme: Lonely Room Write about a character who’s woken up in a strange room. The room looks like an everyday
Read MoreTheme: The Cost of Living (Interpret this absolutely any way you want.) Required Elements: A complex or dysfunctional relationship Word
Read MoreTheme: War Paint It can be a reference to makeup, a Halloween costume, or facepaint that represents a warring clan.
Read More1st Line Prompt: “It was the most beautiful …” Your story must start with the line “It was the most beautiful
Read MoreTheme: Scorned Using the paragraph below, finish the story in whatever manner you wish. Required Elements: None Word Count: 1500.
Read MoreTheme: Family The rest is up to you. Requirements: ice a vacuum cleaner Word Count: 1,200 PLEASE NOTE: I will
Read MoreTheme: Image Writing Prompt “truth lies just beneath the surface“ Many writers draw their inspiration from art or images. There
Read MoreTheme: Hope Could be a town, a person, a feeling, a fort, an outpost. Could be lost. Extra credit if
Read MoreTheme: Hotel Ivy The story must begin with the words: “I lay alone in the hotel. Half eaten by ivy
Read MoreTheme: 9 Choir of Angels Using the image below, write a story using one angel from two of the three
Read MoreTheme: Christmas Tree Driving through the country one night, you spot a lone Christmas tree trimmed and lit, but you
Read MoreTheme: Sibling Rivalry Requirements: none Word Count: 1,200
Read MoreTheme: Prison The story must be in the theme of ‘prison’ (real or figurative). Requirements: two main characters: a man
Read MoreTheme: Unforgettable The story can be anything relating to the tag line. “Why they say Men are from Mars” Requirements:
Read MoreTheme: Ocean The setting must be on or near the ocean. On a ship, in a high rise looking out
Read MoreTheme: Dominoes A story in which cause and effect are quite central to the plot. Perhaps something bad ends up
Read MoreTheme: Ouroboros It doesn’t have to be a dragon or a snake specifically, it can be a worm or a
Read MoreTheme: Image Writing Prompt “A Pink Martini” Many writers draw their inspiration from art or images. There are so many
Read MoreTheme: Refugee The main protagonist has to be fleeing something or someone or some place – searching for safety. Whether
Read MoreTheme: Two Different Personalities Required Elements: There must be two characters One character must be an extrovert One character must
Read MoreTheme: Stalker Required Elements: must be from the perspective of the one being stalked, unwanted attention/advances etc. or must be
Read MoreTheme: Guilty Secrets Required Elements: none A Note from Ken F: I like the idea that the most unexpected and
Read MoreTheme: First or last line – “I don’t know… why would they do that?” Required Elements: an orange Word Count:
Read MoreTheme: Image Writing Prompt “The Woman in the Photograph” Many writers draw their inspiration from art or images. There are
Read MoreTheme: Fox Forest Required Elements: leaves from a tree singing Word Count: 1,200 Description: Legend says Fox Forest is named
Read MoreTheme: The Dance Required Elements: a drink a dance partner a non-dance place, i.e. a place you wouldn’t normally dance.
Read MoreTheme: Noir noun a genre of crime film or fiction characterized by cynicism, fatalism, and moral ambiguity. Classic noir features
Read MoreTheme: The Car on the Roof Your story must start with: “I still want to know how you managed to
Read MoreTheme: Silence Required Elements: none Word Count: 1,200
Read MoreTheme: Bottled Emotions You live in a world where you can buy bottled emotions. Required Elements: bottles Word Count: 1,200
Read MoreTheme: Foul Play The rest is up to you. Required Elements: None Word Count: 1,200
Read MoreTheme: Opera Your story must include the line: “What do you have against Opera houses?” Required Elements: An Opera Valentine’s
Read MoreTheme: Pushing Boundaries Pushing the boundaries of the protagonists comfort zone. Required Elements: none Word Count: 1,200 A note from
Read MoreTheme: Enduring Love It’s what really matters. The people we have in our lives when we need to talk to
Read MoreTheme: The Vow of the Peacock Word Count: 1,200 As with many holiday traditions, most New Year’s resolutions have religious
Read MoreTheme: A Christmas Conundrum Word Count: 1,200 It’s Christmas Eve. Somehow two enemies end up lovers by Christmas morning. The
Read MoreTheme: 20th Class Reunion Story must start with “The interrogation room door opened …” Word Count: 1,200 Requirements: Must be
Read MoreTheme: It’s a Zoom Thanksgiving Requirements: It’s Thanksgiving 2020 (Or Christmas for those who don’t celebrate Thanksgiving), the usual get
Read MoreTheme: Last Line Contest Requirements: Your story must end with the line, “As night became day, he started to understand
Read MoreA 1 week Halloween prompt revolving around the end result of a superstition that’s come true.
Read MoreTo avoid voting confusion with the Culture Clash contest, this bonus prompt has been extended an extra day. Theme: The
Read MoreTheme: Culture Clash The story should contain a misunderstanding due to either a language barrier or cultural differences. Requirements: a
Read MoreNew post publishing soon. The writer suggesting this week’s prompt, requested we change the theme from “The Misunderstanding” to “Culture
Read MoreTheme: Murder! Mwah, ha, ha. Story must contain the following phrase, “That’s when I knew I had to kill…” but
Read MoreThis 30 day bonus contest will allow 2,500 words.
Winter Love – Winter is the only time two lovers can be together.
Theme: Memories Conjured The protagonist is painting an image of what he/she thought was fictional, but it suddenly triggers forgotten
Read MoreTheme: An Unusual Summer Story must start with “What was quite unusual this summer …” Word Count: 1,200
Read MoreLast Line: Your story must end with the line, “I’ll have that cup of coffee now, Tina.” But it can
Read MoreTheme: Revenge The line “you ruined me, I plan on returning the favor” must appear somewhere in the story itself.
Read MoreTheme: Beneath the Sea The sentence: “Oh darling, you should never trust a {insert humanoid water creature mermaid/water sprite/rusalki/water nymph/Poseidon
Read MoreTheme: Chaos Requirement: No Requirements Word Count: 1,200
Read MoreTheme: Something Wicked This Way Comes Many writers draw their inspiration from art or images. There are so many different
Read MoreTheme: A plan gone horribly wrong. Requirement: Story should include a Top Hat and an Astrological Sign. Word Count: 1,200
Read MoreTheme: The Gift of Ancestors Requirements: Your story must begin with the line, “It was in my great-grandfather’s time…” The story centers
Read MoreTheme: Somewhere Else. A character has to be in (or go to) a place quite different from their normal environment.
Read MoreTheme: Black Feathers
Many writers draw their inspiration from art or images. There are so many different stories that could be told from this one detailed picture.
Use this image as inspiration for your story, it can be the image as a whole, a single part of it or several elements inside the image itself.
Read MoreTheme: Line Inclusion. The line “what’s wrong with you people?” must appear somewhere in the story itself. Word Count: 1,200
Read MorePrompt: You enter an old curiosity shop/thrift store/blackmarket. You can only choose one object. What is its story? Word Count:
Read MorePrompt: We are living in trying times, and sometimes facing our fears can help us deal with them more effectively. So,
Read MorePrompt: Use it any way you like, as a phrase, a theme, a title, a philosophy, a plan or an
Read MoreTheme: Lost in Translation Story must contain a phrase (word, sentence etc.) in a foreign language and its translation. But
Read MoreDialogue Prompt: two people are chatting in a café/restaurant/bar/park etc, they are discussing a recent broken heart. How did they
Read MoreTheme: A Hard Time You must use the line: “it was a hard time for most of us…” It must
Read MoreTheme: Calm Requirements: The word “Calm” must appear in your story at least once. Word Count: 1,200
Read MoreTheme: New Beginnings It doesn’t have to have anything to do with the new year/decade necessarily. Word Count: 1,200
Read MoreChristmas Writing Prompt: Reindeer Baby. 1200 word count, Story Requirements: A live reindeer.
Read MoreTheme: Choose Your Adventure The story must include a skull, a map, and a casualty. Word Count: 1,200
Read More1200 word count: A story set in space, either on Mars or the international space station; must feature gold in some way, with a possibility of no return.
Read More1200 word limit First Line Writing Prompt “I know this is going to sound crazy but…”
Read MoreHalloween Prompt: “The Not Haunted Home for Sale.” 1200 word count, Story Requirements: A pumpkin or pumpkin(s).
Read MorePrompt: “I see and hear you.” A beautiful blind woman, shy and scared to leave the house, falls for the
Read MorePrompt: “Power Couple” One man, one woman. On top of the world. Something happens that threatens to burn it all
Read MoreTheme: Write a story about a detective and the various troubles he comes across when investigating a serious case. Story
Read MoreTheme: You have 1 week to live, and you can do anything you want before the end…Anything! Story Requirements: None
Read More1st line contest: “Sometimes some things are better left unsaid.” *The first line can be finite as above, or there
Read MoreTheme: The Shadows Story Requirements: You must include the following in your story: 1. A Wall 2. An article of
Read MoreTheme: It’s all in the genes (in any sense or context – not a required phrase). Story Requirements: None Word
Read MoreTheme: Travelling Through the Night You can use any mode of transportation you like, it’s the journey that matters. Story
Read More1200 word Flash Fiction First Line Contest, the story must start with the line: “She was five when she accidentally swallowed her name.”.
Read MoreTheme: Taming the Wild Animal Story has to show an encounter with some kind of “wild” animal in or near
Read MoreTheme: The Book That Set the World on Fire Many writers draw their inspiration from art or images. There are so
Read MoreTheme: “The Eavesdropper” You or another character overhears a conversation where it is believed something horrible is going to happen.
Read MoreTheme: Dialogue Prompt “River Discussion”
Two figures argue about six {insert whatever monetary item you like) they found down by the river.
Monetary items may be anything i.e. six gold coins, six rupees, six one hundred dollar bills, six silver chests full of riches. Whatever you want.
Read MoreWhich character will you be? First person writing prompt:
A little girl is sitting on a train next to a man in black. “What do you do mister?” She asks him.
Taking off his sunglasses with a faint smile, he says, “I make bad people go away.”
Theme: The Story Takes Place on a Train You must use ONE of these 3 scenarios in your story. There’s
Read MoreTheme: Impulse Buy An impulse buy leads to a life changing event. Word Count: 1,200
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