Writing Prompts
Imperfect Day
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, write about a perfect day gone awry.
Listening In
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, start your story with someone listening in on someone else's conversation.
Vintage Tech
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, write about someone using vintage tech.
Forgetting
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, write about someone who can't remember what they've forgotten.
Do I Know You?
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, write a story starts with the words "Do I know you?"
The Confession
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, write a journal-style story where someone is making a confession.
It Was Them
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, start your story with an accusation.
Hey, Honey!
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, write about two people who have decided to fake a relationship.
Some Unexpected Mail
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, someone has received something they didn't expect in their mailbox.
The Old Fashioned Way
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, write about two unlikely people making a connection the old-fashioned way.
Tearing Up
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, start your story with someone who's crying in a public place.
One True Vision
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, write about a fake psychic who has an actual vision of someone's future.
Bean There, Done That
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, write about a haunted coffee shop.
6 Sources of Story Inspiration You Can Use Again and Again
Author Julie Hartley shares six sources of story inspiration you can use again and again (and again, even).
The Core
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, write about a trend, aesthetic, or movement.
Ghosting
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, write about the concept of ghosting.
A Last Resort
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, write about someone who buys a cursed object as a last resort.
Accidental Witness
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, write about a film student finding something grisly on an old VHS.
On Time
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, write about someone who is chronically late finally showing up on time.
The Rich Couple
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, write a story based on the sentence "The rich couple was never generous, with their time or with their compliments."
First Words
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, write about a child saying their first words.
Long Forgotten
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, write about a place that's been long forgotten.
Refund
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, write a story based on the line, "I demand a refund!"
Five Prompts for Writing Vengeance in Fiction
Author Katherine Blake explains why it’s necessary to make vindictive characters likable and offers five prompts for writing vengeance in fiction.