Creative Writing Prompts
Need an idea to help you get started writing? You’ll find hundreds of fun writing prompts here – perfect for beginning a new novel or short story, or simply giving your writing muscle a workout.
Your Story #120
Write the opening line to a story based on the photo prompt below. (One sentence only.) You can be poignant, funny, witty, etc.; it is, after all, your story.
How Can I Help You?
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, your character is a high-end retail salesperson.
Welcome to the World
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, set your story on a brand new world.
Mutiny!
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, a crew is deciding whether or not they should mutiny.
Unearthly Greetings
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, scientists have just decoded a mysterious message from the stars.
Hyperfocus
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, your character is trapped in hyperfocus.
In a Dream
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, set your story inside a dream.
Change of Plans
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, there's been a sudden and unforeseen change of plans.
Trend Chaser
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, an attempt to join an online trend has gone wrong.
Your Story #119
Write a short story of 650 words or fewer based on the photo prompt. You can be poignant, funny, witty, etc.; it is, after all, your story.
Spitting Image
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, let's include two identical characters.
Vacation Season
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, set your story at a vacation spot.
All Smiles
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, let's get optimistic.
Can I Have Your Attention?
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, an announcement is about to change the course of history.
Heirloom
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, someone's shown up demanding your narrator's family heirloom.
Guardian
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, your character is guardian of an unnatural lake.
Road Trip
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, your characters are trapped in a car together.
Tech Tantrums
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, your character is battling technology.
In the Darkroom
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, a photography student is about to uncover something...unusual.
Sparks Fly
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, write about two pyromaniacs.
An Empty House
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, set your story inside an empty house.
Balance
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, explore the boundary between chaos and calm.
Today's a Good Day for a Fight
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, your character is about to break up the weirdest bar fight in history.
The Greatest Heist
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, something important has just gone missing from a museum.