Writing Prompts

“Cold water feels warm when you're freezing.“

Midway through their quest and in the middle of the dessert, your character (alone or with their party) comes across a baby seal…

Describe an ancient torture device and the way your character escapes it.

“Take your shot, stranger. You’ll only get one.”

Start or end a scene with this line of speech.

Write a fictional story or poem that revolves around the question: are we truly unique, or are we mosaics of every person we’ve ever known?

'It’s hard to be inconspicuous when you’re hanging upside down.'

Write a story that starts with that line.

Your character is working remotely in a cosy bakery, tucked in the corner with a warm drink and their laptop. Describe the feeling they have.

Try to utilise as many senses as you can to fully immerse the reader in your character's experience.

The only answer is arson.

Show how a character slowly comes to this conclusion throughout the course of the story.

'Yet'

Use this single word as an inspiration for a story or poem.

Some nights I lay silently on the grass and listen to the trees argue.

Write a dialogue scene which starts with a confession of love and ends with a confession of a crime.

The monsters who hide under beds sometimes steals socks, but other times steal souls...

'The key they'd given me still fit the lock, but the house no longer felt like home'

Write a poem which closes with this line.

Write a story based around a young man and his dog who get evicted from their home.

Tell the reader everything they need to know about a character by only describing their shoes.