Adults Writing Prompts

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.

In a world where pain is optional, your protagonist seeks it out.

Write a poem which could be titled 'Hiding Place'.

Follow your character's daily commute in a fantasy world.

Try to show, rather than overtly describing, whats's different about this world.

Ahead of you, footprints appear on the beach heading into the ocean, but there is no one in sight.

“I was quiet, but I was not blind.” - Jane Austen

Use this quote as the main theme or message of a story.

Create a character who in some way embodies these three words: rough

cracked

ravenous

Write a story that contains a typical 'monster' which no one fears.

While chasing your ghost, I became one myself.

Write a story about someone who is famous, but their fame resulted from a tragic event.

The story could be about a day in their famous life, or could centre on how they feel about the tragic event that led to it.

Using your favourite fictional characters from two different stories, create a scene where they meet.

You don't have to tell us who they are, but think about their personalities and how they would get along.