Writing Prompt

STORY STARTER

Your character has just read a headline in the newspaper about themself.

Create the scene of your character reading this headline, or finding out about it, for the first time.

Writings

The Grand Mage

The Author

2 min read

Vivienne retrieves yesterday's newspaper from her skirt's pocket, sprawling herself on the tattered divan. She unfolds it, dispelling lingering dust, and spreads it on her lap to read the news from the day before.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩

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𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗚 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗦 𝗤�...

Fantasy

YA fiction

Fame

Trio Freedom

1 min read

“Are Rosalind Preston and Christopher Neel headed for a messy breakup?” Rosalind scoffs at the headline and throws the paper in the trash. “Chris will have a cow if he reads that garbage, that’s for sure.” She mutters to herself as she pulls out her phone and dials her agent. Her foot tapping anxiously as she waits for him to pick up. Click. “Yellow!” He says calmly, as if Rosalind and Christopher...

A Crystal By Any Other Name

Ink And Blot

2 min read

“Extra! Extra! Town Cryer’s latest! Read all about it! Rare Crystal Emerges from the Henessen Family!”

Emily stopped dead in her tracks as she heard the raspy man’s voice call out the latest headlines from his newspaper stand. How did it get out? Who would have shared the secret? How could they?

She backtracked, grabbed a paper, and placed a few coins into the man’s hand. “Keep the change.” she ...

Fantasy

YA fiction

News Article

Mystery Writer

1 min read

Boring… boring… not funny… ah, I see they finally caught on about last night. Last night was quite exciting, the pools of blood that dripped onto the floor was absolutely stunning, the way it shimmered a dark red in the light. The only thing I don’t love about this article is that they didn’t capture the actual scene, instead it’s just some boring police chief. I don’t get why he’s getting all the...

Crime, mystery & thriller

Headline Horror

Merite M

1 min read

I could not stomach looking at it, and yet still, I could not look away from it. I could only stare and cringe with horror.

“Jonathan Weekes, Dead at 39.”

“It was a joke,” I said to myself the first second I read it. I had many enemies, I remembered, and this is just the kind of thing Joey or Mr. Knight would do. Mr. Knight loved a good laugh, and he was the kind of man intimidating enough to g...

For The Love Of Blueberries

Desiree Joyce

3 min read

It was an unusually hot Monday on this summer’s June day. The heat hugged every fabric tightly to his body. Leaning his head out over the picnic table, he noticed the line of guys that looked far bigger than Mark - clear skin, straight teeth, muscles that bulged out from underneath their t-shirts. He could feel his anxiety, along with his acne, becoming more prevalent.

Peering back down at rich,...

YA fiction

Dead

Levi

1 min read

“Local university student found dead in his apartment.”

I close the newspaper and sigh. “This is so embarrassing. How could I have let this happen to me?”I take the last sip of coffee from my mug and make my way up to my bedroom.

I was so excited about going to a concert with my friends this Friday, but this dead thing messed up our plans. “I was so excited too,” I say while crouching down to ...