Newly added college students fantasy writing prompts
STORY STARTER
Submitted by Ur_local_weirdo
As they stepped into the arena, they could hear the crowd screaming in a language they could not understand...
POEM STARTER
Submitted by Skye Wander
Wanderlust
Write a poem about someone who never wants to stay in one place, and who wants to see the world.
WRITING OBSTACLE
Molten. Furious. Crisis.
Use these three words the create a short character profile. The words do not have to directly describe the character, but must relate to them in some way.
STORY STARTER
Write a story set in the future where a highly coveted item is something we would find very normal today.
WRITING OBSTACLE
Broken
Lungs
Poison
Write a crime report from a fantasy world using these three words.
STORY STARTER
When aliens invade earth, it is not to take over, but to beg for safety from an even greater threat...
VISUAL PROMPT
By Mo @ Unsplash
You are walking in the hills and come across this bizarre scene. You decide to explore.
STORY STARTER
Your character finds a book written in an ancient, dead language, but they can understand every word...
POEM STARTER
Write a poem from the point of view of a student daydreaming during an exam.
Choose a specific style of poetry that would be suitable for this prompt.
WRITING OBSTACLE
Humans traditionally have five main senses: create a new one.
You could draw inspiration from the senses of other animals or plants and describe how it would feel for humans, or you could invent a completely new sense!
STORY STARTER
Write a dialogue between yourself and a character you once created.
Since you are the writer, think of what this character would want to ask or tell you about.