Consider how the city's location on water would affect the architecture, the transportation, and the daily life of the people living there. You could base this on a real place or create a new world!
STORY STARTER
‘It had been fifteen years since the sun had last risen.’
Write a short story that begins with this line. Is it real or metaphorical?
WRITING OBSTACLE
Write the blurb to your first fantasy novel.
A blurb should intrigue the reader; introducing the main characters, and describing the plot, without giving too much away.
STORY STARTER
'Sometimes the only way to really forget everything is to go to sleep.'
Write a short story that opens with this line.
VISUAL PROMPT
by XCannibal @DeviantArt
Write a story about 'The Tent of the Fortune Teller'.
VISUAL PROMPT
Prompt by natalia meyers
A mysterious relic, dormant for centuries, begins to thrum with energy.
STORY STARTER
Write a short story about an average day for the assistant of a superhero.
The Alfreds to the world’s Batmans! What does their day look like?
STORY STARTER
Submitted by KT77
You wake up after a nightmare and look in the bathroom mirror. Something is different about your appearance…
VISUAL PROMPT
by Louisa Wilhelm @ artstation
Write a fantasy story about 'The Tavern on the Water'.
STORY STARTER
In a dystopian setting where water is now a tightly controlled resource, write a short story about a character who lives under a hidden waterfall.
WRITING OBSTACLE
Write a speech from the perspective of an abdicating monarch.
You could make up a fantasy world, set it in the past, or stick to modern day. Why is this ruler renouncing their throne?
STORY STARTER
Write a story from the perspective of a fairy-tale character after their ‘happily ever after’.
This doesn’t have to be limited to princesses, but could be other fairy tale protagonists such as Red Riding Hood or the Three Little Pigs.
