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[WP] I don't give a f*ck | [
" \"Free fucks here! Get your free fucks here!\"\n \"Excuse me sir, I would like a fuck.\"\n \"I'm very happy for you, buddy. Now get lost, I don't give a fuck.\"\n \"But you just said 'get your free fucks here'.\"\n \"I did.\"\n \"That's right.\"\n \"So?\"\n \"So give me a fuck.\"\n \"No... | 2 | |
[WP] Two strangers are buried alive together. | [
"I awake to the sound of wet earth being poured upon wood. Overwhelmed by strong perfume surrounding me, all light slowly escapes leaving me surrounded by darkness. I try and speak but no sound surfaces. Muted, and alone, what is this world I’ve awoken to? What is that smell? I roll to my left and hit a something, ... | 4 | |
Over the course of days/weeks.
Happy writing! :)
Edit: I want to be a tree now. Awesome stories! | [FF] You slowly start turning into a tree... 500 words minimum. | [
"I got off the train, going home finally. It's not like I don't enjoy spending my time with my family, but a whole week can be a bit too much, you know. Finally feeling the ground under my legs. For some reason, I was feeling anxious and eager to feel the solid steady ground under my feet again.\n\nIt was a dull, ... | 3 |
[WP] Cutting your hair hurts just as much as cutting your skin. | [
"The West district of the city, 03.34, another Saturday nightshift for Simone. Easing herself into a slightly less uncomfortable position in the passenger seat, she tried to read a few more lines of her book by the poor orange light of the street lamps, and the flickering reflection of the ambulance's blue lights a... | 4 | |
Write from his Point of view. Reflect on his helplessness. | [WP] A paralyzed man witnesses his child commit suicide. | [
"Not being able to move was never really a problem for me. My wife was always there. My nurses were always there. My son was always there.\n\nThey *were* always there.\n\nBut when my wife died, she couldnt be there.\n\nBut when the money ran dry, the nurses wouldnt stay there.\n\nMy son was the only one left. \n\nH... | 3 |
All hail the motherland! | [WP] You live in a fascist state, but have been fortunate enough to be given the most desirable job. Describe your life and/or what you do. | [
"Libatis. \"Destiny\" in Latin. Formed from the ruins of Rome, created by a soldier of Italy, the fascist state of Libatis has conquered many, creating an empire spanning all of Europe. The only states able to destroy fight against each other, wasting resources and manpower over the most unavailing wars. There is n... | 4 |
Are humans still the dominant species? If not, what species is? Has evolution advanced humans? Have we made contact with extraterrestrials? | [WP] Assuming time travel is a real thing, you travel into the future to the year 7500. What is society and the world as a whole like? | [
"The year is 7502 and the only thing that is left to be conquered is love for what are we all here for if it is not love. Humanity shed all hate in the year 6603. This rebirth of sorts was always in the horizon for said humans. It had always been a fascination of this species, the Kleen, that humans figure out to g... | 4 |
Yup. | [WP] A guy who can freely rewind time when something bad happens does something really bad thinking he can get out of it, but finds that he cant rewind time anymore. | [
"Alex didn't know why but it only worked when bad things happened. He could rewind time just by thinking about it. Seemingly nothing bad ever happened to him but it wasn't the case at all. Last week he broke his leg missing a step while going downstairs but it didn't last long. He could just wish it away after all.... | 4 |
Might sound like a bit of a boring prompt but write a few twists and turns in there if you can! Make it more interesting than the prompt suggests! | [FF] Write an argument between a boss and an employee. Speech only! | [
"\"What're you *DOING*, Peter?\" \n\n\"Boss, he wuzznt co*-operatin*', y'know? I had to go to step 4.\" \n\n\"There's *blood* over my priceless Dürer, that painting is *priceless!*\"\n\n\"Calm down, boss, we went over this... remember? I know this is upsettin', and frankly I am sorry I did not see that there painti... | 7 |
bonus points if it rhymes;) | [WP] Write the funniest poem you can in four lines. | [
"A man was paying a visit to the doctor's office \n\n\"If you could stop masturbating, that would be a plus!\" \n\nThe man asked, \"but why doctor? I have no clue!\"\n\n\"Only because I'm trying to examine you!\"\n\n-----\n #003\n\n(I know this one was a bit of a cop-out, but rhyming is hard!)"
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[WP] The saddest and most depressing description of a snow day ever | [
"-005\n\nI knew it was a snow day when I didn’t wake up until around noon on a Tuesday. Went upstairs. Didn’t eat anything. \n\nIt was just last month. It was a snow day. She came to pick me up so we go to a movie. I was happy then. We were all happy in one way or another. I’d look at her and she’d laugh. I’d look ... | 6 | |
Dystopian. Think Total Recall, really think Total Recall.
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The rich are going to war on the poor, this speech has to be from the leader of the rich, justifying their reason to go to war with the poor. Although the reasons might not be correct, he is a powerful figure, and his people will stand behind him no matter what.
Their world was split into 3 sectors; the rich, middle class, and the poor. Recently however, the middle sector was dismembered, forcing their people to be spit into either rich or poor depending on their profession.
The poor have taken this opportunity to fight for fairness and equality. As soon as the middle sector was eradicated, the poor shot a missile into the rich sector, sparking conflict. The rich are going to invade the poor sector to try and establish order and stop the commotion. (using brute force) | [WP] A speech from the leader of a rich nation, who has decided to go to war on a poor nation. (details in text) | [
"What we do in life, echoes (short pause for effect) in eternity (faint but distinct echo of microphone, dead silence among the gathered crowd).\n\nWe have only one time, in our lives, to choose, either the good, or the evil.\n\nWe have only one time, in our lives, to choose, fear, or love.\n\nWe have only one time... | 3 |
[WP] Write a story using allegories for one or more human emotion. | [
"Sorrow slumped in her chair, staring at her reflection with disdain. Her eyes were red and circled with purple bruises from crying so hard, she simply had nothing left in her to continue. She sniffed, not because her nose was running but more for the proxy of the action. Her chest ached and her head felt like it w... | 3 | |
We spend lots of times on the beautiful. Describe the ugly, in whichever way you can portray it best. | [WP] Describe the ugliest human being to have ever lived. | [
"Skormfront Pimplebottom Dumpshikster was known for his enduring, illustrious poetry. Each stanza could encapsulate the heart and make the eyes water, or carry one's soul fluttering off to a meadowland of beauty and awe. So when he was called to read his first published book of poems at the Fresh Jive Cat Soul Coff... | 2 |
Looking for something dramatic, like the end of an epic tale. It's a built-in twist, but how far does that rabbit hole go? Take us on a ride! | [WP] A hero confronts the villain in a final showdown, only to find out that their roles have been reversed the entire time. | [
"He had torn his way through the king's army, his once white uniform now red, drenched in the enemy's blood. Having made his way to the front of the castle, he snuck his way in before the drawbridge had closed, sticking to the shadows, destroying anyone in his way. He knew this destination, the throne room, but he ... | 8 |
Put some effort into it please. I'd really like to see where you guys take this. | [WP] Main character finds a door they've never seen before, in a house they've lived in their whole life. | [
"My days are pretty calm and routine now, ever since my wife died. I lost her three years ago and I take extra special care of this bush in my front yard ever since. I pressed it into the ground the day she died. \n\nEvery day I start to the right of the yellow staircase in the front of the house. I tend to each pl... | 15 |
The Alien is wary of the Human as they appear to initially resemble a creature from a cautionary tale for children. | [WP] Humanity discoveres it is not alone in the universe while an astronaut is exploring a geological formation on Mars as the same time as an alien astronaut. [More details within] | [
"Zorp broke at least five rules and regulations by sitting down on a conveniently shaped rock. He didn't care much for those rules, not after his shuttle had made an unpleasant touchdown on a planet several light-years from home. It should have been a quick scoop and leave mission: get in, get some soil samples, an... | 3 |
Any subject, (proper) use of semi-colons encouraged! | [FF] Write a story with sentences that contain a number of words relating to the Fibonacci sequence. (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 ...) | [
"pain.\n\npain.\n\npain drowns.\n\ni am drowning.\n\nthe world ended long ago\n\nwhy am i still here, stuck in this world\n\nmaybe i have a goal maybe i need to fix everything. maybe ill die\n\ni just want to die, to disappear, let me join my brothers. maybe, maybe ill just wander. wander the wastes aimlessly",
"... | 3 |
[WP] Your boss discovers your writing on r/writingprompts. | [
"\"Badmotherfuhrer, can I see you in my office?\"\n\n\"Uh, sure,\" I said, wondering if today was finally the day of my arrest. I had been stealing from the company for several years now, skimming cash from certain sales accounts. So far, I had evaded incarceration, and even managed to keep my job, but I knew that ... | 3 | |
Yeah it's this again, but you all seemed so enthusiastic about the first one, I'd thought I'd set you up writing the end instead
and then later we can get to the middle :) | [WP] Write the last words of the novel you've always wanted to write | [
"She looked down from the airship. The plate windows, several inches thick articulated the form of the world in strange grotesqueries. \n\nClenching her left arm, a plate of iron grinds. Eve looks at her and follows her gaze. Eve turns to see her eye. It's been absorbed and the focus changes. Lily smiles.\n\nThe ar... | 8 |
[WP] The stars are slowly burning off one by one. Scientists have determined the exact amount of time to the week that the sun will shut down. | [
"\"Eighty-five, eighty-six, eighty-seven, eighty-eight. Eight-eight. So few are left, the world is darker even as the Sun shines more brightly.\" \n\n\"Its hot Papa.\"\n\n\"shh, shh, come now go back to sleep Izzy ill turn on the fan.\" Her big green eyes fluttered shut as He waved the cardboard back and forth. \"p... | 7 | |
[WP] Waking up in a hospital bed to find your leg amputated. | [
"I awoke from sleep slower than usual, groggy and somewhat dazed as if suffering from the flu. I cleared my throat as I opened my eyes, confirming what I'd already thought. I did not lay in my own bed, nor anywhere else I'd like to. While the bed on which I found myself could have come from a hospital, the room ... | 3 | |
He can't tell anyone, cause no one will believe him, and he's resigned himself to going down with the city he's spent his entire life in. | [WP] A low level scientist who's discovered that a major earthquake will soon wipe out his entire city, spends one last day downtown. | [
"I'll never leave. This is my home and if it's going to go up in flames then I'm going to roast some fucking s'mores. I cannot wait to see what my brothers and sisters here are truly made of. Faced with death they will show their true colors. \n\nI imagine how some of them will go. Some will never fully comprehend ... | 4 |
[WP] Tell us what you miss about being a kid. | [
"In times like these you wonder what it used to be like as a child, a kid. A young boy with the freedom of expression because nobody cared what a young boy was doing. He could do what he liked, and he did. He did everything in the world there was to do... but then he grew up.\n\nI grew up.\n\nTaller and a bit wider... | 5 | |
It's up to you what constitutes sex or where you set this story. Maybe when you first realise this power, maybe 1000 years later in a young body, maybe using it to get around some kind of obstacle, maybe you finally found someone you love and haven't told them yet, maybe the chain of displaced bodies you've left behind you is causing problems, etc... It's all up to you.
EDIT: I meant one person. The actual you, not plural. Like one person living forever through the bodies of the people they fuck, leaving behind a trail of confusion. Whatever, you've all done your own thing with it. | [WP] Every time you have sex with someone, you switch bodies with them. | [
"A man lay in glass, the remains of a broken table. Feces had fallen from him and now pooled around his old yellowing legs. His wiry hair exposed on his bare legs as he sat in his underpants. \nHis balding head caught the light as the sun rose and the cops watched as he lay there, dead and mostly naked. H... | 13 |
[WP]Explain how a cult of time travellers actually create a utopia in the far future by carrying out terrorist plots in the past. | [
"Mozart started composing at the age of five. A lot of people will talk about geniuses and prodigies and these amazing, once-in-a-generation talents. I commend the people they're talking about. People like Einstein. People like Jobs or Ford. They're examples of the pinnacle of human achievement. But when I think ab... | 2 | |
[WP] In a society with three distinct genders, an everyday conversation between friends over coffee. | [
"\"Okay, I know that this is a touchy subject, but Taylor is going to need protection.\"\n\nAsh picked up yo coffee and stared at Skyler. Yo took an audible gulp, set down yo coffee, and replied \"That's been on my mind too.\"\n\nSkyler sighed and relaxed back into his chair. He didn't know how to breach the subjec... | 1 | |
In what might be her last moments, time seems to slow down for her, and she reflects on her life and the events that brought her to this point. Was she pushed? Did she jump? Did she trip? Why and how? Is she scared? Is she accepting of death? Tell me! | [WP] A woman is falling from a building. | [
"This building is really tall. Like *really* tall. I've been thinking a lot. You might think the whole \"time slows down\" thing cliche and untrue but while it is cliche, it is not untrue. I could tell you about my life and my successes and regrets and all that shit but I won't. I won't because I'm pissed off. And ... | 2 |
Longer responses are preferred. | [WP] In the far future, utopia has been attained. What happens when someone opens the Pandora's box? | [
"I heard that the three kids who sweep the street for Mr. Baker found something, a box. A strange and intriguing box that looked more like a jewel, an elaborate cube. I guess they found it while sweeping but I'm not too sure, I wasn't there. Dave was though. Dave is everywhere. He told me that the kids took the box... | 2 |
Combine these three disparate elements into one cohesive story. Make it interesting. Have fun! | [WP] A porcelain ballerina figurine, an overworked and underpaid schoolteacher, and a pizza that shouldn't have had anchovies on it, but did. | [
"Mrs. MacMurray had always wanted to be a ballerina. Their thin bodies, contorted into beautiful shapes, mesmerized her. She dreamed of starving herself into a size 0. Fantasized about strapping herself on a medieval stretching rack until her five foot pudgy body gained that extra seven inches. Mrs. MacMurray looke... | 5 |
[WP] Baby, did it hurt when you fell from Heaven? Because you might be entitled to compensation | [
"Sestina\n\nThe dog in the yard was hurt.\n\nIt lay by the hickory where it fell.\n\nIt panted whispers of Heaven.\n\nI'd have followed it if I might\n\nhave been so entitled.\n\nBut some masters get no compensation.\n\n^..\n\nWe all long for compensation--\n\nTickets or tokens for how we are hurt.\n\nIn no way are... | 7 | |
If you've played the last of us you know about Runners, the initial stage of the infected. They're known to pace around and sometimes stand in place muttering and whimpering. Let's assume that during that stage the host is still semi aware. Their whimpering and muttering is due to the confusion of what's going on with them. Fungal plates around their brain have made them absurdly aggressive and they don't know why, their body does things they cannot control. The plates have also damaged their personality and competency. Maybe they mourn what they do and that's why they stand still. Maybe the ones pacing are vaguely reminiscing about themselves or memories they have. Does anyone catch my drift? My prompt is: write something from their perspective with what I described in mind. | [WP] The Last of Us point of view story based on a Runner's perspective. | [
"I'm trapped in here, a prisoner in my own body. I can see the fear and the loathing on the face of a stranger every time they lay eyes on me, but no matter how hard I try to tell them that I don't want to hurt them, that it's not really me, all that comes out is a screech as I pounce and sink my teeth into their n... | 3 |
[WP] You find a tattered book in a thrift store / charity shop which describes your life down to a T in third person. It's a relatively thin book - what's your reaction / do you read the end? | [
"I had a decision to make. After thumbing through the pages I could clearly see this story parallels my own life, to a T. Every memory I've had was just as I had remember it. \n\nThe book was quite thin, as I curiously thumbed through some of the pages, I picked out a paragraph toward the middle of the book: \"... | 11 | |
[WP] here you stand, alone again, about to take your own life. Nothing is holding you back now. You decide to look around your room one more time until something catches your eye, and the impact it has on you stops you in your tracks and makes you realize why you can't do this to yourself. | [
"I don’t really know how I came to this point. From the outside my life probably looks pretty great, a loving wife, a good car, a nice house and a high earning job. I take vacations to Europe twice a year for two weeks at a time. Work a maximum of 30 hours a week and yet still earn six figures. The majority of the ... | 6 | |
I was driving home today and saw a cat crossing the street and this got me thinking about what its life is like. | [FF] You are an indoor cat outdoors for the first time. Are you in the country or the city? What is the season? What do you encounter? Do you get home and if so, how? What kind of cat are you? How old? | [
"That dumb dog...chasing me out here- Oh? What's that?\n\nGlancing at the stupid dog, who was being pulled inside the...whatever humans call it. A nest, or a den? You get the idea, I hopped off the porch. Instantly, my fur was soaked by mud. \n\nOuch...maybe I shouldn't have jumped off the porch...\n\nSitting down,... | 3 |
[WP] The spaceship was unnervingly quiet. | [
"I was just getting out of my cramped bunk..... when I hit my head. See, that's the thing about space: no gravity. We all may have had PhDs, but somehow we couldn't manage to follow Newton's laws, or at least remember to buckle ourselves in before bed.\n\n\nI had a killer headache. A headache can mean a million thi... | 2 | |
[WP] An immortal enlists in the army. | [
"(This is my first prompt, please feel free to suggest anything)\nThis was a taste of something new, something... fresh. Another chance to make things right. Today is the day of redemption. Today was July 7, 1776, the day that I died. Today is July 7, 1812.\n\nDuring my life in America, I lived as a coward; a selfi... | 12 | |
The island is not big. You explore its entirety in one day. And you find a house. Rather big, this house reminds you of those colonial period plantation villa, void of any living presence. In a closed room, you find a great number of sheets. What you read on them freezes the blood in your veins.
What did you read, on those sheets? | [WP]You're stranded on an island. | [
"Blood stains. On the sheets. Buried. But still, if I check deeper and deeper into the laundry bins.... Growing, ever present blood stains. From orifices suggesting... no.... it can't be....\n\nWhere is the sun in the sky? I remember it was July not to long ago... oh, no, no no no no... too near the equat... | 5 |
[WP] An ugly man becomes gorgeous for one day after eating a magic apple. | [
"*Bored on a train so here goes. Constructive criticism very much welcomed*\n\nIt started like a regular day; \n\nI Wake up feeling like I've been hit by a ton of bricks, force myself to overcome the epic mind-battle that is getting out of my warm cocoon in bed, throw on some clothes, grab an apple and rush out of ... | 3 | |
http://imgur.com/UOGDfUU | [WP] This is an actual study question for an evolution course I am in. I want to see who can think of the most creative response. | [
"From a local newspaper report at the time;\n\nScandal has struck a Pennsylvania District Court Case as it approached a verdict on public school policy towards evolution.\n\nState police found Justice Joseph Hooker trespassing in a Harrisburg eel fishery with his face coated in 50 pints of stored ejaculate.\n\nJust... | 3 |
[WP] What is the ultimate act of willpower? | [
"She stared at me in wonder. The object in my hand, black and shaking on it's own made her giggle. 3 months old, innocent. She took the barrel into her mouth and gummed my gun. \"Do it!\" I scream in my head. \"Do it or they'll take your whole family!\" The joyous eyes of this little girl... How could she grow up t... | 3 | |
[WP] Convince a jaded lover not to commit suicide | [
"\"I've got a handful of pills, and I think I should take them. No one would care anyway\", Drake said in his Facebook message. After blocking his first account, he made *another* account to message me. \n\n\"Drake, stop it. You don't need to fucking kill yourself. We broke up months ago, I'm allowed to be with oth... | 2 | |
[WP] Make me sympathize with a character that history hates. | [
"\"You have to be careful of what you say, you know they're watching, and waiting for just the moment to silence you. You carry little support here, which is not to say you can;t win the people over, but you have to be careful about the words you choose to use in this speech\"\n\nThe chubby man with small hands pac... | 3 | |
[WP] Ten years later, a bully meets his victim in the cancer ward. | [
" \"Hello mister Spencer, you have a visitor!\" Said the nurse.\n\n \"What? I've never had a visitor in the three god forsaken months I've been here!\" Said john Spencer. He looked at the door a like he had seen a ghost to see his childhood victim walk in calm and confident. \"I'm...I'm sorry William I really am... | 2 | |
[WP] You lament for your lost lover as, unbeknownst to you, your wife walks into the room. | [
"Colonel Schneider handed off his horse's reins to the servant as walked towards the steps of his townhouse. The grey sleet falls unendingly. The rains are common this time of year in the capital city of Fredericksburg. As he enters his home, he hands his cloak to his footman and accepts a cup of strong black tea. ... | 4 | |
[WP] The Most Awkward Love Confession You Can Think Of | [
"May I use an incident from my past?\n\nSo there I was, no shit no shit, seventh grade beginning, tits swelling in menarche and legs half shaved, because no one notices if you don't do your thighs. I strutted down the hall in my short shorts, Pooh Bear messenger bag swinging on my shoulder like the proverbial boss,... | 4 | |
... in which the oppressed proletariot rise against the capitalist Willy Wonka. | [WP] The Oompa-Loompa's communist revolution. | [
"The Chocolate Factory was a mess. Vats of chocolate were upturned, spilling everywhere. The chocolate river was in a worse state then when Augustus fell in it, and the candy trees around it were toppled over. The experimentation rooms were in disarray, machines left to run on their own, shorting out, some mangled ... | 2 |
[WP] Ana lost everything that mattered the most for her. Write about how she feels and the decisions she might or might not make because of that. | [
"I lost it all. I know, you may reach out, you may say you’ve been where I’ve been, that you’ve lost as I have lost, but have you really? Have you ever really placed all of your stock in one person, only to watch them hold your heart for what seems now like but a fleeting moment before they let it fall carelessly t... | 2 | |
[WP] A chemist discovers a drug like no other describe it from a addicts point of view. | [
"Nirvana, that's what it's called and that's what it did.\nNirvana in it's truest form, none of that hippie crap about \"transcending planes\" or whatever the hell they say nowadays. No, this drug brings about what Nirvana really means,\n\noblivion.\n\none hit and *puff* out you go, all senses, desires, emotions an... | 3 | |
Have some fun with it.
Research: /r/steampunk /r/Cyberpunk | [WP] A scientist in a cyberpunk universe makes his way to a steampunk universe. He is completely unprepared. | [
"Earth has begun to reach a very slow decline to the end. War for livable land has begun in some of the hotter regions of the world, and the overpopulated regions press into politically unstable zones which causes further strife and violence. My lab was told to find a way to fix this. We went through every possible... | 3 |
http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1wzcxv/my_dad_found_this_interesting_butter_knife_while/ | [WP] Tell this knife's story. | [
"I’ve been around a while. I wish I could tell you that I’ve seen all kinds of interesting things, but the reality of being a knife isn’t very exciting, not to someone like you at least. It is true, yes, that cupboards and drawers are very dark. One might think that they’re similar, but let me tell you, after spend... | 2 |
[WP] Two time travelers from the future arrive in the present day. One claims that the future is a utopian paradise, the other claims that it's a hellish dystopia. Both of them are lying. | [
"\"You're both lying-\"\n\n\"No we're not.\"\n\n\"You just addressed yourselves as collective 'we' when in fact it's not a collective 'we' when both of things you're saying contradicts the other.\"\n\n\"Well, yes to someone like you but in our time both can exist.\"\n\n\"How?\"\n\n\"Well if you look at time in a no... | 2 | |
[WP] A child born and raised on a space station experiences gravity for the first time. | [
"\"Oh my god! This is so much fun.\" The child was beside himself as he whipped his willy and marked his territory - watching the arch his bodily waste made as he wrote his name in the snow. \n\nThe joys of not having to pee in a tube were new and exciting. He couldn't wait to see what pooping would be like. He's a... | 9 | |
[WP] Big Toothpaste's secret conspiracy is about to be revealed. What is it, and what happens? | [
"We held the knife dumbfounded. The Toothpaste company had done it all along. They were the ones secretly plotting, waiting. If this secret got out it would change the world as we knew it. Now the decision is ours. Do we let the rest of the world know? Do we change the course off the entire earth? I looked my frien... | 3 | |
[WP] A man, lost for years, finally found civilization. Only problem is... this civilization is Black Ops base. The military tells the man to go back to the wilderness. | [
"The man who staggered out of the woods could easily have been mistaken for an emaciated corpse. He had gone completely gray out in the wilderness and had grown a scraggly beard. Any clothing he had left had been worn to rags, in some cases replaced by skins sewn together into crude garments. He'd been lost in the ... | 2 | |
[wp] You are in a world where Pokemon live in cities and towns and catch humans with Peoplemon balls. | [
"The light is blinding. \n\nAlways is.\n\nCould be two-thirty in the morning, thrust from darkness into darkness, and still, somehow, the most distant stars in the night sky would find some way to twinkle just the right way, frying my optic nerves and sending knives of pain racing back into my brain as if getting t... | 2 | |
[WP] A struggling, unfunny comedian has his big break, but his show is terrible. So terrible, in fact, that the audience loves it. | [
"\"You suck\", \n\"not funny\", \n\"you think this is comedy?\". They would always say.\n\nJim always knew he was funny. Actually, Jim knew he was hilarious. They just didn't get it, show after show misunderstood, *why don't they understand?* Tonight was different though. A different crowd - Johnny set him up big -... | 2 | |
[WP] "Do you know that you can save 15% by switching to Geico?" "Yes, everyone knows that." "Well, did you know ..." (make up your own). | [
"My girlfriend Lizzie and I sat down at the dinner table with my mother.\n\n\"The chicken should be done in about five minutes,\" I inform them.\n\n\"Thank you for inviting me over, Josh. You've done a lovely job adjusting to your new apartment,\" my mother admits. I can't help but grin.\n\n\"I had some help,\" I r... | 1 | |
The protagonist dies and says "What the fuck? ... " | [WP] The disappointment at finding out what actually happens after death | [
" In stories and tales of old and new you always hear a common thing at the end, I accept death. Yet it wasn't until I sat in that disheartening, cold hospital room with nothing to do that I began to think. As I gazed out the window and squinted my eyes a thought birthed itself in my mind. Maybe, just maybe this ... | 9 |
To clarify -
The couple, for whatever reason, end up cheating on each other with people they thought were random strangers, when in actual fact they were hooking-up/kissing/flirting/talking online with each other. Leads to a mind fuck/dilemma.
| [WP] Two people in a relationship cheat on each other, WITH each other, unknowingly. | [
"The woman on the other side of the wall didn't have a face. In fact, she was barely a woman at all. There was just a piece of flesh, parted in two and warm. So warm. It felt nice. The hole was a portal to another dimension of happiness, far away from this depressing and hateful world. I loved her. She was ... | 4 |
[WP] twitchplayspokemon. 50k + people are inputting directions to a Pokemon emulator. Write Red's thoughts. | [
"*Left, Right, Down, B, B, Start, B, A.*\n\nThese thoughts continue to fill my head. As much as I want to refuse, my body ends up following these instructions on their own. \n\nI can't stop.\n\n*Down, Select, B, B, A, A, B, Right, Up*\n\nI can't remember how many things my body has done on its own. Throw the nugget... | 2 | |
[WP] Trapped on a island with four other survivors and no food, you have been chosen as their next meal. | [
"It was a mutual agreement. Well, mutual for everyone except me. We ran out of food three weeks ago and have been living off of cooked crickets and half distilled water ever since. Now they've resorted to cannibalism.\n\n\"Come one guys, I don't even have that much meat on me! At least eat Fat Bill or something.\" ... | 2 | |
[WP] A man is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison. He is immortal. | [
"The guard jerked one thumb over his shoulder. \"And, last sight on this free tour of your new home: Morag. This guy's gonna be around forever.\"\n\nI stared through the bars at my fellow inmate, dressed in an orange jumpsuit identical to mine. He looked like an ordinary enough fellow, maybe in his late forties,... | 1 | |
[WP] You involuntarily read people's minds when they are close to you, but it is limited to only one thought from every person you meet. On a crowded subway platform you pick up a unique thought. | [
"*I should have been a cop. Or at least a vigilante. The sheer number of bomb threats I've encountered while taking the sub to Manhattan is ridiculous. After a while, you just stop calling the police and start stealing the bad guy's backpack. Public safety for all, I guess.*\n\n*On the other hand, I might be a grea... | 4 | |
[WP] Narrate a murder | [
"\"I told you to stay away from my family!\" the man shouted at the figure in his doorway,\" I swear I will kill you if you get any closer!\"\n\nTo emphasize how serious he was he pumped his shotgun and clicked the safety off. The figure in the doorway moved forward into the light and his face came into sharp relie... | 10 | |
[WP] A struggling writer surfs /r/askreddit for juicy plots and characters based on reddit user comments. A year later and the writer has a best seller in store, a redditor discovers striking similarities to one of her storys and goes to have a little chat with the writer. | [
"The sun bled across the evening sky in the most interesting way. The colors around me were vibrant and gleeful, but as it was they reflected the opposite of what I felt. That motherfucker! How dare he? The Oprah book of the month bore the name of something Andrew had come up with while skinning squirrels in his ba... | 2 | |
Format, motivation, setting -- I leave all in your capable hands. | [WP] Detail the moment when your protagonist makes the decision to kill someone. | [
"Luke stared at the mirror. His eyes were open wide, and his skin was as pale as a ghost. What time was it? 2 AM, 3 AM? He couldn’t tell. His body was trembling, and the cold sweat was dripping of his face. He pressed his teeth harder and harder against each other, with such force that not breaking them was just a ... | 2 |
It's a Sevendust lyric that's stuck with me for years. There should be a story for it, but I'm damned if I can find it. | [WP] Every time the truth gets broken I'm the one to fix it. | [
"Their realities are their own. I'm in no place to judge. When you've got free reign over *everything*, of course you go nuts. Who wouldn't? Why do you think rich people always used to buy a bunch of ridiculous shit? Because they could.\n\nThey don't buy ridiculous shit anymore, they just buy the New Reality Machin... | 4 |
[WP] "This house isn't a home anymore; it's a prison cell." | [
"Smiling every day —forcibly so, hoping it would delude the brain into thinking that the body it belonged to was happy. So it would release those things it should, and the body would actually be happy. No, it can't be allowed. Within these walls,there is no happiness.\n\nChanting every day,\"You have lived so many ... | 2 | |
[WP] A single scene, through the eyes of three narrators/characters who are vastly different from one another. | [
"Lance twitched involuntarily. He had not been trained to withstand this, but he held on with all his might. No amount of torture was going to break, or so he liked to believe. The Institute had gone too far. They had to be taken down if any sense of freedom was going to exist in this hell hole of a country. He... | 2 | |
[WP] He stood before a god and laughed. | [
"I am an inventor. I create things. The thing about being an inventor, is that since everything I create is new, nobody knows what it is, or what it does. I could try and explain them, but they don't have the fundamental understanding of quantum mechanics of psychobiochemistry that would help them grasp what I a... | 4 | |
[WP] The God of Cheese becomes envious of other Gods and sends forth a real dog to destroy all other dieties through the usage of internet writing forums. | [
"Just for clarity, I didn't write this response to be mean to u/iamadogforreal, who actually raises a decent point and sometimes I roll my eyes when I come onto r/writingprompts and see a zillion traditional religion based (i.e. God vs. devil, or \"what if you were God?\", etc) posts. However, the mainstay of the c... | 1 | |
[WP] You pour yourself a glass of juice. It doesn't end up like you expected. | [
"\"Why did I piss off that Djinn,\" I wondered to myself. Weeks ago, I'd bought an antique lamp. While dusting it, a strange, barely human form burst from the center of it. From all around me, a voice boomed, \"You have freed me from my prison, and as such get three wishes.\" I replied, cheesily, \"Well, I wish for... | 1 | |
[WP]In Hell, you are rewarded according to the amount and level of evil you have done, the greater the evil, the greater the reward. | [
"*moderately evil* is what I would consider myself, if you asked me when I was alive. \n\nI got a double homicide on my rap sheet, charged when I was 19. did my 30 years inside. Man was life different. I couldn't cope so I hooked up with these bangers and wound up involved in a rape-murder. Pretty nasty but hey wit... | 2 | |
Inspired by The Wire, Good Will Hunting and Small Time Crooks. The guy has a great head for critical thinking and decision making, hence making a great drug dealer on the streets. He figures there must be kids wanting to smoke weed or worse in the jewish community, but no dealers want to be seen hanging around there, and no rabbis want to see them. So, in order to make money on this unexploited market, he meets them halfway. The public chessboards in New York are popular amongst the the jewish community, but are also frequented by players from all over. He can be seen there without suspicion, and so can his clientele. After hanging around the place, he ends up learning chess and becoming exceedingly good at it.
Write about the first time he learns to play, or the moment he has to choose between chess and crime, or his thoughts in prison as he misses a tournament match for a possession charge, or his speech after becoming the world champion, or his apology to The Boss when he hears about "all this chess shit". So many possibilities for plot and theme. Period is up to you. Feel free to change any details, it's a WP not CC. | [WP] A drug dealer practices chess while he waits on clients. He accidentally becomes a grandmaster. | [
"We were due to meet him in the Cats Corner chess club on 63rd street. I never liked meeting our competition face-to-face, and I pleaded with Micky that we find out where he lives and torch the fucker while he slept. But Micky, whether through confidence or good grace, insisted that we chat first and politely ask h... | 1 |
[WP] The internet is controlled by 14 people. Each holds a physical key. Together they have access to the Masterkey of the Internet. They meet 4 times a year for the Key Ceremony during which they change the passwords of the internet database. Describe one of their ceremonies. | [
"If you're reading this, then I am either missing, dead, or have been captured by Anonymous. If any of these be the case, then I elect you, George. You shall hold my key in the trial of encryptions. \n\nCharing Cross. The UltraServer is in Charing Cross. Clever Brits, hiding the Masterkey to the entire world wide w... | 1 | |
[WP] Select a Grimm Fairy Tale. Reboot it in a sci-fi setting. | [
"Story - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.\n------------------------------------------------\n\n\"Snow White, this is Rose Red and Three Bears, We'll be your escort down to the planet. The princess's father is awaiting her arrival at the capital.\"\n\n\"Rose Red, we copy. Glad to have you as escort.\" Star Glider kn... | 5 | |
How does his town react?
Dirty Business?
Why does he do it?
| [WP] Write a short story about a man who farms Pickles from a pickle tree | [
"It took hard work and dedication to create the most efficient fertizer mix. Vinegar. Mustard seed. Dill. Each working in conjunction with each other to form the proper base of nutrients required for a strong root structure and growth. The seedling needed to be set into the ground, setting more than half the length... | 3 |
Donors of this new blood type can donate to others of lesser blood types, whereas these new blood donors can only accept the blood of the same special blood type. | [WP] The political effects of the discovery of a new blood type that completely heals others when donated, and how these new donors are treated. | [
"They were better than the rest of us. They lived lives of perfect health and were so rare that they were only discovered by an act of God. No-one truly knows who first made the discovery, but the story goes that a young girl was dying of a wasting disease and was visited by an old woman who was convinced that she ... | 3 |
[WP] Why is a raven like a writing desk? | [
"The hatter stood over his tea party; his eyes unfocused and his hat on straight. A very peculiar puzzle, puzzled his mind and brought it to the brink of rational thought. His cohorts, moving in slow motion, throwing teabags, sugar and scones across the table, a small young girl sat at his side, looking up at him. ... | 1 | |
I just thought of this random idea when I looked through some pictures of people with funky hairstyles. | [WP] The colour, style and type of hair determines your superpower | [
"Ron really enjoyed flying back from work every day. The wind stroked his foot-long chestnut hair while his right hand squeezed the handle of his briefcase. He'd dropped it twice since he started his job. If he let go, it would shoot out behind him and fall in the river. Then he'd have to leave it there, fly ho... | 2 |
[WP] The world wakes up to find that every man lost a foot in height and every woman gained one. Tell me your story of that day. | [
"I woke up feeling achy and the dog was at the edge of the bed, already begging to be taken for a walk. It was early - much earlier than usual. I let out a groan and stretched, getting out of bed. Thank god it was the weekend. I hoped I wasn't getting sick.\n\nI went over and slipped on some sweats and pulled my ha... | 3 | |
[WP] "Death is the only truly perfect thing there is." | [
"There once was childhood. Youth, innocence. To this old, tortured soul at the end of his sojourn, such an idealistic past seems as real and clear as a good book he'd read years ago. He sits in the corner of the run-down diner, hunched over his morning coffee as it warms his tired and worked hands. White ghosts o... | 2 | |
Just wondering how a protagonist would react to, after all the build up and momentum of his journey, basically having the rug pulled out from under him. It's not that what he has been fighting for is a lie, it just isn't relevant or true anymore.
Have some fun with it.
Can be any sort of setting.
| [WP] Hero faces his/her final epic battle, only to discover he/she has no reason to fight anymore. | [
"Martin woke up that day. It was the same shitty day he was always coldly welcomed to. The same grey sky, the same breakfast, the same commute and the same people to deal with - everything was the same for so long and everything became a blur. It's hard to distinguish days when the same talkative woman whose name e... | 7 |
[WP]: a murder investigation keeps getting sidetracked by John Doe's hilarious tattoo | [
"After his rather unpleasant conversation with the lieutenant regarding his average closing time on his cases, Detective Armin Salmon sighed. His times *used* to be somewhat okay, but the latest case is throwing his time way out of wack.\n\nHe opened the folder again and looked at the photos again. The place is an ... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a character in a novel who falls in love with the author | [
"It's unnerving.\n\nFalling into a world you don't recognize. You can feel yourself rushing down into it. You've never felt before. It's amazing. \n\nYou feel something else. A sort of... Pulse. There's something. You are something. You've become, you are being born. You feel a stretching, like your shaping into so... | 9 | |
[WP] Write a story about the five little piggies and include what they do (go to the market, go home....et c) for all five. | [
"**This little piggy went to the market.** He buys a carton of cigarettes and a few too many beers at the pub, where he is repeatedly rejected by the same gorgeous piece of ham. *Why is every broad I meet so stuck up? Why aren't I good enough?* he thinks as he climbs into his car, ignoring the \"Drink Responsibly\"... | 4 | |
[WP] Two people are granted any wish they desire. One wishes for super powers, the other ........ to know the answer to *any* question. | [
"Archenchantress Leda was not surprised when her simple wooden cart, now 2 days lost among the Tras'al desert's dunes and crags, caught something in its wheel. Nor was she surprised when the cart's wheel began dragging because of it. When her squire boy showed off the shimmering golden relic of a box he'd found und... | 3 | |
[WP] Your family tradition is to become a serial killer. Your dad loves to kill, your mom does the clean-up, grandma and grandpa had some times too, and your little sister is an experienced one as well. you refuse to be a part of this....But its in your blood | [
"\"You're doing it again,\" T.J. said with a sidelong glance at me. \"I know I said I was cool with it, but you've been doing it more than usual lately. It's starting to freak me out a little.\"\n\nI shut my eyes and turned my face up toward the sun as his voice startled me back to my senses. He was right, I hadn't... | 8 | |
[WP] A drug user and his dealer run into each other as they pick their respective children up from preschool. | [
"Rick whistled tunelessly. He was trying to learn to whistle as well as people did in songs, but wasn't having much luck with it. That didn't stop him from trying, as long as it was in the privacy of his own car. Idly, he checked his phone. *It's right at 3, why aren't the kids out?* he mused to himself. \n\nAs tho... | 5 | |
[WP] A ancient Lich have grown tired of the evil ways. he opens up a Tavern, it quickly becomes the most popular Tavern in the lands. | [
"Grummoth the ancient glared out from behind the bar.\nHappy people drank, boisterous and vital. Serving wenches balanced tankards of ale, people toasted and cheered, a small boy chased a dog through the center of the tavern. Celebtration and life. \n\nGrummoth sniffed, breathing deep of their life, their vitality... | 7 | |
[WP] "I put my pants on two legs at a time, just like everyone else." | [
"Emile sighed. He was never best pleased when Herr Doktor, as he insisted on calling his employer, got ahead of himself.\n\n\"Nein, Herr Doktor, you do not. You forget I am with you most mornings and until your third cup of coffee you are as nimble and graceful as ein Elefant.\" Emile wagged his finger, pursed hi... | 2 | |
Could be a poem or something | [WP] A person lamenting about his/her black jeans that have faded. | [
"You were so *perfect*. Do you know how hard it is to find jeans that actually fit me? I've got bird legs and a fat ass. Jeans fit me like dreadlocks fit Mother Teresa. Except for *you*. You wrapped yourself around every curve, molding yourself to me like paint. You fit yourself into all my boots and fit perfectly ... | 2 |
[WP] A hive mind encounters a human, but has difficulty understanding that an intelligent being can be an individual. | [
"On the coast of a warm equatorial sea, where green waves heavy with algae crash upon the black cliffs, we found the lines. Straight lines.\n\n\"Oh, it's nothing.\" I run my finger between two of the shiny lines, just slightly raised over the surface of the dark damp rock. \"Salt. The waterline must change periodic... | 3 | |
This was a 20min writing prompt I was given in high school almost 10 years go. The teacher, Mr. Ad (name shortened for privacy purposes) was one of the best teachers I've ever had. If you're out there Mr Ad keep doing what you're doing, keep sending kids to the corner and keep writing up dhalls for kids "sleeping together in class" | [WP] What does it mean for someone, or something, to be normal | [
"In regards to a community, statistically speaking, normal is the common state of the majority. If ten people are in the group and eight of them tie their shoes with a double bow, then for the group, normal would be to tie a double bow.\n\nFor an individual, normal is statistically the most common way you do any gi... | 2 |
[WP] A ten year old boy goes to Disney World with his family. At one point, they ride Space Mountain. When the ride emerges from the darkness, only the boy is left in the cars. Upon exiting the ride, he discovers the entire park is empty. | [
"The lights flickered once and in that split second I have never felt more afraid. I have no idea why, but my neck suddenly started to hurt really bad. I looked to my right (or left? I still don't have those two figured out... whatever, it's the side where your fingers make an L if you look at them and your hand is... | 2 | |
[WP] A man eats the last apple on earth. | [
"When the guards were momentarily distracted by my diversion, I smashed the glass bell, snatched its treasure, and ran like my life depended on it. Glancing back, I could still see the bedlam I created by releasing a sackful of rats into their grand and opulent museum. You could barely hear the alarm klaxon blaring... | 4 | |
[WP] The Freelance Thief | [
"The incessant, high-pitched chirping of crickets resounded through the crisp night air. The crops waved and bent in the light, warm wind, as if a ghostly army crept through the grain, revealing their presence in small gusts blowing against the faces of onlookers. As he walked through the wind-blown ripples of the ... | 2 | |
[WP]Create a character that has witnessed an event from your favorite video game from their perspective. | [
"He was her friend. Together, ether through luck or divine intervention. Together they had ripped that tyrant from her throne. He took her place as the emperor. He was never fit for that job. Just as she was about to leave he brought down her elevator. He thrust our pas emperor upon her and cast her into the abyss.... | 4 | |
I'd love to read your interpretations! | [WP] A man has found the remedy for eternal life - to never love a person. | [
"\"--the bears are 3 pts. down, I dunno Bob, seems to me their offense didn't quite--\"\n\n*Click*\n\n\"--you sonovabitch, Snoodlie! I knew you were sleeping with that whore Clariss--\"\n\n*Click*\n\n**\"Isn't there anything good on?\"**\n\n**\"Doesn't seem like it.\"**\n\n\"--well zoinks, scoob, it's, like, super ... | 2 |
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