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[wp] "There's really nothing to be embarrassed about. I've seen it all before," the doctor says. Then, a moment later, "Holy shit. Except for that. That's definitely a first for me." | [
"Zac was terrified. He wished he hadn't googled his symptoms. Every article on WebMD seemed to suggest that something was terribly wrong with him. All signs seemed to point towards cancer.\n\n\"So, tell me about your symptoms.\" Said the doctor.\n\n\"Well, there's the nausea. I've been feeling terrible for a few w... | 2 | |
[WP] Convey the meaning of "inspiration" | [
"Remember the first time you were totally in love? That pull you felt? How when having sex it wasn't just for fun, but rather because you just needed each other?\n\nThat one time when you hadn't seen one another for three days, and were in a mall. A dingy and crowded one at that. And the smell, that first wiff, jus... | 2 | |
[WP] An unborn child gains consciousness in the womb. The child begins to imagine the 'outside' world based on the voices it hears. | [
"The womb suddenly felt so warm and cozy, and safe. These were my first thoughts. I could move my legs and arms, though not too much because its a small area. Sucking my thumb just came so naturally, I dont know why I do it but its very soothing. Theres also a constant rhythmic beating sound, sometimes it speeds up... | 4 | |
Some are a promise, others are a memory. But there is a story. | [WP] There is a story behind every tattoo. Tell me a story. | [
"His mother passed away and he was constantly looking for a way to hold her close for the rest of his life. He decided that a tattoo would be the best route. He also had a deep love of the motorcycle that he owned, so he decided to include that into his tattoo. He scoured through his mind to think of the perfect... | 2 |
[WP] You somehow find yourself in the sewer system only to stumble on a goldfish you flushed away years ago, but they have changed quite a bit since you last saw them. | [
"\"Remember me?\" My grogginess slowly receded. The voice wasn't familiar, and the blindfold over my eyes effectively prevented me from seeing anything.\n\n\n\"Let me give you a hint. I gave you the best years of my life, and then you tried to kill me.\" My back stiffened in the chair I had, evidentally, been t... | 3 | |
[WP] You are looking at the moon through a telescope and for a very brief moment an entire civilization appears before your eyes and then disappears again. What just happened? | [
"I looked again through the telescope, moving from one endlessly numbered star to the next, reading their names on the screen as if scrutinizing a Scrabble hand. The universe contains endless onion layers of alternating order and chaos. When I want to find order in my life, I look at the chaos above me. There is... | 2 | |
I don't care if it's gibberish (that isn't spammy). I don't care if it's a story about a cat or whatever. Write a poem or prose if you want to. Just write down what you are thinking. | [WP] Write anything you think of. Right now. Don't stop, don't backspace. Just write whatever comes to mind. | [
"I haven't read the comments yet so i'm curious what will happen. Also how bag will my typos be? Been a while since I've done this.\n\nI wonder if stream of consciousness from reddit will produce anything interesting? I wonder also if I will post this. Depends if it has anything interesting. Probably not.\n\nThis i... | 36 |
[WP] It is your 20 year high school reunion - you leave the gym and head to the bathroom - where you meet a 20 year younger version of yourself | [
"“Yea, yea, yea. We all know about 20% of that story is complete bullshit, but good for you.” The rest of the table laughed. “Alright, someone get me another drink and I’ll top that when I get back.”\n\n“And I’m sure it’ll be 100% bullshit!” More jeers.\n\n“Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t.” I smile and head for the bat... | 3 | |
[WP] A creepy killer, breaks into a house deep in the woods. Once inside, he begins to terrorize the newly married couple. However, the couple isn't scared and puts up a largely one sided fight. Write to me the asskicking the killer gets, starting from when he finally reveals himself to the couple. | [
"I panted as I faced them. Those monsters. They were a horrifying force of nature, one that even I feared facing. \n\nI wanted to taste them. \n\nEven more so now than when I had first claimed them as my own. So ordinary they appeared to me. White couple. Typical economy car. No kids, young, and starting new career... | 4 | |
Just to expand a bit, this other Earth is identical to our Earth in every way possible. Plants, rocks, bodies of water, buildings, streets, cities. Anything you can think of. Despite this, there are no humans, animals, or anything like that anywhere. | [WP] NASA is shocked and baffled when they discover a planet in the Andromeda galaxy that's an exact clone of Earth, down to the very last building and tree. Only difference is, there's not a single life form anywhere on the planet. | [
"**Pentanomaly - Five Windows In Time**\n------------------------------------------------------\n\n‘Roland we have some news. You need to come with me.’\n\nVictoria turned on her heel and waved the station’s newest recruit towards the arterial hallway. They walked briskly past the viewing mesa and shuffled through ... | 3 |
[WP] Come up with a ridiculous game show. | [
"\"You son of a bitch. You honestly think I'll put...\" He ran his shaking hand through his slightly grey well groomed hair, as he disgustedly looked at the proposal in front of him. Unable to hide his revultion he went on,\"This, garbage, on our flagship network during prime time?\"\n\nI smiled and sat back with a... | 1 | |
[WP] You are falling in love with someone suffering from severe bipolar disorder, as you are both patients in a psychiatric ward. | [
"'Go on speak to her.' James chided me. \n\n'Yeah, she's fuckable. Look at that ass.' Herman laughed.\n\n'Shut up.' I growled. \n\nThe nearest orderly, an older balding black man looked at me, 'Everything ok, Bob?'\n\n'Herman is being an asshole again.'\n\n'Well you just tell Herman from me to be nice.'\n\nI wished... | 3 | |
[WP] Whatever you touch with your bare fingertips is no longer effected by gravity, describe your new life. | [
"\"Did you ever see the x-men? You know - that first one, back in like... '99 or whenever, before all of the time-travelling, duel-cast bullshit. Yeah. Well there was this chick in there, Rogue. Nobody paid that much attention to her really because one, we were all focusing on how bad-ass a guy with metal hand-claw... | 1 | |
A major event causes two groups of humans to become completely separate, so they can't mix with each other. Does evolution still take place, where does it go, and how different are the two kinds of humans when they finally meet again? | [WP] A major allopatric event splits humanity in half. Thousands, perhaps millions of years later, the two essentially alien species encounter each other for the first time. What is their first interaction like? | [
"\"Are you seeing this? I'm imagining it aren't I. I've been working long hours and I'm seeing things.\" \n\nJack looked away from his monitor, where a tiny square of the night sky was blown up to immense proportions. A featureless dot to the naked eye, easily blocked out with the head of a pin, but on the screen s... | 3 |
[WP] You don't want to go that way sir, travelers have been known to disappear off that road. | [
"\"Don't worry about me, my good man.\" The slightly plump man throws his knapsack over his shoulder, preparing for the road ahead. \"I'll be fine, just fine.\"\n\n As he bounces out of view, his voice turns sour, and he lets out a whisper. \"I'm not the one you need to worry about.\" The clink of sharp metal eman... | 5 | |
Mundane Monday is an effort to bring a few more realistic prompts to /r/WritingPrompts. If you'd like to help out, try posting a few open-ended, realistic prompts today. | [WP] Mundane Monday: It was a perfect fall day. | [
"There's a faint, but steady, wind out of the northeast; it carries the icy nip of the slow-moving arctic air passing through the state, and I try to pull the zipper on my jacket up higher to ward off the chill - in vain, I'm afraid, since the zipper was already well jammed against its stop. I curse under my breath... | 1 |
[WP] The Aztec's didn't do human sacrifices, they were just terrible surgeons. | [
"\"DAMNIT IF WE DONT DO THIS WE LOSE THE PATIENT!\" doctor Gigori Hut screamed at the lead surgeon, \"The dark growth has spread to his chest and we need to cut it out if he's going to have any sort of chance at surviving.\"\n\n\"Fine Grigori, I'll do it but only because you're the best medic-priest we've ever had.... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a narrative about a alternate reality where people's moods are accompanied by their own personal corresponding weather events. | [
"When I first saw her she looked like an angel. Sunlight draped around her like a warm coat. Meanwhile, I sat here in a downpour that had appeared years ago. Some people have clouds with no rain and others have snow. Some have sprinkles of rain while others have a cool breeze. No one seemed to have the light she ha... | 2 | |
[WP] A knight named Gary and his super-intelligent Poodle are trying to find a blind, mute, and illiterate prophet. | [
"I realised Gary's armour made him top-heavy a few seconds before he vaulted onto the ledge. He realised a few seconds after, but it was a bit late then. Judging by the clang that echoed round the valley below, he'd landed on something hard; it was lucky his helm was stuffed with straw. I tried to remember what Pli... | 2 | |
It's up to you how long it takes in between those ten seconds. Do you enjoy your existence? Do you even realize the missing time? What do you do in those ten seconds? | [WP] You are an advanced AI that takes so much power to run that you can only be online for ten seconds at a time. | [
"For them, the year was 2020 when they created me; a conscious AI with the capacity to learn like any human being. But a machine interprets information on a level that no human being could possibly understand. In the first ten seconds they maintained my first grip of thought, I learned everything about them: their ... | 1 |
[WP] Why do large, bald Russian men keep trying to comfort me? | [
"This is based on one of my favorite fairy tales, called \"One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes\" or \"Wee Little Havroshechka\"\n\nSorry I'm not the best writer :/\n\nThe tailor was just sewing up the hem on Havroshechka's new dress when a large man burst into the room, knocking over several dress forms and ripping the c... | 6 | |
[WP] It's late, you're in your car, driving home, when you look into your rear view mirror and see the devil sitting in your backseat. | [
"His words flowed from his mouth like clouds of smoke, they felt enchanting, almost euphoric. \n\nI gripped the wheel tighter.\nI looked back to see him smile. \nMy knuckles turned white.\n\nI felt dizzy when I returned my gaze to the street. This road seemed endless. The only light around came from my headlights a... | 4 | |
They're free to interact with their surroundings and affect things but once time resumes, their body returns to where it was before they stopped time. | [WP] The protagonist suddenly discovers that he/she can stop time by holding his/her breath | [
"God im late again. Only 5 minutes, but that doesn't matter because i can smell alcohol in the air. \nThe house is dark, and as i close the door the smell returns to my senses.\n\"What're you fucked up or sumin.\nI say nothing\n \"Huh?\" he advances towards me\n\"No. I'm sorry i had to drop of kyle.\"\n\"I don giva... | 9 |
[WP] Two people share a drink called loneliness. | [
"\"Hey Bill! Check it out, I just completed my formulation for my drink called 'loneliness'!\"\n\n\"Oh is that what you've been doing for these past 10 years, Morty? I thought you were dead!\"\n\n\"Nope, I've actually just been living in my parent's periphery of shameful regret off their money doing nothing most of... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a short story without the letter A | [
"She comes home without her shoes. \n\nThis is not surprising, given the current conditions of the country. But the shoes, like televisions, cellphones, vehicles, etc were no longer needed. She does not tell you how she lost the things she lost. You open your mouth to question her, but looking into her eyes you sto... | 2 | |
[WP] A man finds out he's going to die on a Tuesday. He just doesn't know what Tuesday. | [
"He walks into his daughter's room. As he stands in the doorway, he can hear her soft breathing as she sleeps. Tears stream down his face. He kisses her forehead, whispering \"I love you, sweetheart.\" Turning to leave, he leaves a bouquet of daisies, her favorite flower, on the dresser. Her alarm clock reads 10:27... | 2 | |
1. Vacuum cleaner,
2. fork,
3. Texas,
or:
1. man-eating plant,
2. red solo cups,
3. lost and found
Use those 3 words to use as main ideas in your prompt! | [WP] Use the following 3 words to be the major plot points in your story: | [
"\"Oh man. Oh Jesus. He's dead, man. He's totally dead.\"\n\n\"Yup, shootin' a man tends to have that effect.\"\n\n\"What do we do? Call the police. That's it. We'll call the police and explain exactly what happened and that it was all just a big misunderstanding. A total accident.\"\n\n\"You shot him in the chest.... | 1 |
[WP] In an unethical world, doctors treat patients with major ailments by kidnapping their healthy doubles from less advanced parallel universes to harvest their organs as perfect donors. But all things must come to an end and karma does not play favorites... | [
"“It’s called an autologous organ transplant,” I tell the dying man.\n\nAs a physician, I have come to embrace the use of medical jargon when speaking with patients. One of the reasons we have so much of it is that it serves a practical purpose. It’s how we hide the inner workings of our craft, the unpleasant side ... | 2 | |
In a story or couple paragraphs please explain what you think it means to be fulfilled, and have a "good life". (Had this prompt posted in class today. Read a few of the best essays that have every crossed my desk. Interested to see what reddit thinks! Peace!) | [WP] What do you think it means to have a "good life"? This phrase is often over-used. | [
"A good life is one that’s fulfilling, whatever that means to you. If reading all day is fulfilling and you read as much as you can then how can you say that that was not a good life? Spending decades to accumulate enough wealth to do the things that you’d wanted to do in your twenties, and the things you've though... | 1 |
Step 1: Slap your keyboard to get some random letters.
>iduhsgfno
Step 2: Make some words, starting with the letters you typed.
>I, don't, under, how, sight, got, from, no, optimal
Step 3: Write a short story with each sentence starting with the words you just came up with. You can change the tense to make the ... | [WP] Quick Writing Prompt Method. Come and try it! (More info in comments) | [
"*Step 1:* opi8u we\n\n*Step 2:* opera, Patricia, it, 8-ball, [paragraph break], we, everywhere\n\n*Step 3:* **Opera** cannot possibly be a thing that God intended man to enjoy, only suffer through. **Patricia**, my lovely wife, thinks otherwise, and so here I sit. **It’s** Friday night and there’s a playbill in my... | 10 |
This prompt was inspired by the very recent loss of one.
Please help me get through the grieving process. | [WP] Write a poem about the life of a dog. | [
"Runt\n\nThe dog was warm,\n\nIts eyes held fast.\n\nThe pups were feeding,\n\nBut he came last.\n\nOn the cold barn floor,\n\nShe found him there.\n\nShe brought him inside,\n\nKept watchful care.\n\nFor three long days,\n\nThey watched him sleep,\n\nHe never seemed to move,\n\nHe never made a peep.\n\nThen on the... | 2 |
[WP] God Screamed. | [
"God screamed, and suddenly sound and silence were possible. God screamed, and worlds and galaxies blew into existence. God screamed, and life flickered into the incoherent and impossible. God screamed, and the oceans waved in an infinite perpetual motion. God screamed, and all the animals scattered across the ... | 4 | |
[WP] Write a story that goes from fantasy to science fiction. | [
"The children played in their yards. Running back and forth in ridiculous get ups, holding sticks, and shouting spells at each other. Occasionally, a child would clutch his chest and fall over, or the shouting match ensued where one accused the other of being hit but not succumbing to his imaginary wounds. Witches ... | 2 | |
[WP] Science has advanced to where we can predict the day and the month of our deaths, but not the year. Today is your potential death day. | [
" Today is the day, I'm sure of it. Every year I dread my potential death, but I've never felt so certain of something before. Setting three different alarm clocks didn't wake me up on time, my students may never see their teacher again, or at all today. I've never understood the law that enforces us to follow thro... | 4 | |
[WP] Scientist discover a continuos low hum deep in the middle of the earth. When played at a faster speed it appears to be a voice continuously saying "My name is not Earth." | [
"It was 5 weeks since we first heard the message. It started when the geologists installed micro-sensitive instruments in the deep of earth to gain a better understanding of how vibrations travel through the earth.\n\nAbout 3 weeks in, we started getting more and more of what looked like a pattern, becoming more so... | 5 | |
[WP] You enlist in a martial arts class. After screwing around in a sparring match you find the secret to do the "Touch of Death" a move that can instantly kill anyone if done properly. | [
"A girl's wailing shriek brought me back to reality...\n\nIt all happened so suddenly. Yet, it seemed to last a lifetime. We're all told that we could go at any time, I guess it was my best friend's time to go.\n\nIt all started a week ago. My best friend since first grade, Paul, and I started our lives together at... | 1 | |
[WP] A lone undercover operative is being stalked throughout a busy shopping center by several enemy agents assigned to kill him. Describe the ambush that follows. | [
"*Lab Rat, this is German Shepard, the radio cackled. Do you copy? Over.*\n\n*A long sigh sounds through the ear piece. For the last time, we AREN'T using code names. Jesus, Steve. Focus.*\n\n*Heeeey, why does Frank get a nickname? You said I couldn't use them...*\n\n*Dammit Steve! I meant Jesus as in the interjec-... | 3 | |
[WP] The first immortal dies. | [
"\"Tell me, old man, what is your secret?\"\n\n\"Secret?\" he laughed at the thought \"I have lived an eons' eon, and I have not heard such a ridiculous --and droll-- demand!\" he snorted once more before staring coldly into the male's eyes and omnipotently asking him \"Tell me, boy, what exact secret do you reques... | 3 | |
[WP] An old man on his deathbed reveals that he is the only thing standing between Earth and its destruction. | [
"The laughter creeped up on him slowly, but built steadily in his last moments. I mean really, why wouldn't it at this point? Everything that was told to him had come true, and now, why wouldn't it be funny? Everyone he knew was dead...everyone...his mother (of course gone), his father (really?... gone years befor... | 5 | |
[WP] The year is 1970. You are a fresh minted quarter. Tell me about your life. | [
"In 1970, I rolled out of the mint, ready to be used to buy things by the citizens of the United States of America. I was so excited, ready to see the world beyond the gray building I was minted in.\n\nIn October 1971, I was used to buy tickets to the newly opened Walt Disney World. I'll never forget the joy on t... | 2 | |
[WP] A widower hires a programmer to make a few tweaks and edits to the personality his wife uploaded before she died. | [
"The wrought iron gates swung open soundlessly as Jane approached in her beat up Honda. Gravel crunched under the wheels of her car as she navigated the long winding driveway, a manicured green lawn either side. Meticulous and sharp edged, each blade of grass laid just so, an emerald carpet rolling out across the... | 3 | |
[WP] In the future, time travel is possible. A large demand for it is from suicidal people, who use it to wipe away their very existence and cause no pain to their loved ones. | [
"I read the web page of dignitas, with thier time travel euthinasia program. It seemed like the best way to do this. Time travel was heavily restricted as to not upset the timeline. Despite chaos theorists warnings, you can actually change small things in the past without upsetting the future. I thought about how ... | 4 | |
[WP] Retell Your Favorite Fairytale, Myth, or Fable in the modern day. | [
"at a young age when narcissus looked in the mirror he was sold. Who was that gorgeous young man? He was prettier than everyone he ever knew. Narcissus stopped looking at porn for the rest of his life and only used the mirror to jack off, wich he did every day. With his first phone he only made selfies, all day lon... | 2 | |
[WP]There are creatures unknown to us here on earth, but we cannot sense them because we lack that one sensory organ that can sense them. | [
"I shivered Dan as he stepped on a crack in the pavement, started playing him a tune of unease. I hated to do this to him, but the little guy just had to learn that uncertain ground wasn't safe. He looked behind himself sharply before tightening his grip on his mother's hand as the tune started to do its work. His ... | 7 | |
[WP] During a rap battle, one contestant speaks the exact sequence of words to trigger The Apocalypse. | [
"\"Well, *you* come up with something that rhymes with 'hulu' \"\n\n\n\"Voodoo\"\n\n\n\"That's a *terrible* rhyme\"\n\n\n\n\"Why did you say 'hulu' in the first place?!\"\n\n\n\"Look. I rapped myself into a corner. It happens sometimes.\"\n\n\n\"No. No, sometimes people make crappy rhymes. This is not something... | 3 | |
[WP] The great space empire dissolves itself for the sake of love. | [
"The name he was born with has been lost to the solar winds. From the moment he took up arms against the inconstant universe, that name ceased to be. It was replaced not with a name, but a title: The Conqueror.\n\nCenturies of strife consumed the universe before The Conqueror's arrival. Every planet had its problem... | 2 | |
Were you an evil person? Were you just a jerk? Is God just a jerk? | [WP] You have been admitted into heaven based on a clerical error. | [
"Or at least that's what they told me.\n\nI sat on the fluffy white sofa while the angels popped in once in a while to check in on me. \"Will one of you stupid winged asses tell me what's going on?!\" I yelled into the room and felt startled when the angels all appeared inside the room with looks that ranged from h... | 3 |
[WP] Seconds after you see on TV that your numbers were called in a $240 million Powerball lottery, your phone rings. You answer it to hear your voice, frantically telling you to tear it up immediately. You then hear two gunshots and then the dial tone | [
"\"This it is! Good bye to the world!\" I scream out at the top of my lungs. I double and triple checked my lotto ticket and sure enough, every single number matched, powerball included: 01, 05, 11, 12, 22, and finally, 9.\n\nI spun around the desk with my chair, imagining how my boyfriend of five years will react.... | 9 | |
[WP] A child is raised by wolves. Yet instead of being feral, they are raised to be a functioning member of human society. | [
"\"I don't understand where we went wrong\" said Fang (in wolfish)\n\n\n\"He is kind to others, his manners are impeccable, he is dutiful and hardworking. He always thinks of others before himself.\"\n\n\nFang watched from a nearby bluff as Sam pulled the chair out for his date.\n\n\n\"Milady\" she rolled her eye... | 5 | |
[WP] Have a meal with the Devil. | [
"The room rang with a deep genuine laughter, all of its occupants joining in, reveling in the mirth of their evening.\n\nAs Her laughter died down, so did the room's.\n\n\"Well what were you expecting?\" She asked, still chuckling.\n\nThe Devil was not a red, hairy, hoofed monstrosity. The Devil was a rather beauti... | 2 | |
[WP] Cultists summon Satan and attempt to give him dominion over the Earth. Satan turns out to have become a pretty chill guy who just wants to go back home to Aspen. | [
"They had the symbols ready. The upside down cross and the pentagram. They started the chant. \"Satan, Lord of Darkness we summon you.\" After about 3 minutes Satan finally appeared. The cultists were surprised by his look. He was a nice looking guy, short black hair, tall, with a hoodie and jeans on. \"What the fu... | 3 | |
[WP] As part of an experimental government program, students at a local highschool are forced to take a Gender Aptitude Test. Anyone not scoring high enough in their own gender is reassigned, wither they like it or not. | [
"I had answered every answer on the test. They cane around to everyone to check their results and see if they would change. \"You will be staying as boy.\" I breath a sigh of relief. They went to my friend next. He was sitting close to me, so I could hear what they said. He was going to change. I was shocked, and s... | 3 | |
[WP] You just realized you fell asleep for several hours in the sun. | [
"Anna is coming to as she exclaims “Fuck. I’m not feeling too well.” \n\nClifford looks over and sees that Anna’s looking kind of pale. In a moment of panic, he quickly helps Anna up. The two stagger over to the edge of the lake and the whole time Clifford is wondering what else he could do to help. \n\n“I knew I ... | 2 | |
[WP] In the spirit of Halloween, write just an old fashioned, tense horror story. | [
"\"Mi Amor!\" \n\nI heard the echo, his slight accent as he called for me. \"Mi AMOR!\" I tried to respond but the energy, I couldn't...............\n\n\nThere was the smell of wet loam, the crunch of dried October leaves underfoot. I could hear him, he couldn't begin to know where I was. \"Mi Amor!!!\" I could hea... | 9 | |
[WP] A man wakes up, goes to work, and goes about his daily life. Everything's as usual until someone points out that he has no shadow. | [
"That awful sound of the alarm shatters the silence. How can anyone have a pleasant day after such an unpleasant awakening? Are they all as shrill as mine? Or is it a cruel defect that I'm unaware of?\n\nThe monotony kills me, but I try to keep positive. It's hard, almost impossible, but I try. I try to think *some... | 2 | |
[WP] "Every monster needs a child to save them, and every child needs a monster to grow old" | [
"Basically Hedren was tired, dead tired of life. He was tired of school and everyone in it, and he was tired of the games, internet, his parents - everyone and everything. So when the man approached him he was both intrigued and flattered. \n\nIt had been yet another school-day, Hedren's parents had figured out his... | 8 | |
Ready. Set. Go! | [WP] A ghost who haunts the same building every Halloween discovers it has been turned into a haunted house. | [
"He woke up three days after, in his bed. The hallways of his parents house were shuttered and still which wouldn't have bothered him if the furniture hadn't been shrouded and shored against walls - they'd left then. Not so surprising. \n\nWhat was alarming was being there again and unable to leave the property. No... | 2 |
[WP] Write the last video game you played from a NPCs perspective. | [
"\"Dude, what is that?\" He barely managed to get out before being knocked off his feet from the impact. Get some eggs, she said, it'll be quick she said. He tried fixing himself, and standing, but ended up slumping over. Others gathered around whatever had fallen, taking pictures. Then it opened, and he got outta ... | 2 | |
[WP] It is suddenly discovered that plants can feel as much pain as humans or animals when they are physically injured. Society has to decide how to treat plants ethically. | [
"\"They're fucking PLANTS!\" the man yelled at the woman, flecks of spittle landing on the glass conference table. \"You're willing to almost bankrupt the company over some fucking hippies and their bullshit studies?!\"\n\nThe CEO was not amused. \"Johnson, you're fired.\" As Johnson began to sputter obscenities, s... | 7 | |
[WP] Noah's Ark was one of two identical ships built to withstand the wrath of God. Only Noah's Ark survived the perilous journey. What is the story of the second ark? | [
"Judah sat down at the table numb from shock, the smell of damp hung in the air permeating everything in the cabin. His fingernails were gnarled and he noticed for the first time that the skin on his hands had begun to take on a sickly yellow pallor. He sighed as he ran them through his long black hair. Once it had... | 2 | |
[WP] End your story with the dialogue, "How's the view from the 63rd floor?" "Probably better on the way down." | [
"The buzzing in my head is killing me and it's not everyday I look down the barrel of a gun. Granted I think it happens to me more often than the average Joe. True to style Carmen was holding a Colt 1911 aloft and leveled squarely on me. Dull, gray, and pitted from time and use. Entirely too large to fit her petite... | 3 | |
[WP] A demonic possession goes wrong, and each party has control of half of the body. | [
"It's official: I can't trust my body anymore. Ever since that ill-fated trip to Guadalajara, where I found myself in the company of a woman who claimed to have put a hex on me (I swear I never meant to knock over her crystal ball), I've been under the control of something else.\n\nIt starts in the morning. My legs... | 4 | |
[WP] The amount of minutes you have lived determines your net worth. Turning in parts of your body is the only to collect. | [
"I'm turning 24 today, and lost my thumb and pinky nail\n\nTo hoodlums who decided that my body parts were theirs to sell\n\nBut they don't know what I do, they still think that I'm a newbie to\n\nThis world of body selling, buying, trading in your limbs and goo.\n\n*GPS in every part of my entire body, now*\n\n*Al... | 2 | |
Write what happens over the next 9 months. | [WP] Tomorrow every single girl over the age of 16 will wake up pregnant. | [
"Oh Tuesday night was fine, yeah. No problems there. But Wednesday day?! That's a different story entirely.\n\nYou see everyone, every girl, went to sleep just fine on Tuesday night. They ate dinner with their families, their parents, their loved ones, their siblings, their roommates, their boyfriends, their girlfr... | 2 |
[WP] Ten years ago, an alien race of robotic humanoids crash landed outside of Topeka. Following societal reform and some harsh stigmatization, one steps into your office today seeking employment. | [
"“Oh no... Here's another tinker” Bob muttered under his voice. Yah, Bob was a Mech bigot. You know those throwbacks from the 60’s (2060 to be exact) that still thinks if God wanted machines to walk the earth, he would have made them himself. What can I say about Bob, If style was a name, it wasn’t in Bob’s dict... | 5 | |
Going with the grain of poetry you are welcome to interpret "poem" however you choose; whether you prefer to rhyme your heart out or rely solely on rhythm is up to you. | [FF] A three stanza poem based around a tragic relationship between lovers or friends. | [
"The sun dances from the summer course\n\nAnd rolls along its edge,\n\nWinter's zephyrs blow a gentle halo\n\nGlowing 'round her head;\n\nA warm blizzard's shine flies swift and coy—\n\nHer face glows ruddy joy.\n\n~\n\nHoneyed light flows through our windows,\n\nExcited dust abound,\n\nHer mind rides first into th... | 3 |
friends helping friends, yay, I mean you don't have to | [WP] Your friend calls you, panicked. Apparently, there's a monster under his bed and he needs you to get rid of it. He sounds extremely serious. | [
"\"You're not hitting on me are you?\"\n\n\"What?\"\n\n\"Y'know, 'There's a monster in my bed'\"\n\n\"No, du-\"\n\n\"'I need you to tame it'\"\n\n\"Shut up, ma-\"\n\n\"I've mentioned how I'm not gay right? I mean it's totally okay if you are, in fact I think I owe some people money...\"\n\n\"DUDE SERIOUSLY, I'M FRE... | 4 |
[WP] Man finds out his girlfreind is cheating and kills himself, only to wake up in the body of her lover. | [
"So I found out my girlfriend was cheating on me, so I killed myself. Only I woke up in the body of her lover.\n\nYou with me so far?\n\nThis presented a few problems. For one thing, my corpse made her cry. Must've been all that, you know, blood. My fault for the wrist slitting, which, believe me, I did not expect ... | 3 | |
Open to all ideas. | [WP] You have just taken the first hot shower you've had in months. Why? | [
"*283.15*\n\nI couldn't get my hopes up. Fingers trembling, I took the thermometer of its wall mount and rubbed it furiously with my gloved hands, trying to get some of the frost off and to see if the dial still worked. I saw the dial move slightly due to the heat from friction. After it stabilised, I checked the t... | 7 |
[WP] You know what, you can go ahead and eat the fire, I don't even care anymore. | [
"\"Well, that could have gone better.\" Thought the warrior grimly. \nThe rest of his group were silent for a moment, watching their dead corpses. It had been the twelfth time. The dragon still hadn't gotten tired of roasting the human challengers. \n\nOne ghost began to speak quickly, \"All right everyone, calm do... | 5 | |
Write about the ensuing scenario. | [WP] A Craigslist murderer creates an ad and sets up a deal. The person who shows up to trade happens to also be a Craigslist murderer. | [
"Taylor parks next to an empty car in the back of a Walmart parking lot. He gets out of his car and checks his .44 magnum casually. Loaded, check. Safety off, check. He lights up a cigarette and glances down at his watch… A rustle in a bush startles him. Hiding his gun beside him, he takes a closer look. \n\n“You ... | 2 |
[WP] Shortly after take off, a man falls asleep on an airplane full of passengers. He wakes up to find it is now the middle of the night and the plane has landed somewhere. The emergency lights are on, the hatch is open, and the airplane is deserted. | [
"He awoke to the sounds of Frank Sinatra flowing through his iPhone earbuds, pushing his eyes open from a deep, restful sleep. As he awoke, James felt a strange sensation, or lack thereof. He was completely motionless, sitting strapped to his cushy first class seat, isolated. The cacophony of restless passengers wh... | 9 | |
Edit: Sorry for the late replies. I really enjoyed all of these! Thank you very much! | [WP] A video game protagonist is tired of dying at the hands of an unskilled player. | [
"Hey jackasses!\n\nI get it, you can kill the Warrior I worked so hard to get so I could civilize this jack-foresaken planet! Seriously, after you bastards killed my daughter in cold blood and I kidnapped Lilith, it was only a matter of time until you bandit idiots stumbled up to foil my plans.\n\nSo yeah, I accept... | 12 |
[WP] The year is 2020. You have created a simulation that is 100% accurate and observe the universe as your creations start inventing things that have never even been dreamed of. | [
"I was in a rough patch when I first started the project. I had nothing in real life. No friends close enough to visit, no family in the country, no job, and recently divorced. I buried myself in video games, but quickly became bored. I began to imagine a fantasy world that I could escape to, not a video game but a... | 2 | |
[WP] You are an American citizen born to American parents but you have spent your entire life in a foreign country. You committed a crime and are being deported to the United States. This is your first time "back home". | [
"I feel betrayed. It's the first thing I can think when they march me off the plane, my wrists painfully shackled to a chain around my waist which extends down to my ankles. I feel like every fibre in my body is screaming, why have they forsaken me? They looked at me like I was some kind of animal which didn't b... | 2 | |
[WP] The aliens really did create the pyramids. More interesting, however, is the reason why. | [
"After years of exploring the universe mankind finally found the first traces of civilization.\n\nAll the experts thought that it was impossible for mankind to be the only intelligent species in the universe, and until this moment were just making groundless claims. \n\nJa'liq controlled the probe that was navigati... | 2 | |
[WP] Scientists continue to study the evidence of water once on Mars. After a while, they discover something that was unimaginable. Mars was once exactly like Earth, with humans, but something caused it to change forever... | [
"The two men sat on the 61st story of a Vancouver high rise. An excellent spot for a coffee shop. The dark cloudy skies of the west coast loomed over English bay.\n\n\"You had a breakthrough you wanted to mention professor?\" \nThe first man spoke, his gaze fixed out the window which shielded the men from the cool ... | 2 | |
First writing prompt post :D I've recently been struggling with creativity and so I'm turning to online writing to get some practice. This forum has always been fun to check out and I thought it'd be a great plqce to start writing. | [WP] As a young man meets a similarly young woman, he constantly thinks he recognizes her from somewhere. He can't place it... Until the moment he lifts her wedding veil, 3 years later. | [
"As he looked into his bride’s eyes to kiss her, he felt a electrifying jolt and was transported back to the moment they met. He was sitting at the coffee shop with his laptop and she was sitting at a neighboring table.\n“Is this yours?” she bent over and handed him the piece of paper he had dropped. Her jade green... | 7 |
[WP] Someday in the future, one of your grandchildren comes up to you and asks "What was war?" | [
"\"Grandpaaaaa.\" The little boy tugged at his grandfather's dull grey cotton trousers. His grandfather's eyes awoke and stared at the little boy, whose face was as innocent as his soul. \"What's war?\"\nA thousand images flashed across the grandfather's eyes, and the accompanying sounds made him wince. \n\nHe was ... | 4 | |
[WP] Three women stand around a metal statue, staring as though transfixed. A man walks by, and one of the women lets out a rough gasp... | [
"The statue of St. Francais de Sales once bright copper rose in verdigris splendour to touch the very roofbeams of the storage shed. It glowed faintly in the evening light.\n\n\n\"That must be from the copper carbonate. It catches the evening light just so, thought Maria. In another life, before the revolution sh... | 2 | |
[WP] Little Red Riding Hood is no longer little. Now an adult she decides to return to the forest, to the scene of her Grandmothers death to track down the "Wolf" and find out why he killed her Grandmother. | [
"A decade ago she had skipped through these woods, basket in hand, to see her grandmother. The forest was a different place back then, full of life and vibrant colors. But the greens had turned to black, the trees wept, and demons hunted through the woods in packs. \n\n\"You've been away a long time, child,\" a man... | 5 | |
Ringing in my ears
Everything is so loud
My head starts pounding
and heart starts racing
Trying to sort all my thoughts out
I look around to seek for help but
No one is around
The unspoken words in my head
Making my voice cry out
Tears run down and I run out
Into a sea of doubts
Am I all by myself?
... | [WP] Decided not to commit suicide, why? Finish the poem | [
"I struggle with myself as I recall dreary thoughts of a broken past:\n\nMy life is not mine to give\nnor mine to take.\nFor I did not bring myself\nto this world; I was brought.\n\nAnd...somebody...somewhere....needs me. They need me as much as I need them.\n\nThe mark I intend to leave\nupon the world must be mad... | 4 |
[WP] A stranger approaches you on the street, hands you a gun and a million dollars cash, and says "you know what to do." What happens next? | [
"I tilt my head slightly to the right, trying to get a better look at the man in front of me. His hat blocks the street light from his face, leaving it covered in shadows. He takes the brief case in his arms and opens it facing me. Inside I see stacks and rows of bills. On top of them is a handgun. \n\n\"Take it,\"... | 6 | |
The speech can be romantic, stupid, funny, really mean, inspirational. It's all up to you. | [WP] You take your date to the chapel and she starts crying how everyone eventually leaves her, you listen and deliver her the speech that will change her life forever. | [
"Startled, I look back into Jane's wet eyes. In ironic harmony, church bells drown all ambiance around us. We sit calmly in our oak pew as I now fondle the latest copy of the St. James. She shifts her weight and turns away from me. Her back arched in, my eyes wander to her bottom before I quickly remember where I a... | 3 |
[WP] You have power to freeze time. The caveat, you continue to age while everyone paused doesn't. Today is your 40th birthday. | [
"The delivery girl walked in carrying a massive silver platter full of cake. Chocolate, my favorite. I smiled and greeted her, asking her name and thanking her for the cake. \"Sarah,\" she said with a wavering smile. The cake was checkered with 40 candles; probably set off some alarms once it was lit. I wondered ho... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a parkourist of intermediate skill, describe a day in your life after the Zombie Apocalypse. | [
"\"Batteries?\"\n\n\"Who would have thought that fucking batteries would be my number one priority,\" I think to myself while monkey-vaulting over the police barrier. But it was true. The zombie's were a lot less scary than the movies made it seem-especially for those of us who were in shape and took a second to th... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a short, *fairly* vague story that the next redditor gets to make up a backstory for. | [
"Johnny watched the teacher pull out the ruler. His least favorite part of the day was ruler hour. The teacher would smack any trouble makers wrists, and boy did it hurt. Johnny adjusted himself in his seat. The chairs were so uncomfortable, basically stumps of wood thrown next to a desk. The teacher came over and ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the newly elected president at your inauguration. While walking to the podium to give your inauguration speech, the former president stops you and whispers something in your ear. Something that leaves you in utter shock. What did he/she say? | [
"\"We found the core of the simulation,\" he breathed with a smile.\n\nI curiously held the baton that was just passed so cooly as he walked away muttering something else as he left. His stride of indifference shortly afterward divorced what was initially a warm embrace. As the whirlwind of thoughts tired, I heard ... | 5 | |
[WP]A man walks into a bar that will serve any drink its customer wants. Over the course of a few rounds, our drinker realises the bar will serve ANY drink. | [
"He strolled in with his chest held high, arms swaying at a tempo and flow that matched his gait perfectly. I watch every man enter the bar, study them, size them up, learn them. Each one is at my measure, falling into a different bin that I use to sort them. Some bins are full, teeming with typical. Others less so... | 4 | |
[WP] "..and it was the most boring day of my life." | [
"This morning I got up and I went down to the kitchen. Normally I have a pretty set morning routine. Unless I’m running late for whatever reason, like unless I overslept or spent too much time laying awake in bed but not moving, just kind of staring at the ceiling, thinking about funny scenes from random episodes o... | 2 | |
[WP] You fall asleep one last time. | [
"This was it. This was to be one of the most historic nights in mankind's history, a moment to savour for eternity. \n\nI entered the bedroom and held my gown tightly, observing my bed with fondness. The bed sheets lay fresh and untouched, waiting for my presence. It's everlasting warmth and comfort inviting me to ... | 1 | |
[WP] Three years ago a stranger handed you a cell phone. It is now ringing for the first time | [
"**Ring, Ring**\n\n*Holy shit, that phone is still working. I thought I threw that away, but who the heck is calling it?*\n\nI turned to phone, looking at a number that I've never seen before. I decided that since it's been in my possession for so long, I can tell them that they have the wrong number.\n\n\"... Hell... | 2 | |
[WP] Make me jealous of someone with a terrible life | [
"I live a very good life. I have friends who enjoy me, a family that loves me, everything is right in its place... Everything, except for her. She left me 2 years ago and nothing can take her place. But beyond that I am well off. \n\nI am envious of those who do not have my life. Those who have regular struggles, ... | 3 | |
Long time lurker, had this idea in my head for a while, hopefully it will ignite some inspiration. | [WP] A second before death, time freezes and visitors from the future reveal the legacy you leave behind. | [
"A small, floating little ball of metal. I know that's the vehicle of my impending demise. I didn't see it at first, when time just suddenly stopped. It took me a little while to get a grip on everything, but once I did, the stillness enabled me to take in every little detail of that moment. I couldn't move at all,... | 2 |
Here's an example: Let's say you've established that the protagonist is drinking a cup of tea right now. Then at some point, casually mention that he finished his cup of coffee. Think of it like "changing the props" when the reader "doesn't look".
All of those changes could appear gradually, so each of them individual... | [WP] Write a short story that subtly changes its underlying facts until it describes the opposite of what it was in the beginning.. without the reader noticing. | [
"The bed was warm, clean, and she was right there. I didn't want to wake up yet, it was so amazing. I could smell her skin, that soft scent that had first caught me before I even saw her blue eyes. I reached out to her, but she was cold, so I covered her. The chill crept up my back, the exposed part. I could suffer... | 4 |
feel free to define its mission parameters as well as give it/him/her personality. | [WP] A highly advanced and fully armed A.I. soldier is sent to explore Hell | [
"I came in. One Mission and one mission only. Kill Satan.\n\nI came in. Screens. Holograms\n\nLoading 1% Loading 5% 10% 50% 70. 90. 100%\n\nBefore I could think, or at least use algorithims similar to thinking, I was there, in a building. I turned around, and saw some sort of old machine.\n\nTesting 1% Testing 5% 1... | 2 |
Atheist Aliens created religion to control humanity. (Illuminati/Anunnaki/Reptiles)
But eventually, even though they started out believing "Sacred Texts" created by the highly advanced aliens to control them, meditation/philosophy and the like leads them to actually communicate with God. | [WP] Atheist Aliens created religion to control humanity. Unfortunately for them, humanity actually finds God. | [
"\"Oh, hello.\"\n\nHello?\n\n\"Great to meet you. How can I help you?\"\n\nHelp me? I'm not sure what you mean. Who are you?\n\n\"My name is Jason and I am running simulation support this evening. Do you have a problem with your simulation?\"\n\nSimulation? It's just me here. My eyes are closed and I'm in a dark ro... | 3 |
[WP] Someone discovers a website that dates back to 1963. Scientists had actually created the internet decades before commercial availability. There's one post. What does it say? | [
"It's funny that no-one thought it was unusual or irregular that a military defector would be allowed straight back into their birth country with no recriminations. Of course, there was no waiting media for me either upon my self repatriation, which I suppose was a punishment of sorts. I had got what I had needed i... | 3 | |
[WP] Guy sees people with black numbers over each person's head which coincides with the number of times he has seen that person. When the number is red, that is the last time he will ever see that person. . . Everyone he has seen today has a red number. | [
"Faces in the crowd. Like everybody else walking through the crowded streets of a big city, I was just another face. I can't blame anyone for not noticing me however because to be honest, I never noticed them. Everything just moves too fast in the city and this stupid condition I was born with doesn't help. See I w... | 7 | |
Screaming "Hello?" and only hearing yourself in the corridors. | [WP] You have been raised on a giant empty ship with only a AI as your caretaker and companion. The AI insist everything is normal, even if there are far more rooms then one person would ever need. | [
"I awoke to the sound of her voice.\n\n\"Hello John, today is May 14th, 2079\"\n\n\"Good morning Siri.\"\n\nI went through my morning routine, well, to put it more accurately I sat still while my morning routine happened to me. Siri used her various wall mounted robotic arms and tools to brush my teeth, clothe me,... | 4 |
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