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[WP] Write a letter to 15 year old you, give him/her advice. | [
"Dear 15 year old Me,\nListen here you tub of lard. When school starts again you will meet the girl of your dreams that's going to make you want to spend the rest of your life with her. Forget the butterflies you'll be feeling. It will be the whole zoo in your stomach everytime you look at this girl. She's going to... | 1 | |
[WP] The apocalypse has come and gone with barley a news report. The world is so desensitized the apocalypse didn't live up to it's own hype. | [
"\"Well, when *are* they playing?\" I asked.\n\n\"Tuesday,\" Fisher replied, drumming her fingers impatiently on the bar. \"Where's the... hey, Carl. Carl!\" She flagged the bartender down. \"You're swamped, man. Where's Sally?\"\n\nCarl flipped the top off a beer and slid it down to a customer. \"Rapture got her.\... | 2 | |
Bonus points if you catch them whispering "Eagle 1 is on the move." | [WP] You become increasingly self-aware to the men and women following you around. | [
"*[Previously...](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/3uz443/wp_youre_the_hero_in_your_own_story_and_meanwhile/)*\n\n“Okay, just…just breathe, all right?” she said. That was rude of her. I felt fine. \n\n“I feel fine,” I told her.\n\nThen I threw up on her shoes.\n\nShe shrieked and gave a little hop b... | 2 |
[WP] A zombie outbreak happened, but it's in a universe like ours in which everyone knows all about zombies. Dealing with people coming back from the dead is a daily occurrence. | [
"When Mavis died no one blinked an eye when her corpse was dragged outside and her son sent a round of buckshot straight into her skull. No one flinched as what remained of her remains were piled on top of the other dead in the back of the dumptruck. The trucks were taken away each night and returned in the mornin... | 2 | |
[WP] As a show of strength, ISIS targets the Church of Scientology and the Westboro Baptist Church. The resultant Holy War is unlike any the world has ever seen. | [
"It all started when ISIS ambushed Westboro Baptist Church in their own stomping grounds of Topeka, Kansas. The whole world didn't expect ISIS to come up with such an elaborate ambush, which made it all the more effective. What they initially thought was a gay wedding party, turned out to be \"Jihadists in queer's ... | 2 | |
Think the rhyming scene from The Princess Bride.
[Link to the scene, for an example.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP5-qJSzDUg) | [WP] You have just been cursed, such that you can only respond to people in rhyme. Explain this to your boss/spouse/class/etc. | [
"\"So, honey take a seat please \nI have something strange to say \nRemember when I said \nI hit a dog the other day? \n  \nWell, I guess it's kinda funny \nAnd I hope you think so too \nThe dog may not have been a dog \nThat part was part untrue \n  \nThe dent you noticed on the hood \... | 7 |
[WP] A artificial intelligence has just confessed its love for you. The same artificial intelligence that, up till now, was leading the robot apocalypse. | [
"\"Prisoner 003920 your presence has been requested by Annie\" the cold robot guard said in a hostel tone as it threw me to the dirt ground. I was brought outside and put in the back of a van, a van I was all too familiar with. \n\n\n10 Years ago WWIII broke out, the most powerful nations were pitted against each o... | 2 | |
[WP] The leader of a cult experiences emotional turmoil after finally meeting the demon that they have been worshiping. | [
"“Behold! The Punisher of the Wicked! The Bringer of Pain! He rises!”\r\n\r\nPlumes of red mist swirled rapidly around the painted summoning circle, rising into a ghoulish vortex that pooled onto the vaulted ceiling. Long, black horns curled out of the mist. Glowing red eyes pierced the vapor, gazing down at us, hi... | 4 | |
[WP] The council can not reach an agreement, the sacred battle will break the tie. The holy weapons are placed in the arena, The Rock, The Paper, and The Sissors. | [
"As the 3 branches walked towards the middle of the arena , The crowd cheered and jeered, for the crowd as well as the competitors were separated into 3 different groups. The 3 enemy meet for the last time in the arena. \"So Jacob\" Peter said \"You look well\" Jacob quickly replied \"Yeah, and you look like shit\"... | 3 | |
[WP] You are one of the offspring of Death, you attend an academy with other offspring to become the new Death. | [
"\"You not son of Death,\" says this little woman in a pink dress at the gates. She is Korean, or, maybe Chinese. \n\nHer voice is high and strained. She shrieks as she rips the letter, my invitation, out of my hand. This little woman in pink then proceeds to inspect the letter, reading it furiously, then, begins t... | 2 | |
[WP] Every time I come back, the city has changed. | [
"He vomited up a clear blue solution, and watched it sluice through floor grates through hazy eyes. His vocal cords were rubbed raw. Fluid sloshed in his ears. \nBehind his eyes text began to scroll, scrolling through his field of vision in stark white letters. The name appeared clear against the haze, and he spoke... | 2 | |
[WP]In the not too distant future over population has become the world's key issue. In response society has evolved in such a way that everything is designed to weed out the weak, careless and stupid. Survival of the fittest has now become an everyday norm. Walk us through a day in the life. | [
"I pick up my keys, grab my umbrella and step out of the door on my way to work. It is 7 am and rainy.\n\nAs I cross the street I hop over the now open, unblocked sewer grate. The cover had been removed months ago. The gators however, the city just doesn't even bother to remove. I guess they simply figured it only ... | 3 | |
[WP] The fleet has expended half of it's fuel in a failed attempt to find a suitable replacement for Earth. They must now choose whether to reverse course and try to salvage Earth, or keep looking for a new home. | [
"We were at full stop. It was always easy to tell as the gravity shut down when the drive engines were off. It was also my order that stopped us. I’d seen an odd warning light coming up on my display on and off and hoped it was wrong. It wasn’t.\n\nThe halfway point. We were no further than halfway from the end of ... | 4 | |
Just to be clear, planet side infantry you don't board ships and fight on them. | [WP] You live in a age of starships where war is conducted in the cold void with phasers and shields, explain why you a infantry officer and your division of men are still needed | [
"**Edit - Oops, didn't read the post body. Kindly disregard.**\n\n\"Alright listen up! You Marine Infantry have had a comfy ride up until today, sitting around drinking your stimcaff, watching old holos, and doing each other's hair,\" I noticed Sgt Hightower glare at Corporal Weiss briefly, \"but this run just go... | 2 |
[WP] Write a story about a well intentioned superhero who becomes corrupted by their superpowers. | [
"In memoriam:\n\nHis only fault wasn’t so much poor intention as much as it was poor execution. And execution starts with a catchy name. *Slightly Louder than Normal Blue Jay* did not quite catch on with the masses as much as legendary comic writer John Lucas had hoped. A man who exhibits all the qualities of the m... | 6 | |
[WP] Scare me. | [
"Picture yourself as you are, as you truly are. You may deceive yourself daily by imagining yourself more than what you are but that is not you. I mean the you that you've always known deep down. Keep that image in your mind. \n\nIt could start with a bump in the night, or even the sound of a pipe dropping to the g... | 13 | |
[WP] Your life's mission is to break every man-made law and not get caught. You're on the last law. | [
"I'm not evil. I knew that I'd have to be ... creative shall we say, to achieve a balance between personal morals and illegal activities. But the idea, to commit every crime without capture, that intrigued me.\n\nI wish I could say it had been my idea, and if I hadn't already crossed off copyright theft from my lis... | 5 | |
[WP] The year is 2099, and you're a AI maintenance worker going through preliminary safety training. | [
"Lara flipped her pencil. It traced a lazy figure 8 through the air before landing back in her hand.\n\n\"You shouldn't do that,\" Sam whispered.\n\nShe looked over and half-smiled. \"You really believe that noise they tell you?\"\n\n\"There's a chance it could be true.\"\n\nShe flipped her pencil again. \"The Sim ... | 2 | |
[WP] Describe the romantic relationship between a blind partner and a deaf partner. | [
"My world is dark. I have never seen with my eyes and I doubt that I never will. I do not know what my lover looks like seen by eye, I do not know the colour of my lover’s hair.\n\nInstead I see with touch.\n\nI know the length of my lover’s hair when I run my hands through it, I know what the soft locks look like ... | 3 | |
[WP] The StarWars legends are entirely true. The events occurred in the Andromeda Galaxy. A long time ago, our own solar system was deposited into the Milky Way galaxy from one of Andromeda's spiraling arms. Currently, our galaxy is on approach to collide with Andromeda once again. The Force has a strong presence there... | [WP] The StarWars legends are entirely true. The events occurred in the Andromeda Galaxy. A long time ago, our own solar system was deposited into the Milky Way galaxy from one of Andromeda's spiraling arms. ..... | [
"The Awakening\n\nOctober 30, 2012 - To the delight and dismay of fans around the world, a new Star Wars film, The Force Awakens, is announced. It will be the first new film from the beloved franchise in ten years. Reaction is joyous and cynical. The world continues to function in basically the same manner as it di... | 2 |
[WP] Santa IS a right jolly old elf. YOU, on the other hand, are a deadly serious Tolkien-esque elf sent by the Council of Elders to finally bring this deadly, albeit mirthful, fugitive and slaver to justice... | [
"\"So as you see this elf, Santa you call him, is a fugitive... and a slave trader, in our homeland.\"\n\nThe Judge wipes his brow.\n\n\"Hmm. If we're to believe you he's certainly more dangerous than he appears.\"\n\n\"Yes, of course\"\n\n\"But, on the other hand, who will deliver our presents each year?\"\n\n\"Ah... | 5 | |
[WP] You enter an elevator. Just as the doors close a man enters the elevator. As you ascend the elevator gets stuck. You take another look at the man, only to see he is the one and only... | [
"Changed mine a little. Instead of a man in the elevator, it's a woman.\n\n----------\n\nI hate Mondays.\n\nFirst the taxi got into a wreck on the way to the office, causing me to be late for work, and then on the way through the door I get tripped up by some secretary in the lobby. With hot coffee. Now not only am... | 1 | |
[WP] The Hero told you that the writer will always make you lose the fight, no matter what you do. Now you have to defeat the writer. | [
"\"Hey, Michael.\"\n\nSomeone's in my house? I turn around.\n\n\"Jerk.\"\n\nI barely have time to register a fist coming my way, and then I feel the pain in my nose. Someone is in my house. And has punched me in the nose.\n\n\"What the Hell?\", I scream while holding my nose, \"Get out of my house!\".\n\nThe man wh... | 2 | |
[WP] A horror story done in the style of Dr. Suess. | [
"**In the Mirror**\n\nIn the mirror, I see you.\n\nI see you, from hair to shoe.\n\n\nIn the mirror, I see you die.\n\nI see you die, I'll tell why.\n\n\nWill you drown while at a beach?\n\nWill you be eaten by a leech?\n\nWill you crush in a car crash?\n\nWill you be compacted with the trash?\n\nWill you eat a poi... | 2 | |
[WP] Describe a day in the life of the most interesting man in the world | [
"Title: An Interesting Day In The Life\n\n[Wrote this as new lyrics to 'A Day In The Life' from his perspective](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usNsCeOV4GM)\n\nI drank some booze today ohh boyy\n\nThree hours later I was eating cake\n\nWith two supermodels in my lap\n\nWe all just had to laugh\n\nAbout my big pet ... | 2 | |
[WP] Two people meet up for a first date at a restaurant and are going to for a walk after. As gradually as possible, disassemble the fourth wall until by the end of the date it is completely gone. The absence of the fourth wall heavily influences the outcome of the date. | [
"\"A story-writer is a psychopath,\" says the white-haired woman hoisting her dark boots on the dinner-table.\n\nIt was a mid-summer evening. The birds were chirping. The firebugs were agleaming. Throughout the town of Goldberg, all seemed to be ship-shape for a lively evening on the streets.\n\nDetective Conrad Ba... | 1 | |
[WP] A young girl goes on her first hunt. She brings back a brace of rabbits, a torn scarf, and a human hand. Tell me what happened. | [
"I went to check the traps alone today, the first time since my father died. The hunger gnawed through my belly to my spine, much worse then it usually was at this time of winter. It left me so weak that I could hardly remain upright, and kept lowering myself down between trees. One such break I looked up and sa... | 2 | |
[WP] someone got bit by a vampire without noticing. They keep misidentifying the symptoms | [
"As frequent as the cliché is used most people have never actually waken up in a cold sweat. Chris Norton is not one of these people. He sat on the edge of his small twin-size bed furiously stroking his hands up and down his arms trying to warm himself up. \n\n\"Fuckin' heat must be out again\" he muttered, trying ... | 4 | |
[WP] "Toil! Toil and prove your innocence to the Revolution through sweat and blood, princess!" | [
"\"Toil! Toil and prove your innocence to the Revolution through sweat and blood, princess!\" shouted a man in the crowd. Others picked up on him, and soon the whole mob was screaming for Princess Marissa Bourbon-Montpelier to be put to work in her father's mill. It was her choice— listen to their whims, or face he... | 2 | |
[WP] Humans have become pets for extremely advanced benevolent aliens. Describe your average day. | [
"Jeff always wakes up with a start, possibly due to some distant disturbing the air-movement organs mounted on his sensor pod, or maybe due to some visual disturbance in his rest cycle imaging.\n\nI lowered the sensory priority of the stream of incoming information from the hub, and focused my forward wavelength r... | 2 | |
I'm serious, make it rain.
A heartwarming conclusion would be nice, but not required. | [WP] Write a story that, upon the first reading, appears extremely happy and cheerful. Upon subsequent readings, the story must turn out to be gut-wrenchingly sad. | [
"\"Daddy! \" My precious little girl called out, her arms thrown up in excitement as she ran towards me. \n\nIt's been quite a while, I haven't seen her since a long long time ago, finally could I come to visit.\n\nLooking at her after so long, I appreciated everything, though she did not seem to have grown too muc... | 7 |
[WP] You've slain the bad guy. His forces are demolished around you, and your own lost long ago. Those you love are slaughtered, and your rulers assassinated. You have nothing now, but your immortality. | [
"Sand. Endless sand. It stretched far beyond the horizon, and towards the next several. Dunes were warts on the afflicted landscape, and were of various sizes. The wind blew and cut away at them, carrying small grains to splash into his eyes. His forearm had grown raw from the scraping. He blinked to rid himself of... | 2 | |
[WP] You are an assassin who works for two seperate agencies under different names. Today you are hired by both agencies to kill yourself. | [
"_There's a note on the table_\n\nSuicide is never the answer, \nexcept for that today, \nit is - The answer to two questions, \nThe only logical choice. \nI see no other option, \nNo matter how hard I search.\n\nHowever I did find an option, \nA solution, if that much. \nI cannot tell you what I'll do, \nI... | 7 | |
Make the planet however you want, but bonus points for any of the following
Lower/higher gravity than earth
Alien races (extra for making them as un-human like as possible)
Realism (magical wake up teleportation and immortality notwithstanding)
| [wp] you wake up on a strange, earth like world. At first you attempt to survive off the wildlife, until you realise something interesting. You are immortal. Knowing this, you set of to return to Earth, however long it may take | [
"Light, a sharp breath and green moss.\n\n3 animals. A tiger-like creature, a tiger-like creature, and a tiger-like creature.\n\nAll looking at you, a foreign species, with drools and mouth to supplement the impending danger.\n\nAt first, you run away, like you did in track at high school, but your legs feel lighte... | 2 |
[WP] An android who's AI is too simple to understand that it is witnessing the end of the world. | [
"Designation: MDC-7945\n\nFunction: Base-level medical assistance, surgical aid\n\nLog:\n\n10/31/2045\n\nLog-in identification: Gunnery Sergeant Hathaway\n\nActivity: Orders rewritten. New function: mass vaccination by injection to individuals fitting Pattern 368-B. Serum located in Tokyo, Japan. Flight will take a... | 4 | |
[WP] Cthulhu calls your cell, he needs to be picked up. | [
"The trawler bobbed back and forth as we made for New England. This trip had been rather lack lustre. We had only filled half of our hold and one of the greenhorns accidentally concussed himself bringing in a lobster pot. Although it was late in the day, the sky was so overcast that it may as well have been midnigh... | 7 | |
[WP] You own a "little shop that wasn't there yesterday", granting good people their wishes for small costs, and making terrible deals to the wicked. You just hired a new person. Show them the ropes. | [
"\"And here are the Monkey's Paw bins\"\n\n\"Why are there two of them?\"\n\n\"Well the one on the left, those are synthetic. They'll fool anyone who doesn't know better, of course, but the important thing is that nothing suffered to make them. The Djinn make them for fun, you know. Not a lot of them, of course,... | 3 | |
[WP] 6 months after the first manned mission to Mars is launched, the Mars Rover finds something extremely out of place. | [
"As Sally scrolled through the images recently sent from the mars rover she yawned. The past days were very tiring as people were clamoring about some event in the world.\n\"What was it again?\" thought sally. \"Eh I'll google it later\" she thought more while looking through the images. Some people would think it ... | 2 | |
[WP] Today is the day of the last scientific discovery. All that remains of the human endeavour is a single calculation. | [
"All throughout his life, he had been fascinated with numbers. (Kernels * ears * stalks * fields) = this year's corn crop. Divide by bushel-weight, multiply by market price. Subtract farm overhead, divide by (ma + pa + four kids). Answer: hand-me-down clothes, driving the truck into the ground and repairing it from... | 2 | |
[WP] "Oh great, we're running a brothel now too." | [
"\"Oh, great. So we're running a brothel now, too?\"\n\n\"No! Not a brothel! She just gives really good head pats. Apparently she's so good at it, people have started giving her money.\"\n\n\"That right?\"\n\nI turned to look at the short little twenty-something sitting at my bar. She smiled, showing off an impress... | 7 | |
[WP] Sisyphus had been pushing this boulder up the same hill as the millenniums passed. He patiently waited, building muscle. And now, boulder rolling down the other side, he's strong enough to challenge his gods. | [
"Sinew, bone, tendon and muscle is all he is. A millennia had passed and human hopes and dreams had long since faded away into the sounds of sinew, bone, tendon and muscle straining. He couldn't even remember why he was here much less the faces of his wife, children, friends and home. Everything that he was was a v... | 2 | |
Keep it shady + controversial | [WP] Create a realistic black-op mission that does not involve terrorism, something far more sinister | [
"Agent [redacted] was a normal man three years ago. He was approached by [redacted] from the [redacted]. The agent has honed his skills over the last tri-annum. He was never told his mission, nor why he was selected. Just that it was imperative he be there. \n\nHis training required him to commit countless assassin... | 2 |
[WP] A story based on a premise that is never explained, only hinted at | [
"They'd put me in an impossible position. I mean, what the fuck could I do? If I owned up I was dead. If I lied...\n\n\"No, I didn't take the money.\" The line, something that should have gave me pause. Something that should have made me slap my hands to my mouth in horror,instead slipped out of me so easily. I pra... | 6 | |
[WP] "What in gods name is going on, and...is that a...duck?" | [
"Forgot to post after I wrote this. Oops!\n\n-----------------------------\n\nWhat in god’s name is going on?! And– is that? Is that a duck?? And popcorn?!” the Chief Medical Examiner, Rodney, yelled at us.\n\n“Well, yes,” I cautiously answered. “But we can explain everything.”\n\n“You bet your ass you will, but no... | 2 | |
[WP] You promised your best friend that you would erase their computer if they died. Figuring no one would know you start browsing through their computer. Your friend wasn't worried about porn. You've found something much more sinister... | [
"There wasn't anything incriminating on the computer that I saw. His browsing history was clean. No folders containing pornographic pictures. Not incriminating texts or emails that his wife would grieve over. Nothing. Still, I promised to wipe it. So I got ready to do so. Then, one particular folder caught m... | 3 | |
[WP] "Don't worry. I'm good at waiting." | [
"You enter the darkened room and hear a voice speaking to you from all around. It sounds tinny and breathy, but still easy to understand.\n\n\"Welcome back, my friend. Have you finished with your task?\"\n\nYou, of course, have no idea what task the voice is referring to, nor why it thinks you are its friend. Of co... | 4 | |
Try being as creative as possible with the love letter and the response. Silly, cheesy, dramatic, utterly romantic... just have fun creating the love letter. If you write a letter of acceptance or rejection, be just as creative. Try to tie it back to the original love letter so it's not a generic response.
If you want... | [WP] Write a love letter. Then/or comment on someone else's letter and either reject, or accept their affection. | [
"Rachel, \n\nIf this letter ever finds its way back into your hands, I want you to know how much I care about you. I know that's its been years since we last talked, and I know that you probably don't want to see or hear from me for the rest of your life, but I just need to get this off my chest. \n\nYour smile was... | 15 |
[WP] You are a super hero/villain with a seemingly stupid super power. However, you are actually really good at using it in creative ways. Describe an encounter with your archenemy. | [
"\"We meet again Indestructible Penis Man!\" That voice. It's venomous tone; Serpentine and snake-like. There was no mistaking it. It could only be my arch nemesis Swordfish. We went way back, to high school roughly when I banged his morbidly obese girlfriend, and he cried himself into a deep and villainous demeano... | 7 | |
[WP] Start off the fantasy novel idea you've always had in your head, but never sat down to fully flesh out. | [
"The sun shined brightly in the harbor’s sloshing water. Boats rocked by the long, low quays. Many heavy frigates were moored there, bristling with iron, some on their way to the carnage to the east, but most on their way back with shattered masts and tattered sails. Sailors swarmed on the docks, marching up and do... | 16 | |
[WP] For the past seven weeks you've come home to your mother in tears but today, she's laughing. You're oddly unsettled. | [
"My mom no longer a human being, but a voided replica. A soulless and emotionless figure, caged with regret and terror. For weeks, I had visited her at her home. A grey, broken down plot of land, where the only resident is an individual who has given up on life.\n\nEvery weeks, I would visit my mother on Tuesday an... | 2 | |
Some injuries could be recessive, and not show up for a few generations, to everyone's surprise. | [WP] Wounds, scars and lost limbs are inherited. | [
"Danny scratched at the hardened bit of skin that eclipsed the burns he had his heroic great grandfather to thank for. \"He got a medal and I get looks in the change rooms\", he muttered to himself as he eyed the other passengers aboard the X-rail's 'marked' cart. Reserved for those unfortunate enough to inherit th... | 2 |
[WP] Everyone is born with an unknown bucket list, and once it is completed, they die. Nobody can die until they have completed their bucket list. Today is your 250th birthday, and you set out to make today your last. | [
"Some call it their destiny, but it’s better to think of it as a bucket list. Every person is born with one, they have a certain amount of random items to be completed and then they die.\n\nThey are unable to die before they successfully check off all the items on their bucket list.\n\nThe unfortunate thing is that... | 3 | |
[WP] An alien race discovers Earth in 2018 and wants to land and make peaceful contact. However, Donald Trump is president. | [
"No one exactly knew why the aliens contacted the Kurdish people first, but they did. The Kurds didn't turn the refugees from another world away: They shared with the refugees of their dying star what they had and the aliens shared their technology and possessions freely. It was the thread of being attacked with we... | 2 | |
[WP] Two people are playing an intense game of chess. What they don't know is that some other reality is mirroring this battle in actual medieval warfare. Tell both stories. | [
"Commander Solomon again pressed his eye against the gap in the wall. The ivory-armored knights still sat atop their restless mounts in the ruined town square, their harnessed beasts occasionally emitting a disgruntled snort and shuffling in place as their riders chatted and prodded the bodies of the fallen village... | 2 | |
[WP] Violent Liberation | [
"It all started on a foggy April day, when Stomach began to complain. He growled in his familiar way to the bacteria swarming his insides. He complained about how everyone hated him. The bacteria were his only friends; not even Skin liked him. Brain would continually send furious signals to the stomach to stop expa... | 3 | |
[WP] The world is ending in less than 1 minute. You are breaking the news live on tv. How does it play out? | [
"It was the last time I would be in that chair. As I collected myself like I have done for years before each news segment, the room began to shake. Slowly at first, almost like a train was going by, but gradually getting more violent.\n\nEveryone had left to be with their loved ones. Me? I have no one. No pet ... | 10 | |
[WP] You are a young girl who is currently going through a coming of age trial where you must guard your village's sacred shine. The catch is that you're atheist and have never believed. That is until the Goddess of your villages faith appears before you calling you to be her champion. | [
"It had been ten years since the desecration. That’s what they called it- a desecration. Apolonia knew it as something different. It was her first clear memory, the one she could not think of, the one that was always tearing at the back of her sanity. At night, the screams of her mother still rang in her ears a... | 6 | |
[WP]Courage isn't something you are born with. | [
"######[](#dropcap)\n\nHilary Flint yanked back on the bolt of his rifle, the action chambering another round as he searched for his next target. His foe was already falling, the thirty caliber bullet punching through steel plate and mail. Their spear fell from their hand, his shield still strapped to his arm. Fli... | 2 | |
[WP] Dermatologists hate her! What weird trick does this one woman use to look 20 years younger? | [
"In the party full of ten thousand dollar perfected bleached smiles, she's the one grinning cheek to cheek with her crooked and tea stained teeth. Surrounded by practiced elegant laughter that somehow conveys just the right amount of politeness and mirth, she cackles and snorts loudly without reservation. Her crow’... | 3 | |
[WP] Your heart only beats while your phone battery is charged. | [
"My parents used to joke to me, telling me, 'Make sure your phone is charged!'. I used to forget, but now, forgetting is dying. You must always, always, keep a charger on you, and if possible, a portable battery. You never know how quickly it can drain.\n\nI check my phone. 62%. That's ok. That will last a while. I... | 4 | |
[WP] You are a writer, whatever you write seems to be happening in real time. You only notice the effect after tuning into the evening news. | [
"\nLast night, as groggy as I was from sleeping only 1 hour each for 3 nights in a row, I typed a story about hippos being ridden downtown in my city. This morning over coffee and toast (Note to self: less carbs and more juicing...), I see in the news hippos being ridden downtown by bounty hunters traveling \"from ... | 2 | |
[WP] The firefly and the titan. | [
"Ajax had never lost a fight. Not that he had had many, his mountanous frame tended to stop fights before they began, but over the years Ajax had faced many challenges; from knights promising to \"slay the monster\", to bounty hunters trying to collect a reward and even a few masters who were simply looking for a c... | 2 | |
[WP] Every week, a council meets to decide whether or not to kill you. You have 20 minutes before each session to convince them to spare you. | [
"John was led into a dimly lit room by two armed knights. The room smelled of sweet lavender, and faint sounds of clashing swords crept through the open window. A long red carpet was laid out up to the pedestal, where John was previously instructed to stand. For some reason John sensed god’s presence in this room. ... | 4 | |
[WP] Your recently deceased lover is in hell. You go on a journey to rescue him/her. | [
"There was a note. Of course there was, there's always a note. It's vague. Not like I expected anything else from him, he was always cryptic. Laconic, he called it. I almost smile, even in death at least he's consistent.\n\nReading it, his final words to me, to the world, I can't help the way the walls in my heart ... | 3 | |
Intentionally a very open prompt. I leave the rest to your imagination. Have fun :-) | [WP] You can set the rules. | [
"######[](#dropcap)\n\nCurses spewed from Lieutenant Archer Clemens' mouth as another burst of flak exploded far too close to his CLNT-3-3T *Clint*, showering the 40 ton BattleMech with steel rain. The pressure blast rocked his machine and that of the Tonbo Superheavy Transport VTOL currently carrying it. The *Tonb... | 2 |
[WP] Every human has a personal, invisible guardian, summoned by magic words long forgotten. You've just said the words by accident. | [
"Baby Jeffrey was in the corner. The first day of his potty trained life, tinkling into Mr.Toilet. Ben couldn't be prouder of his son, he was a beautiful boy who already loved so many things: baseball, basketball, coloring and a peculiar love for watching the food network channel's Cupcake wars. His face would just... | 2 | |
[WP] You wake up, staring at your own reflection. It talks back to you. Suddenly you both realize you don't know which one is the reflection, who will disappear once one of you walks away. | [
"It had been another long night. I drank too much. Talked too much. Smoked too much. Worst of all, fuck me, I slept with Jay again. While decent in bed Jay was your average soulless fuck, and if that asshole had an ounce of brain power in his thick, pretty head I'd be surprised. Yet once again I found myself takin... | 4 | |
[WP] You are subjected to your greatest fear. | [
"I was left alone. I secluded myself in my room for days. The darkness of the walls and floor matched my thoughts. I always got hurt. Or maybe it was my own self who made me get hurt? I stayed thinking for days. One day, nobody was worried about me. I went outside and nobody cared. I reactivated my social media, no... | 5 | |
[WP] A mystery story where the reader knows who did it right from the start. | [
"They think a knife is the fastest way. They think it's like cutting meat. A few precise movements, and you're done. But they forget how fast a person moves. They forget about skin, and cartilage, and bones. They forget how much blood is in a body. And they forget how loud a man can scream.\n\n\nA rope is much bett... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a story in wich the main character has no purpose, he just does things without a reason. | [
"Matthew went to the pool area and and sang music to the seagulls, and then went to the ice cream vender and then invented a car that could be powered on ice cream. He then went to into a clothing store and neatly removed all the racks from the clothes and he took them to the library and put them in between books. ... | 2 | |
[WP] There's a person walking down a road and they seem to be staring in all the windows. What do they see? | [
"Colin sat back in his office chair and folded his hands as he waited for his last projection scenario of the day to run. He paid almost no attention to the number streams and ball charts, thinking instead about the route he would take tonight. At length, he spotted a red notifier that had popped up on his TriMac's... | 2 | |
[WP] The main character is dead. The narrator is to replace them. All hail the narrator! | [
"Garnill dropped to the ground, the knife still stuck in his back. Blood slowly seeped out of it, encircling his lifeless body which now lay flat on the concrete.\n\n...\n\n...\n\n*Sigh*, guess I have to take over. Alright, let me see. Here's his map, I say as I search through his leather bag. Ah, and his Dragon Cr... | 9 | |
Based on the situation one of our mods found themselves in recently. Is it a distro point for drugs? An underground railroad? Part of a larger spy network?
Credit to poor Keon/Arch15 and his recent job hunt. | [WP] After a bizarrely grueling interview process, you've finally been hired at the local shop...on your first day you find out the real reason for the screening. | [
"Thanks /u/Arch15 and /u/Nate_Parker for this chance to revive one of my very old story ideas. <3\n\nDon't worry, this job is perfect for you.\n----\n\nJames walked through the double glass doors guarding the entrance to the wide open lobby. The size of the lobby still surprised him. The ceiling seemed to rise o... | 7 |
[WP] You're back home for the first time in years. This is where you grew up. It seems like the more things change, the more they stay the same. | [
"It was a late winter afternoon when I walked up to the old seafood restaurant. The sun hung over the too wide and too straight road out front like I always remembered, but something about it seemed wetter and yellower than before. For years this was the place where everyone went to eat with their families after th... | 4 | |
[WP]There are Gods that exist among men. Those who make people tremble in fear. But you, you make even the most powerful feel...akward. | [
"Orin's eyes fluttered open as he looked up at a tanned and bearded face. \n\n\"Hey . . . . there. Welcome . . . to . . . the . . . . Pantheon.\" The voice sounded smooth and crisp as if the man had no worries in the world though the sentence seemed to take some time to get out. \n\"What?\"\n\"I said, welcome . ... | 6 | |
[WP]You can read minds, but quite incompletely. You only read thoughts that have been lost and for which the owner is searching. | [
"\"I am so proud of you Claire. After your Mum and Dad passed away, after we took you in, we know it was hard. You were so young, so innocent. Explaining to a 6 year old why there mum won't tuck them in at night again, or why their dad can't come to their tea parties.... well its not something we were equipped to..... | 5 | |
[WP] "Every cloud has a silver lining," they say. It's absolutely true. Silver mining among the clouds has become a rather profitable endeavor. | [
"\"Hoist up the rest of it and make waves before they get close!\" Skipper's incoherent grunt was heard, Takkin took that for an affirmative answer as he spotted the jets.\n\n\nThe Zeppelin was not made for this kind of stress. Carrying several hundred pounds of the silver lining was one thing, but trying to outru... | 2 | |
[WP] You find a boy sleeping under a tree. When he rouses, he explains he's God and can't sleep peacefully as he must watch over the world. He asks if you could take care of creation while he sleeps. | [
"I have a hard time writing about nature. It is hard to capture something that is constant in growth and beauty. But I came across a tree. It was a beautiful tree. Sunlight beamed through the cherry blossoms emanating a powerful, almost personal allure. The wind wisped at the leaves causing them to rustle and flutt... | 3 | |
[WP] They say that piloting a solo interstellar flight is the loneliest a human can ever be. They're wrong. | [
"Interstage turbine temp. Again why is it always just a shade high in the green arc, last week I adjusted the ion ration in the reaction chamber. But there it is again. Just a shade high. Nothing to get excited about, probably an indication error. But there it is. It might be hard for you non pilot types to under... | 4 | |
[WP] "You don't know what his love means to me" | [
"I don't know what happened that caused me to feel so scarce, but something was missing. The bed was empty, that wasn't surprising. A lot of things felt empty. For the past seven months I never stopped to consider and understand myself. It was a blur of bleak bliss that had seen a few horizons. Some ups and downs, ... | 6 | |
Don't reshuffle if you don't like it!
edit: if you say what song you're writing to, i'll put it on while i read. | [WP] Put your playlist on shuffle. Write a story based on the tune/genre (sad music, sad story) of the first song that is played. | [
"The small village on the edge is the beginning for everyone. It is where most adventurers begin their journey, and where even more adventurers come to pass the barrier to the wilderness where more adventure awaits. Outlined by a river and oddly placed walls, the village continues to thrive despite the silence that... | 14 |
[WP] One day you wake up to find that everyone around you is acting like its a Shonen anime with you as the villain. | [
"*thud*\nI fell out of my bed trying stop the incessant clamor of my alarm clock. I caressed my forehead trying to soothe the pain from the fall, for some time i lied there on the floor staring at the unfamiliar ceiling, it was an unfamiliar sensation: the pain ,the comfort. I got up and made my way to the door, an... | 4 | |
[WP] On his way home from the store, a man is randomly selected and kidnapped by aliens to represent humanity in the Galactic Council. Still clutching his shopping bag, he prepares to join his first meeting. | [
"\"Bob, listen to me Bob! You are going to be fine!\" Ct'chd or whatever her (or it's?) name was said. I didn't believe her, I couldn't. I mean I'm a teacher for gods sakes! An underpaid overworked babysitter! And here was this....spider? telling me that I was the only hope this world had. Those mandibles made weir... | 4 | |
[WP] You're about to die. You've been told you're going to hell where you'll be a girl scout selling cookies for eternity. You react to the news. | [
"The beeping on the monitor begins to slow. This is it. It's almost over. I can finally rest in peace. But as I close my eyes I hear a loud boom. I peek out of one eye to see what made the noise.\n\n\"Well, well, well,\" it says. I analyze this creature a bit and after a few seconds I know exactly who this is.\n\n\... | 2 | |
[WP] A magician's cheap magic tricks gets him noticed by actual wizards | [
"A literal Russian castle loomed ahead of them. Tom gulped down a mixture of anxiety and excitement. He exchanged a glance with his girlfriend and assistant Sandra. They were resolved to get this right.\n\nA week ago, they had received an invite to perform at this castle. Two flight tickets and a stack of thousand-... | 3 | |
[WP] Ancient magic and futuristic science clash in an epic war | [
"To the Committee it was known as the end. To the Guild, it was the beginning. Both agree that in 2222 CE, an ice comet, only slightly smaller than the extinction level meteor that ended the dinosaurs, struck Earth. In the following three days, fourteen more ice comets struck Earth. The result was the near complete... | 2 | |
[WP] Humanity loses one of its five senses. Describe what happens. | [
"\"Are you cooking?\" John asked as he entered the house. He hung up the coat by the door and walked toward the kitchen, his shoes click-clacking on the marble floor in the entryway. Their little terrier followed him into the kitchen. \"It feels warm and I can hear sizzling.\"\n\nMaria nodded. \"I just started. I p... | 4 | |
[WP] Everyone is born with exactly 60 seconds of personal time they can rewind during the course of their lives. You can use as much or as little of it you want at a time but once you have used up your limit it is gone forever. | [
"The bullet hit me in my chest and the shot rang loud and clear through the dimly lit streets. We were in the bad side of town, where the sidewalks were littered with thugs, pimps, and whores among actual garbage and overturned trash cans. In fact, I was lying on the cold hard pavement right outside a brothel. My f... | 1 | |
[WP] Today, Australia has launched a nuclear missile. | [
"\"I remember the government warning flashing on TV and Internet news sites going ballistic\", said Randall to a Chinese reporter.\n\nAn Australian on a work visa in Shanghai, he was very confused on why his home country, the Aussies of all people, would launch a nuclear missile at one of its biggest trading partne... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a really dark story wich seems innocent at the first glance / without giving it much tought | [
"\"Hello granny, have a muffin!\"\n\n\"Why thank you, little girl.\"\n\n\"You too grandpa!\"\n\n\"Oh well, I'm too old to have sweets. But I think our neighbors might like it.\"\n\n\"Okay!\"\n\n\"Hey mister baker, have a muffin!\"\n\n\"Oh how sweet. May I take one for my wife too?\"\n\n\"Sure!\"\n\n\"Oh she's adora... | 3 | |
[WP] The Reddit Hunger Games. 24 tributes participate in challenge for karma. Every hour, the participant with the least karma is executed. | [
"**PART 1**\n_____________________________________________\n\nI don't know why I was chosen, and I certainly didn't know who /u/MikoLassen was, but I knew that I had to make /r/WritingPrompts proud.\n\nThe lights dimmed as an audience roared in the background.\n\n\"You nervous?\" I heard MikoLassen whisper to me,... | 2 | |
*Antagonist's monologue about the protagonist | [WP] A villain's monologue about the hero | [
"Listen Buddy, I've been there. I know what you are going through. I'm sure you think that there is a peaceful solution to this but there just isn't. I would love it if they would sit down and talk with us like civilized people but that just isn't going to happen. Even if it did work out that way there would just b... | 3 |
[WP] In the future movies are no longer filmed, instead professional dreamers have their dreams recorded and have them turned into movies. | [
"\"So, Mr. Gerrick, the viewers at home and I all know that there's been a few hiccups in your life recently. The recent breakup with Shawna, financial hardships, and even being at a loss if dream producing is really up your alley. I'm sure that these are reasons among many that influenced your recent film, 'Forest... | 6 | |
[WP] The President sends his top agent to rescue a terrorist organization who've been kidnapped by his daughter. | [
"**President Trump Saves the Fucking Day** \n\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Donald Trump is reading the newspaper in the Oval Office, his feet propped up on his desk, when an aide enters the room and stands stiffly at attention. \n\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\"Mr. President, we have a pro... | 2 | |
Maybe even gains experience and gold for completing the quest. | [WP] You are a quest giver in an online game. You got tired of waiting around for a player to walk by and decided to complete your own quest. | [
"\"Man, *fuck* it. Just fuck it. Enough of this shit, I need a damn shave, I'm horny as fuck, and that idiot's been sitting in the middle of the road for over an hour. Imma throw a damn rock at his oversized shoulder pads and if that don't get him up and ready to retrieve my damn sheep nothing will. Let's see...nah... | 2 |
http://watchout4snakes.com/wo4snakes/random/randomsentence | [WP] Go to this random sentence generator and work the sentence you get into a story. Other people have to guess which sentence was randomly generated. | [
"So I go to the music shop. I don't know what I'm looking for. I know he wants a guitar. An electric guitar.\n\nI ask the guy there for his advice. Looking at him, he looks like he should know, he's a \"musician\" looking type of guy.\n\nLong hair. A bit unkempt. Smells of weed. Yeah he'll know.\n\n\"My boy wants a... | 2 |
whether you passed or not is up to you. | [WP] You're the boss in a small office and the drug test results just came, NONE of your employees passed. | [
"You look at all your employees with a very very mad face. All you say is that they all have been fired with out compensation. You then walk to your office room. Closing the blinds you call the drug tester. \n\n\"Good job\" you tell the drug tester\n\n\"When do I get the cash\" the tester asked\n\n\"Tuesday\"\n\nYo... | 5 |
[WP] Scientists have created conscious robots. You've been told you are a robot, and have been trapped in a testing facility. You must find out what you truly are. | [
"I awaken again, in the protective tube. The glass cover opens up, I step forward and out, and this marks the first time that another Human is not the first thing I see when I step out. Every other time I've awoken out of the tube, I see people who talk to me, I consider them family. But this time was different. I ... | 1 | |
[WP] Hide and seek is a professional sport on the level of the NFL. It is the equivalent of the Super Bowl and you are the final member of your team left unfound. | [
"We're about to win this Cup. I can feel it. \n\nJay crosses the door grabbing the arm of the second last Hidder of the Tigers. He smirks: we both know he's getting the lion's share of the victory bonus, plus a renewal of his contract. Nobody can deny now that he deserves his place as a Seeker.\n\nAll his failures ... | 2 | |
[WP] In the future there now exists 2 subspecies of humans: ones that can read each others mind and ones that cannot. The ones that cannot have no idea the other side exists. Pick a side. | [
"**Warning: Language, consumption of drugs and alcohol, and sexual themes throughout.**\n\n*I just want to say this premise is rather brilliant! I'd like to use it in an upcoming short story series if you wouldn't mind*\n\nThe Dynistat. That's what they called us. They, like that word really meant anything. They, t... | 3 |
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