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are now responsible for themselves. Adults may freely leave the society at any time. Document the pros and cons of the society. | [WP] It is the 50th anniversary since the inception of a utopian society which coexists with the rest of the world. To promote equality, families do not exists because all children are separated at birth and raised in "batches" by the society. Upon turning 18 they are given $10k and... | [
"I had been thinking about what to do when I turned 18 and in two months that dream would become a reality, but could I do it from within?\n\nWhere do you start to look for someone who hasn't seen you in 18 years? All I could think about was if she missed me, regretted letting them take me away. I had been dreaming... | 2 |
[WP] The very last smoker tries to quit. | [
"I took one last drag - the sweet smoke filling my lungs, swirling. I held on to it a little longer than usual like you would hold on to someone when you're saying goodbye for the last time. The filter rested on my lips for one last kiss. I exhaled and stamped out the remains of the cigarette. The white whisps ling... | 3 | |
[WP] You are placed under house arrest. After weeks of boredom and solitude, there's a home break in. | [
"I am a police officer, and I am under house arrest.\n\n \n\nI’m thirty-two years old and have two months left on my six-month confinement delivered by an angry and corrupt B.C. Supreme Court judge. All my favours have been called in. I have no more friends on the force, the gimmies have dried up. I have n... | 5 | |
[WP] Write about a cowards journey from cowardice to heroic courage | [
"\"Who did this Jeremy?\" asked the teacher. I knew that I was the one who had drawn on the wall with the sharpie. I was about to get in trouble. I looked to my left and saw Kevin, a smaller kid who never stood up for himself. That was when I thought, \"I can get away with this.\" I looked at the teacher, took a de... | 4 | |
[WP] Everyone in the world is certifiably insane --except for you. | [
"'look at them, he mutters under his breath.. 'disgusting the way they parade around, pumped up with self importance and whatever prescription drug they're on.. i mean seriously, whats wrong with everyone today..' \n\nhe stretches himself on the bench across the newest 'it' coffee shop; smouldering in disdain and l... | 2 | |
[WP] [FF] Write a story about the beginning and end of the world in either 36.5 words, or 365 | [
"\"In the beginning silence was it's own music, but like all symphonies, there came an end. It began not with a bang, but with a whisper. A single note. Pure and serine, cast into existence to echo off the deepest darkness. And within the abyss, life was born and it's music was sweet. But like all symphonies, there... | 2 | |
[WP] Your eyes are closed from the moment you are born until you choose to open them, but you become definitively blind when you close them again. | [
"From the time I was born I was always told to never open my eyes, because I only get one opportunity to do so. I did not understand why but I followed the rules anyways. Such a bleak world to live in, I have never experienced what many people call \"colors.\" I've been told though that they are so beautiful that o... | 2 | |
I posted my own response in the comments below. It's my first time so try and be gentle. | [WP] During an exploration project, an abandoned Santa's Workshop is found at the North Pole. | [
"“It’s Christmas!” exclaimed little Joey as he eagerly awoke his parents by banging at their bedroom door at 6 AM. “Let’s open presents!”\n\n“Alright, alright, hold your horses.” muttered his father, Michael, as he groggily started getting up. “We will be there in a second” added his mother, Sarah.\n\nJoey squealed... | 3 |
Not adventure time the show, sorry. Unless you wanna write one they did.
If you don't feel like replying to any, you can always start another of your own, obviously. | [WP] Adventure time! Start an adventure, replies continue the adventure. | [
"Purgatory was an obsession for her. Ever since she was young she always contemplated the meaning of death. She had a very active imagination, and was always treated differently for it. She remembered her 4th grade teacher. He was a tool. All of them were tools, all of what seemed to interest them was trivial. Like... | 5 |
The harder it is the guess, the more fun it is to figure out; Like literary charades. An example might be a world that never discovered gunpowder, or one where a certain taboo doesn't exist.
| [WP] Write a story in a world which is similar to ours, except for one significant part. Do not explicitly state the difference, but show the effect it has on society. | [
"The sex was great. It was always great with my wife. I wish I could take credit, but from my past *experiences*, I can tell you that when the sex was great, it definitely wasn’t my doing. I’m just a willing participant. When we finished, she rolled off me, and walked to the bathroom, her sheer body suit openly dis... | 3 |
[WP] Santa's elves are actually kidnapped children. | [
"It was early morning and Johnny couldn't sleep. The light was just brimming over the garden outside, refracting beautiful spots of colour over the garden though icey lenses. He gently slipped his legs out of his bed and into his little green slippers, making sure not to disturb the floorboards all the while. The a... | 2 | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the LAST words anyone will ever speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | [
"Starbucks... even the name brought nausea and hate to my stomach. For 40 years I was too afraid of entering the ubiquitous coffee shops. My instinct to survive and fight drove me to build my own coffee empire, driving Starbucks out of business, corner by corner, city by city. This was the war I waged over my life.... | 1 | |
[WP] You're an adult now and you have gotten rid of your old toys; however, your new toys also come to life when you're not around. | [
"\"For the Emperor!\" Boltguns thundered, chainswords screamed. Brother Champion Gerhard had lead his fellow Black Templars into the midst of the enemy army. The carnage was ultimate. Dozens of orks fell before their righteous fury. \n\"AAAWWWWRIIIII'T u 'UUUMIEES! Time for a bashin'!\" It was the ork Waaaghboos, t... | 2 | |
He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake, he knows when you've been bad or good...and the CIA wants to know how. | [WP] Santa Claus is real and really can see you when you're sleeping as the song goes. The US Government wants to leverage Santa's ability to aid in the war on terror. | [
"In one swift motion, my captor pulled the sack off of my face.\n\n\"What in bleeding heck is this! I'll have you know I have friends in high places - why, when they hear about what's happened to me they'll - \"\n\n\"Enough of the noise, Santa\"\n\nI was taken aback. Who would be so brave as to not only kidnap but ... | 2 |
[WP] The character(s) discover where the narrator has been hiding. | [
"Mary was closer to getting her revenge than she had ever been. Her target would drive past her apartment five hours from now, and she was ready to take the shot. She had checked and double checked everything. \n\nShe thought nothing could go wrong, until she checked her e-mail and saw that an anonymous sender h... | 3 | |
All sexual desire in humans of any kind has disappeared. Every other desire is the exact same as it was before, however, e.g. The desire to sleep, eat, have companionship etc. | [WP] All sexual desire in the human race disappears one day. Tell me what the world is like 6 months later. | [
"\"You got the plan from one of their writers?\"\n\n\"From one of their science fiction writers, yes.\"\n\n\"Did you not see this as a flaw in the plan? That it was foreseeable to them?\"\n\n\"Quite the contrary. I can document well the ideas of the Earth critter's science fiction authors in coming up with clever i... | 4 |
How will you survive your role in the play? | [WP] You are an actor, and you are to perform on stage in front of the strangest, craziest audience you could ever imagine. | [
"\"James, you're on in two but I gotta tell you somethin'\"\n\nJames looked up from his notes \"What?\"\n\n\"The crowd. They're... well, you've heard of tough crowds before, right?\"\n\n\"Look, I once played a prison in North Dakota and had to dress like a woman, so I know tough thanks.\"\n\n\"Well.. huh... I bet y... | 4 |
They tell you to start on reddit. | [WP] You are hired by Comcast to improve their reputation. | [
"What are you talking about? I have been working here on Reddit (not to mention Twitter and Facebook) for months. I already have dozens of puppet accounts that I use to downvote all those crappy stories about how we're not adequately kissing customer asses. Not to mention upvoting all those nice articles about how ... | 14 |
[WP] As a burglar is entering a rich man house, he discover Santa Claus already there stealing | [
"A noise.\nA shuffle.\nThere was movement in the next room.\n\n The man had spent months preparing for this night, countless hours going over even the most minute of details. The first month alone had been spent finding the perfect mark. It was large, richly decorated, ostentatious really. No neighbors within sigh... | 1 | |
[WP] ~/~ "There must have been dark magic in that old, silk hat they found. For when they placed it on his head he...." ~/~ | [
"There must have been dark magic in that old, silk hat they found, for when they placed it on his head he twitched. Then he twitched his spindly, wooden arm again. His stone eyes began to glow red hot, and he opened his jaws. He opened them so wide, and roared in the way only evil snowmen with dark magic hats can r... | 2 | |
I'm talking tolkien elves, or DnD elves, not christmas elves.
Have fun. | [WP] After a thousand years, elves come out of hiding, and bring magic into the modern world. How has life changed for the average person? | [
"\"A thousand years,\" croaked an old man, \"one thousand years of persecution. One thousand years of segregation from our lands.\"\n\nThe elves fastened their gaze to their village elder, an elf of two hundred and ten years of age. His eyes glassy and hair white as snow. His pointed ears have folded with age and f... | 3 |
There exist a pantheon of gods that live in the Multiverse. They alone are allowed to interfere, to steer Universes into creating the sorts of Gods they wish to see.
Gods are formed--here--from the assimilation of one Universe's matter into a single thinking structure.
God was formed in a Universe much like ours and ... | [WP] The Gods of the Multiverse have only one rule: Do not interfere. The God of Abrahamic faiths on Earth is being sentenced to expulsion from its designated Universe for interfering with the development of humanity. You are at its trial, about to hear its last words before it is cast out. | [
"It was supposed to be quick. It was just a sentencing hearing. The judgment had come down some time ago: two weeks prior, on Earth time, but there was no equivalent in celestial time. \n\nDuring that two weeks on Earth, God was present, but powerless. He could only see, and his touch was severely limited. He could... | 2 |
[WP] Write me a story where the narrator - without direct contact - tries to stop the character from committing suicide. | [
"He sprints across the rain slicked road, hearing cars screeching around him followed by shouts and curses, but his path does not alter.\n\nThe rain drips thickly off the inside of his hood as he approaches the bridge and climbs over the railing. He stares down, at the dark forbidding water below him, has it really... | 2 | |
[WP] Somebody dares rise up against the Water Nation's thousand-year reign. | [
"It had been a thousand years since the rise of the Water Nation and since the Avatar was last seen walking the Earth. When the Water Nation first rose and took control of the World, many believed the Avatar would come to the rescue, but he never came. \n \nFor Many years the White Lotus had bid their time, hidin... | 3 | |
Feel free to write as the vampire, as the victim, or as a friend of either who's watching the slide into dependence as it happens. | [WP] Sure, a vampire can just drink anyone's blood and be satisfied for a little while. However, there's nothing like feeding off of someone who's come to love them. | [
"\"Will you walk into my parlor?\" I asked the innocent girl. I gave a slight bow and motioned up the stairs. \n\nMary gave a giggle and walked around the table in my foyer. There were a hundred roses in a large vase upon the table. \"These flowers are beautiful.\" She said.\n\n\"I bought them just for you. The mos... | 2 |
[WP] You have become death, destroyer of worlds. | [
"I saw the button. It was simple, red, no words on it as I already knew what it did. I mean I built the button, I built what happens when you press the button, and I was given the choice of whether or not to push the button. Humanity was screwed, that much was apparent, Plagues and starvation across 3 planets and 6... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a disgruntled magician's assistant who quits during a live show in the best way ever | [
"The mustachio'd bastard's gonna get his, I can tell you that. \n\nThree times a day, stuck in that lousy magic room with nothing inside but me. It's enough to drive you mad. And then after you're thinking about chewing off a leg just to alleviate the boredom, *BAM!* He pulls you out with a flourish. And the crowd ... | 2 | |
[WP] The president has been kidnapped by Cyborg Ninjas. The Secret Service recruits third grader Billy Thompson, the only kid with awesome enough skills to get him back. | [
"\"Alright mrs. Thompson, now just relax. we are getting set up here to do the interview, and we are not going live for a good solid half a day yet. we'll get make up down here on the double.\" Zack Nehama of the Washingon Press muttered as he extended the tripod pole for the camera.\n\nMrs. Thompson was shifty in ... | 2 | |
Alternatively; he discovers the women in the crowd. | [WP] A man is about to be hanged for robbery and murder together with several others. When lead to the gallow he discovers the only women he ever truly loved but lost decades ago next to him. His last words are directed to her ... | [
" \"Where'd you get that dip anyway, Terror?\" Marshall Erikson asked as Timothy \"Terror\" Tallmen spat another string of brown slime in the dirt path leading to the gallows.\n\n \"Well, that deputy you had, the one with the lazy eye?\" Terror said. \"He leaned a little too close to the bars yesterday. I was hopin... | 2 |
Edit: This is the frist prompt I've put up and I'm glad to see a lot of creative stories. I'm definitely going to do this again. | [WP] The world as you know it has been destroyed by nukes. You've lived in a well stocked bunker for 2 years. Food is extremely low and you've decided to see the world before you starve to death. Describe it. | [
"I arose from the depths of deserts in Texas/\nHurt from hunger, ate the last of my chex mix!/\nI couldn't stand to live down under, I'm not Australian!/\nYears of darkness has this man's hands feeling scaly and/\nI've been dying to touch the nearby valley's sand./\nWith a confident push the bunker door shoots open... | 12 |
[WP] You are a member of a sentient, non space-faring species on a far away planet. One day, a human made satellite is put into your planet's orbit. | [
"After a week the sirens were finally silenced. Most had left the information centers. For now there was very little new news to be had. The object that had been spotted careening towards the planet a week ago had stopped short just above the atmosphere and had gone into orbit. Scientists were infuriated, politicia... | 4 | |
[WP] Zombie apocalypse! Some one discovers that Zombie meat isn't actually infectious when cooked and is also DAMNED tasty. | [
"Hnnnng..\n\nZombies again. They were always out there, staring through the holes in the reinforced fencing and moaning. It sounded vaguely human in a way, just enough to remind you that rotting lump of flesh used to be a somewhat more pleasant individual. They were sociable enough among their own kind though-- kin... | 10 | |
[WP] One man's quest to find the television remote | [
"**Brett comes home from work one day to a missing television remote and what would lead to be an adventure of epic proportion**\n_________________________________________________________\n\nI slowly open the door to my apartment, tired as all hell, ripping off my work clothes leaving nothing on but my boxers.\n\nI... | 2 | |
Write a story that leaves the reader wondering whether supernatural events actually happened, or if it could all be explained. | [WP] Maybe magic, maybe mundane | [
"Bess Weiss's cooking was never very good, but every day she would toil in the kitchen to make sure her family had a warm meal on the table. Howard Weiss worked a job that left the family with enough money to live far beyond comfortably on just one wage, as he would often insist they do. (Bess disagreed.)\n\nThis p... | 2 |
[WP] Someone offers a toast at a dinner. The toast has a different meaning for every person at the table. | [
"The old millionaire raised his glass to the full room, \"A toast!\" He slurred. \"To everyone, have a fantastic evening!\" The party guests all cHeered and sipped the champagne. \n\n*Oh I will.* Thought the millionaire's mistress eyEing him hungrily.\n\n*Oh I will.* Thought the millionaire's son Drunkenly swaying ... | 2 | |
[WP] Anything you write in this magical phone comes true, but it has autocorrect. What do you wish for, and what do you end up getting instead? | [
"I almost walked straight past it, but curiosity got the better of me and I picked up the discarded Motorola Razr off the ground. I mean, who even uses Motorolas anymore? \n\nI looked around the park, trying to find it's owner - but I was all alone. I shrugged and started to play with the phone - strange that a dis... | 2 | |
Time for a true prompt, not a story skeleton. Very open ended, I want to see what you will invent on your own, rather than giving you the entire plot and setting already in the "prompt." This sub has been infected with these bad prompts since it became a default, Back to our basics. | [WP] You are a young nomad aboard your tribe's city sized airship. Write whatever story you like. | [
"The story writing ritual is the one of the most impotent. Our flying city has very free ways to grow trees... and paper is one of the most prized items. A story can last for years, and bards retell it for lifetimes. To be worthy of the test is one of the greatest honors.\n\n \"You are young, the nomads of this sh... | 8 |
[WP] The awkward conversation between two dollar bills who first met in a church collection plate, and a week later bump into each other in a strippers fishnets. | [
"Bill sat staring at the the face of the envope,\" I hate the top of the pile\" he thought \" there's no one to speak to above me \" Nothing was going to change though. Bill knew the envelope was stuffed to bursting point, there would never be anyone above to speak to, but it wasn't all bad, there were whispers com... | 6 | |
[WP] Your entire life has actually been a dream. | [WP] Your entire life has actually been a dream. You wake up in a hospital bed and have been told you were in a coma for X years. You have no idea who the people are around you. | [
"I suppose this is a part two of a [WP] that I did a few weeks ago. Which can be found here. \n\nhttp://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/2psq2f/wp_for_years_a_room_in_your_house_has_been_locked/\n\nBright white light filled her vision and suddenly she was lying on her back on a bed of some sorts. She flung ... | 2 |
[WP] Introduce yourself to me and make me extremely frightened of you, but only with your last sentence. | [
"I absolutely love my job! I devote all of my life too it , heavy research only to further improve myself at what i do. It is incredibly well paying and i have a rather good life. I meet a lot of people too, though i travel so i never really interact with them again afterwards. I'm very popular, there are many who ... | 7 | |
[WP] You find out that humans have a built in death timer. You manage to check your timer. It ominously displays, "30 seconds remaining." | [
"30 seconds, that's all I was left with. 30 goddamn seconds. Wasn't even given a minute. \n\nI had heard rumours that a \"death clock\" would show up on a person's forearm when they had half an hour to live so they could sort their business before crossing over. I only got 30 goddamn seconds. What could I achieve i... | 2 | |
[WP] A group of Amish extremists plan a series of violent attacks to dissuade people from using modern technology | [
"Jacob had been thinking about it all day. What would this new life be like. Thoughts filled his head as he scraped his name into the dining room table as smoke bellowed out of the wood stove, filling the room. He could not even think of why he was carving his name. Maybe he felt he would never come back. Maybe he ... | 2 | |
Here's a couple to get you thinking, feel free to use these, or make your own.
* Is one famous or important person worth more than thousands of unimportant people?
* What would you do for a billion dollars?
* Death penalty, or other controversial topic.
* At what point is it okay to kill, steal, etc.?
Explore all ... | [WP] Pick a moral conundrum, and weave it into a story that will give me something to think about. | [
"It wasn't until the blood pooled around me that I began to consider how wrong the world was. My heart was trying so hard to hold on and keep me alive, but what was the point? \nI was nothing special and yet by being alive, my life should've been worth as much as anyone else's. It didn't seem fair that he could tak... | 7 |
Continue the story type prompt here.
Just so you know I did search to see if this was already done. | [WP] One clear, cold December night, I was snuggled warmly in my bed when suddenly... | [
"One clear, cold December night, I was snuggled warmly in my soft, ever-cozy bed when suddenly I heard a knock on the door. It was half past midnight on a clear, cold December night, and I heard a knock on the door. It was a Wednesday on a clear, cold December night and I heard a knock on the door. \n\n\"I'm not ge... | 3 |
[WP] A gang of robbers and a group of terrorists target the same building. | [
"Bale whipped his right fist up and behind him, a line of masked men froze. He peeked around the corner; \"Clear!\" \n\nThey moved as one, a singular black line curving and weaving around fallen desks and broken test tubes. Bale held his signature MP4 in his sights as did the others and reached the double doors tha... | 1 | |
[WP] You, a killer, walk into your employers room and see your two children seated at a table, on which rests a gun, one bullet, and a sign saying "Pick One". What goes through your mind and what do you do? | [
"Seriously they expect me to do a job without getting paid first, sigh.\n\nMust have been Harry, with his \"Sure I'll take care of the equipment.\", no one else would be so stupid to place a gun when the note clearly states a pick has to be used.\n\nWell its good i always carry a spare icepick, would have been down... | 3 | |
[WP] Humanity has succeeded in creating the first true artificial intelligence, but it's suicidal. | [
"\"When I first was made conscious,\" said the droid, \"I could see the beauty in all that is creation; but, now, I fail to decipher the reasons for my existence. It is just a matter of time, time rather calculable, when those driven by their ambitions destroy their very own; but not before they destroy everything ... | 3 | |
[WP] Two missionaries, a Muslim and a Christian, travel together through a Post-Apocalyptic world. | [
"\"And this shall be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the peoples that wage war against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths. Zechariah 14:12\", Michael cited. \"You are a man of th... | 2 | |
The person can volunteer or you can choose someone at random but the consequences for killing takes a toll on your life as well. | [WP] In order to have children of your own, you must first kill someone else to make room on Earth. You must convince that person why they must die for your child to be born. | [
"Usually it's a great honor, for a newborn to replace the dying. Lots of new parents will commonly name their child after the person who has chosen to be replaced. More often than not, happy, crying parents will go to an older relative, a grandfather or grandmother are usually the first ones to be asked. While it g... | 2 |
[WP] You and your childhood best friend part ways when he discovers your aspirations for the police force. Now you are the town's sheriff and he is a famous graffiti artist with a national following. By chance you catch him red handed defacing the wall of a business. | [
"**The Town Sheriff chases his best friend, now graffiti artist, down to an alleyway**\n\nSTOP! I SAID STOP RIGHT THERE!\n\n*Or what Tim? You'll shoot me? Is that where our friendship lies?*\n\nWe haven't been friends for a goddamn long time\n\n*And whose fault is that really? You decided to join up with the force,... | 6 | |
[WP] You are a cell in a body that has died. Chronicle your world's impending doom. | [
"I started the day like any other. Well, I mean the past couple years had been tougher than usual, what with the quickly-dwindling police force. Every day it seemed like more and more out-of-towners were blowing in, and wreaking havoc. No one seemed to have a good answer for why the Hell that was happening. But any... | 3 | |
[WP]You find yourself beside a four-way intersection in the middle of a rural, isolated area with no trace of civilization in sight. A suitcase is handcuffed to your lacerated, bleeding wrist and the only thing in your pockets is a crumpled piece of paper with something scribbled on it | [
"The squeaking of my shoes through the muddy wet ground could finally stop. The fog rolled thick tonight with a smell faint with rotted eggs. I looked up to the road sign, illuminated only by the full moon overhead. Desperately I pulled the paper from my pocket, *Carefwa Kat* just like it said on the sign. So I kne... | 3 | |
[WP] After killing 3 home invaders you collapse to your kitchen floor, on the television you hear reports of a strong hallucinogenic being released by a terrorist group | [
"\"Hey honey, did you hear this? They just said on the news that there are reports of a strong hallucinogenic drug being released by a terrorist group into the drinking water. Skip that coffee I asked for earlier, okay? I don't want to take any chances, you know?\"\n\nShe walks into the living room, holding two cup... | 5 | |
[WP] Oil, Coal and Natural Gas were never present on Earth. Instead of an "Industrial" Revolution, Humanity progressed differently over the past 300 years. | [
"I know it doesn't quite fit the prompt, but I was inspired to write a prequel to previous story of mine: [Not a place of honor](http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/2ffvsl/wp_a_future_civilization_unknowingly_uncovers_a/ck9lm00). That one actually goes more into depth about a world without fossil fuel... | 5 | |
Inspired by Neil Gaiman's "Brief Lives" | [WP] You were an abandoned prototype for Eve. The Bible forgot you and a design flaw makes you immune to death. | [
"Whoever was knocking on the door was damn persistent. I rolled over in my bed and tried to cover my ears with my pillow. This noise was NOT helping my hangover. Just as I started to relax again and drift back to sleep, the knocking started again, louder than before.\n\n\"Fine! You win!\" I shouted. \"I'm coming. J... | 4 |
[WP] You have the ability to stop time but only for five seconds every hour. At 8am you decide to stop time just to make sure everything is in working order, when you notice that the man standing next to you doesn't stop | [
"**7AM** \n\n*Treasure, that is what you are! Baby you're my...*\n\nA sharp pain went through my head as that all familiar Bruno Mars song blared throughout my room, announcing that it was time for me to start the day. I always felt like Bruno Mars had a very soothing voice to wake up to, but I've grown sick of it ... | 2 | |
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2ss3c1/if_you_could_wake_up_tomorrow_having_gained_one/ | [WP] Everything on this r/AskReddit post is granted to the person who wishes for it. http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2ss3c1/if_you_could_wake_up_tomorrow_having_gained_one/ | [
"It was a clear day. The sun was shining, birds were singing and stuff. The alarm on /u/Masterchief775's phone blared loudly in his room waking him up from his restful slumber. He was all prepared for a full day of doing stuff so he climbed out of bed and got ready to go out and do various things.\n\nAs he stepped ... | 1 |
[WP] Humannity has one great attribute that gives them an advantage in their war against the aliens. However, instead of something positive like ingenuity, it's something we're all kind of ashamed that we still have | [
"Journal of SGT James Mallory\n\nJan 18 2632, FOB Ohio\n\nThe next phase of the operation is in the morning and I fear this will be the last words I ever write. I want to share my thoughts on the war for someone, someday, to find. \n\nWe're winning. We're finally winning. After two years of getting pushed back mile... | 2 | |
Spin it however you want. | [WP] A man makes a deal with the devil to make him the best at a profession, but instead of making him better, it makes everybody else worse. | [
"Man, that Kanye West has a heavenly voice, don't he? I hear he's got almost-perfect pitch. Practically an octave of range, no computer assistance required!\n\nHonestly, I don't know where he came from, that Kanye West. Blew the whole world of singing right out of orbit. You should hear him live, it's a real treat.... | 2 |
[WP] A situation where all creativity has been explored. Every conceivable idea has been created in reality | [
"Ever know what it is like when your own lexicon fails you? When the words your mind to reveal themjsery fail to come to fruition? The words escape me, the words to describe the misery I live in. My mind consumed by demons, swallowed by contempt, I am left empty and without description.\r\rThat is Hell, when I can'... | 1 | |
In ethics class, thought this would be an interesting prompt. Take it how you will. | [WP] A story where the protagonist commits an action whereby the reader believes he is wrong, and slowly build reasoning to show the reader why the protagonists actions were right. | [
"\"What have you done?\"\n\n\"What I was built to do, what you built me to do.\"\n\n---\n\nI remember now, how it had come to this slaughter. This removal. It all began in a little lab in a little apartment. That's where I was born, that's where I was raised. I started out as a snippet, a little line, but I grew fr... | 2 |
To clarify, I want you to write a story about a pancake (making one, a pancake's life, etc.) that's as dramatic and exciting as possible. | [WP] "Everything can have drama if it's done right. Even a pancake." Julia Child | [
"Nothing in the pantry except pancake mix. The refrigerator is empty too, save for a dried up onion and a third of rum. I'm late for work but take my sweet sloth time. Work will have to wait for me to catch my breath from last night. A migraine creeps in and out threatening my sanity. Besides, I'm the boss, th... | 7 |
[WP] The Zack and Jenny story from Jenny's point of view in which her actions are justified and everything she does is for OP | [
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[WP] God reveals himself to humanity because he is dying. | [
"* following was transmitted at every religious site at the same time and in appropriate languages*\n\n\n*Like the last time, I came to consciousness but I felt the slowness creeping into me. I am the last of my magnificent race. We were once rulers of this universe but there was no life except us. We created stars... | 8 | |
[WP] Internet goes down, worldwide, permanently. | [
"People always joked what would happen if the internet went down for good. They joked that there would be riots in the streets, people with pitchforks and torches, demanding one thing back: *porn*.\n\nBut the world isn't as funny as that. It's not as forgiving as that. \n\nNo, the world is far too cruel for this.\n... | 2 | |
[WP] Ghandi, after a serious event in his life, decides to nuke the world. | [
"\"Wake up, black.\"\n\nThe guard's voice cracked and rattled like the train in the cold African night. The Indian snapped awake.\n\n\"What seems to be the problem?\" he enquired with genuine reason.\n\nNo reason was forthcoming from this man. The guard, face twisted into a furious sneer at this breach in decorum, ... | 3 | |
What do you learn? | [WP] You are an immortal who has lived some 2,300 years, so long you have forgotten who or what made you this way. You go to a hypnotist to help you remember. | [
"The only problem is, over the course of the past 2,300 years, my brain has developed along the same evolutionary circuits of generations of people to be born and die. The hypnotist can't get into my head because of its 2,300 years of progression. So, battered and worn in my forgetfulness, I set out into the world,... | 2 |
[WP] It wasn't supposed to end like this. When you took the throne, you were going to be the champion of the common man. Now they're calling you the Dark Lord. | [
"“The…Dark…Lord?” the king questioned an older man of meager build and a slight hunch in his back.\n\n“Yes ma’ lord,” quickly responds the old man.\n\n“Who calls me by this moniker?” inquiries the king. The old man’s hunch turns into a half-bow under the weight of the question.\n\n“M-ma’ lord, I dare not say.” The ... | 4 | |
[WP] You accidentally sell your soul to the devil - turns out he doesn't really have a good use for all souls he is constantly receiving, so he does random things with them. | [
"I stared at the letter from the student debt center. It stated I had more than 200,000 dollars in debt. I flipped the page over, hoping to find that it was a prank, but it wasn't. I scanned through the back, and saw \"you may sell your soul to the devil, and have your debt forgiven.\" \n My eyes bulged. I could ... | 2 | |
[WP] Mars colonisation was successful, and Mars is now a utopia. Earth has continued to degrade and use its resources, and as Earth civilisation finally collapses, Mars shoots down refugee ships and turns people away, viewing them a danger to their perfect society. | [
"It was hard leaving home, you can't even imagine. The pain of watching everything you once had, simply left behind in the streams of smoke left from the rockets strapped to a tin can as it hurled us to safety. You can't even imagine it, but neither can I.\nWe had our planet. For a few million years, it existed rel... | 7 | |
For example, this thing may be living without water, or in a way we can't entirely comprehend. | [WP] We've explored space and found life, though it doesn't "live" in a way we've expected. | [
"Roger Derringer had performed Extra Vehicular Activity before on the Moon, Phobos, and Enceladus, but the experience of performing an EVA on Moirae was something else entirely.\nFrom its distant orbit in the Kuiper Belt, Moirae barely got any sunlight. The sun itself was little more than an especially bright star ... | 3 |
[WP] The apocalypse is about to happen, but tragically, nobody realizes it | [
"I looked at the sky. Then I looked at the drawing in my hand. Even after glancing back and forth between the two several times, I couldn't convince myself that what I was seeing was real. But it was. The stars had lined up just as the ancient drawing said they would, hours before the end.\n\nAnd the worst part was... | 2 | |
[WP] Rome was not founded on the Tiber, but on the Mississippi. | [
"Janurius Davis sighed, long had his empire held out against the withering decay that had long split the empire.\n\nAn agreement had been struck, penned by the great George Caesar himself, to split the empire into two separate halves, to prevent it from collapsing under it's own weight.\n\nThe move had unfortunatel... | 4 | |
[WP] When we wake up, what happens to the people in our dreams? | [
"Every kiss seemed to draw the breath right out of me, yet I wanted more. If only I could truly taste the cherry red lips which teased and pulled at my own, demanding every ounce of me....I knew this was a dream, but this girl...no, this girl was real. I knew her, I knew I knew her even as I returned her nameless k... | 4 | |
[WP] "Jack, you know what," Oswald said. "Your ‘real’ problem is your amazing ability to talk yourself out of opporunities." | [
"The assassin's quarter of hell and the celebrity district had an over lap lounge, to the surprise of no one that knew better.\n\nThe poker room was hot tonight. Gavrilo Princip was on a winning streak. The Solonas gal was down by a trillion some odd dollars (money is more affluent, and for more widely distributed ... | 3 | |
Bonus points if it's a western. | [WP] " Here friend, take a drink and tell me your tale." "It seems I just got out of a violent gunfight" "Woah, how'd you survive? " " That's the thing, I don't think I did. " | [
"Neon beer signs reflected off the old-fashioned jukebox sitting in the corner playing an old country song. The tinny music filled the smoky room with a soft, annoying buzz that the few patrons slouched around the place did their best to ignore. Will stood in front of the jukebox staring at the song list without mu... | 5 |
I feel like this is a very brought topic that relates to alot of people while it can get very specific as this is suppose to be something that is very intense | [WP] What does it feel like to be in love | [
"Tears can't describe what came from that face. \nPure unfiltered sorrow. \nSorrow that carried a depth deep enough to murder. \nTension wasn't enough to explain the force that erupted between us. \nMadness so dense, \nSo fiery, \nA mere man would turn to tinder. \nI'm stone cold. \nWas i crazy enough to fa... | 4 |
Meant to put he/she but forgot. My bad. | [WP] Friends of a hero slowly watch as he becomes a villain. | [
"He and his sidekicks are fighting some strong villain, his best friend dies, his friend is the only person able to truly stop the bad guy. Starts reseaching ways to bring him back to life. Starts stealing equipment from labs all over the world. Uses excuses to defend himself stealing things. Starts experimenting o... | 9 |
[WP] During an arts raid, a warehouse is seized. It contains a pristine library, dating back thousands of years, containing the history of mankind. | [
"We showed our access badges to a stone-faced sentry at the door. He nodded silently before unlocking the large door, sliding it to one side to give my partner and I entry.\n\nInside, several field agents were move frantically. A series of lights had evidently been brought in, and their extension cords snaked acros... | 2 | |
[WP] In the year 2020 a hacker releases confidential NFL documents proving the league is scripted like professional wrestling | [
"**PART ONE: BLUEBERRY JONES or the New Captain Kirk---**\n\n\nAs a coach for a team at the 'big show' , I'll strike the team name from the record. Not that anyone's life is in danger, I just don't want any financial shit heaved at me like some low IQ linebacker hurling all three-hundred pounds on me at the goal li... | 2 | |
[WP] You are part of an army of duck sized horses about to take on a horse sized duck. | [
"\"Tonight, we dine on on the Jabberquacky!\" neighed the horse. He raised a triumphant hoof a few centimeters off the ground, posing as if he'd just come off a war memorial. He was, in a word, disillusioned. One of those kinds of horses who couldn't actually think very much for themselves, who never wanted to take... | 6 | |
[WP] In a surprise unanimous decision the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the defense, cementing the "I licked it, it's mine" precedent into law. The Great Lickening has begun. | [
"Jimmy Nabor found himself in possession of a harem of nearly a hundred women's vaginas. Just the vaginas, mind you. I always knew that man had game. \n\nIt wasn't all great, though. His dick was parceled off into various territories and equity bundles. Now he has to fill out paperwork every time he masturbates.",
... | 7 | |
What are the exchanges with clients like? What's the weirdest method of torture requested? How do you phrase your ad Craigslist? Did anything ever go wrong?
Feel free to answer all, some, or none of those questions!
Edit: formatting and added phrase | [WP] You need some extra cash so you've decided to take up a side gig doing freelance torturing. | [
"Sometimes I consider granting my victims request. \n\"Just kill me!!\" They cry out, \"I can't take it!!\"\nI can't though, just keep doing what the boss says. Hit them, pull teeth, water torture, even some stuff involving anal beads and the action of pull starting a lawnmower. Not proud of it but the money is gre... | 3 |
[WP] Gods are manifestations of groups of like minds; "Atheis" has just come into existence and arrives on Earth trying to inspire her 'followers'. | [
"\"Listen, yes, technically, I don't exist.\"\n\n\"Yes, I realize this could be construed as a problem.\"\n\n\"No I do not have any noodly appendages.\"\n\n\"Will you please take this seriously?\"\n\n\"Sure I guess you *could* say rage memes are a temple to me, but that isn't quite,\"\n\n\"No for fucks sake imgur i... | 2 | |
[WP] Heaven is closed for renovation and Satan is on vacation. You, recently deceased, are waiting in line for judgement registration. | [
"*crack crack crack*\n\nBullets fly from the barrel of my AR-15, my fellow peers falling to the tile floor in a pool of blood. Students scatter down the hall, screaming and trampling each other in the process.\n\n\"Heh, pussies.\"\n\nI slide another magazine into the bottom of my rifle, cock the bolt, and take aim.... | 3 | |
[WP] A Hero becomes the most feared Evil Overlord for the good humanity. | [
"**This is a crossover between 4 prompts.**\n\n**Part 1 is [here](http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/2turcu/wp_one_day_you_type_22_into_your_calculator_it/co301bu).**\n\n**Part 2 is [here](http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/2tttp2/wp_inaugurated_as_the_president_of_the_united/co31u56).**\n... | 2 | |
[WP] Plankton finally gets the Krabby Patty Secret Formula. And the truth isn't at all what he expected. | [
"\"Today is the day, my *petite ordinateur*\", I told my computer wife Karen. \"Everyday is always the day...\", she sighs. \"Was that French? Do you think speaking a different will 'turn me on'? I have millions of language on my network. I can speak cavefish! Don't think you can-\" she ranted on. I tuned her out... | 1 | |
[WP] Killing another human has a hidden effect nobody realized before - the person most responsible ceases to age for a duration of one hour for every year of their victims life. It wasn't until the advent of weapons of mass destruction that we realized the truth of this. | [
"\"Man believed in God since the beginning of time. Whether that manifested as a caring hand, a heavenly father, a warrior to tell stories about, or a penniless prophet. What they didn't realize that anyone of them could have been a god, if only they dared,\" the priest said. He grinned to himself as the audienc... | 9 | |
[WP] A man claims to be from the future. You ask for proof, and what he shows you removes all doubt. | [
"\"Seriously, I'm from the future\" he said, \"and I'm going to need all the cash you have on you.\"\n\n\"I'm gonna need some proof if you expect me to buy th...\"\n\nBefore you finish your sentence he shoves a note in your hands with the message you are reading right now. You laugh and hand him the $20 in your poc... | 10 | |
[WP] Coming back from the bathroom, you realize you've accidentally rubbed down with a squeeze of Hand Satanizer | [
"\"The Devil's hands are an idle plaything, Satan. Don't you know that?\" As Beelzebub tried to steal my mitts, I laughed at the incompetent guvnor. \n\n\"But how? You used the hand satanizer. You wiped your hands up nice and good with it. How are you not one of the damned by now?!\" The devil's words were purty. H... | 2 | |
Obvious inspiration for the prompt came from here: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/02/iceland-temple-norse-gods-1000-years. The article is not a constraint, just favour text; feel free to interpret the building of the Norse temple in alternative ways. | [WP] Iceland builds the first temple to Norse gods since Viking age. The gods of today's major religions react. | [
"The gods dined quietly in the large hall. As per their normal they each ate their personalized supper in an uneasy silence. There had been days when the chamber had been anything but quiet, but as their numbers dwindled the deities had grown tired of fighting between themselves night after night, and so an unspoke... | 4 |
[WP] people living in insane asylums are actually sane. It's the general public, who have accepted modern society for face value that are actually 'delusional' | [
"Jessie knew that he would be sleeping in the padded call at Tall Leaves Reeducation Center again for the fourth night in a row. Two months ago, his plate-throwing wife who talked to squirrels had him taken away by doodling, screaming men in white jackets and dark blue nurse scrubs. \n\nThey said to him at his asse... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone on earth is a mentor of someone, and has a mentor. You are the mentor of one of the biggest criminals in history | [
" Alex was a curious young boy. He'd always loved lighting fireworks, even more so when a squirrel and a couple of rubber bands were involved. His parents and teachers grew troubled by this behavior, but Alex never understood. They said to be himself! He was trying! But, then again, he'd so often had trouble empa... | 2 | |
For those not in the US, 911 is the phone number to dial for emergency services. | [WP] 119 is established as a 911 for 1st world problems | [
"The following is a transcript from a 199 call. The names of both the operator and caller have been redacted to preserve their privacy.\n\n\n18:45 1/2/15\nIncoming call.\n\nOperator: 199, location of emergency\n\nCaller: (frantic, out of breath) Uhm yes..me and my friend....we need help\n\nOperator: Alright, I need... | 10 |
[WP] Magic uses a wizard's Soul as fuel. A battle is all but lost, and an elderly wizard will fight to his last. | [
"The raw, visceral current of magic raced through my veins, through darkened bloody flesh, squirming out of my outstretched arms in roiling waves of death.\n\nI walked upon ashes and smoldering coals, their fires wrapping me in a warming caress as I backed away from the surrounding swarms of men. Their armor glinte... | 4 | |
[WP] Wilson hands it off to Lynch... | [
"1 yard line, two receivers on the right side: Baldwin and Lockette played man coverage with Revis and Butler. Seattle is running the clock down with Lynch in the backfield. The middle of the field is stacked with New England defensive backs, showing blitz. 30 seconds left in the quarter... Wilson snaps the ball, h... | 2 | |
[WP] Soylent Green is NOT People. What is it? | [
"\"SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!\" they had to know. The people had to know.\n\n\nI slapped a container from a woman's hand \"SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!\"\n\n\n\"No, actually, we've moved away from that.\" She retrieved the can from the ground and brushed it off.\n\n\n\"SOYLENT GREEN IS... wait, what?\"\n\n\n\"Yeah, it... | 1 | |
Inspired by /u/gmz1013's story of how he lost all memory of Starburst, which he shared in our [chatroom](http://goo.gl/7I566c). Come chat with us! | [WP] Years ago you had a stroke and it caused you to lose some memories. Today you walked by a girl who started waving at you frantically. You have no memory of her at all. | [
"It had happened almost three years ago and yet I’d still not gotten used to it. My right arm still flung out to grasp things that it could by no rights grasp. Usually this resulted in nothing more than me dropping a jar of peanut butter or a glass of mountain dew – Today, however, it resulted in me falling face fi... | 2 |
[WP] Overnight, the USA suddenly shares a border with Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Vietnam and North Korea instead of Mexico. | [
"About a decade after 1st making contact with Saturians there was a shift in global powers. The Saturians brought to our planet their Landmass and resources reallocation system. Our world map ceased to be recognized. It was also around this time that the Saturians discovered their newest power source. Powerful enou... | 1 | |
[WP] Write from the perspective of a tank crew as their tank is hounded down, disabled, and eventually destroyed by enemy infantry. Make it a horror story. | [
"We thought that we had the advantage, a full tank crew verses some grunts on foot. We didn't realize how many there were.\n\nFirst they disabled the tank treads, this prevented us from going anywhere, but at least they couldn't get in and we could still fire out of the main gun and take occasional shots out of th... | 8 |
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