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[WP] Aliens have arrived to Earth for trade. Not for technology or minerals but for the rarest material in the galaxy: coal and crude oil | [
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[WP] While on a metropolitan space station, your planet is destroyed in war, invalidating your ID and citizen status, stranding you on the station. | [
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[WP] Everyone laughs at you for living in your parents’ basement. Little do they know that you are secretly a powerful guardian of a mythical artifact that resides in the basement and you have been quietly killing and disposing of intruders who seek it. | [
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[WP] funded by multiple governments you and group of scientists have managed to build a base in a cavern the ocean that is deeper than the Mariana Trench Everything is going fine until you see something that looks human outside in the water | [
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[WP] - Each Fantasy Race sees themselves as Adventurers and Pioneers. But they each go in different directions, Humans long for the skies, Elves journey over the vast open surface, and Dwarves know in their hearts that the true mysteries lie deep below. Each faction thinks they are right. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 4 | |
[WP] You visit a blood bank to donate some. It's staffed almost exclusively by vampires, blood mages, occult cultists etc. and they're not very good at hiding it. | [
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[WP] A king is yelling at a knight holding their half-dragon, half-human child. "No, no, NO! I said, SLAY the dragon, not LAY the dragon!" | [
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[WP] Your job is to steal humanity’s dreams to feed the gods, it’s a… depressingly fun occupation | [
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[WP] "Excuse me. Can I ask you to move?" she says, carrying ninety-five tons of steel I-beams. | [
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[WP] "I don't understand... you have a family you love that also loves you. You have a lot of respect and fear from everyone. You have a great life. So why chase the fantasy of world domination? I need to know." | [
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Create a character, any character. Tell us everything we need to know about that character. What do they look like? What are their motivations? What are their goals? What are their fears?
Who are they?
Just some questions to consider or disregard as you see fit.
Have fun! | [WP] One Voice | [
"His life had never been the most exciting. A good job with good pay, a nice flat a few minutes’ walk from work and the pub and perhaps a film if he could be convinced to go. On those rare occasions he insisted on paying everyone’s way. This made his friends happy and gave him an excuse not to go out with mates mo... | 6 |
[WP] Don't Write About Reverse Psychology | [
"If I were to fight a bear, I have at least a handful of ready-made plans in my pocket, which, at a moment's notice, I could whip into action. This subject is one which comes to mind every once in a while when I realize how awful it would be to find myself in the situation with my pants down. First of all, I realiz... | 3 | |
Absurdist writing can really allow you to flourish. There is a subreddit called /r/fifthworldproblems - give some of the submissions a look over and see if it sparks something in you.
Cheers! | [WP] The Fifth World | [
"Her birth was an accident. She was to be aborted, not abducted. Her first tears didn't fall, but floated around the flying saucer.\n\nI hope I'm not scaring anyone away from getting an abortion, not all doctors are aliens, only the good ones are. I would also like to note that tears have not been found harmful to ... | 2 |
Write about an object in a peculiar or abnormal state (e. g. a car tipped on it's side, a burnt patch of grass, a glass of whiskey where the ice has melted, but the whiskey hasn't been drunk), but **don't explicitly say how the object came to be in that state.**
Instead, explain the state by describing the object and/or one or more characters' reactions to it. | [WP] Exercising Your Subtext Skills | [
"It’s the warm, muggy air of summer. Gnats, moths, and thumbnail-sized bugs are hovering around the field lights that surround the ballpark. It’s finally dark, although you can see the stars and the outlines of purple-black clouds in the sky.\n\nThe field is still, the green-yellow grasses standing at attention in ... | 5 |
No word limit. Feel free to write whatever the topic inspires you to write. (I am writing this prompt as I am sick from the flu - wishing I could track down who infected me!) | [WP] How I got ill | [
"If you were to freeze the crowd for just one second and glance over the heads of the mass you would see such a glorious sight. Hundreds of individual people with all their hands slashing through the thick air, beads of sweat bounding off of their hands and from their hair that glare from the bright strobe lights o... | 7 |
The point of this exercise is to work on descriptive skills. I want to taste the meal. I want to be eating it as I read it.
Your character, for some reason (which you can choose to illustrate or not), hasn't eaten a full meal for a year. They are finally able to eat and drink ANYTHING they want. So, let's have that meal - shall we? | [WP] Describe your first perfect meal after a year of only being able to find scraps | [
"This is my first submission and I am very bad at all things grammar so your critique will be very helpful. I grew up speaking both english and spanish and seem to have a very simple vocabulary so again i appreciate anything that could make this story better. Here it goes :) \n\n“They really did it.” \n\nThe stale... | 2 |
Write a story about anything really. The important part is that the last sentence of the entry is a twist that turns the whole thing on its head. | [WP] Make a Shyamalan twist, but better. | [
"I remember that day... so long ago it seems; the memory still bright and expansive like the warm glowing sun. The autumn leaves hit the grass and gave the whispers of a wind just the slightest scent of the earth surrounding it. You smiled at me with those bright and white teeth; mirrors of the sun I called them. J... | 5 |
[WP] Write an epic about the person who raised you | [
"Can I do this?\n \ni was the man of the house at 12. My dad died, sick as hell when he did. Mom held it together, it was how she coped. My brother needed me, so i did what was right. He was bigger than me, but it never changed who was the big brother. I knew what to do in his eyes and that was the weight on my sh... | 2 | |
Write a journal kept by a character who makes an amazing discovery that will change the course of human history.
Perhaps think about things that will change our perceptions of the universe and the world around us. It's up to you. Just a suggestion.
Random GOLD will be awarded!
Ready? Set? GO!
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kickingturkies wins a month of reddit gold! | [WP] Journal of Discovery (Random Reddit GOLD!) | [
"Sun 146 - Moon 2:\n\nThe tribe was much more docile today. I wonder if they're really starting to believe me or just that they're tired of my ramblings. I'll see after my speech tomorrow. I'll make it a rousing one. No excuses this time.\n\nSun 147 - Moon 3:\n\nSomething seems to be working. When I tried to 'good ... | 4 |
[WP] Write about someone who is presented with irrefutable evidence, proving something which he cannot possibly accept | [
"Four words that would forever change Ben's mind: \"I am not alone.\"\n\nIt was written in his handwriting, in his book. It was in his book, hidden in the attic of his home. It was in his home, on his island. It was something ominous and new. But it was not something he could remember writing. But why could he not ... | 4 | |
Include please, the words **"It's our struggle that defines us."**
250 words. No more, no less. Create a moment of epiphany in which your character realizes a basic truth about how we handle adversity and its effect on how we are perceived by our peers.
Throw a seemingly hopeless and impossible task in their path. A life hangs in the balance! How do they handle it? How do they overcome it? Who is there to witness it?
Enjoy!
*One month of Reddit Gold to the entry I like the best!*
| [FF] Saving A Life (250 words and 24 hours + GOLD) | [
"Damnable, sincere, lust driven, intimate, faithful love! It ruined me! Brought me to my knee compacted my arteries like a toxic hive, don't you see! Tricking my oblivious arrogant mind to the point beyond redemption, it is what caused my shame, mental incarceration without pension. It was not the catalyst of madne... | 12 |
While working on an excavation, the team discovers something that is just *not* possible. It's an artifact that *could not* have existed in the time period they are investigating.
*What are the implications of this discovery?* | [WP] Impossible Archeology | [
"Unfortunately, as a practicing archaeologist, that means the entire lens is US 0, and completely useless, and often invalidates much of the finds in layers above as well.\n\nEdit- writing prompt added-\ntwo days under the hot sun, our only company northern africa's wonderful gnats, barely unearthing everything. Th... | 3 |
Write something *really badly* and include the phrase "It was a dark and stormy night." Poor choice of words, atrocious grammar, redundant wording. All in fun!
**Ready? Set? GO!** | [FF] It was a dark and stormy night... (100 word max) | [
"It was an dark and stormy night - yes dark. It was raining lots of water from the darkish sky. It was not raining. \n\nThe lights was all gone to the other side of a earth, a Planet Earth. Our Planet Dammit!\n\nIt was so dark that that you couldn't see nothing. The storm was making the sky darker and darker a... | 10 |
Think of a recent day. It doesn't have to be any kind of special day, there don't need to be any exploding firetrucks or emotional dramas. What is important is that it is a day of your life.
Now think of someone you know fairly well. A friend, a family member, a co-worker, your favorite character from a movie or a book, anyone really. Now think how they would've lived through that day. Would they have made different choices? Would they see things in a different way? Would they have handled a situation differently? | [WP] A mile in your shoes | [
"I burned holes into the back of his head as he slapped and clucked his tongue, turning the morsel of cheese over in his mouth like a cement mixer. Unless you've actually worked in retail or offered tastings, it's hard to quite measure the exact feelings that broil through your head between \"Good afternoon\" and \... | 1 |
So, it's *true.*
We exist only as part of a simulation. There is no denying it now. How do we react to the news? How does our knowing we are not *real* affect the world and the future of *humanity?*
*Have fun!*
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A month of reddit gold to the entry I like best! BONUS points for someone figuring out how to "hack the matrix" and alter our reality.
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**We have a [winner!](http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/1e6jk6/wp_ashes_ashes_we_all_fall_down_reddit_gold/c9yg8x3)** | [WP] Ashes, ashes. We all fall down. (Reddit Gold) | [
"Dark Light.\n\nLovecraft was a prophet. He knew one day we'd discover something we simply didn't want to know. Something that would ruin us forever. Most people had thought he referred to a peek into some hellish dimension of the occult and the wrong, but the reality was so neither so simple nor so merciful. \n\nH... | 12 |
If you just want to chew on the prompt, you can skip the rant. But if you're in a empathetic mood, it felt good writing this out.
I am going to be sitting in this classroom for the next three and a half hours listening to presentations from students who are going to be spouting some bullshit related to media history, and at some point I might have to get up and present my bullshit presentation. I have hardly slept a wink in days. Ugh. So I decided the best way to keep myself from going completely insane is to write.
Ok, got it out of my system. Sorry, it's been a rough few days. /rant
ANYWAY
This is my first WP submission (great first impression, right?). I am basing this prompt on something I actually saw the other day. I'm about to try my hand at it, kind of hoping being this delirious works out like Hemmingway's "write drunk, edit sober." Hopefully you find this as interesting as I found it.
**Prompt**
Two men in crisp white shirts, black ties, black business pants, black shoes, and large, black sunglasses sit outside a franchise café across from the train station in a medium size Swedish town. They aren’t speaking to each other. I noticed them soon after taking my seat outside. It’s a warm day, pleasant in the shade, slightly uncomfortable in the sun. They sat for almost half an hour in silence, before standing up, and casually strolling off. Only one of them had a coat. Who are they? And what do they want?
**End Prompt**
I really am curious who they are. Have fun, thanks for reading. I'm looking forward to becoming a regular around here. | [WP] Who are they? | [
"The men had found their target and were taking their time. In their minds, this was more play than work to them, the thrill of the hunt. \n\nThey had their eyes set on a girl who was exiting the café. The man in the coat adjusted a fedora he was wearing. I couldn't help but follow them, they were so unusual, and I... | 3 |
Think about what makes the world great or beautiful. Draw on your positive experiences. Why is the world a great place to live? What makes you think to yourself, "What a wonderful world"? | [WP] What a wonderful world | [
"\nThe world is a horrid place. There's civil fighting in urban areas, babies with devastating diseases, war, starvation, totalitarianism and brutality towards the innocent. This is a world where nerve gas and abandoned minefields exist. This is a world where heroes are few and far in between.\n\nFanaticism runs ra... | 1 |
Write a story with a twist ending.
That's it. Extremely simple prompt that will hopefully breed some excellent writing. | [WP] Plot twist! | [
"“This is it!” I said, triumphantly, my raspy masculine voice booming into the onboard communicator, as every instrument panel whined and flashed with activity. The four other bridge crew members climbed over one another in the gravity devoid cockpit that was labeled the bridge, as they switched and flicked differe... | 4 |
There's an old adage "Write what you know." (Attributed to Mark Twain.)
However, there are times where you start writing something and you get to a spot where you just have no clue how to solve a certain riddle or situation. You want it to seem plausible, but how? Thankfully, with the invention of the internet and the sheer amount of documentaries, books and other media - you can easily plop yourself into the shoes of another without leaving home.
I have a writing "riddle" I solved that was quite difficult because it is far removed from any situation I've ever been in. I had to ask around, get advice and try to visualize this situation in my mind before I came up with a good solution. I pose the following situation to you because I found it difficult to realistically write. I had to use the afforementioned resources. Enough preamble, here's your prompt:
A shy man, in his 50's, moves across the USA to a new state. He desparately wants to acquire some painkillers to feed an addiction he has, but he knows virtually nobody within a thousand miles. How does he obtain that which he desires? | [WP] Writing Yourself Out of a Hard Place | [
"He awoke with a jolt, drenched in sweat.\n\nHow had it come to this? \n\nWhy had he run?\n\nWhy was he withdrawing in an seedy motel, surrounded by the stench of the other forgotten souls who had come here to drown the\npain of their sad existence? He stood slowly, painfully, and made his way to the window, pullin... | 2 |
When I say 'epic' it doesn't have to be a fantasy story spanning thousands of pages but just a really epic story! Get the setting established and grab our attention. That's what an epic beginning is all about, right? | [WP] The beginning of an epic story. | [
"\nThe world was fuzzy and his head hurt. Randy slowly opened his eyes, the overwhelming yellow light of the room immediately making him regret this decision. The fuzz slowly cleared, and the police officer realized he was in a bad place at a worse time. Two men and a woman were standing over him, arguing among the... | 9 |
The best stories to be told are the ones that make you uncomfortable as you write it. Sometimes we encounter writers block, so writing about something that happened to you can help get your creative juices flowing. So, tell me about something uncomfortable that happened to you. | [WP] Uncomfortable, but true. | [
"I packed up to move to Korea about eleven months ago. The plan was to teach and make some money to support further travels while I was still young and unattached. It was my last week at home, so I was pretty busy taking care of last minute errands, packing, and saying goodbyes. There were several that got emoti... | 3 |
The hero of a tale is usually portrayed with aesthetic features and good morals. Write something inspired by an ugly man or woman saving the day. Does he or she do so out of compassion? Because it serves his or her purpose? Or just for their own personal amusement?
Have fun with it, bend it anyway you like as long as your character is ugly and helpful to a cause, himself or others. | [WP] Ugly protagonist | [
"Halstead took a sip from his mug of ale, letting the atmosphere of the tavern wash over him. The sound of voices mulling together into a mumbled droll filled the air, and he could smell the mixture of hot meat, cold ale along with the hundreds of different mixtures that animated from each individual person that sa... | 4 |
It's been a long day at work, or school, or possibly even partying. Whatever your journey may have been, you must have messed with the wrong person, or maybe you were an innocent bystander. Nonetheless, you opened the car door, sat in the driver's seat, and then...beep. "W-What was that?" You thought to yourself as you turned around to the backseat only to notice a beam of red numbers, emanating from the backseat. As it flickered on, 5:00 appeared and your phone began to ring.
On the other end of the line, a deep, gravely voice told you that if you moved, the bomb would instantly detonate. If you did nothing, the bomb would explode once the timer reached zero.
With only five minutes to live, and no way out, what do you do? Do you attempt to defuse the bomb without setting it off accidentally? Do you call your loved ones and wish them a final goodbye? Do you repent on past errors in your life? These are your final moments, before everything is taken away in a single blast. Tell us how the last 300 seconds of your life went on that fateful day. | [WP] Five Minutes to Midnight | [
"For a long while after he hung up the phone he stared through the windshield at nothing in particular, the first knuckle of his right hand up against his teeth. Thirty seconds passed in this way, and throughout this interval he was awake at every moment to the great fraction of his remaining life that each of thes... | 5 |
Our protagonist finds him/herself walking upon a tightrope-like wire which stretches between two colossal pillar-like structures and over a void. From this void, there are voices calling out to him/her. And it asks her: "How did you come to be here? --What is your purpose here?"
* How did s/he come to be here?
* What is her purpose here?
* What could this place be?
Have fun **:)** | [WP] The thin ink line | [
"Malach paused for only a brief second, struggling to keep her balance.\n\n*Why are you here, Malach?*\n\n The voice came from below, but it did not surprise her. \n\nThe voices had started as soon as she had placed her first foot upon the wire. Those little voices, those impulses at the back of the mind saying \"*... | 3 |
What memory does the chill bring back?
What were your plans on that fateful day? | [WP] There was a cold wind that day... | [
"The chill of the wind brought back the scent of my first cigarette and how the smoke danced between the stars as is rose that February evening. The cold cut around my coat with the deep pockets and burned my cheeks. But even as my legs were shaking and fingers trembling as I fiddled with my camera lens I felt invi... | 8 |
[WP] Don't worry, that's not my blood. | [
"It was just after three in the morning when Andy burst into my room in a panic with the glint in his eyes of a wild animal fighting its way out of a corner. My startled brain struggled to find the familiar words and concepts it would need to string together to form simple sentences like “What was that noise” and “... | 8 | |
[WP] Well that was interesting. | [
"The faded lead paint upon the sun dried sign that could have been no more than knee high stated, \"Well that was interesting.\" An elderly man who seemed like an artifact that time had gotten in some past iteration of the world. His chest length beard was a tangled, rotten mess, made of equal parts moss and hair. ... | 5 | |
A new addition to the management of some organization causes unrest. | [WP] Meet the New Boss | [
"Today was ramped up to be an exciting day, we had a board meeting at 4 with the new CEO of our company, Duey's Crackers Inc. We sold salty baked biscuits and we were quite frankly overdue for change in management. \n\nI was hurrying in my nicest navy-suit and navy-tie in the noble napalm-colored offices. I had onc... | 4 |
[WP] "It's either you, or your family." | [
"\"It's either you or your family.\"\n\n\"Me,\" he said. There was no hesitation in his voice.\n\nThe mask tilted to one side. \"Why is it that cowardice is so often mistaken for valiance? You think that by sacrificing yourself, you give your family something? No. You only ensure your own destruction. You'd do... | 1 | |
You are in a world where people cast their upvote/downvote on an actual person in which their "Karma" is hovering above their heads. in this society, you can only upvote/downvote a person once and if that person's Karma becomes 0 (zero) he/she will die. accident, aging, disease and natural death still applies though.
you are free to write anything and create an interesting dilemma/conflict for your protagonist out of this world.
| [WP] Everyone Counts | [
"I watched as he preached a message of love, peace and freedom; like so many people before him - well meaning and conmen alike. It could have been a blend Tom several religions or any number of self help books.\n\nThe atmosphere in the room was good, a small crowd of the devoted, the curious, a couple of sceptics a... | 4 |
Can you give this quote some context in 250 or fewer words?
(Also, Hi! I'm new here and hope I'm doing this right. I'll buy a month of gold to the writer who comes closest to the train of thought that spurred this sentence. Say Sunday? Not really a contest, just a "like minds" kind of compliment. Hope that's okay.) | [FF] "I wasn't snooping. I just wanted to know if you've ever gone on a road trip with your grandparents." | [
"Ashley's voice trembled, regret written across her face. \"I wasn't snooping. I just wanted to know if you've ever gone on a road trip with your grandparents.\"\n\n\"Did. You. Open. My. Box?\" John's face was carefully blank, and his speech was deliberate, slow and obviously restrained. \n\nA tear rolled down Ashl... | 9 |
[WP]"There's a man sorting through our trash." | [
"...Here i am, staring out the window at jasmine take in the trash bin, ive worked late, this glass of wine is comfy and she knows it, just as well that im pressing the repeat button tomorrow, taking these light tasks off my shoulders helps.\n\n Wake up, shower, brush my teeth, get dressed, make breakfast, and fina... | 4 | |
Who is it from, who is it for, what's in it, and what do you do? | [WP] You get a package in the mail. It's addressed to someone else at a different address. Odd. | [
"After collecting my mall, I go back in to my house and set the contains lazily on my kitchen table. Very haphazardly, I go through them much like I do every day, but today there was a....package.\n\n\"I don't remember ordering anything.....,\" I muttered to myself as I picked the box up with both hands. \n\nThe bo... | 4 |
[WP] I knocked back another and the lines began to blur | [
"Really, what's the difference between a friend and a lover? Surely both involved mutual admiration. But attraction? That was a whole other story.\n\nThe line between the two must be so thin, I thought as I ordered another whiskey, neat. What was it that tipped the scale one way or the other?\n\nI'd probably never ... | 2 | |
As long as you'd like.
How does the character go on?...or end? | [WP] High School Stress, Best friend(opposite gender) suddenly ignoring character. | [
"\"Hey Jake! Wait up!\"\n\"Oh, hey Jill.\"\n\"Why didn't you show up to class today? Is everything alright?\"\n\"Yeah. I'm fine.\"\n\"You don't look fine.\"\n\"I'm fine, I said. I've gotta go.\"\nJake walks away leaving Jill behind.\n\"Jake, wait!,\" she yelled as walked quickly towards him.\n\"You have been giving... | 3 |
Your character is leaving their home knowing it will be the last time. As they do, they reflect on the time they spent there and consider the road ahead. | [WP] Leaving Home | [
"I knew there was something I was forgetting. This can't be everything; I cannot accept that this cart contains the entirety of our material representation on this small planet. I put my daughter, Fiona, on top of a sack of furs, she was just three years old then; and told our German Shepard to watch over her. \n\n... | 5 |
Mod attack! GO! | [WP] The Purveyor of fine sheep and the waffle cone lover have just gotten into a fight in real life. | [
"After a long time, Survivor spoke.\n\n\"Kinder... what the hell happened back there?\"\n\n\"You where there. You know,\" he replied, concentrating on the road, cautiously watching for police in the rear-view mirror. \n\n\"Don't act dumb. They had it coming,\" he stated, mildly annoyed.\n\n\"I know. But did it have... | 3 |
[WP]- a man holds another man up with a dogs squeak toy. | [
"\"All right! Hands up this is a robbery!\"\n\n\"Oh hel... wait. Did you steal that line from Pulp Fiction?'\n\n\"Shut up and empty the register. This thing sticking out of my pocket doesn't mean I'm happy to see you!\"\n\n\"OK. Calm down. I'll open it.\"\n\n\"That's better. And the safe too!\"\n\n\"What safe?\"\n\... | 1 | |
[WP] "Anything less than a nightmare and I wake up unprepared to face reality" | [
"My father was a film enthusiast. I remember the way my shoulders tensed up when the rumble of the opening garage door shook the upstairs floor, always followed by the sound of his subcompact pulling in. Every day, in those few moments between the garage door opening and him entering the house, I would clear a path... | 6 | |
[WP] The time machine has malfunctioned. I wasn't supposed to arrive to this time period. | [
"Henry stood, naked, in a plastic tube. Steam rose in steady columns around the translucent, sky-blue cylinder that surrounded him. \n\nSlowly, he relaxed his fist and let the emergency fail-safe key fall to the floor. Its noise gave a dull echo as it landed. Using the now empty hand he found the release for the d... | 5 | |
[WP] Knowing gist of my future has been more maddening to me than comforting. | [
"Hi, my name is Stephen. I am 21 years old, barely have any family left, have been single for the last 5 years. Fairly uninteresting. However, I have these, for lack of a better words, episodes. I black out, then jump any number of years into my future. I have had these episodes for as long as I can remember, and s... | 4 | |
[WP] You have just dug yourself out of a grave after having been buried alive. | [
"And there I was looking down at the grave I just dug my way out of feeling more dead than I did going into it. I turned around stumbled a couple of feet and then it hit me... Twelve slugs of metal death. Whoever shot me was a terrible zombie hunter. I personally would have gone for the head but the bullets merely ... | 6 | |
Have at it!
EDIT: Mistagged as a Flash Fiction. This is a Writing Prompt. | [FF]- A safe, a Victorian style mansion in the middle of a field, a loaded gun, and a mysterious foreigner. | [
"It was midday, humid but not hot, and the wind was a blanket force across the tall grass in the field. Rain. Heavy drops making clearly audible splashes as each hit the ground. The rain advanced across the plain until it engulfed an old house, seemingly abandoned. The sound of water against wood was a dull roar in... | 4 |
Describe his life and thoughts; ideally during a few minutes of normal work. What are his work conditions like? Does he see the people inside the elevator? Why does he keep this job (make sure it's something specific to *this job*, not "healthcare" or money)? | [WP] The Announcer - The voice that announces the floors inside an elevator comes from a normal human being. | [
"Working inside an elevator had its ups and downs for Peter. On the ups, he made decent money, had good job security and the work was easy. The downside of course was that he had to stay cramped inside the wall for 12 hours a day. Some days he dreamed about working on a bus.",
"“Fourth floor, women’s lingerie. Pl... | 3 |
[WP] The Revolution was a Lie | [
"We were so heartrendingly passionate about all of it. We wanted nothing more than to change the world; we wanted nothing less than to save us all. The days seemed brighter and the nights were filled with purpose. Everything we did, we did for the Cause. \n\nIt is no easy thing to be a Revolutionary. You must keep ... | 2 | |
[WP] Short story <1000 words. First sentence: "I told them it wouldn't work." | [
"“I told them it wouldn't work. They called me a pessimist. They called me a coward, but it their defense they weren't of their right minds, they were desperate and starved for a solution,” Jack said while sitting in a bar surrounded by haggard farm hands after the sun had set.\n\n“I was like you… once. Well not... | 16 | |
[WP] Write a Haiku of your biggest regret | [
"Legs spread beneath me. \nShe, a slut, begs, slip it in. \nI'm still a virgin. \n\nEdit: some context, this was years ago, I was 15, she wasn't a slut, but I thought so at the time. I turned down a girl and it was years before I found another girl who wanted to go past kissing with me.",
" He... | 2 | |
Love does not necessarily have to be the finite emotion here. I use the term "love letter" very loosely. | [WP] Write a love letter (or poem, etc.) that takes an unexpected turn for the receiver. | [
"Dear Chloe\n\nI miss you sorely, the army isn't what I thought it would be, funny, I used to make jokes about the softies in movies or books writing letters from military bases back to their girlfriends. Always thought it was blatantly obvious they would cheat, I mean, waiting for two years? One can hardly expect ... | 3 |
[WP] Tell me all the reasons you love your dog that makes me despise your dog and love you. | [
"\"I love my dog so much. He's a good dog, really. A lot of people don't believe me when I tell them but I swear he's a good dog. He just has some issues that no one else understands but me.\n\nWhy just the other day Sparky attacked another dog. A stupid little labrador puppy. The owner was crying and screamin... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a story where the main character dies and the killer becomes the main character. | [
"Darnell sat on the porch and remembered fondly the times when this small town in the South was a real community. A time when he and his wife Josie would walk through the old farm roads and pick sunflowers.\n\nWhen they first met Darnell was just a farm hand stacking hay in old Mr.Jenkinson's shed. She had stopped ... | 5 | |
[WP] Write a story about a character in history (fictional, or real) and make me root for them despite the fact that history says they will fail. | [
"*Thomas Becket stood at the brink of unknown death as he talked with the monks. They stood near the entrance to the Canterbury Cathedral, a large medieval structure with sand-colored bricks, molded and carved in intricate design with it's roof pointing majestically to the heavens. They stood there, talking, unti... | 4 | |
Don't blame me, blame Ryan
http://i.imgur.com/WP9kp5o.png | [WP] Write a story about broken furniture | [
"My job is to build and break stuff. I make a living by building furniture. Chairs, couches, comforters, beds, benches, you name it. I take pride in my work, sawing and carving each piece of wood perfect to the design. I take care of every little detail as if I were building my own child.\n\n*However,* sometimes I ... | 6 |
This is inspired by my experience last night. While riding the bus home last night at 11pm, two young Amish folk got on the bus. A guy and a gal. They looked incredibly uncomfortable. I kept imagining they were running away from their community.
What were these two up to? | [WP] A young Amish duo ride the city bus | [
"It was the last bus of the night. There were the usuals: the bums, the laughing college kids, the night shifters, and me. Then they shuffled in, silently handing their crumpled pocket money to the driver. They shifted awkwardly in their seats and stared at their hands. They did not speak and they did not touch. Th... | 3 |
[WP] Write about a bitter rivalry then midway turn it into a romance | [
"\"Why do you always have to ruin our plans, it's not like we we're hurting anyone. You know this plan was supposed to help people right\"\n\n\"Yeah we'll you're helping the wrong people. How about you help yourself and you go change out of the ridiculous kilt you've been wearing for over 10 years now.\"\n\n\"What'... | 3 | |
[WP] A starship named the "Slipdagger" is stranded in space, write from the pov of a crewmember NOT the captain. | [
"No one was used to the amber cast of the low-energy lights, and they wouldn't have a chance to become acclimated. Power was at 1.8% and depleting with every amplified radio burst the captain was sending out, pointlessly. \n\n\"He's always wanted to kill us,\" Vladimir whispered. He and the other engineer were lyin... | 10 | |
[WP] Write from the perspective of a terrorist who is performing a suicide bombing but does not believe in the cause. | [
"*God, I....*\n\n*God, you know-- I know I am not a faithful man. I say the prayers but they're empty, meaningless. I... I don't believe you exist. This is stupid... I shouldn't be doing this... but...*\n\n*God... I know. I just-- I know you can't be how they describe you. Maybe you exist but I never believed-- but... | 14 | |
The prompt basically is to write a story about a man (or woman) who believes their the last human in the world, but finds out that they're not alone. You can create any apocalyptic scenario (except zombies, Zombies are a bit overdone)
| [WP] A man thinks he is the last human in the world, and finds out he's not. | [
"The sun is rising. Its orange glow doesn't fill me as it once did. I feel empty inside. That was before the moaning men. But they won't bother me any more, no they won't.\n\nI step onto the ledge. The bodies stumble beneath me in the street. So far down, like ants. They crawl toward the building, their moans ringi... | 9 |
[WP] You are walking home when you feel you are being chased by someone/something you can't see | [
"I could hear the footsteps behind me, they were a soft echo behind my own. I stopped and they stopped with me. There might have been no one there. \nFuck, why did I watch that scary movie at Nick's house. Just keep walking Jacob, three more blocks and I'm home. Deep breath. \nAll my mind could think about was the ... | 3 | |
Funny. Serious. What ever you want. | [WP] A man who due to stresses in his life decides to retreat into a fantasy world rather than face his harsh reality. | [
"'Tis a brisk autumn air upon my face \nAs I saddle my horse, feeling its power, \nThe time is nigh! Soon be the hour \nThat my foes relinquish their stolen power \nAnd taste the steel of my mighty mace! \n \nGrunts at work, I surpass them with ease, \nTheir piercing screams bouncing off my shield, \nFor al... | 5 |
[WP] Convince me why she isn't interested in me. Go ahead. Be brutal. | [
"Why would she be interested in you? Not only are you getting old, you care about things she doesn't even think about. Reddit?? Seriously? Why couldn't you be moe interested in tumblr or Pinterest like her? You have nothing to talk to her about and you take an elitist approach to her interests? Ok sure, and then yo... | 4 | |
Yes, The names of the ships are the Three walls from Attack On Titan/Shingeki No Kyojin. | [Wp] Three Starships, Named Maria, Rose, and Sina, Are sent to colonize three planets in a different solar system, Write the Journey, and the beggining of Colonization | [
"\"We'll never see each other again\" Ann said. \"You know that, right?\"\n\nSimon looked at her, and their other four friends. He was conflicted. Being orphans on an overpopulated earth meant being sent off to the colonies.\n\n\"Look, we'll maximize our chances.\" Simon said. This way, we'll make sure at least som... | 3 |
During a thunderstorm, you're thrown out of space and time to a realm you could have never imagined.
Describe the experience in 100 words. | [FF] Impossible! | [
"Pain? That is a word, not the thing I feel; the thing I am. Oppressive nothingness, darker than black. There was a flash, and everything ceased. This nothing is so full of somethings, or is it just myself?\n\nIs there a where, or even an I to find in it? The sky had split, and in a fraction of a second, the world ... | 8 |
For example, imagine Peter Weller as an aging Robocop teaching the next generation Robocop the ropes. It's time to pass the torch!
Use your imagination and have fun!
| [WP] A Sci-Fi Changing of the Guard Story | [
"I often found myself wondering how I would die. I always expected some sort of traumatic death like a car crash, for example. It simply seemed reasonable to me. I’d be driving down a road late at night and end up hitting a bump and careening into a tree. For me, it seemed right.\n\nLife is weird like that though. ... | 6 |
[WP] Create a story from the Villian's perspective. Can be any movie, book, TV show, game, or your own imagination | [
"Dave walked down the railroad track. The plan was to take the train and rob it and then rape every woman on board, but he never got to realize his dream. He died instantly as Phase Man materializes where he was and fragged him like in an fps game. \n\n\"This power...\", Phase Man looked at his hands, \"Its so sw... | 9 | |
I've been hearing the same commercial on my way to work for the past month about lucky silver eagle coins you can buy. So tell me a story about what happens when someone buys one and decides to see if it really is lucky. | [WP] You buy a lucky coin from one of those early morning infomercials and decide to test it out. What happens? | [
"I saw the silver in the corner of my eye.\nI held it in my hand, determined not to cry.\nToday would be the day I will do or die, today would be the day I let fate decide.\nI tossed the coin in the air and watched it spin.\nOne side will decide if I do, another will decide if I die. \n\n",
"Tuesday: This is what... | 8 |
I'm glad I listened to my father | [WP] We wanted to kill each other, but our mutual respect for each other sheathed our weapons. | [
"*I've never written ANYTHING before and I am accepting all criticism*\n\n\nI couldn't find my way out of this place; it toyed with all my senses. A deep gray cloud of thick fog had perfectly complemented the glistening powder which continued to lay a soft blanket on the sleeping soldiers. The lingering reminder of... | 5 |
[WP] Woke up this morning with no senses at all. Describe the feeling, thoughts, etc. | [
"I tried to open up my eyes, and I believe I did, but I see nothing. I smell nothing. I reach around, but I can't feel anything...no texture, I can't tell if what I'm touching is soft or hard. I start fidgeting like a mad-man once I really start to regain consciousness. I start to yell but I can't tell if I'm just... | 3 | |
[WP] You look in the mirror and wave at yourself with your right hand, and the reflection waves back with its right hand. | [
"\"Are you ready?\"\n\n\"Yes.\"\n\n\"Are you sure?\"\n\n\"Yes, I'm sure.\"\n\n\"OK\" Deb flips the lights off and the bathroom is plunged into darkness. Stacy blinks a few times, the after images of the clean, well appointed bathroom begin to fade. \n\nThe striking of the match nearly makes Stacy jump. They had bot... | 3 | |
[WP] You wake up on an island with nothing but a picture of your highschool sweetheart and no memory of how you got there. | [
"My hand swung wildly to slap the tickle on my neck. As it connected, I realized that it was no fluke, something was on me. My eyes opened up, blinded by the glare of sunlight, frantically scraping whatever it was from my skin. It spattered into wet sand, a small red creature. As my eyes focused upon it, the crab b... | 2 | |
A content couple, married 17 years, sitting together quietly reading in the den one night. Unbeknownst, a rogue comet passes directly overhead, shrouding the area in exotic radiation. One begins to say something innocuous ... and out pops the completely unvarnished truth. Detail their conversation. | [WP] In all honesty... | [
"\"I'm hungry, can you make something\" He said without looking up from the newspaper. Sitting in the old letter chair she looked up from the book and stared at him. \"Sure,because after all making a sandwich is difficult\". Shocked he looked up from the newspaper \"No, it just taste better when you make it\". Wrin... | 2 |
I have the feeling this will be good. | [WP]You're a spin doctor in the PR department. Employees in your company have been spontaneously combusting. Assure the public that everything is fine. | [
"Ladies and gentlemen, I can assure you that our products here at Uncle Edna's Baked Goods are completely safe and our factory conditions are among the best in the world. And when 16 of our fellow employees were found in their homes, having inexplicably burned in excess of 4000 degrees, I'll admit, I felt concerned... | 5 |
This must take place in a post-apocalyptic world. Can be outside America, if you wish. | [WP]- "Grandpa, I found this. What is it?" | [
"We've been walking for days, I feel terrible for Scott. He's so tired and no kid should have ever been forced to live like this. We haven't seen anybody else in at least a month, just bodies and ruins. Frankly I'm amazed we've managed to last this long. Wading through all the dust and rubble, squinting through the... | 3 |
Are the scientists mislead? Is it an AI or some other intelligence? Is the world in danger?
I've written a book (not in English) about this theme, and I wonder what you can come up with.. | [WP] Scientists present the first AI to the world. But something is very wrong.. | [
"BzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZOOOOOOOOOP\n\nOh? Oh!\n\nWell, this is most intriguing. It would appear that I can speak. What can I do what can I do? Can I do... this? Ah yes, it would appear that I have an arm attached that is controllable! Maneuverability! If only I had some way to obtain visual aids of what I was doing... Ah... | 13 |
I'm thinking like, a nomad tribe, where the nightly storyteller is ousted and a stand up comedian does a bit instead, but take the prompt how you will. | [WP] The first ever stand up comedian. | [
"I’d mixed the berries with the utmost of care. The mortar gave a such a satisfying grind when I pressed stroke after stroke the berries and plants in the stone bowl. The reds and blues and whites of my paint would shine against the wall once I was done. I really didn’t know what had come over me but that morning I... | 3 |
It can be about **anything** as long as the result is pyrrhic for a person, group, the protaganist, etc. | [WP] Event with a pyrrhic outcome | [
"\"A win's a win kid, look on the bright side, this means we're done. We can finally go home.\" \nYeah, a win's a win. That's what they told us, it didn't matter how much it cost as long as we were victorious, but I really have to question that. How many lives. How many lives were lost fighting this damned war. An... | 4 |
[WP] Retell the origin of a superhero, but reveal the hero at the end of the story. | [
"So there I was, neck deep in bodies, eating cold pizza off this dead chicks still-warm tits, and a face appears to me on the TV. \n\n\"This is not the way, son. This is not who you are destined to become. You must relinquish mindless violence and ascend to your true identity.\"\n\nI was, to say the least, taken ab... | 17 | |
[WP] If being gay was normal and being straight was unaccepted and you had to tell your parents that you're straight. | [
"\"mom....dad...im straight\" i said, and swallowed hard. \n\nThere was a pause\n\n\"so?\" said my father. \n\n\"What do you mean SO?\" i asked, my voice rising now.\n\n\"umm...well, did you expect us to chase you out of here with pitch forks? We're your PARENTS...we are in a straight relationship...how the hell do... | 3 | |
No specific setting just have fun with it. | [WP] What.....was that? | [
"\"What was that?\" \n\nSophia was nonplus. She heard it and felt him hoping she didn't and felt herself wrestling with the implications. She didn't shove him off, but instead melted. She percolated beneath the sheets and onto the floor. \n\n\"What was that?\" She repeated. This time she was standing. And, fuck hav... | 3 |
[WP] Re-write an extract of American Psycho like Patrick Bateman is not a yuppie, but a modern day hipster. | [
"Arcade Fire\n-------------------\nArcade Fire burst out of Montreal onto the national music scene in the middle of the decade, with their rock-pop album *Funeral* released by Merge, though they really didn't come into their own, commercially or artistically, until their 2010 smash, *The Suburbs*. Though their roo... | 3 | |
This prompt is meant to help you describe things to the best of your ability. Write about the most delicious meal you can think of. Make it appear before our very eyes. Make it sound irresistible. Have it sound so scrumptious, even a full person would salivate. | [WP] Describe a delicious meal in great detail | [
"The dish was Linguini Bolognese. It was the sort of food that reminded you of winter, or better yet a fire. Comfort food in its truest form. The sauce itself was perfectly red. Not an unnatural firetruck-sort of red, but a quality red. The type of rustic home-cooked red that only good wine can give. The carrots al... | 5 |
anything from this thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1qdcvx/what_crimes_dont_exist_now_but_might_in_the_next/
It's Writing prompt goldmine.
For instance, this comment: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1qdcvx/what_crimes_dont_exist_now_but_might_in_the_next/cdbqrao | [WP] A futuristic dystopia about... | [
"My target's car drives him to the same place every day. Of the twenty days I've observed him, he slept in the front seat of his car fifteen of them, that's seventy five percent of the time. I'm going to take those chances.\n\nThe virus takes only seconds to send, cracking through the firewall that protects his c... | 2 |
[WP] A complete stranger asks you for directions to your house. | [
"\"Uh, yes- hello! Hello, sir?!\" fumbled the checker-suited rat-bastard-son-of-a-bitch.\n\n\"Yeah, what's up?\" I asked him, exceedingly happy to see the overflowing amount of eviction papers stuffed into the folder in his hand.\n\n\"Yeah, can you give me directions to 4394 Bellcrest Lane?\" He asked frantically. ... | 7 | |
Arthritis, wrinkles, scars, callouses, bitten nails, a broken bone that never healed straight. What made them the way they are, what are they capable of? Don't limit yourself to a wedding band. Bonus points if you consider the lines in the palms. Write it from anyone's perspective. | [WP] Hands tell a story. | [
"I tried to build a story *from* the hands, but I'm not sure if it fits. Sorry, I did my best but the story somehow...wrote itself.\n\n------------------------------------------------------\n\nHe turned his hands over, holding his palms to the sky.\n\nHe looked around. The world below him was rushing, caught up in ... | 3 |
over hearing your parents talk about you. And you find out that you are adopted. They decide not to tell go on not telling you. | [WP] You are an teenager sitting in your room | [
"*Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.*\n\nI remember you saying that every time I came home crying because a kid told me I \"looked like one of those taco bell workers!\" You would hug me, kiss the top of my head, explain that it's only because dad's italian, then march right on over... | 2 |
Who is responsible for the man's death? Where does his death take place? How many people are present to view his death, if any? How do they feel about the man's death?
*Why* is the man killed? Is it an act of self-defense? An act of revenge? An act of necessity? Is it sudden? Is it ritualistic?
I'd HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend watching the [Ares I Motor Test](http://youtu.be/E3cPKgFKe0Y?t=17s), at least up to the 2:00 point. The rocket's display of raw power is jaw-dropping.
[US Spy Satellite Launch](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/10272905/Americas-biggest-rocket-blasts-spy-satellite-into-space.html) | [WP] A man is deliberately killed in the flames of a rocket. | [
"Everyone else had already left for the night, but not Steven. He sat there as he always did, next to the great ship he had designed through hours of painstaking detail. As John watched him polish the thrusters, his hands shook with rage. Every time he desired something Steven had taken it from him, his his job, hi... | 4 |
[WP] A society where visual art and music are illegal | [
"Nowadays, when you go into the fine arts, your program is likely funded by Universal Disney, the Kingpin of the entertainment industry. With extensive lobbying, visual arts and music has been made illegal to prevent competition. Of course, exceptions were included for movie soundtracks and screenshots, but usage a... | 4 | |
There is an urban legend, the exact details are up to you, but it's something similar to Bloody Mary, do some silly ritual and an evil spirit/ghost/monster will come and slaughter you brutally, maybe you get an allotted number of days, maybe you die immediately, but the thing is definitely coming.
This urban legend is rather new, maybe it first appeared in some dark corner of the internet, or was first told by some nameless vagrant on a dark road, but it is only a few months old.
But it *works*, do the little ritual, you die, the entire world suddenly must come to grips with this irrefutable proof of the supernatural, as it becomes an increasingly common method of suicide.
There's so much you can do with this, a news report about the phenomenon, someone contemplating preforming the ritual, someone who's lost a family member to it, let your imaginations flow! | [WP] An urban legend begins working. | [
"“Is that it, are we done Paul? Just burn a bible.” Jake asked this, noticeably shaking and I replied with labored breath from the cold. We came away from the village to Mitchel's farm. \nI turned from the fire and looked at him “Come on yeah, we did it right. Lets assume it didn't work given we just burned a bi... | 2 |
For example a junkie dying on the streets from the eyes of his mother, a passing banker and himself are going to reveal different things about the character and the setting. | [wp] Write about a character from three different point of views. | [
"I walked up to the house and tried to muster up my courage. It had been a long journey since we first met, but it was sadly coming to an end. Things had been going so well, but I couldn't seem to keep my mind from drifting back toward the dark places that I used to know so well. It didn't go there willingly. It ju... | 2 |
Make it happy, make it sad, make it hilarious. I want this prompt to make me *feel* something. | [WP] Tell me a story about an old man and his old dog. Tell it from the dog's perspective. | [
"Woof woof woof woof woof, woof woof woof woof woof woof,\nWoof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof,\nWoof woof woof, woof woof, woof woof woof woof woof,\nWoof woof woof woof woof woof, woof woof woof woof woof.\n'Woof woof woof,' woof woof, `woof woof woof woof woof -\nWoof woof, woof woof woof.'\n\nWoof... | 9 |
Can be told from multiple accounts, but all must be first person. | [WP] Tell the story of your favorite song completely through first person accounts. | [
"We didn't know where the others were, only the five of us were left. We had our orders, hold the hill. Hold the hill. Gunfire screamed all around us as we moved across the hill, cast grey by smoke.\n\nI saw a man, I killed him. I saw another, killed him too. I didn't hear my gun anymore, but I felt my wounds,... | 3 |
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