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[OT] What are the kinds of prompts you would like to see more of around here? | Please - and I do stress - can we have fewer prompts regarding a god/God/gods? I see so many. | 3 | 0 | 31 | 19,600 |
[OT] What are the kinds of prompts you would like to see more of around here? | I often see way too many prompts that make me think, "Oh yeah, I just saw that movie."
I'd like to see more prompts that spring from an original-ish idea, and less from what someone just saw on TV or in the cinema. | 1 | 0 | 31 | 19,601 |
[OT] What are the kinds of prompts you would like to see more of around here? | I'd like to see FAR fewer Established Universe prompts, especially the infuriatingly specific ones.
"Batman is running across the rooftops when suddenly he meets Sherlock!"
"Harry Potter is hanging out with Ron Weasley when suddenly they meet Doctor Who!"
"Han Solo and Mal Reynolds are close to each other. What happ... | 5 | 0 | 31 | 19,602 |
[OT] What are the kinds of prompts you would like to see more of around here? | - Some kind of cap on the number of times a day a particular subject can be used in a prompt. As other users have commented here and on the forum, God, time travel, and such are generally overdone. I've only been on this subreddit a few days, and I've seen so many examples of just those two, not to mention zombies, dyi... | 3 | 0 | 31 | 19,603 |
[OT] What are the kinds of prompts you would like to see more of around here? | [deleted] | 2 | 0 | 31 | 19,604 |
[OT] What are the kinds of prompts you would like to see more of around here? | Already been said but I would love to see some more horror and maybe some romance!
I also love twists. | 1 | 0 | 31 | 19,605 |
[OT] What are the kinds of prompts you would like to see more of around here? | generally fewer established universe-ones. they're just so specific, it really cuts into the ammount you can write within these constraints. Media prompts are fun, but if its a totally detailed picture, you're constrained again.
I'm a big fan of fantasy and self-created stuff, so more of that, i guess. Might not be fo... | 2 | 0 | 31 | 19,606 |
[OT] What are the kinds of prompts you would like to see more of around here? | Can we please, please have a week where we ban certain keywords from prompts? | 2 | 0 | 31 | 19,607 |
[WP] A man lost in the wilderness consults his survival guide, only to realize he bought the 'Cosmopolitan' of survival guides. | Chuck kneeled down, eyes fixed straight ahead. The forest was incredibly thick, he couldn’t see more than a few feet ahead, let alone a few miles. He’d been out hiking—on an adventure to cross Missouri—for well over three hours now, yet hadn’t realized the map he’d brought with him was from the year 1820. He had wonder... | 222 | 0 | 230 | 19,608 |
[WP] A man lost in the wilderness consults his survival guide, only to realize he bought the 'Cosmopolitan' of survival guides. | He'd finally arrived. He'd spent his last few dollars traveling as far north as he possibly could. When his money had run out, he'd hiked. Looking out over the valley, the sun setting over the pines, no one around for at least 200 miles, and saw it was paradise. In the distance, a bear hooked a salmon out of a stream. ... | 24 | 0 | 230 | 19,609 |
[WP] A man lost in the wilderness consults his survival guide, only to realize he bought the 'Cosmopolitan' of survival guides. | His eyes darted across the inside cover. "Top 50 tips to connect with your ANIAML INSTINCTS"; "5 survival things *you can't live without* Hint: one of them is this issue!"; "'I used leaves for TP' the **dark secrets** of nature's WILD MAN"
"fuck" he mumbled under his breath, the pages rustling as he frantically thumb... | 5 | 0 | 230 | 19,610 |
[WP] A man lost in the wilderness consults his survival guide, only to realize he bought the 'Cosmopolitan' of survival guides. | "If all else fails, try using your teeth." | 7 | 0 | 230 | 19,611 |
[WP] A man lost in the wilderness consults his survival guide, only to realize he bought the 'Cosmopolitan' of survival guides. | Cold in your tent at night? Use your waterproof matches to light your scrotum hair on fire! Smell that? That's the smell of warm balls! | 1 | 0 | 230 | 19,612 |
[WP] A man lost in the wilderness consults his survival guide, only to realize he bought the 'Cosmopolitan' of survival guides. | The dry leaves popped and cracked under his second hand hiking boots. They went up over his ankles, encompassing them in plushy support. He felt like a million bucks walking through the wilderness with his shoes made specifically for the wilderness. The guy at REI had interrupted him at just the right time, he was abou... | 6 | 0 | 230 | 19,613 |
[WP] The first ever brain transplant has some adverse side effects. | Marie's lawyer could not believe the lengths to which his client would go- but he had to respect the thoroughness of her planning.
The observation room overlooked the Liddon Experimental OR in the Liddon wing of the flagship hospital of Liddon Health. And while the best doctors and most, *ha*, cutting edge technology ... | 4 | 0 | 7 | 19,614 |
[WP] The first ever brain transplant has some adverse side effects. | The success story was all over the news. Dr. Brown's picture was on every magazine, his sincere smiling radiating warmth. And everyone loved him - all he talked about was how he was so happy he could give this young man a second chance at life after such a horrible and traumatic injury.
Everyone was thrilled that Tomm... | 5 | 0 | 7 | 19,615 |
[WP] The first ever brain transplant has some adverse side effects. | Notes of Dr. Arcla Jemore
Patient: #743c3
**Date: 4/6/31**
After 5 years, finally a success. 43 hour surgery, 7 modafinil's for myself back to back. Sleeping for a day or two. Patient will be in induced coma for the next week or so.
**Date: 4/13/31**
Still in coma, does not look good
**Date: 5/2/31**
Patie... | 4 | 0 | 7 | 19,616 |
[WP] The internet suddenly disappears from the face of the earth. Well, for a few weeks until repairs are done. | Um… that doesn’t make sense. The whole point is that the internet is decentralised — if it weren’t, it would have been overtaken by media moguls long ago. Even if you managed to sever the backbone, i would still be able to connect to services in my country. | 4 | 0 | 10 | 19,617 |
[WP] The internet suddenly disappears from the face of the earth. Well, for a few weeks until repairs are done. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 10 | 19,618 |
[WP] The internet suddenly disappears from the face of the earth. Well, for a few weeks until repairs are done. | NEW YORK [AP] - As the Internet Crisis enters its second week with no end in sight a brand new market for printed pornography has sprung up overnight.
"These were just collecting dust in the attic for the last 30 years but now it's like they're worth their weight in gold," said Josh Winters, an IT consultant currently... | 2 | 0 | 10 | 19,619 |
[CW] Up for something quite challenging? | Apple, blue, cat, dinner, efficient, friends, godsend, hilarious, ingenious, junk, kleenex, looney, melon, near, oppress, plentiful, queen, righteous, structure, television, under, view, win, xenophobia, yen, zoom.
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Did you know that I am looney? I see a blue apple and I see it as a godsend. I tell my friends and th... | 3 | 0 | 8 | 19,620 |
[CW] Up for something quite challenging? | Appalachia, boisterous, Confederacy, deploy, empire, firearm, gel, holy, immortal, jungle, knockout, leer, mar, nirvana, ostracize, passe, quest, rabbit, scar, taxi, unenviable, virtuous, whisper, Xmas, young, zodiac
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She was young and unholy; her face was marred by a single scar, but her immortal soul had lost its... | 5 | 0 | 8 | 19,621 |
[CW] Up for something quite challenging? | angles, bandana, crescent, dinosaur, Englebert, Faslane, Groucho, Hackey-sack, Ingrid, joker, King, Lisbon, Mansion, Nonsense, Open, Quality, Rustic, Salamander, Tunnock's, Understudy, Valentine, Wings, Xylophone, Yellow, Zebra
When Ingrid first met Engelbert, he introduced himself as an old dinosaur, but Ingrid was g... | 2 | 0 | 8 | 19,622 |
[WP] Can't find the words... | The clock ticked, the sharp sound echoing in the bare apartment, each click causing the writer's eye to twitch ever so slightly. She would have liked to hear the tapping of the keys of the computer in front of her, the empty wordpad glowing starkly in the dim room, the blinking cursor slowly disappearing and reappearin... | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19,623 |
[WP] A movie review in which the reviewer obviously watched a bootleg copy. | I recently watched *The Dark Knight*, and I must say: For all the acclaim it has received, I really found it, well, bad.
The film opens up in what looks like a sound stage in India. The boom is clearly visible in the shot as several large cardboard pages appear with the words “THE DARK NIGHT.” I didn’t make a typo, i... | 39 | 0 | 60 | 19,624 |
[WP] A movie review in which the reviewer obviously watched a bootleg copy. | The following contains some mild spoilers for the movie "Her":
So I saw "Her" today...basically this movie is a combination of "500 Days of Summer" and that episode of "Futurama" where Bender starts dating the Planet Express ship...with both premises taken to the extreme...director Spike Jonze, no stranger to odd prem... | 10 | 0 | 60 | 19,625 |
[WP] A movie review in which the reviewer obviously watched a bootleg copy. | Disney-Pixar have not been known for their explorations of madness and internal dialogue. This latest attempt in the wonderfully crafted Toy Story is an exception to the rule, however, and a beautiful one at that.
Rooted in the contentious relationship between Woody (Tom Hanks), a cowboy doll and the toy of choice for... | 8 | 0 | 60 | 19,626 |
[WP] A movie review in which the reviewer obviously watched a bootleg copy. | **Finding Nemo**
*Directed by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich**
**4.5/10**
Pixar and Disney are well-known for their whimsical, enchanting movies. There wasn't a film of theirs, (although I'm more specifically talking about Pixar now), that I have yet to be disappointed by. Sadly, I could not say that this time with... | 2 | 0 | 60 | 19,627 |
[CW] Write a scene between 2 or more characters using only dialogue | "Go away."
"Come on, don't try to be-"
"Go. Away. I don't care. Why are you in my room?"
"But-"
"Get out."
"...Goodbye. See you tomorrow then."
"Tomorrow? I thought you were leaving tonight."
"I cancelled it."
"You did?"
"Of course I did. You come before any stupid party."
"O-oh, well, thanks."
"You're welco... | 6 | 0 | 23 | 19,628 |
[CW] Write a scene between 2 or more characters using only dialogue | You ready to order?
Um, uh. I- I'll take the um,
You okay?
Uh, yeah. I'll uh, pasta. Spaghetti.
You don't seem all right.
No, I'm, uh, fine.
I don't think I believe you. So I'm going to offer you a deal. If you can ask for your food without stuttering or mumbling, looking me straight in the eyes, I'll bring... | 6 | 0 | 23 | 19,629 |
[CW] Write a scene between 2 or more characters using only dialogue | "Ya know, I always wondered how this would end."
"..."
"I mean... we both knew this was going to end in unpleasantness. But I didn't think it would end *this* poorly. Did you?"
"..."
"Come on, *He-ro*, don't be like that. Cheer up, you beat the bad guy. I mean, sure it cost you-- hey would you like a smoke?"
... | 23 | 0 | 23 | 19,630 |
[CW] Write a scene between 2 or more characters using only dialogue | "Shut up, I'm counting."
"I can tell. Your tail is twitching."
"Isn't. Dammit, you made me lose it."
"I didn't make you do anything."
"Except marry you."
"I didn't make you do that, either."
"What the hell else was I going to do?"
"*You love me. You* love *me.*"
"Get your flabby ass out of here and let me count... | 2 | 0 | 23 | 19,631 |
[CW] Write a scene between 2 or more characters using only dialogue | *PA AND SON BATTLE THE POLITICAL MACHINE (AND ALSO LASER SHARKS)*
Original post here. Please read first: http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/1y48qz/wp_fifty_years_ago_we_finally_recognized_that/cfh9y1b
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"Why are we in Washington, Pa? I thought we were going to... | 1 | 0 | 23 | 19,632 |
[CW] Write a scene between 2 or more characters using only dialogue | KYLE: Howdy. What brings you here today?
MIKE: … I’m pissing, man.
KYLE: Doesn’t sound like it. But I meant the restaurant. It’s a nice place. I’m here with my brother. He owns a lawn cutting business. Doing pretty well for himself lately, so he thought he’d treat tonight.
MIKE: I kinda… I have something goi... | 1 | 0 | 23 | 19,633 |
[CW] Write a scene between 2 or more characters using only dialogue | "Cameron doesn't love you anymore."
"I'm sorry?"
"Cameron. He says he doesn't love you anymore."
"Look, kid, I don't know who Cameron is."
"He's the guy who doesn't love you anymore, that's who he is."
"Fine. Why don't you tell Cameron that you delivered his message to the wrong person."
"Okay... Hey, Cameron!"
... | 1 | 0 | 23 | 19,634 |
[CW] Write a scene between 2 or more characters using only dialogue | Would you watch where you're going? Christ!
Sorry, I didn't see you pull out.
Would you open your fucking eyes?! It's a one way street, *you only had to look left to see me.*
Look, I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention, my mind was elsewhere.
*Well get it back on the road you dunce.* I swear to God, you and your p... | 2 | 0 | 23 | 19,635 |
[CW] Write a scene between 2 or more characters using only dialogue | "Hey you."
"Hey."
"How are you feeling?"
"Good... though I'm a bit tired."
"That'll be the sedative."
"More than likely."
"Did you get much sleep last night?"
"I dreamed. I dreamed about red."
"Red?"
"Everything. The colour wrapped around me like a blanket. I wanted to stay there."
"Sweetie-"
"It's o... | 2 | 0 | 23 | 19,636 |
[CW] Write a scene between 2 or more characters using only dialogue | "You know what I miss?"
"Hmm?"
"Coffee, man. Fuckin' coffee. Not that substitute-shit."
" ... "
"And bacon. God, I love bacon."
"... If you say so, dude."
"You know what else I love?"
"I'm sure you'll tell me in a sec-"
"Pussy! Complete with a georgeous women with biiig ti-"
"Oh my god. Could you be any more s... | 2 | 0 | 23 | 19,637 |
[CW] Write a scene between 2 or more characters using only dialogue | "Hey, Bill. Frank."
"Hi, Jim."
"Sup, Jim."
"So did you guys see the game the other night?"
"Yeah, it was bullshit."
"What was bullshit about it?"
"I wasn't talking to you, I was talking to Bill."
"I *am* Bill."
"I thought you were Jim. Or, am I Jim?"
"Wait, if you're Jim, then which one of us is Frank?"
"*You... | 5 | 0 | 23 | 19,638 |
[CW] Write a scene between 2 or more characters using only dialogue | "I just want boys to like me, you know?"
"That's not that important, Clara."
"You don't understand. You're not like me, you don't need anyone, Taylor."
"I need people. I'm just not freaking out about finding someone."
"How are you so calm? We're thirty-three. We're not getting any younger..."
"We're not exactly in... | 2 | 0 | 23 | 19,639 |
[CW] Write a scene between 2 or more characters using only dialogue | "Oh come on, David, you can't expect to be the popular kid if you don't want to go to the party."
"Yeah, but I heard those parties were-"
"Never mind what you 'heard'. This is what I'm telling you: unless you want to be that stupid loser nobody likes, you're gonna come to this party."
"But aren't you concerned with ... | 1 | 0 | 23 | 19,640 |
[CW] Write a scene between 2 or more characters using only dialogue | [deleted] | 5 | 0 | 23 | 19,641 |
[CW] Write a scene between 2 or more characters using only dialogue | ...you know you might actually get a decent looking girl who's not blacked out for once if you finally wore a suit to work.
What do you want me to do? go home and change into a suit before I go out? Have a fake “after work” look? You know not everyone goes after yuppie assholes like yourself.
Oh i’m the yuppie asshol... | 1 | 0 | 23 | 19,642 |
[CW] Write a scene between 2 or more characters using only dialogue | So, what, you want to fuck me?
Are you insulted, or just being direct?
Jesus Christ, you want to fuck me.
Think what you will. Another round?
Why not.
…
There you are. It’s on me.
You realize how transparent you are, right?
Eh, I guess you could call me old fashioned. Gotta go through the motions.
... | 1 | 0 | 23 | 19,643 |
[CW] Write a scene between 2 or more characters using only dialogue | "[Here's](http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/1xounr/wp_the_disappointment_at_finding_out_what/cfdbwc7) something I did last week for another prompt." | 1 | 0 | 23 | 19,644 |
[CW] Write a scene between 2 or more characters using only dialogue | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 23 | 19,645 |
[CW] Write a scene between 2 or more characters using only dialogue | "Harry, what's this?"
"I...um...I know you said we wouldn't celebrate our first anniversary, but..."
"You are adorable to get this for me. I love the smell of the roses."
"I'm glad they make you happy, Sally."
"I just don't know how to tell you this. . ."
"Tell me, what?"
"I had a bad day. Dinner is burnt. The ho... | 1 | 0 | 23 | 19,646 |
[CW] Write a scene between 2 or more characters using only dialogue | “Ma'am, we don't allow persons to sleep in the train station. Mr. Wright would like to close up for the night.”
“Who are you and where did you come from?”
“Marshal Slate Stanton, Ma'am.”
“I didn't mean to fall asleep. I thought I'd have to wait till the rangers found me. I need to go home. My cell has no ser... | 4 | 0 | 23 | 19,647 |
[CW] Write a scene between 2 or more characters using only dialogue | ##"The Price We Pay"
"W-why're you doing this?"
"Does it matter? I have a gun. It's pointed at your head. I want you to tell me why you should live."
"Come on, lady, are you insane?!"
"I wouldn't say so, but who would?"
"Then *why?* Why are you *doing* this?!"
"We'll get to that in a moment. Right now, we have ot... | 2 | 0 | 23 | 19,648 |
[CW] Write a scene between 2 or more characters using only dialogue | "Hey, why did the chicken cross the road?"
"Seriously?"
"Yeah! Go on, answer it."
"Why? That's a stupid joke. Everyone knows the punch line."
"Really? What is it, then?"
"To.... Shit."
"That's not the punchline...?"
"I know. I don't know what the punch line is, actually. What is it?"
"I don't know."
"To get to... | 1 | 0 | 23 | 19,649 |
[CW] Write a scene between 2 or more characters using only dialogue | “Hey, sorry man, you smoke?”
“No, why?”
“Damn, was hoping I could bum one off you.”
“Here.”
“Wh- I thought you didn’t-- thanks.”
“Keep meaning to start. Light?”
“I’m good, thanks. (Gack, koff koff) Thanks, you’re a lifesaver.”
“Don’t mention it.”
“Try and stop me. Upper or lower?”
“Sorry?”
“You from upper or ... | 1 | 0 | 23 | 19,650 |
[WP] Two people performing Flyting, none will stand down. | Sounds like a rap battle, so I'm going with something similar
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"Now you've provoked my ire, and your situation's most dire. When the people see me, they worship, like I'm Omar from the Wire. But with that stupid ass grin and decades-old shirt you look like a retarded Quagmire. Run along little midget, go back t... | 2 | 0 | 8 | 19,651 |
[WP] Describe your exact opposite. | He seems to exist outside of his own head, blissfully and magnetically unaware of his own actions. Every move he makes simply seems to happen, with no obsession over appearances or attempted locomotive efficiency. His actions are so immediate and sporadic that he hardly seems conscious; he acts like a robotic confiden... | 6 | 0 | 16 | 19,652 |
[WP] Describe your exact opposite. | He planned his excuses even before he considered leaving; his family is here in Montana, he's got a steady job with health insurance, his music is fun to play but it's only a passtime. He told everyone he would leave just to see their reactions to it, to feel their fight to keep him around. They never fought for him an... | 2 | 0 | 16 | 19,653 |
[WP] Describe your exact opposite. | She has always been the achiever at school, impressing her peers and teachers alike. She won massive awards. Colleges sought her like an alcoholic seeks a bottle of gin. And she was THE bottle of gin to drink.
But if you took away the report card and impressive rapport, what was left of her? Like a glacier, her beaut... | 1 | 0 | 16 | 19,654 |
[WP] Describe your exact opposite. | He acts impulsively and on his own ignorance. Failing all of his classes, he is the cool kid at school, going to all the parties, acting irresponsibly. He couldn't give a crap about school and has never once done his homework. One time when his friend asked for help, he hung up the phone and acted as if he never called... | 1 | 0 | 16 | 19,655 |
[WP] A man develops the ability to hear and understand every language around him at all times. even what the grass and trees are saying | Screaming. Only screaming. That's what John began to hear one day. At first it was a ringing, perhaps Tinnitus or a slight bump to the head. He didn't mind, since the pros far outweighed the cons. He first noticed it when flicking through his limited T.V. channels late on a Friday, and 3 out of 6 were in Spanish. The a... | 7 | 0 | 5 | 19,656 |
[WP] A man wakes up on the worst day of his life, only it have it constantly repeat. | Birth is disgusting. Covered in slimy ooze, cramped into a dark compartment until forcefully thrust out, only to realize that you're looking your mother straight in her pulsating vagina.
I am born *every single day.* Think about that for a second. I never get to live. I never get to really experience. I wake up i... | 2 | 0 | 6 | 19,657 |
[WP] Write a story about a heinous/disturbing/harrowing/depraved act but paint it in the best possible light. | We agreed on this. We both knew that this would be the only possible solution. I never wanted to do this. I hate this. He's all that I've known for the last ten months. But this isn't him. This is what's left. This is all that is left of the brother he was to me. I hate him. I hate myself. I need him more than ever. I ... | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19,658 |
[WP] The devil appears to claim a musicians soul. | *The devil went down to Georgia.*
*He was looking for a soul to steal.*
Long, fluting inhale, as chill wind wends through dried mucous. A white suited gentleman waited at the crossroads, black cane tapping his wing-tipped shoes. He was out of place. More than the fact that his freshly pressed suit was unspoiled on thi... | 7 | 0 | 10 | 19,659 |
[WP] The devil appears to claim a musicians soul. | I strum my guitar and let my words out. The crowd is captivated, as they have been for three years. I sound amazing. I'm an instant success, sending them wild at the end of every melody.
I look to the crowd and see a certain man at the very back. Although it's been three years, I remember his face as if it had been ye... | 3 | 0 | 10 | 19,660 |
[WP] The devil appears to claim a musicians soul. | Darkness fell heavily in the heavy tropical heat. He had felt the approaching night in the changing voices of the insects and the frogs, for while his other senses crumbled like ruins in extreme age, his hearing stayed true and pure, like the silver stream of fresh water that runs over a marsh. He could even make out t... | 4 | 0 | 10 | 19,661 |
[WP] The devil appears to claim a musicians soul. | [deleted] | 2 | 0 | 10 | 19,662 |
[WP] The devil appears to claim a musicians soul. | Mr Jacobs sat at his piano, clutching his chest. Mrs Jacobs had told him not to go into school today, but the 'Jacobs Mentality' that he drummed into his pupils stated you were to never be off during school time unless you couldn't physically make it there. Besides - the GCSE music exams were in one months time, and ... | 2 | 0 | 10 | 19,663 |
[WP] You've just discovered you have a super power! What do you do next? | [deleted] | 3 | 0 | 10 | 19,664 |
[WP] You've just discovered you have a super power! What do you do next? | Spatial Manipulation: Power to manipulate spatial dimensions and objects within them, creating wormholes, paradoxes, etc.
I haven't spoken a word in what feels like forever. It might actually be. Where i reside now Time does nothing to me. I haven't seen another living soul in years. I've long outgrown my home, that t... | 2 | 0 | 10 | 19,665 |
[WP] You've just discovered you have a super power! What do you do next? | The alarm kept buzzing. From wherever it landed when I knocked it off my nightstand after the fourth time it tried waking me up. Snooze wasn't enough, so I smacked it.
I attempted to muffle the blaring by covering my head with the pillow. Pure laziness. I should just get up, find the alarm and turn it off. I could vis... | 2 | 0 | 10 | 19,666 |
[WP] You save an innocent man's life and are universally hated for it | Flames towered high above the crater. Laughs and chants filled the air. It was the time of the Healing Festival.
Round and round, people dressed as dragons went, on the edge of the fire pit. Each third step they jumped and roared. A tribal drumbeat echoed back from the surrounding mountain tops. No one remained still,... | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19,667 |
[WP] You save an innocent man's life and are universally hated for it | Samuel wasn’t born Catholic so his propensity for guilt couldn’t be attributed to any supernatural fear. In fact, there was not much basis for his guilt anywhere in his recorded history. As long (or short if one’s an existentialist or both if one’s a physicist) as Samuel lived, if blame was placed on him for somethin... | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19,668 |
[WP] "Your role in this plan was a blank canvas on which you could paint your future. We merely gave you the brush." | With abject horror I witnessed it all. Through the course of time with terror I watch it all begin to consume itself.
Once loving strokes -- strokes created with tender care and creative thinking -- had turned and consumed. Its gaping maw was never full, its hunger never satiated.
In the matter of millenia or sec... | 1 | 0 | 11 | 19,669 |
[WP] "Your role in this plan was a blank canvas on which you could paint your future. We merely gave you the brush." | [deleted] | 2 | 0 | 11 | 19,670 |
[WP] "Your role in this plan was a blank canvas on which you could paint your future. We merely gave you the brush." | [Disclaimer: This isn't a 100% original work. It draws pretty heavily from a couple of sources.]
He fell to his knees and stared at the...what? What could even describe this? Destruction? Destruction was the first word that came to mind but destruction implied suffering and ruin. There had been suffering and rui... | 1 | 0 | 11 | 19,671 |
[WP] An old woman on her deathbed tells the story she could never tell in life. Tell me a story about beauty and the need for change. | "I was your enemy, once."
"What're you talking about, Raiko? We've been friends since the beginning." Hikaru patted his wife on the shoulder, leaving his hand there as he sat next to her bed.
"That wasn't the beginning," Raiko said softly. "You met me when we were twelve. I was seven years into my training by then."
... | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19,672 |
[WP] An old woman on her deathbed tells the story she could never tell in life. Tell me a story about beauty and the need for change. | Do you mind sitting here with me for a second after you change that IV bag Ms. Jackson...
It's taken me 95 years and for my body to no longer allow me to leave this bed for the rest of my time here for me to realize the following.
The other psych nurses have been preparing me for what is to come soon. One of the men... | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19,673 |
[WP] The first female gladiator in the Roman Empire is about to enter the stadium. | [deleted] | 4 | 0 | 7 | 19,674 |
[WP] Write a story in which Jules from Pulp fiction, Patrick Bateman from American Psycho, and Tyler Durden from Fight Club meet. | For future reference, this prompt would fit better under the [EU] tag (for Established Universe). I've changed the flair accordingly. | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19,675 |
It is the series finale of House of Cards. Frank is utterly defeated and broken. In his nadir of despair, the one responsible for his downfall appears to gloat: Cashew, the guinea pig. | Hi there!
Please remember to tag your posts. See the sidebar for details. No need to resubmit, just remember for the future! :) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19,676 |
[OT] Last chance to submit your entry to win an animated film adaption to your story. | Shadows danced in the flickering light of his torch. He had never ventured this far into the forest without his father, and definitely not at night. Underneath his feet, twigs and tacks snapped with each step. The leaves were slippery. He had to watch his steps.
Somehow, he didn’t think there could have been a worse m... | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19,677 |
[WP] "The devil smelled like licorice, cigarettes, and sex." | The devil smelled like liquorice, cigarettes, and sex. The odour gathered into a filthy concoction, sunk deep into the air, and filled the world with the sweet smell of death.
Gregor stopped sniffing himself.
The room was a nest, one stain of many in this putrid motel. He took a swig of whiskey and gargled it in his... | 5 | 0 | 16 | 19,678 |
[WP] "The devil smelled like licorice, cigarettes, and sex." | -050
He carried his guitar on his back, slung upside down like he'd already made the deal with the Devil.
"You sure about this Sloan?" Jazzlyn asked, nervous. There was no street lights out this far from town. He walked into the middle of the intersection and turned back to his lead vocalist.
"Don't fret it, Jazz. ... | 9 | 0 | 16 | 19,679 |
[WP] "The devil smelled like licorice, cigarettes, and sex." | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 16 | 19,680 |
[WP] "The devil smelled like licorice, cigarettes, and sex." | I'm really not happy with this piece I wrote in response, but I gave it a shot and figure I can post it since I tried.
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She pulled out the licorice from the bag, her shoulders pressing against the brick wall of the bar. Smoke filled the air as she gave it a bite, glancing across the bar at the man at the count... | 2 | 0 | 16 | 19,681 |
[WP] "The devil smelled like licorice, cigarettes, and sex." | "The devil smelled like licorice, cigarettes, and sex,” she said, staring hard into my eyes. “Except it wasn’t licorice, it was absinthe. I can’t drink that stuff, not matter how many times I’ve tried it. I don’t like licorice.”
“Mrs. Hayden, can you tell me what happened?” I asked, turning on the recorder. ... | 1 | 0 | 16 | 19,682 |
[WP] "The devil smelled like licorice, cigarettes, and sex." | MAJOR WARNING: This is my first time writing for people to read in a very long time, it's filled with grammatical errors, I apologize. Just letting you know in advance. It's not the best thing in the world but I tried.
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He hated explaining it to people.
"I'm... | 1 | 0 | 16 | 19,683 |
[WP] Two small-town police officers play a dangerous game they call "The Wheel of Torture" with all those unfortunate enough to be pulled over. But what happens when they pull over a man who doesn't play by their rules? | “Ok, here’s how we play.” My partner smiled. “We have a wheel, which my partner is holding. As you can see, there are several words on each colored tabs. As you can see here.” He pointed to a small tab marked ‘Nothing.’ “This means that if you managed to get this, you can drive away with no tickets, no nothing. Sounds ... | 3 | 0 | 11 | 19,684 |
[WP] Two small-town police officers play a dangerous game they call "The Wheel of Torture" with all those unfortunate enough to be pulled over. But what happens when they pull over a man who doesn't play by their rules? | I stared up at the two men leering down at me through my open window. If it wasn't for the flashing lights of their cruiser, parked behind me, I would have thought that they had stolen the outfits.
The man next to my door was a skinny little goblin, swimming in his navy blues. His companion, standing silently a fe... | 3 | 0 | 11 | 19,685 |
[WP] Two small-town police officers play a dangerous game they call "The Wheel of Torture" with all those unfortunate enough to be pulled over. But what happens when they pull over a man who doesn't play by their rules? | “We got another one, Joe” the cop says to her partner. He smiles back wickedly, puts the car in gear and pulls in behind the black sedan. The sirens start to wail, and obediently the black sedan pulls over into a nearby lay-by. Set away from the road and recessed down the side of the hill, tall birches flank the entran... | 3 | 0 | 11 | 19,686 |
[WP] I wake up in the hospital after a horrifying injury. Make me laugh about my situation. | The bone sticks out of the leg like a toothpick sticking out of the ground. There are IV bags hooked up to you, but strangely, they feel like bunny kisses going into your arm. The pain in your leg feels like the devil is seductively licking your leg while driving a semi truck. A doctor comes in looking very serious. Is... | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19,687 |
[WP] In an alternate universe, magic exists and people found a way to animate everyday objects | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19,688 |
[WP] In an alternate universe, magic exists and people found a way to animate everyday objects | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19,689 |
[WP] In an alternate universe, magic exists and people found a way to animate everyday objects | Fuck, it's everywhere now. On the floor, the walls and that really nice rug my mother sent me after my grandmother passed. Looks like that's ruined. I have no idea where it is now. Hopefully it's just sitting somewhere in a corner out of breath. Or whatever it breathes, if it breathes. I don't care anyway. I just want ... | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19,690 |
[PM] Prompt me! Feedback appreciated :) | When a person dies, they are given a chance to go back 15 minutes to avert their fate. The catch is that if they fail, they are automatically sent to hell.
Write about the most heartbreaking instance of this occurring. | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19,691 |
[PM] Prompt me! Feedback appreciated :) | Each picture of you in your house is replaced by everyone who has tormented you in high school. What has happened? | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19,692 |
[PM] Prompt me! Feedback appreciated :) | A person is dead and in hell and must relive a horrible, traumatic experience for an eternity. He/she just became aware of this, or are about to become aware of it. | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19,693 |
[PM] Prompt me! Feedback appreciated :) | You're the new Head Writer of SNL- with an all writing new staff you personally hired. The mandate you received is to bring cutting edge political satire back to SNL. Give me your opening speech to the writers' room on day one. | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19,694 |
[PM] Prompt me! Feedback appreciated :) | A bar fight that takes place in an Urban Fantasy setting | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19,695 |
[PM] Prompt me! Feedback appreciated :) | You've just realized that your entire life has been a lucid dream, and that you're about to wake up. How will you spend the rest of your "life"? | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19,696 |
Introduce a truly terrifying villain in a paragraph or so. Someone who will give me nightmares. [WP] | What if I told you that woman in front of you was going to die? What you do? Would you tell her what I have said? No, you are smarter than that. You know better than to trust to a voice in your head. As anyone can clearly see, there is no one around. No danger to her, as she walks just yards away from you. There's the ... | 16 | 0 | 29 | 19,697 |
Introduce a truly terrifying villain in a paragraph or so. Someone who will give me nightmares. [WP] | Click, clack, Click, Clack came down his steel plated boots down the iron floor. The room suddenly dropped 10 degrees, and I could feel my skin practically crawling with the feeling of a thousand tiny little feet crawling in my skin.
I stood ready, arms tensed and ready to face him, but my legs grew wobbly. They shoo... | 3 | 0 | 29 | 19,698 |
Introduce a truly terrifying villain in a paragraph or so. Someone who will give me nightmares. [WP] | The house lost its power. Phone line is down. iPhone is crushed. It can be anywhere. You're in your room, sitting behind the computer desk and have a mediocre katana with you to fight it off. It's been about half an hour since it disabled the house, last saw it, and worse it can be anywhere. You decide to go on the off... | 4 | 0 | 29 | 19,699 |
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