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Bonus points for a sappy happy ending. | [WP] Tell the most cliched story possible in fifteen sentences or less. | 1 | [
"There once was a woman named Rachel. Rachel lived a lonely life, until she met Jack. Jack was a wonderful man, and she quickly fell in love with him. Jack thought Rachel was the best thing that ever happened to him. After many years of withholding their love for each other out of fear of rejection, they both event... | [
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[WP] A king is losing his kingdom. Write about him trying to save it. | 5 | [
"This is the tale of King Edward CXXIV of the New Neopolitical united kingdom. It is the year 2998 and in the 24th century The former Neopolitical united kingdom invaded France followed by Germany. By the end of the year 2562 The former Neopolitical United kingdom had conquered most of Eurpe (Formally called Europe... | [
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[WP] You and humanity watched the world end. However, when you open your eyes again, the world continues, yet you are the only one who remembers it ended. | 51 | [
"Everything was burning. Somewhere off in the distance I could hear the cries of people dying, although I couldn't separate my own from theirs they too all eventually went quiet. I could feel the heat spreading over my skin as I became blind and deaf to the suffering of the world. I gulped desperately for air but c... | [
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The first word has to have three letters, the second word one letter and so on | [WP] write a short story in which the length of the word is determined by the value of Pi | 0 | [
"Can I find a troll? 'Geography in Action' spent ten grand (probably hopefully, legally dubiously) all in all. Director Colm wanted my skills.\n\n\"This was dug recently, out of ancient sediments.\"\n\nThere, in muddened aluminum, from a thousand fathoms, a...figure. Carefully and amazingly portrayed. Cut? Painted ... | [
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I'll write something for this soon! | [WP] Everything you say and write is hilarious; no matter what you say, people laugh. | 4 | [
"\"Hello.\"\n\nThe deafening roar of close to 300,000 people. A gentle ringing resonates through my ears. The thunder of laughter pierces my soul.\n\n It lost meaning long ago, laughter. Now should a smile creep across my face I would whip it back. Any precious moments alone are spent in utter silence. Why do I go ... | [
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[WP] Space wasn't the final frontier... | 37 | [
" Space wasn't the final frontier. It's a shame it took so long to realize what man's truly last frontier was. It was never that quasar 100 million light years away or that potentially habitual planet in some far away galaxy. It was himself. Man had always wondered about himself, it would always be eating away... | [
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[WP] "All men want to watch the world burn, but no one wants to light the match." | 8 | [
"\"Smoke?\" said the man in red, holding out a cigarette.\n\n\"...No thanks,\" said the woman in blue.\n\n\"Suit yourself,\" he replied, taking back his offering and tucking the pack it came from into his coat pocket.\n\nThey stood across from each other atop the roof of a skyscraper, lit by the milky glow of the s... | [
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[WP] Due to a recent freak accident, you discover you have the ability to hear the thoughts of others, but only those of people who are thinking terrible things about you. | 51 | [
"It happened a few time ago. I was walking around my house at night, looking for a glass of water when a fell of the ladder. I was only three steps, but I fell of on the ground and hurt my head. I got up, said some bad words and went back to kitchen, take my glass of water. On the other day, I woke up with a bit of... | [
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[WP] Due to over population humans are being stored voluntarily under ground, in a virtual reality of their design. It's time for the yearly internal checkup. | 85 | [
"Chapter 1: A Day in the Life of AI\n\n(screen omitted)\n\nmain.ai = system normal\n\nupdating envi.ai 89% complete\n\nscanning hosts.core.ai\n\nscanning milestones.ai\n\nupdating envi.ai 99% complete\n\nscanning core.ai\n\nupdate envi.ai 100% complete\n\nrunning envi.ai\n\ndeleting cellar*.rooms.ai\n\ndeleting den... | [
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Not like crystal skull impossible, violates the laws of the universe impossible | [WP] An artifact(s) is discovered that has properties that should be physically impossible | 26 | [
"The Egyptians weren't particularly famous for individual artifacts. The tombs, certainly, and the sheer volume of treasure within, but no single artifact (except perhaps the actual sarcophagi) was known to have significant value. Of course, this is only what we know of them. Ancient Egyptian civilization lasted th... | [
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Well known antiheros are Deadpool, Punisher, or Rorschach. | [WP] A loved and respected hero discovers something that leads him to become a morally questionable antihero. | 24 | [
"I shoot him between the eyes. Scarlet sprays into the air, and his brains spill from his shattered skull to the floor. As he dies I remember all the moments that have led up to this. I remember the day My world shattered, and the day I was reborn. I am no hero.\n\nI was soft before. I was just a man. I am somethin... | [
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[WP] Write a story about the conflict between the protagonist and antagonist, from the protagonist's point of view. Over the course of the story, it is slowly revealed that the protagonist is actually the evil one, and the antagonist is good. | 70 | [
"# Advisory\n\nThis is /r/WritingPrompts, not /r/GuessWhereOPgotTheIdea.\n\nSee the sidebar, especially Rules 1 and 2. \n  1. No low effort / joke responses / copypasta *- This includes \"this has done this before\" comments. They will be removed on sight. Mercilessly.* \n 2. Top level comments... | [
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[WP]: As punishment for killing the entire human race you are cursed to live until you faced all of their spirits one on one in your dreams. Tonight is the 7 billionth night, the final night. | 48 | [
"7,277,113,241.\n\nOne person per night.\n19,937,296 and a half years.\n\nThe thing they didn't mention was that I'd still age. My body, mind, would continue to get old. A hundred years old and I was already straining to get out of bed. A thousand years and I was already a husk. My systems operating only well enoug... | [
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Inspired from the idea of "Go back in time to kill Hitler before he starts WWII." | [WP] A person confronts you and says that he came from the future to punish you for your future crimes against humanity. | 21 | [
"He made his way through the back of the theatre, the soft murmur of the crowd on the other side of the wall, he entered his small room, stacks of paper in disorganisation everywhere. Looking for the pages he put together for this event, he exhaled a nervous breath as his presentation was approaching.\n\nHe heard m... | [
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[WP] Describe a chess match between a world champion grandmaster and a chimpanzee. | 17 | [
"\"And that's primate fist to c4, c5, c6, c7, and yes, down goes Medvedev's queen as it's swiped off the table.\"\n\n\"I see that Bubbles is now attempting the risky Kong maneuver, where upon he picks up the entire board and starts thrashing it around while screeching in frustration. Medvedev is completely cowed b... | [
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This one is slightly more abstract. Enjoy! | [WP] Mid-flight, a yellow butterfly falls lifelessly to the ground. | 20 | [
"It falls, no longer to be rekindled with the sweet nectars of emerald heavens. The long sways it takes is mother nature cradling the creature to sleep; like her only child. The wind plays a cold dirge, with the river and grasses as its instruments. The yellow butterfly lands softly but with an eternal pain that th... | [
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[WP] Archaeologists discover the remains of an extremely advanced 150,000 years old civilization. A video playing ancient device is discovered. The video shows images of Neanderthals rushing to leave earth. One phrase is repeated throughout the video in thousands of known and unknown languages. | 130 | [
"Hidden in a cave long forgotten by the world was something beautiful. When first picked up the little black box begain a torrent of words and images we could not understand.\n\nThe images that flashed were chaotic at first, the words meaningless. \n\nAfter a time those of us that found what we began to call the ... | [
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[WP] Your PC has just become self-aware, but its only mode of communication is through an NPC in a video game. | 6 | [
"It was just a normal day playing Skyrim. At least, it was...\n\n\"I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took an arrow to the GPU.\"\n\nMy character stopped in his tracks. I scrolled my mouse, turning my character's head to face the guard.\n\n\"Sorry about that,\" the guard said. \"Still getting used to t... | [
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[WP] Armageddon happens and the forces of Heaven and Hell come to Earth for the final battle only to have vastly underestimated the technological advancements of mankind. | 741 | [
"The Salvation War.\n\nSadly, it could use an editor, but still a pretty good read.\n\n2 books in the trilogy, but the third won't be coming out- the author claimed that some butthurt fundie unofficially published a copy or something like that- long story short, he doesn't have full rights over it (or something lik... | [
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No modifications to your physical appearance includes piercings, cutting/growing your hair/nails, or surgery. | [WP] You become immortal today. You cannot be hurt, killed, or modify your physical appearance in any way. Fast forward a hundred thousand years: Human kind has slowly evolved, and you are noticeably different. | 131 | [
"\"And goodbye old friends\" I waved to the tree colony i had been watching grow for the last ten thousand years and set out to find if mankind was still around somewhere, the last time i saw them i was ruler of the world before getting bored and started watching the seed i planted grow.\n\nIt wasn't long before i ... | [
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[WP] Alanis Morrissette's Ironic had two more verses which the recording company refused to allow on the album. | 6 | [
"~~\"It's like opening a dictionary after singing this song.\"~~\n\n~~\"Because none of this is ironic, ... it figures.\"~~\n\n\"Why are these lines crossed out?\" demanded Alanis.\n\n\"You know, we can't use these lines, we don't want to alienate our fans. That is a bitch move\" as the suit smiled smugly.\n\n\"Bu... | [
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[WP] Write a love story that revolves around two words. | 15 | [
"Love is..\nOne day in class the teacher asked all of us to write an essay about what we think love really is. Most of the people around me were pessimistic, dismissing love as nothing more than an idea. But I knew things to be different. You see just a few months before, I met a man that would change my life fo... | [
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[WP] You go in for routine surgery, while under anesthesia you find yourself in a cat and mouse game with the Grim Reaper. If you're caught, you die. | 4 | [
"He moves so slow, so slow through this maze. We’ve been running around this arena for hours now, or is it merely minutes? What is time when someone is unconscious anyways? \n \nThe maze is made of concrete walls, unpainted and unkempt. Moss grows over many parts of the walls and stretches across the top between... | [
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[WP] A genie will grant you one wish. You wish to be the adult your younger self imagined you would be. | 30 | [
"The twin-charged, nitro-methanol injected V-10 was bellowing its literally ear-shattering, 2200 horsepower howl, while the oversized tires worked with feet of suspension travel to soak up the bumps and dips of the badlands terrain. Tyrannosaurus Trux is a hardcore monster truck, and I love every minute I'm behind ... | [
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[WP] The Antichrist finds himself in the wrong apocalypse. | 58 | [
"I stood at the gates, my horsemen behind me and an army of demons further back. Finally the doors opened, fresh air poured into Hell, then a dead jaguar, then another dead jaguar, and about twelve more. \"The hell?!\"\n\nA deep rumble responded from Hell itself \"Yo?\".\n\n\"What? No, just an expression.\"\n\n\"Al... | [
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[WP] The United States lost the War of 1812 and became an English colony again. In 1861, the United States banded together for a second revolution but this time, all the Civil War leaders and generals are on the same side for independence. | 182 | [
"*Sans Revolution* Without the successful rebellion of the colonies the world is a different place. The expansion of *The Empire* has gone unimpeded. Revolutions and rebellions across Europe and her colonies have faltered and failed. Here Parliament was cowed first and all but abolished. It stands as less than a sh... | [
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[WP] The remaining people of a post-apocalyptic world all go search for the remaining source of Wi-Fi. The location of where they find signal is not where they expected. | 5 | [
"\"Janet, please ... we have to keep walking. Nobody gives a shit about your dog.\"\n\n\"Fuck you Thomas.\"\n\nThe others stared at them coldly, as Janet cradled her 'poor baby' in her arms. \n\n\"Both of you, shut up. We need to keep moving.\" Sometimes Max felt like he was the only sane one in the group, constant... | [
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[WP] "Look," it said. "The humans have come." | 8 | [
"After efficient intergalactic space travel had been discovered on Earth, the humans did what humans did best. They set out in their sleek ships, stocked with sleeping lasers and sleeping bodies, and set out into the void. They crashed onto the lands of other races, eradicating what they saw, and subjugating the r... | [
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[WP] It all fades. | 5 | [
"Late night drabble: \"Happiness fades\" \n\nThis is another restless night. I remembered to eat after ten hours of being awake. I have still to drink anything other than coffee. My hippie sister would probably tell me all this is killing my chakras and blocking my third eye or whatever bullshit she reads about on ... | [
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When i say different styles that could be if you need a group or if you can do it solo, if you can make lesser effects fast or if you need a moment but can create bigger effects.
another difference could be what kinds of effect each genre can create. | [WP] It turns out you can use magic by playing music. Each genre results in a different style of magic. | 27 | [
"\"His heart's not beating, somebody get help!\" A young woman kneeled over an elderly man. He had suddenly collapsed in the middle of the diner; tragic, as he seemed perfectly fine when he first got here.\n\n\"Christ, not again. Hold on, I got this.\" He fumbled around his person for something. Which pocket w... | [
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[WP] A psychiatric patient who was recently lobotomized finds his consciousness trapped in total isolation with no access to outside world doomed to suffer for the rest of his life. | 3 | [
"Oh. Nothing. Great. Now I needed that. I *really* needed that. Thank you, Dr. Papadopoulos. So what do I do now? I should call for help. HELP! Anyone? Ha, what should I expect from those people who wanted to neutralize me? Right? I mean, it was obvious they all did their best to make me fall. Me, the greatest man ... | [
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[WP] An angel has now been exiled from both Heaven and Hell. | 8 | [
"Apparently causing one little tiny apocalypse is enough to get one fired in that town, and not just fired, but black listed. I mean c'mon...they were asking for it, they wanted it. They made movies and tv shows and wrote book after book about it and so I was gracious enough to give it to them and I'm the bad guy? ... | [
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Viewpoint character being insane optional.
Alternative prompt: write from the point of view of an "orderly". | [WP] Some insane asylums are actually prisons for wizards. You are a normal person that got sent to the wrong one by accident. | 267 | [
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Like for example, you say 'I like peanutbutter' and it means 'we are go for the attempt on the Queen'. | [WP] During casual conversation with a stranger at a bus stop, you accidentally utter a pass-phrase that, to the stranger, means something. | 11 | [
"\"I can smell my armpits\", I thought to myself, and just as the words passed through my mind I could hear myself saying them out aloud. I looked up, hoping for no one else at the bus stop to have noticed, but the look I got from the elderly gentleman behind me left no doubt. He was dressed in a cheap suit, and ca... | [
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[WP] A 911 call so disturbing that the operator does not remain calm. | 97 | [
"'911 state your emergency' \n\nFor a few brief seconds all that could be heard was the heavy breath of the caller. \n\nShe repeated, 'Hello? 911 State your emergency'\n\nUntil finally, the inaudible static broke, 'Hello Jen.' Her eyes opened wide as her jaw fell and the pores on her neck stiffened, cold. 'what's w... | [
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[WP] You have been immortal for 300 years. Slowly you have become depressed at the fleeting existence of anyone you might call a friend. It's the Early 20th Century now, and you're telling the story of your life, and how you got your immortal groove back. | 9 | [
"It was that word, Roanoke. it came to me in a dream, floating on the whispers of a raven's wing. I should have known its evil power then. My blade was dull and it took longer than necessary to etch the word into the tree. But by the time that it was done, everyone else had disappeared. I searched for my husband fo... | [
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Feel free to add more to the letter if necessary. | [WP] You receive and unexpected letter in the mail. It says "Go to the end of the street and walk into the woods. There will be an old man waiting there." | 16 | [
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Edit: Wow, that front page fame! And all thanks to /u/jagged_little_phil !
Now I don't know if this is allowed or frowned upon, but if anyone is interested in writing a precursor to u/jagged_little_phil's phenomenal story (including you sir), feel free to do so in this thread!
Thanks everyone! | [WP] The moment when all the members of the most notorious and ruthless gang in the U.S. figure out that every single one of them is an undercover cop from different counties. | 1,158 | [
"Pierre scanned the sinister figures who had gathered in this dimly lit hall for a rare face to face meeting. He personally took credit for the success formation of the European Disunion. A secret MI6 plan to keep track of the most dangerous and machiavellian criminals to have fled the European jurisdiction. His ro... | [
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[WP] Mimes aren't actors. They are really peoole with the ability to interact with objects that are out of phase with our reality. | 29 | [
"\"How's he doing?\" Francesca asked the lab technician. Steve. Stan. Sam? Eh, she'd learn it eventually.\n\n\"He's got the framework in place, just seeding the lattice now.\" The mime in the empty, pristine ceramic chamber sat down crosslegged and began to meticulously place invisible beads at points in the air.\n... | [
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Write in the baby's eyes, an adult who can see what babies see, whatever floats your boat | [WP] The true reason behind a baby crying is because they can see something that we can't. | 16 | [
"Barely audible, Jack began to sob. Half-written in blurry edges were the whitewashed lines of a pine crib. The immediate sphere around him was a haze. \n\nHe wished the same was true of the world beyond. Clear as anything he could still see the sparse plains, thick with rubble and shrapnel, and the broken remnants... | [
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[WP]Write a story about a German soldier in WW2 so that you feel bad for the soldier. | 18 | [
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[WP] 2014 Batman meets 1960's Joker | 45 | [
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[WP] A zombie apocalypse reveals that vampires have been living among us. The vampires soon realize that the zombies are causing their blood supply to dwindle. | 5 | [
"I crept along the wall, I could just hear the shuffling inside. All the windows on this side of the house weren't broken yet. But I could see the rear door, it was a floor to ceiling sliding door.\n\nThe problem with the shufflers was that they smelt terrible, and could easily hide the smell of a breather. But thi... | [
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[WP] A person has lived the same life billions of times and tested out all its possibilities. Describe the life he/she settles on and spends an eternity living. | 11 | [
"The river flowed by at my feet. Living wears a man down. \n\n\nMy first run through, I lived life just like everyone else. Worked hard. Chased down my wife. Had a handful of children... I couldn't even tell you their names anymore. Died surrounded by loved ones and immediately started over again.\n\n\nMaybe ... | [
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[WP] You are walking alone down a old dirt road after you car has broken down. You are approached by a lone car and the driver offers you a ride back to town. During the trip the driver tells you something that changes your outlook on the world forever. What did they say to you? | 20 | [
"## advisory\n\nRules 1, 2 and 10. \n 1. No low effort / joke responses / copypasta *- This includes \"this has done this before\" comments. They will be removed on sight. Mercilessly.* \n 2. Top level comments on a post must be story or poem responses! *- Requests for clarifications are ok to... | [
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[WP] A young man sits on his porch enjoying his last cigarette, reflective on the future. He knows two things: that he will affect the course of history tomorrow morning and that he'll die nameless. | 6 | [
"The meteor is growing bigger in the distance. The eerie green glow irradiated the sky. The world is in full panic, nothing they tried has worked. The missiles did as much good as flicking toothpicks at a basketball.\n\n40 years ago he decided to step out of the public's eye. It was time to stop living for other pe... | [
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No idea if this has been done before. If not. Enjoy! | [WP] Humanity has discovered a way to view the future. For some reason they can't see past a certain date: the day before Half Life 3 is released. | 6 | [
"The time was among us, it was mear moments before Half Life 3 was released! Everyone was excited!\n\nAfter years and years, the circlejerk for Half Life and GabeN was getting bigger and bigger. As midnight struck billions upon billions gallons of cum came flooding from every direction in the entirety of the world.... | [
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:) | [WP] You are living in a world where girls don't have periods. | 5 | [
"I rolled over, groaning, holding my stomach with one hand and my mouth with the other. I sat up slowly, preparing to bolt for the bathroom at any second. Granted, I never knew a time when I wasn't feeling morning sickness. I was always pregnant. I'm only 33, and I already have 35 children in the professional h... | [
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[WP] Write sonething that will make me weep for humanity, check under my bed, and laugh out loud all at the same time | 0 | [
"\"Lord Kelvin to The Hobbit. Come in Hobbit.\" Static crackled over the receiver. Callsign: Lord Kelvin, 3rd Battalion, Night patrol. Kelvin remembered the nights of his childhood, so different from the nights of the present. Back then, stories were meant to scare children into behaving. Ghouls, vampires, demons. ... | [
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[WP] As a joke, you start a cult online, creating a blog of your "visions" from God/your made up gods/whatever. However, things start to get out of hand as your following grows larger and larger. | 25 | [
"Here, let it be said that in the beginning the zero was all there was and it was nothing. Neither absence nor void existed and math was the fairy tale of the endless loop. But nothing sometimes birthed the void and with this birth came numbers and with the numbers laws and with the laws creation.\n\nThe endless lo... | [
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[WP] The very last tree in existence is about to be cut down. | 0 | [
"A slight hissing is emitted from the powerful air oxygenators, or oxies, filling the damp room with a fresh, if somewhat industrialized, scent. Blinking away shadows of dreams, Jonathan forces his body to sit up against gravity’s will. The hidden wall sensors track his movement and turn on screens showing beautifu... | [
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Trying the vague prompt this time, let's see if it gains any traction. | [WP] ...and that's how I got these scars. | 3 | [
"When I was a small child I always asked my parents to check under my bed for monsters. Every night we'd go through this routine, me asking my parents and them checking under the bed and in the closet. Over time I forgot about the monsters and my parents stopped checking under the bed and in the closet. That is whe... | [
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[WP] Second Draft - Go back through your history, pick out a response you wrote to a prompt, and revise it. Post both the original and the second draft for comparison! | 1 | [
"[WP] The prince fought valiantly. He slayed the dragon. The princess cried for days. She loved that dragon.\n\n**First Draft**\n> \n> The prince arrived at the dragon's den, he saw a huge reptile sprawled on top of what seems to be thousands and thousands of gold pieces, coins, jewels and crowns of the highe... | [
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[WP] You gain a superpower, but discover that using it is damaging the people you love. How do you react? | 2 | [
"This is the sequel/second part of another similar prompt I did a few weeks ago:\n\nhttp://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/2nga3a/wp_a_young_man_gains_super_powers_at_the_age_of/cmdej4r\n\n__________________________\n\n\nHis clothes burnt off as he burst through the amosphere. He had never flew this high b... | [
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[WP] You are fighting in a civil war in your country. You are watching over captured soldiers of the opposing forces, and see one of them is who had been your best friend for the first 10 years of your life. You did not meet since he moved away 15 years ago. | 4 | [
"–Paulo? I said, looking down at one of the captives. –I did not expect to see you on the side of the Republicans. You used to love the emperor. I remember when we were neighbors in Rio, we used to go see the parades every year with our parents. \n–I did. Paulo replied sadly. –But my loyalty is to the cortes at Lis... | [
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[WP] You are a megastar, being interviewed on prime time TV. During the interview, you do something that shocks the world | 1 | [
"I did it. I finally did it. Just as well it was on Bill O'Reilly's joke of a talk show. I had been invited to discuss my upcoming film *Across, Behind* as well as the inevitable political implications of the characters' motives. Before stepping out from backstage and taking a seat next to the big man himself, I fl... | [
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[WP] Mars has a vibrant intelligent alien society living underground. They are terrified of the 'alien species' on the planets crust(Mars Rover Curiosity and Opportunity etc) Whilst the locals speak of folklore of the creatures, the league of chosen ones plan an attack. | 114 | [
"I'm going to twist the premise of this prompt a bit, because when I went to bed thinking about it last night I was tired and didn't realize I had misread it. Enjoy!\n------------\n\nI don’t sleep, at least not in the same way that an organic does. On a typical Helios 4 full axial rotation – colloquially known as a... | [
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[WP] You're a CIA interrogator trying to get information out of an alien officer, following a failed invasion. | 4 | [
"I took a good hard look at a this scummy piece of shit alien sitting in front of me. I bet he thinks that he's real clever. Sitting all high and mighty in that wooden chair. He looked calm and collective and that really pissed me off. \n\n\"When's the next invasion happening, you little three eyed, green, motherfu... | [
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A generic enemy npc discovers he's in a video game and will probably get murdered by the protagonist. What will his reaction be? How will he convince his fellow npcs that their enemy is destined to win? Does he have any plans to increase his odds of surviving? Feel free to take liberties with this or write it from the ... | [WP] You are an enemy NPC who discovers he is in a video game. How does this effect his outlook on life? | 15 | [
"He felt a jolt surging through his body. A sudden awareness of himself and others took over this frail, draugr's body. Emotions coursed through his animated brain for the first time. He felt curiosity at first, but that slowly transcended into loneliness. He was nothing more than a low level enemy NPC in Skyrim.\n... | [
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As in, a fire superhero who is terribly afraid of fire, or something along those lines. | [WP] A superhero who is afraid of his own powers. | 26 | [
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[WP] Frosty the Snowman tries to explain to Jesus how his story is similar to the Passion. | 5 | [
"\"Ya see Jesus, it's simple. When your mother, the Virgin Mary, gave birth to you, it was a surprise! Who woulda guessed it! Look at you now, you're a big deal! People are in love with you! I don't blame them! You and me aren't that different you know. Those kids over there,\" Frosty said pointing at his pals acro... | [
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[WP] The 'hero' with the world's worst superpower tries to help. | 1 | [
"\"he gutted the dog and strangled the girl with the animals intestines. the father cracked... That bombs gonna go off in less than five minutes.\"\n\nSuddenly there he was Spoondater. \"guys can I help? Need to know any spoons birthday or the date of important spoon related news?\"\n\nJust then the detective reali... | [
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[WP] A lone scientist has perfected human genetic engineering, and released a 'Human 2.0' into the world to see what happens. | 2 | [
"“Friedrich!” My “father” shouted in a thick German accent. “What have I told you about these video games?”\n\n“I told you dad!” I retorted. “I want to be a regular guy. Go to work. Go home. Play some Call of Duty. Maybe one day raise a family. And I told you I go by Freddy now.”\n\n“No. Unacceptable.” He said curt... | [
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[WP] You are a Clairvoyant who can see the futures of other people. A child who suddenly passes you, and you see that the child becomes the most brutal dictator ever known in the future, and what caused the child to be that dictator in the future happens in the next five minutes. | 6 | [
"The thing I hate the most about being able to see the future is that people won't stop asking me for prophecies. Literally. I've had this job for about six thousand years and know nothing about poetry. But It's my duty to fufill their requests. In fact, it's against some kind of cosmic rule to help people change t... | [
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[WP] The last two people on earth are the same gender. | 13 | [
"Mariah scanned the landscape through the scope of her hunting rifle. The street was deserted and utterly still, bar the occasional wandering leaf that skittered under the abandoned cars and past the shattered shop windows that lined the street. A blanket of fog covered everything more than a dozen metres away, giv... | [
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[WP] You're standing in a queue at Starbucks when someone bumps into you. You turn and it's Emma Watson. | 3 | [
"I glanced back, then looked again. She really was gorgeous. I always had a thing for short-haired girls, and hers was practically a buzzcut, just a few locks at the back left longer. It set off her clear eyes and fine jawline. From the jawline my eye naturally travelled downwards, and the next thing I saw was a bl... | [
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Inspired by this film crit hulk article on Guardian's of the galaxy
http://badassdigest.com/2014/08/12/film-crit-hulk-smash-guardians-of-the-galaxy-and-the-art-of-constructing-jo/ | [WP] Tell a dramatic story through humour. | 63 | [
"Willy sat alone, sipping two cups of coffee simultaneously, burning his tongue and throat as each sip went down, the taste closer to potatoes than coffee. He stared at the empty booth across from him, filling it with all his invisible friends, and then realized he didn't have any invisible friends.\n\nWilly sighe... | [
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[WP] A heist in the life of the PAYDAY gang. | 2 | [
"His surly countenance looked upon Dallas with disdain, much like the look of a father whose son was pulled up for pulling pranks.\n\n\"Do you know why you failed?\" asked the mysterious benefactor.\n\n\"We couldn't hit the timelock fast enough. By the time it had run down-\"\nhe began while sitting down and playin... | [
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[WP] You are 80 years old and just finished writing your autobiography. What's on page 327? | 3 | [
"Chapter 28\n\nDisappointing mum. \n\n--\n\nThe conversation was great and awful. \n\n\nI told mom how I must be an old man at heart because at the age of 22 I couldn't stand drinking shots with friends. She laughed. \n\"I cannot wait for retirement\" I told her. I'm going to have a cottage with a man-cave all to m... | [
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[WP] You find a script book depicting every conversation you've ever had. You flip to today, but it's only half way through the book. | 27 | [
"I drop the book. Excitement courses through my veins. \n\"FUCK YEAH!!\" I scream, excited that it is halfway through the book. I am 72. Gonna live to 144.",
"I sigh as the lock to my front door sticks, as usual. It had been a really long week, and I was looking forward to sitting down with a drink and a good boo... | [
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...and saves the world. Or doesn't. Your call. | [WP] The hero is prophesied to save the world. He knows that prophecies always come true, so he does absolutely nothing. | 365 | [
"\"Easiest yet greatest achievent of my life\" patrick thought with a smug looking smile on his face. Patrick, while sitting on his couch, with a bear held loosely in his hand, had always assumed, along with many a men that prophesies always came true. All that was needed was to sit at home and wait out the drastic... | [
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[WP] You didn't mean to burn it down, it just kind of...happened. Tell your side of the story. | 6 | [
"WOOOHOOO!!! True story time!!!\n\nI live in Rochester NY, every springg we are plagued with what I believe is called dogwood cotton. Its the cottony stuff that comes form local trees and covers the ground everywhere, at some points even looking like snow.\n\nAny kid will tell you that if you find a good sized pat... | [
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[WP] Detail the thoughts of someone who knows the apocalypse is coming, but can't tell anyone about it. | 21 | [
"Blood was slowly dripping like tears from his beaten eye. His gut churned inside as it was getting punched again and again from the bladed rings on the hand of his prophetic killer. A sinister smile came from the victim as he looked up at his demise. \"Power is a fragile thing to hold on to, you better run before ... | [
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[WP] Bruce Wayne grew up in Air Strip 1, Oceania (1984). | 14 | [
"Bruce wakes up in a pale 4th floor flat.\nHe slumps out of bed, puts his legs through his overalls, and tucks in his blue button down shirt.\nLater at work, Bruce doses off at his typewriter but quickly wakes up.\n\n2 weeks after, some cops beat the shit out of him behind a garbage dumpster and then drag his body... | [
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[WP] People cannot die until they have their first kid. | 4 | [
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[This tombstone inspired the six-word story.](http://m.imgur.com/lXzxYrL) Someone suggested that I post it here, which I though was a good idea. | [WP]. Tombstone: Wife died 1922; husband ________ (X-post from /r/sixwordstories) | 2 | [
"I watched her through each year, watching her age. Her hair had quickly turned gray, wrinkles formed around her eyes first. Then her forehead, and her cheeks and the rest of her body. With each year went more and more strength, by the age of 62, she was frail and it seemed as if her entire being could go away with... | [
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[WP] A world where everyone's health/ energy comes depends on how charged their cellphone batteries are. | 7 | [
"\"Sir...? Hey you!\", the barrista said, a bit louder. I look up from my watch, which was showing just a little under an amp left on my phone. Like most Cha-Starbuck's employees, she was a model of sassy alertness. Induction chargers, flat frosted glass panels tinged with aquamarine lights lined all of the counter... | [
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All roads lead to Rome. | [WP] Rome never fell | 9 | [
"Vorenus had never seen anything like it. The Vae Victus was magnificent. The splendour of its gleaming metal hull against the black of space threatened to unman him. Two decades. For two decades he had laboured, giving sweat, blood, and even limbs to both the legion and the iatros. Finally he was Nauarchus Princep... | [
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A fib is a poem where each line must contain the appropriate number of syllables for its entry in the Fibonacci series (as far as I'm concerned, zero can either be ignored or consist of a punctuation mark).
Following is an example of the number of syllables in successive lines:
one
one
one two
one two thr... | [WP] Write a fib, a type of poem based on the Fibonacci series (see post for details) | 16 | [
"Really\n\nReally\n\nReally confused\n\nReally confused here\n\nReally confused here \n\nReally confused here, is this\n\nReally confused here, is this right?",
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[WP] Write a modern tale of warfare in which the great wall of china has strategic value. | 5 | [
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Ideas: what is the place like? Is it choosing between heaven and hell? Which people/users do you meet there? | [WP] Your amount of reddit karma decides your position in the pecking order of the afterlife | 0 | [
"Everyone downvotes each other because we're a bunch of greedy bitches. The end.",
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[WP] You've finally found the object of your quest: a legendary weapon that the hero of a bygone age once wielded. The problem is, it hasn't aged very well... | 6 | [
"The sky had always been full of dragons and winged beasts, and so man hid deep inside their bunkers of grey stone and rock. Yet not even three foot of their hardest stone could hold against the terrors lurking in the ground. Nights were the sounds of rumbling tremors as the ancient beings of old woke from their sl... | [
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[WP] The users of 9gag, 4chan, Reddit, and any other similar sites are involved in a clash to decide where content originated. | 4 | [
"The stained glass lamp hung over the table, the polyurethane coating glinting as if the sections were still wet. My grandfather folded his newspaper, turning the large, fragile page and yawning his special yawn, his throat rattling with the passage of air from the smoke and subsequent radiation it faced.\n\nI know... | [
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[Liberty Prime wiki](http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Liberty_Prime) | [WP] It's June 6, 1944 on a Nazi occupied beach in Normandy. In place of the Allied D-Day invasion force, the U.S. deploys Liberty Prime (Fallout 3). | 6 | [
"Holy fuck, you get my upvote for making me laugg my ass off with the mental image of your prompt alone. ",
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[WP] Write a story, any story, that does not begin with someone waking up and going through their morning routine. | 40 | [
"Miss Katie Sassoon walked up to the door of her shop and stared out the glass windows of the millinery and dry goods store. It was a perfect spring day, the temperature in the low sixties, with only a few scattered clouds in the sky. Children ran barefoot through paved stone street, one guiding a barrel hoop down ... | [
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[WP] You are a stay-at-home parent to a super-powered child. Your superhero spouse spends all day saving the world. Write your exasperated post to /r/parenting detailing your unique frustrations. | 108 | [
"Everyone in a marriage either marries up or marries down. I'm a 43 year old man who married down. My wife, Laura, is the modern day Wonder Woman. Most of my guy friends think I married up, but they don't see the truth. They don't see that our 11 year old doesn't listen to me. Ever since she reached the \"terrible ... | [
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[WP]Your caught running naked in a supermarket and have 30 seconds to convince the police you're not insane. What's your story? | 11 | [
"Officers I swear that the biggest spider you have ever seen was on my cloths! I was looking for some cloths, but they don't have any. All they have are trash bags. \n\nWait! You should have one of those blankets in your trunk! Can I borrow it please?",
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[WP] You rescue someone who nearly dies, only to find he is a clone of you. | 4 | [
"I knocked my sunglasses down to the tip of my nose, and she did the same. Same eyes, same hair, same height...and based off of that brief sentence I heard from her, we have a near identical voice, too.\n\nBefore a very disturbing thought could cross my mind, she pointed at my jacket's sleeve. \"Can I see your wr... | [
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[WP] Every New Year's Eve, at the stroke of midnight, you find yourself at a random year throughout human history. How do you prepare yourself for the next time jump? | 10 | [
"Another year come and gone. Another year of uncertainty, fear, and adventure. Another year survived. Drake sat in the corner of a tiny hole in the wall bar, buried in the urban jungle. He had come to appreciate places like this, the type where people enjoyed their solitude. The air may be musty and the beer s... | [
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[WP] A story about you trying to convince me to write a writing prompt. | 4 | [
"Writing a story about writing a story seems trite and lazy, but is in practice quite the task. When pen is put to pad, taps to text, quill to parchment, pencil to paper, an amazing thing happens. Suddenly, slowly, it happens at different times for different reasons, or for no reason at all. When it happens, th... | [
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[WP] You see everything in black and white until one day, to your surprise, you meet a girl who is in color. | 3 | [
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[WP] The human body fights tooth and nail to stay alive, because it knows something we dont about the other side. And today you find out what that is. | 76 | [
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Let your imaginations go nuts.
It can be anywhere in time.
And Happy New Year! | [WP] You're an archeologist on a monumental dig that just might change our view of history. You discover a skeleton with artifacts that appear almost modern. One item closely resembles a cellphone. You hold it for a moment. It rings... | 129 | [
"As I hear the ancinet phone ring, I ring, answer it.\n\n\"H-hello?\"\n\nThere is a slight delay, and a his of static, but then a voice comes up on the other end.\n\n\"Hey Barney, where are you? TARDIS is leaving in 10, and... wait you're not Bareny. Where is he?\"\n\nI close the phone, then put it in a container. ... | [
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[WP] One day an animal begins to communicate with you and only you. It tells you a secret that could alter human reality... | 8 | [
"Tim’s 2nd run this week. He usually does 3 but he’d worked extra shifts.\n*Round to the left and a slight right.*\n\nHe kept his pace steady and consistent as always.\n*Down the slope and…*\n\nInto a spider web, thick and new. His arachnophobia kicked in as he flailed and sprinted, eyes shut tight. Trying to escap... | [
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[WP]: A school principal calls a parent into a meeting concerning his son bullying other students. The father turns out to be her own old bully. | 75 | [
"This is my **first time** doing a writing prompt as I am an aspiring part-time writer. I hope it's not too terrible and **constructive** criticism is greatly welcomed and encouraged!! :D\n______________________________________________________________\n\n\nThe stoic floor stares back at the child, his reflection se... | [
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[WP] Write an online dating profile for someone that cannot lie and over shares about their life. | 14 | [
"Hi! Oh gosh, is that how people start these things off? Man I am not good at this. Well, I'm a dude, although you probably knew that. Darn it, focus, okay, well, truthfully, not so good at this thing. I'm making this because I'm really not someone whose real knowledgeable about how dating works and that seems to n... | [
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There is no more war and even destruction caused by natural disasters has largely been mitigated. This is a new era of human existence where peace and prosperity is the norm. Over one year since the last major catastrophe, what do news broadcasts resemble? | [WP] In the future, all of the world's problems have been solved. You are a newscaster now facing the reality that there is little to be reported. | 2 | [
"EDIT: Spelling, grammar. \n\nWe haven't mastered our control everything yet. It has been a year since the 'Big CME of the Century'. Europe took the most of the damage and left tens of millions without power and access to most electronic equipment. They recovered fairly quickly though. \n\nThe last hurricane was 35... | [
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[WP] Write from the point of view of a child playing with toys, where one of the toys is Earth | 4 | [
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[WP] A Society where human Tongues are a symbiotic organisms that must be earned. | 11 | [
"I woke. Today wasn't just any day, today was my tongue-day. My kin were sleeping still, so I pulled myself up, and ventured outside into the still-dark forest. The dry leaf litter crunched gently under my bare feet, the trees rustled gently in the morning's breeze.\n\n\"Amber!\" came Shale's dusty voice from behin... | [
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[WP] You open your front door to discover yourself standing there | 14 | [
"'Hello, I'm the person who met you before, remember? A few days ago? he says. \n\nIn shock, you can't move. You can only stand there.\n\n'Who are you?'\n\n'I'm the guy you met a few days ago'\n\n'This is my house, not yours'\n\n'Can you please leave me alone?'\n\n'Alright. I will leave now'\n\nAnd we were gone\n\n... | [
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