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Writing Prompts

Join our ongoing contests and win up to $1,500. Flex those creative muscles with these writing prompts.

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Write a story that includes the words “déjà vu” or “that didn’t happen.”

LIVE – Weekly Contest #344

Your protagonist is doomed to repeat a historical event.

LIVE – Weekly Contest #344

Write a story where the traditional laws of time and/or space begin to dissolve.

LIVE – Weekly Contest #344

Tell a story through diary/journal entries, transcriptions, and/or newspaper clippings.

LIVE – Weekly Contest #344

Write a story that subverts a historical event, or is a retelling of that event.

LIVE – Weekly Contest #344

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Write a story that includes change or transformation.

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Write about someone who strays from their daily life/routine. What happens next?

– 71 stories

Start your story with an interruption to an event (e.g., wedding, party, festival).

– 40 stories

Your protagonist faces their biggest fear… to startling results.

– 40 stories

Set your story over the course of just a few seconds or minutes.

– 95 stories

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Write a story that goes against your reader’s expectations.

– 97 stories

Write about someone getting a second chance.

– 67 stories

End your story with someone saying “I love you” or “I do.”

– 67 stories

Write about two characters who have a love/hate relationship.

– 30 stories

Include a first or last kiss in your story.

– 77 stories

Write a story about love without using the word “love.”

– 109 stories

Write about a character who runs into someone they once loved.

– 70 stories

Include the words “Do I know you?” or “Do you remember…” in your story.

– 60 stories

Write about someone who finally finds acceptance, or chooses to let go of something.

– 85 stories

Your protagonist returns to a place they swore they’d never go back to.

– 78 stories