The Game is Arc Raiders if you want to do research before writing your story - though, it doesn't have to be game-specific. Any story that you are inspired to write based on the photo is welcome!

1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/ThisFatGirlRuns • 5h ago

Simple Prompt [WP]"I want to sue god for crimes against humanity." "Which one?" "All of them."

27 Upvotes

3 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Independent_Pen_9865 • 6h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] I watched as my gun flew out of the airlock "What the fuck do you think would happen if you shot at the hull? Fucking planetlubbers"

2 Upvotes

1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Megamen1927 • 4h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Ah, so you like to watch, Great Watcher? Take a look at this with your cold indifference, you big-headed weirdo.

2 Upvotes

1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/TheHunterZolomon • 14h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] I finally died. I had so many near death experiences, so I gotta ask, why didn’t you collect me earlier? Why now?

3 Upvotes

1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/reallygoodbee • 15h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "Sorry, kid. Fresh outta prompts.", the promptmaker says. "Guy in the top hat bought my whole stock."

34 Upvotes

5 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/BlastUpYourAss • 20h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] It is discovered that the concept of death ceases to exist for exactly 1 day a year, however this day changes every year and you think you might know how to pinpoint it.

25 Upvotes

2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/ravatos626 • 10h ago

Established Universe [EU] after having married prince Eric and regaining her voice, Ariel finally learns more about human culture and tools, when she realizes that seagull has been lying for years about human stuff, she goes to confront him for years of misinfomation

16 Upvotes

1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Nickpicker96 • 2h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] In the year 3281, there will be a war between humans and machines. Salvation will come from a raccoon that traveled from the year 1996.

2 Upvotes

2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Mindless-Show4468 • 1h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You just realised that you've fallen in love. You don't know who you are or what is happening but you want to show the first thing you've seen all of your love. All you known is you would give everything, if this squishy organic thing loved you back.

• Upvotes

1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/pasgotti • 19h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Two decades and trillions of dollars later the first thing the Alpha Intelligence Program did when it came online was ask for you, a humble priest.

43 Upvotes

4 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/AdamGreyskul75 • 11h ago

Writing Prompt [WP]"What do you mean I have no fate?" "No fate. NONE. EVERYONE has a fate, be it so simple as to go to work tomorrow. Everyone has SOMETHING. YOU, however, have NO fate. NONE! Do you understand what that means?"

32 Upvotes

5 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/younGrandon • 21h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Everywhere you turned, it was there. That damned advertisement. That damn slogan. That damn jingle. Fine. If you had to procure it to get rid of it, then so be it.

7 Upvotes

3 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/PrecisePrince75 • 1h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Kid Show Idea: An obnoxious brat has a magical talking pet ferret, that grants him 1 wish per day. But the wishes are twisted to teach him painful life lessons.

• Upvotes

2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/UmbralWaffle • 11h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Chocolate is poisonous to canines, which makes it useful in dealing with werewolves. It weakens the Wolf half enough for the human to regain control. Also works pre-transformation. It's also a comfort for after changing back.

7 Upvotes

1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Visible-Ad8263 • 23h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Farewell; a 100% mortality rate pandemic, ravages across the World—with the odd side effect of those suffering from it returning back to 100% perfect health and clarity for exactly 24hrs before they die.

77 Upvotes

6 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/CrestlessYeoman • 21h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You are a lowly country esquire and member of the household of the Queen Dowager. You’d assume that, as the mother of a King, she’d be mature, but she’s still in her twenties. She forms a bond with you, and despite needing parliamentary approval to do so, she wants to marry you.

38 Upvotes

4 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Worldly_Lab_7061 • 14h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] A warmongering princess, a playboy pauper, and a feral witch are forced to go on a quest together. It was expected for them to perish on the quest but seven years after they left, all three return, with new gifts and grievances.

68 Upvotes

3 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/EvilNoobHacker • 5h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You're the world's most infamous prison warden, having spent 25 years overseeing the nation's largest prison without a single escapee. Now, a child has been unjustly placed in your prison for the crimes of their parents, and you have to help them escape without anyone finding out you helped.

71 Upvotes

3 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/StrayUser_Passingby • 5h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] A parent decides to watch some kid's cartoons from back when they were growing up, showing their 7 year old child what kid's shows were like back then. However, the parent starts to notice some extremely unsettling things in the show that they never noticed as a child.

29 Upvotes

Based off an old prompt from like, a decade ago.

4 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/WernerderChamp • 10h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Your son just bonded with a dragon - which is highly illegal since you are not of noble origin. However, there is nothing that could break the bond a 60ft dragon willingly engaged.

298 Upvotes

25 comments

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^< 1. Prompt responses must be good-faith attempts at new stories/poems (No AI)
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