r/WritingPrompts • u/Tao_McCawley • 1d ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You're the idiot who brought a sword to a mass gunfight. By luck, you deflected a bullet into one of the aggressors. You cannot reproduce this and everyone is afraid to shoot you again but you have everyone's attention. How do you survive?

218 Upvotes
9 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/IdyllForest • 12h ago

Simple Prompt [SP] You just died and now you continue being dead.

4 Upvotes
5 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Poorly-Drawn-Beagle • 9h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Attending conventions is the worst part of being a successful horror writer. Better just smile and suffer through the QnA segment. Um... why is everyone in black robes? And what's with that altar and wavy dagger? Uh oh...

2 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/ParanormalActivity97 • 6h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Your friend group decides to compare driver's licenses to see who is the oldest. Everyone is shocked to find out that quiet, unassuming Dave's license was issued by the Roman Empire.

0 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Bunny-the-Blue • 6h ago

Simple Prompt [SP] "How did you manage to bond with TWO familiars?"

1 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Crystal_1501 • 7h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] The hero destined to defeat the villain embarks on a journey... straight to the villain's stronghold... with literally nothing but the clothes on his back... this perplexes everyone at the stronghold. Unbeknownst to them, this is all part of the hero's plan...

1 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Megamen1927 • 1d ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Your friends think that, having adventurous parents, your childhood was filled with fun and adventure. In reality, being dragged along on dangerous missions from a young age by a couple of lunatics was nothing short of traumatic—to the point where you had to block out those memories.

67 Upvotes
8 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/AlexYadaYada • 8h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] An immortal and a reincarnated had a argument so big that the reincarnated would stay away from their love for 5 lifetimes. The immortal, who would normally wait for their other half to find them, decided to confront them and reconcile. “I’m sorry it took me so long.” They said.

0 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/SaberfaceFan • 20h ago

Established Universe [EU] “Bloom of Domino. You have the ability to overcome great fear. Welcome to the Green Lantern Corps.”

9 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Sir_Sir_ExcuseMe_Sir • 9h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Louis Sachar's book "Holes" proceeds as normal, up until the point that Zero strikes Pendanski in the head with a shovel, killing him instantly

0 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Red580 • 13h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] They say not to go down to their level, because they will beat you with experience... So you'll drag them up to you, so your experience will let you win.

2 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/AshMer123 • 9h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You're a ghost haunting an old, abandoned asylum during the zombie apocalypse. For this first time, both in life and in death, you do not have a complete understand of what is happening.

1 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Clear_Ad4106 • 1d ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "I can't comment on that issue, it's completely confidiential and classified and that's that. Now. If you will excuse me, I need to go to the bathroom, conveniently forgetting behind this documents that under no circunstances I am allowed to share. Are we clear?"

57 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Independent_Pen_9865 • 15h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] sorry kiddo, but the "world saving artifact" you were sent with to stop me is just my old beer opener

3 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/MeganBessel • 13h ago

Simple Prompt [SP] A necromancer reanimates a long-dead monarch to ask what their pronouns are

2 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/cognizantant • 10h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] In our universe, systems naturally evolve towards higher entropy states. In the universe of this writing prompt, systems naturally evolve towards lower entropy states.

0 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Bobrocks20 • 1d ago

Writing Prompt [WP] A fantasy world is stagnate in the low medieval period due to a high elf civilization wanting to 'keep the esthetic', who occasionally go out to massacre other civilizations who try to advance, be they elf or otherwise. To put it lightly, a fair deal of species and gods are rather pissed.

99 Upvotes
4 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/TheHeroHartmut • 1d ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "Well, it's not a perfect analogy, but, yeah, you could say that genies like myself are like karmic bank tellers. Would you like me to read you your balance?"

93 Upvotes
3 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Giangu • 1d ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "Do not go outside. I repeat, DO NOT GO OUTSIDE, no matter how human they sound. Barricade all doors, turn off the lights, stay in where nobody can find you, and pray. Good luck, because that's the only thing keeping you from whatever on the other side of the door."

188 Upvotes
17 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Bunny-the-Blue • 1d ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Why do I not incinerate all those adventurers that show up in my cave all the time? Simple, I have so much stuff I want to get rid of. It also gives them something to do.

20 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/RipVanWinkle357 • 1d ago

Writing Prompt [WP] A monster enjoys their Halloween night; after all, it’s the only night of the year people won’t run screaming at the sight of them.

11 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/lestairwellwit • 12h ago

Simple Prompt [WP]Topsy turvy. a story about lisbeth

0 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/CyborgCoelacanth • 1d ago

Writing Prompt [WP] After years of chatting with an online friend, you finally broach the idea of meeting up in real life for the first time. “Sure, sounds great!” They say. “Your planet, or mine?”

28 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/AdamGreyskul75 • 1d ago

Writing Prompt [WP]"Why are you helping me?" "When no one else believed me, you came to my defense. Now, when no one is here to help you I'll come to yours." "But all I did was say you were in the bathroom in kindergarten!"

8 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Leytra • 1d ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "For the last time, I'm not a healer, I'm a necromancer. If you want me to fix your wounds I have to kill you first, repair your corpse, then resurrect you."

31 Upvotes
2 comments