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This week’s prompt centers around this photo. Pick two people to use as your characters and begin your story with some dialogue. What opening line does one of these characters say to the other one? You might even conclude the story with dialogue from the other character. Have fun and happy writing. Advertisements
Maybe this one could be a mystery but it doesn’t have to be- Your character walks up to this door. Do they dare to go inside? What’s behind the door? A surprise party perhaps? Something sinister? Have fun and happy writing.
This week prompt focuses on a character who comes home to find these boots and socks in their home. Who do they belong to? Is it someone they know? Perhaps someone from their past? Or has a complete stranger made themselves at home? It could even be they’re innocently in the wrong house. Lots you…
This week you have a character who is lost. It could be that they are physically lost or maybe lost as to what direction in life they should take. Did they head out on a hike and can’t find their way back? Maybe they can’t find where they parked their car at the…
Here’s the second part for last week’s prompt. This week it’s your character who receives the letter. Who is it from? Is it good bad? Is it a response to the letter they sent to this person (from last week’s prompt) Is it expected, unexpected? How does your character react? Is a response letter forthcoming? Have…
I thought we’d try a two part story. This week (part one), your character sits down to write a letter. Who is it to? What is it about? Does its content contain good or bad news? Maybe it’s a love letter or a dear john style one. Perhaps it’s to complain about something. Is it long…
I can’t remember if we’ve had a story title prompt before. If we have, it was a long time ago so here goes… The title of your story is The Girl in the Raincoat. Who is she? Where is she going? Is she going to meet someone? Are her intentions good or bad? So much…
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I thought now and then we could base a story around a certain emotion. This week it’s fear. What is your character afraid of? It could be fear of flying, public speaking, going to the dentist? Maybe the fear is rational or maybe it’s not. So much you can do with this one. Have…
When it comes to writing prompts, I always think the writer should pick the genre but this week I thought we’d try something different. This time the genre is sci fi. Maybe some of you are already sci fi writers but if not, here’s your chance to wander outside your comfort zone. Here’s a photo and…
When I’m planning these writing prompts, I often think of an idea and then go looking for a photo to accompany it. This week, while doing that, I stumbled across this photo and decided to change the theme of this week’s prompt. I love photos that pull you in because they have some sort of mystery about…
