/r/WritingPrompts
Writing Prompts. You're a writer and you just want to flex those muscles? You've come to the right place! If you see a prompt you like, simply write a short story based on it. Get comments from others, and leave commentary for other people's works. Let's help each other.
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We are a subreddit dedicated to inspiring people to write! Find a prompt that moves you and respond with a story or a poem.
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< 1. Prompt responses must be good-faith attempts at new stories/poems (No AI)
- 100 words minimum for stories, 30 for poems but include [Poem]
- Write something new using the prompt for inspiration (No AI)
- Plagiarism will result in a ban
- No joke, copypasta, or AI-generated responses
- For off topic/clarification, reply to sticky comment
< 2. No sexually explicit responses, hate speech, or other harmful content
- Includes, but is not limited to, pedophilia, bestiality, incest, rape, violence against children, and explicit abuse or torture
- Avoid racism and detailed uses of suicide, mental health stereotypes, and political debate
- Use your best judgment, but mods have final say
< 3. Be civil in discussion, feedback, and critiques
- Users are held to a higher standard here. Think before posting
- Prompts are meant to inspire new writing. Responses don't have to fulfill every detail
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< 4. All submissions must be tagged at the beginning of the post, capitalized in square brackets
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- Prompt Posts (Inspire new writing)
WP- Writing Prompt: No restrictions (other than the rules of the sub) »SP- Simple Prompt: Max 100 characters in the title (including the tag) »EU- Established Universe: Based on existing fiction »CW- Constrained Writing: Limitations or forced usage of words, letters, etc. (don't ask for less than 100 words) »TT- Theme Thursday: Weekly themes announced Thursdays »MP- Media Prompt: Audio or video »IP- Image Prompt: A striking image or album »RF- Reality Fiction: Things that have happened or could happen to unknown people »- Response Posts (Write based on prompts)
PM- Prompt Me: Answer prompts by other users (if answered prompts before) »PI- Prompt Inspired: Stories inspired by prompts older than three days (include link and max 1 a day) »- Other Posts
OT- Off Topic: Not a prompt, but writing related, not for complaints regarding subreddit content, stories, or advertising without prior approval »
< 5. No recent reposts, even if changing small details
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- Reposts are allowed, given time (around two weeks)
- Don't take a recent prompt and change/invert small details
< 6. Prompt users in the title, but don't play writing games or commission stories
- Prompt in the title and only use text for commentary or links for [IP]s and [MP]s. Avoid too many details
- No requesting writing or editing services, or homework help
- Don't post ads without getting permission in modmail first
- Don't ask writers to pick titles or content from another sub or site
- Prompts should not call for using autocorrect, autocomplete, or only emojis
< 7. Prompts will be removed if there's a high possibility for rule breaking responses
- Avoid real-world drama (politics, recent tragedies, etc.)
- Inspire an effort, avoid simple questions, "write anything", word games, fill-in-the-blanks, or "in X words or less"
- Prompts must actually be a prompt, not just the suggestion of a genre or emotion
- Don't ask for preexisting content (prompts are meant for new writing)
- No sexually explicit themes, hate speech, or other harmful content (suicide, mental health stereotypes, violence against children, torture, etc.)
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[WP] My thoughts rn!
Mere is tough time me mere sath koi nhi he I always crave for a hand on my head jo mere dar ko shlae or yeh ehsas dilae ki m apni iss ldai me akele nhi hu. But support Krna to dur ki bat he, jb me apne bikhre hue tukdo ko samet kar bhut himmat krke jodne ki koshish krty hu, wo ek pathar se use Tod dety he, me roty hu phir uthty hu khush rhne ki koshish krty hu or ho nhi paty, phir tukdo ko jodty hu, khud ko sambhalne ki koshish krty hu, kai bar sambhal lety hu but bhut bar nhi sambhal baty, mere tough time m mujhe pta chala kon mera he or kon nhiz or realize hua ki yha koi b nhi he , me akele hu , yeh mere hi ldai he mujhe hi ldni he, mera support krne koi b nhi aega.
06:16 UTC
[WP] Boundaries, personal lines people shouldn't cross. It is odd that many don't consider their existence.
05:57 UTC
[SP] “And that’s how I ended up in the insane asylum. Which ended up being the best thing that’s ever happened to me, weirdly.”
05:20 UTC
[WP] A story that could explain a psychedelic trip to someone who has no experience with it.
05:19 UTC
[WP] The original sin is actually something completely different than Christians have taught.
05:17 UTC
[WP] A story from a teen’s perspective of him and his family trying to rebuild after a tragic loss
05:17 UTC
[WP] human and an alien exploring psychedelics.
In a world where humans and aliens share a socities (intergalactic type shii).imagen guardians of the galaxy or mass effect universe. A human and an alien take mushrooms (and/or other psychedelics) together and try to explore the unmapped world of psychedelics
Expanding the idea - 1 would try to develop some kind of "lore/mythology/history" for the alien species. l'm thinking like their own version of gods such as zues and odin.
And connection the human mythology with aliens. Making the gods some kind of universal presence which can be interacted with while taking psychedelics.
Haven't taken any, so imagining psychedelics/spiritual "realm" seems kinda hard to write a story for
04:53 UTC
[WP] A mother is a former magical girl and tries to prevent her daughters from being turned into magical girls.
04:21 UTC
[WP] You're convinced one of you coworkers at the call centre is one of the fairfolk, a fey. The first question you always ask is "what is your name?".
Fae, not fey*
04:08 UTC
[WP] You are a good man. Unfortunately, the world no longer requires good men.
03:28 UTC
[WP] The dragon kidnaps the princess more out of peer pressure than anything else. Remarkably though, they end up hitting it off, and now enjoy a cheerful domestic existence as husband and wife.
03:14 UTC
[WP] "Reincarnation, eh?" "Right, whenever I die, I want to be reincarnated, and regain all my memories and experiences over the course of my childhood, getting them all back by the time I grow up. That way, if I get old, or mutilated, or bored, I can just 'hit reset', so to speak."
03:10 UTC
[WP] The Cat Distribution System is as old and as true as the sky, sending adorable felines to those in need of a friend. As for you, it's sent almost everything else to be your loyal companions, much to your chargin.
02:46 UTC
[WP] "Why are you in every position on the leaderboard?" "Because I killed all the other participants"
02:18 UTC
[WP] This is Halloween and you just Isekaied as your costume in a fitting world.
02:02 UTC
[WP] “I’m here to see the boss?” You say, nervously patting down your suit. “Here you go,” says his Secretary, handing you two bottles marked ‘Health Potion’. “Would you like to save your game?”
01:47 UTC
[WP] You are a therapist for the old gods and the new. Zues is NOT happy with this new guy, Joshua...
01:22 UTC
[WP] You've heard of Magical Girls but how about Monster Boys? A group of pre-teen/teen boys use powerful amulets to gain the characteristics and abilities of famous monsters (Dracula, The Wolf Man, Frankenstein etc.) to protect their city from dangerous forces.
01:13 UTC
[WP] Everyone in the world has a soulmate. Everyone. Your body alerts you when you see the face of your soulmate for the first time, even if it's just an image. You see your soulmate for the first time on national news, having been caught committing a heinous crime. But you're a law-abiding citizen.
01:00 UTC
[WP] This is the first experiment with lycanthropy on Europa
00:55 UTC
[WP] a Thanksgiving day horror story.
00:29 UTC
[WP] Scientists thought they had solved it, 100% carbon sequestering through cyanobacteria. It is the year 2069 and there is no more carbon.
00:13 UTC
[WP] —"See this pathetic display. She walks with burning feet upon the hallowed ground, desperate for the faintest hope that you just might survive. Leave this sinner to her fate, little saint. Join us." —"No, because she's not pathetic; she's brave. If you can't see that, you aren't all that holy."
00:13 UTC
[WP] The ending of a typical High School Sports Hero Movie, but from the POV of the losing opponents and the bus ride home.
00:11 UTC
[WP] You’re an ancient being from the earliest age of the Universe, traveling galaxies to live among developing species in disguise. As you’re preparing to leave Earth the following morning, a knock at your door turns out to be a human child dressed up as your true form. “Trick or treat!”
00:00 UTC
[WP] when humanity finally left the solar system for distant stars we learned two things with terrifying alacrity: that beyond a shadow of a doubt god is real, and that everything we thought we knew about its motivations was wrong.
23:55 UTC
[WP] Buttercream, a magical girl mascot, is sent down to Earth to select a new magical girl, but is injured in the process. Found by a girl and nursed back to health, they repay her by turning her into a magical girl. There's just one small problem - this is taking place in a post-apocalyptic world.
23:51 UTC
[WP] You are a new supervillain, ready to make a name for yourself.... until you accidentally save the world by defeating the current "greatest threat" to humanity.
23:41 UTC
[SP] We all live in a turquoise bathysphere.
23:29 UTC
[WP] "So, BadxEvil, how are you enjoying life inside your novel?" "BadxEvil?" "Don't try and fool me, I've been preparing this for a long time." "I'm not BadxEvil." "Finally, you shall-" "..." "What?" "I said I'm not BadxEvil." "..." "..." "Ohmygod you're not them." "Let me out." "I uh.. can't."
23:28 UTC