With these 10 lists of creative writing prompts, there is no way you are going to stare at a blank computer screen today. Need a story generator? Got you covered. 50+ photo prompts? Also got it. If you want the first line of a story, choose from the 100+ lines to get you started. If you love […]
This is the second part of a two-part series of Creative Writing Prompts. Visit part one. 16. St. Vincent: “Save Me From What I Want” Prompt: A woman reveals to someone close to her that she has gotten everything she has ever wanted yet still feels disappointed in life. What does that person tell her? […]
If you’re tired of writing about the same old topics, try these Musical Creative Writing Prompts. These 30 prompts are guaranteed to dig you out of that rut and generate new material, and each one of them will offer a wonderful chance to exercise your writing muscles. My advice is to start playing the music while you read the […]
In every author’s life there comes a moment when they must slaughter one of their creations. Yep, you’ve got to kill one of your characters. I know, I know, you love them, you’ve created them, and yet for the sake of the story and for the sake of the reader, they need to bite a […]
A lack of creative writing ideas often leads to a writer’s worst fear: writer’s block. It’s so easy to fall into its clutches, spending hours at your laptop (or notebook or typewriter) writing sentence after sentence only to cross every one out. Or even worse—to sit an an empty page and write nothing at all. […]
Tumblr is a blog site that is good for more than just hipster photos and crying over your favorite pop culture icons. It’s also a community for writers of all genres to collaborate and share ideas. Tumblr is a great resource for writing prompts. Writing prompts on Tumblr take a number of forms, with each […]
These flash fiction prompts will challenge you to create short and gripping narratives that are under 1000 words. Though many are categorized, don’t feel limited! Flash fiction can be whatever you want it to be. Whether you use the bite-sized stories you write as exercises, standalone pieces, or segments of a larger work, the condensed length is […]
Are you ready to write a short story, but not sure where to start? Get some new ideas today with these diverse and engaging short story ideas. Though I’ve broken them up into subcategories, don’t feel limited by the headings. Feel free to add some romance to a supernatural story, or frame a family tale […]
Are you a curious novelist exploring uncharted genres or are you a current writer of the past seeking new adventures? Whatever your purpose, these 40 historical writing prompts, partnered with a collection of vintage photographs, are guaranteed to help you get ideas, transcend to an inspiring era and help you to write your own piece […]
She had heard his excuses before, thousands of times, but this time she was sick of them. She had never known that a human body could twist into that position. The bookcases tilted at a precarious angle over the sleeping infant. He was a brave man except when it came to small, tight spaces like […]
