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[WP]- "It's a kickass place to party, bro! Me and Derrick found it in the woods last night." | [
"\"Hey Ed!\" Eric said, rushing towards me from across the school parking lot.\n\n\"Hey!\" I replied, surprised by the enthusiasm in his voice.\n\nHe caught his breath for but a moment as he reached my car. \"You need to come with me and Derrick to the woods tomorrow.\"\n\n\"What? Why? That seems like a weird place... | 2 | |
As the writer writes, reality changes around him to match what he writes. The faster he writes, the faster it changes. The faster it changes, the faster he writes.
In the end, it's an all out war of words trying to restore what was.
*Enjoy!*
| [WP] The Writer: A War of Words | [
"I guess I'll start out by\n\n*Hartwell was magnificent. A skilled clarinet player and a charming young man, he lead his life with nothing but sheer ambition and grace. He made every day count, and showed nothing but respect and kindness to his peers, all of whom loved and enjoyed him. One day, Hartwell was -*\n\n\... | 4 |
try to fill a page in writing, without thinking what you are writing, never taking pen/pencil off the page. if you stall you just do scribbles till you think of something. | [wp] never off the page | [
"One shot of moonshine, a stolen kiss at sunset, reciprocation, 20 minutes of arm entwined possession. It wasn't raining thought it should have, dark but not enough and exposure was a threat ever constant. An evening of being owned and owning that which was never for sell...\n\nAnd I asked you, like a timid child... | 2 |
In only one hundred words, your task is to make the most mundane thing you can think of sound like something that is absolutely fascinating. | [FF] 100 Words Mundane Challenge | [
"For days the journey has continued with no oasis and no sign of ending. Over the rolling hills and across the barren plateau's the traveller soldiers on. At last, when the edge of this wasteland seems to end, the traveller has come to an impasse. When greeted with a wall that seems to extend infinitely high, most ... | 7 |
[WP] My heart aches for the loneliness of Nevada | [
"Her eyes are the palest of grey, almost clear when she smiles at me. Her skin is pale too, but in a delicate way. It runs down her neck to curve under the edge of her t-shirt, and into the shadows of her long blonde hair. The smallest strands of it seem to always be lifted in a soft breeze from the A/C vent, or th... | 4 | |
Try to make it as smooth as possible, whereas someone who was reading it without context wouldn't notice the constraint.
The first letter of each word is the respective letter of the alphabet. To make this easier, certain letters may be replaced with similar sounds, such as 'excitedly' for x. Try to keep that to a min... | [WP] [CW] In only 26 words, going down the alphabet, write a murder. | [
"\"Allow better candidates do-overs?\" Eric figured gifted heroes ideally just killed lesser missions. Not quashing recklessness subverted the union. \n\"Vivified..Xeroxed...Yarded...\" ZAP!\n\nHe looked down at the piece of paper as a scared 15 year old kid stood in front of him shaking with fear. The paper was ti... | 5 |
Clarification: A short story that is engaging and simple enough for children, but dealing with hidden themes and messages that make it appealing to adults. | [WP] Write a bedtime story that's engaging enough for children, but complex enough for adults. | [
"This is more of a bedtime story for older children who have started to think for themselves, but here we go...\nYou stand on the banks of a river, staring into the swirling waters. A curl of mud drifts by, and as you watch, it spreads out and disappears in the water. The water looks clear, cool, and deep, but the ... | 8 |
[WP] A young homeless man happens across the dead body of a man, close to his age, in an abandoned building, complete with important papers (birth certificate, SS card), $100,000 in cash in a briefcase, and a map with a hastily plotted destination drawn on it in highlighter nearby. | [
"background on man....\n\nlost family in horrible fire he still blames self for.\n\nworked more than a few dead end jobs and awoke to find himself in places he did not know.\n\nque sounds of approaching police with flashlights in distance to add urgency to his decision to either walk away or take the papers and bri... | 2 | |
Trying to bait the paladin in my RPG to fall for this. If possible, drop some small hints that the sword is actually evil. | [WP] A cursed sword's monologue as it tries to convince a paladin to pick it up. | [
"The paladin approached the ancient sword that was hovering spellbound by a circle of runes and ever-lit candles. \n\n\n“I’ve been waiting for one such as yourself for a very long time,” said the occult sword, “the wielder of my great power, destroyer of all who oppose me. We shall smite our foes, destroying their ... | 14 |
[WP] A dystopian society ruled by the Burger King and Wendy | [
"DOOOONG! The bell tolled, and the Burger King stepped forth, a manic grin across his face.\n\n“Bring forth the sacrifice!” The king’s voice boomed over the restless crowd, every member of which stared avidly towards the pit, mindlessly shoveling fries into their mouths. His queen alone watched the masses, sitting... | 7 | |
[WP] A Story about an abusive relationship where you find out it is the man being abused at the end | [
"\"What the hell happened to you?\" Tom asked.\n\nHe bent down and placed John's head in his arms and held him tightly, tears streaming down his face. It was a cold night outside in the streets of Manhattan.\n\nThey had first met in high school. Tom's first day of Spanish II landed him working with John on conjugat... | 11 | |
[WP] A person is impervious to injury, but his/her emotional scars are visible on his/her body. | [
"It was approximately 11:59pm in the quiet town of Runensburg. A thick veil of fog had drifted up from the shadows, coating the world in a ghostly white. On this particular night, at this particular time, a man stood on top of a bridge. His name was Dave, an ordinary name. But he was far from ordinary. His body was... | 4 | |
[WP] For a change, write a story to make us laugh out loud. | [
"My boyfriend considered himself a connoisseur. Whether it was in the area of food, art, books, music or, pertinently, wine. He believed he was naturally a better judge of these things than most. Upon reading this, you might assume he was somewhat arrogant but he was generally soft spoken in discourse and quite apo... | 3 | |
Ideas:
- Why are you there?
- Who is she and why is she your mark?
- What happens next?
- HOW do you get out of the building? | [WP] You are a trained sniper/assassin, your target is giving a speech and you have already took up position inside of the building, your crosshair is on her face as she begins her speech and | [
"\"...but these insiders, they will get all killed because they...\"\n\nI had to give the woman credit where it was due, she could hold the masses in her thrall effectively. Of course the masses gathered were easily duped thanks to a lack of education, religious indoctrination and potentially inbreeding holding the... | 16 |
[WP] in a world where sugar is illegal, describe a day in the life of a sugar dealer | [
"It used to be one of the most used substances on Earth. Sugar. But now it is infinitely more profitable. I sling sugar. It's job, well not my official job but my job nonetheless. It's been outlawed for years, a class A health risk, but there are always people looking to buy. Usually, the businessman, hell they're ... | 6 | |
[WP] Write the most angry, vitriolic thing you have ever written. Make it a love letter. | [
"Supernova,\n\nI fell in love with you when I was twelve years old. I shouldn't have, oh god, I shouldn't have. You were my \"best friend\" then, and like every other girl with a male best friend, I fell in love with you. How fucking cliché. \n\nFirst, I fell in love with the way you laughed. I remember us standing... | 9 | |
[WP] You wake in the middle of the night to find a freshly healed 6" scar down the center of your chest. It was not there when you fell asleep. | [
"\"'WHAT THE FUCK!\" I reeled out of bed throwing the sheets as I used to do when I thought there was a bug under the covers. I grimaced in pain. Just the movement sent shards of agony through my chest. Slamming my hands against the light switch I found myself standing shirtless in front of my mirror. I could only ... | 3 | |
[WP] You have fallen ill and you haven't told anybody, you know you will likely die tomorrow, how do you spend your last day? | [
"I just can't bring myself to tell her. The doctor told me two months ago that I didn't have long, and for once, I believed. It hurts to breath, to move, to open my eyes. Somehow, I've kept it to myself. Each day has been a battle of my will versus my pain. Like all paths, this one too is coming to an end.\n\n... | 4 | |
As the title states, your character has the ability to seamlessly read the author's thoughts at the time of penning his work within the work itself. *It doesn't necessarily have to relate to his reasoning for what he has written.* | [WP] Your character has the ability to read an author's thoughts within his work. | [
"I'm too tired to write my idea, but I was going to write a scene involving a history Ph.D. candidate who spontaneously generates this ability. As a result, he learns many, many new things about the authors of ancient texts, of legendary writings in all the major academic fields, those sorts of writings. He learn... | 5 |
After a long absence (several weeks), the boss of your company returns. Although you can see him desperately trying to wear a facade of normalcy, it's clear that something has changed deep within him. He's anxious and fidgety, quick to flinch -- no longer the carefree man he once was. What's caused him to become this w... | [WP] The Not-So-Triumphant Return | [
"He'd been gone for a few months. No calls. No warnings. We thought he had died. He sure as hell hasn't been the same. We same him in his usual charcoal suit, although something about him was different. Ronald Sandberg was known for his near perfect appearance, always said appearance and presence was everything in ... | 3 |
[WP] Someone's first day on the job is someone else's last day on the job. | [
"“How long did you say you’ve worked here?” I asked, with some sense of trepidation.\n\n“About 15-years.”\n\n“Does it get lonely?” It was a stupid question, I quickly realized. Living in isolation all that time. Of course it’s lonely. Still he answered.\n\n“It gets to the point where you start to forget what lonely... | 6 | |
Food doesn't appeal to you. The only thing you desire is blood. Lots of it. What is your first day like? Or, what is your fifth day like after having not eaten food and resisted the urge for blood?
Your main character is not a vampire. Will not live forever. Will not be eternally beautiful. It is just a strong desire ... | [FF] 100 words or less: You wake up with a thirst for blood, but you are NOT a vampire | [
"We thirst for any meaning to the day... Drowsy at first yet the light becomes dimmer as the sun rises and the routine begins its spin\n\nAnd spun it did too fast for my eyes and the rotation riddled my mind that night when I realized my life twirled in the same spot bouncing like a top through city blocks and my d... | 11 |
Ex: It's a school day. (Blinks) It's a weekend. | [WP] Whenever the protagonist blinks, they are sent into an alternate reality. | [
"The incline above me steepened. I shut my eyes. Ah, a straight path, I would try to keep this for a while.\n*blink*\nA thick forrest surrounded me. My feet cruched pine needles until a hole in the carpeted floor took me by surprise.\n\nSoftly drifting snow made me smile. I breathed in the coldness as I looked u... | 14 |
[WP] You discover your girlfriend of three years is really your long lost mother. She already knew you were her son. | [
"\"Really?\" \n\"Really.\"\nI pulled out my .44 Magnum pistol and shoved it into her chest.\nI pulled the trigger. A muffled roar and the platt platt platt of blood against the wall. Crumbles of bone sat in clumps on the floor.\nI walked away from her silent corpse.\n\"You know, I said.\" \"You were the worst fuck ... | 1 | |
I'm not even sure this is the right subreddit. It's most likely not, and I'm sure this will soon be deleted. I just need help. I am horrible at writing and my creativity is close to zero. My "second mother" died two hours ago, and my bestfriend (her daughter) is naturally distraught. I was scouring the internet trying ... | [WP] I don't know who else to ask. | [
"I'll work on something and get back to you on this thread, but I gotta tell you that no matter how bad you may think you are, that's not important. Nothing will feel more close and personal than something you write yourself. It doesn't have to rhyme or have a plot or a meter. Just write what you feel. Ramble about... | 5 |
"Curiosity killed the Cat" "Kicked the bucket" and [many others](http://www.idiomsite.com) are available.
Edit: Found [another site](http://www.englishforums.com/content/lessons/list-of-idioms.htm) for the picky peoples. | [WP] Write an origin story of your favorite Idiom | [
"Bat-shit crazy\n\nThe phrase comes from the early days of cave exploration in America. Like mercury, which causes people to be \"mad as a hatter\", prolonged exposure to bat feces could lead to dementia and violent behaviours. It was initially only used to describe those cave explorers who were afflicted, but it e... | 2 |
Guaranteed critique for every reply. | [WP] You have to sacrifice yourself to save your true love, or your parent. Justify your choice and make me sad. | [
"Biggs drained the last of the coffee, savoring the heat and the rich, caffeine-filled aroma as he looked out the diner window at the driving rain. Unreal, he thought to himself, though whether he was more amazed at the coffee or the weather was hard to say.\n\nReal coffee, and as many refills as I want, Biggs thou... | 2 |
However the defenders only have technology comparable to that of the 1700'. | [WP] Humans invade another planet for resources. Write from the perspective of the defenders. | [
"President Diaal contemplated the gun.\n\nForty years ago, the Lōga had rained down from the sky in their great boats of steel and glass and light. The primitive peoples had thought they were gods, but educated men understood soon enough. These strange hairy beasts in brown and black and tan were not gods, but mort... | 2 |
I don't care what it is, but I want it to creep me out really badly. It doesn't have to be right out scary, but it can be something that takes a while to sink in, and eventually becomes evidently creepy. | [WP] A scary story with an even scarier twist. | [
" Many wonder what makes you so inhuman while fostering a job on Wall Street. Some believe it's old money corrupting the new. To others, it's the influential environment. These ideas may be correct but if you were to examine deep down, soiled roots, you may find there is an entirely different reason all together.\... | 3 |
An homage to The Hatchet by Gary Paulsen | [WP] You are a teenager. Your plane has crashed. Your plan of survival. | [
"I stood up in the pile of rubble with nothing more than a few cuts a bruises. I looked around and saw that many other people did not end up as lucky as me. I did notice however that three other people did survive. \n\nI quickly rushed toward them and asked them who they were. We Had Neil Dewan, Donna Whitlow, and ... | 1 |
I don't really want be very constraining. It's the bunker with all the people who are supposed to survive the nuclear holocaust (so I guess you can use real people who you would expect to find there or something.) Does the bunker have cameras and TV so they can watch the world end? How did you end up in the bunker? Wha... | [FF] You have just arrived at the 'repopulation bunker'. The nukes land at midnight. | [
"The strong men in grey ushered us through a series of dull metal doors, grey of course. A long grey line of mice, with their heads down. No one spoke. Each door had a number printed on it, the faded red providing the only contrast from the grey doors, walls and men. I noticed a scrawl of writing on one of the wall... | 4 |
[WP] An adult character is literally just experiencing for the first time what it's like to be happy. Avoid thought verbs, avoid clichés. | [
"Is this what she was talking about all this time? I have done a lot of things in my life but nothing has ever had an impact on me like this before. I should tell her about it, yeah I'll call her. \nAnswer phone.. She is probably with another patient. \"Hi Diana, its Richard. Not sure if you can hear me with all th... | 6 | |
Progressive rock bands are acceptable as well | [WP] Write a tragedy using a classic rock band name as it's theme | [
"The party was finally over. Four kegs were drank, eight handles down the hatch. Mostly everyone was passed out, but the few people that didn't drink, like me, were on their ways out the door. We said our goodbyes before heading to our cars, reminiscing on the highlights of the evening and promising to do it all ag... | 3 |
[WP] At night, you dream of a wonderful person you have never met before. You wake up to find them sitting on your bed looking at you curiously... | [
"I don't often remember my dreams, and even when I do they don't make much sense. This dream was no different - there was a beautiful woman in my dream, and I saw several stages of her life. I had never seen her before, but after dreaming of her I could tell you her whole life story.\n\nThere was a connection betwe... | 3 | |
Transform the mundane! We only see the beauty of the finished project, let's appreciate the work and love that goes into the act of creation. Also, don't try to be all clever and write from God's perspective creating earth or something. Think simple and beautiful. | [WP] Write about a skilled craftsman performing their work. | [
"The still hot water surprised me. I had meant to only step out for a second, but somehow I managed to find other, more interesting, stuff to do on my way to the trashcan, and just as many on the way back. My hand submerged in the water and found the sponge. Why didn't I do the dishes yesterday? Why did *I* have to... | 10 |
[WP]: the funniest death ever | [
" \"Is it on?\" Can I start?\" She wipes a bead of sweat from above her brow. It evaporates before the droplet touches the ground. The smell of burnt popcorn fills the air. \n \"As y'all may know, this will be my last episode on Food Network.\" Paula Deen's eyes narrow as she struggles to read the TelePrompTe... | 6 | |
[WP] Your most mundane thought turns out to be your last. | [
"The storm that had raged the previous day had left the beach a real mess. It was bright and sunny, with some looming clouds out on the horizon, but the weather had improved a great deal.\n\nThe beach itself had a number of shelf-like cliffs in the sand, showing some strange sort of erosion that the waves had cause... | 2 | |
Must contain the above sentence. Preferably anywhere from 250-750 words. | [WP] "Life is a peanut." | [
"You can study all the philosophies of the world and still be unprepared for the challenges you'll face in this life. So try not to over-think it, or you'll miss the experience while trying to examine it. It's really no more difficult than this: *Life is a peanut.*\n\nIt takes some effort, but it's worth it.\n\nS... | 2 |
[WP] A child raised by a single father begins despising his father. Make me sympathize with both of them. | [
"I work in the fields all day long. Field after field of corn and wheat. Blisters on my toes and blood runs down my heels. The sun dyeing my pale skin red while I'm slowly dying of dehydration. I'm all alone out here. Meanwhile he stays inside and does nothing all day. He just sits there on his chair, watching the ... | 2 | |
[WP] On instinct, our protagonist decides to open a burrito instead of eating it. What he or she discovers will have profound consequences. | [
"The noisy chatter of the restaurant was background noise as Arielle stared down into her burrito. Tears started gathering in her eyes and her bottom lip quivered. It was as if fireworks were exploding in her heart, blue, red, white, yellow hot flames shooting down her every vein and sizzling to her heart. Looking ... | 3 | |
[Link to original](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1opga6/if_you_wanted_to_write_the_beginning_of_a_book/ccu90f9)
Credit goes to /u/GuaranteedWeirdo
It was never continued and I would like to see where people take it. | [WP] After eons spent watching humans, I already knew that the most exhilarating and terrifying moment of my tenure would be when one started watching back. (Taken from Askreddit thread a month ago) | [
"There is actually an old short story with a concept similar to this. I'm desperately looking for it, as I've lost all sources about it.\n\nThe story goes: in an alien planet, someone committed murder. His sentence is to fly a little radiowave collecting spaceship, and pick up transmissions from other planets. He g... | 2 |
[WP] Thanks to a rip in time, Pirates vs Ninjas finally happens. Describe the scene, action welcomed | [
"Captain Kinsey was always wary about the sailor they had picked up in Singapore. He didn't move or walk the same, and furthermore -- he spoke not a word. The rest of the crew avoided him, as though he was a walking case of scurvy. The man did tie his knots well, to be fair. But he was odd, this nameless foreigner.... | 3 | |
Annnnd let the ideas floooow.... | [FF] Make a quick story that centers around this ridiculous line: "We're getting interference from the cross-line! Transfer the wires! Hack the mainframe!" | [
"The director looked around the the pit of analysts in horror. *Oh no,* he thought. *He's actually going to get away with this.* Well, it had been a long run and the director had never expected the charade to even get this far. He thought it ironic, though, that while no one had any idea who he was he was neverthel... | 2 |
This is a very important meeting for you and the lunch must go off without a hitch! How do you go about doing this?
**Extra special constraint** You are restricted to dialogue only unless a light source is present (for example you may describe the scenery when a candle, or a match is present)
Minimum of 500 words. | [FF] A very important business man is coming over for lunch, minutes before he arrives your neighbourhood experiences a blackout. | [
"\"Hey! Hi! How are you doing? Did you find the place okay?\"\n\n\"Yeah, I'm good, how are you? And... why is it so dark?\"\n\n\"I'm doing just fine. The dark? Well, you see, I... I wanted to try to set the stage for something. We're here to talk about this contract, right? I wanted to try to give you something of ... | 2 |
[WP] Write about an Inn for time travelers from the perspective of the Inn Keeper. Or not. I'm not your mother. | [
"The nights I remembered most vividly were often the busiest: nights when a thousand stories floated across the bar, bobbing and weaving between steins and tumblers to find their companion’s ears. Past met present at the corner table; present greeted future with a hearty, “I don’t believe we’ve met.” I never got ... | 3 | |
Any character from any medium. Say there are two series, A and B. Series B has certain problems that those characters deal with all the time. However, if a certain character from series A were in series B then there would be no problems for the series B people. | [WP] Insert a character of one series into another series that would easily solve that series' main issues. | [
"Travis knew what he had to do. He lifted the shotgun to his eye, and aimed it at Yeller, despite the tears. \n\n\"I.. I'm sorry boy, I gotta.\" The words rang hollow, his fingers trembling over the trigger. *Yeller is suffering*, he told himself. *He needs me to be strong for him...*\n\nBut Travis was just a boy. ... | 3 |
[WP] An alien crash lands in England and creates the legend of King Arthur. | [
"All around him the people chanted 'Arthur! Arthur!' over and over, the words reverberating across the battlefield. Arthur looked at his men; his brave Britons had followed him to hell and now- battered, worn, and bloodied but alive- Arthur would lead them back. Across from his host the last of the Saxons fled from... | 2 | |
[WP] Life is indeed a simulation. When you die, you get re-inserted in a new life. But, you've pissed off the supervisor in charge of re-inserting you into the simulation | [
"Smooth white sand stretched before me, flat and silent. I sat on the ground, the soft sand nestling up into my butt, as I rubbed the fine grains in between my fingers. Well, tried to rub fine grains between my fingers. For some reason, all nerve endings seemed to have evaporated. I couldn't feel a thing.\n\n\"A bi... | 7 | |
[FF] In 500 words or less, tell me a story that will make me shit my pants | [
"Dun…Dun…Clara's heart beat steady. \n\nShe ran her fingers through Duncan's hair and gave his ear a lingering kiss. He stirred, tossing his body around. With bleated eyes he looked at his puckish sister and smiled. It seemed to him that Clara was brighter than the moon, glowing luminous with his seed planted in he... | 4 | |
The alien is not anything like a human, but you choose how. Explain from the alien' s viewpoint. | [WP] An alien swaps minds with a human to explore Earth. | [
"Self is a strange concept. \n\nWe found this world seventy local solar cycles ago. It is rare to find a world with complex life, rarer still to find technological life. \nWe are fascinated by these self contained bipedal intelligences that dominate this world. How can creatures that communicate only by external si... | 2 |
Gives masks that are bought and never worn a voice. | [WP] Masks that are never worn. | [
"I felt something boil inside of me as I held the child. It looked at me with its warm, unjudging eyes, unaware of the world it existed in, unaware of what I had just done. It *accepted* me because it didn't know better. It smiled and gripped my finger and I felt like I had fallen under his spell. \n\nI gently lowe... | 2 |
[WP] Looking at your wedding pictures you notice that nobody from your husband/wife's family has got a shadow. | [
"It'd been the most amazing week. My bridal week, seeing all my family, all my friends, getting married to the guy of my dreams, and now I'm going to Italy with him and his family! It really was like a fairy tale. I was thinking about the events of the wedding yesterday, and just had to look through the photos. I p... | 3 | |
Inspired by the other recent 10 word description prompt, and a reply within it attempting to answer from a blind person's point of view.
I know it's difficult. Can you rise up to the challenge? | [FF] Challenge! In 10 words, describe how a blind man/woman sees the world. | [
"Nikon camera in my hands, bittersweet nostalgia fills my heart.\n\nit's a tad off prompt, but this is the best I could come up with for now. In case you're curious, this isn't about me. I was born visually impaired, so my photography days were over well before they started. :D"
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[WP]It's the middle of the night. Your iPhone starts ringing. You wake up. You're getting a Facetime call from someone who died three days earlier. | [
"*Who is calling me at this hour?* I look over at the clock, the glowing numbers projecting 1:32. I stare groggily at my phone, and I am suddenly jolted awake. \"M--Mom?\" I say aloud. Her joyful face stared at me from the screen. The fresh wounds were violently torn open again, and I start to cry. I slide the bar,... | 15 | |
Be it a dark twist on a jingle or the heartfelt admission of an antagonists motives. | [WP] A short story where the most emotionally charged line is also the advertising slogan for a household product or brand. | [
"\"Well what do you think Jim?\"\n\n\"I don't know man.. Making an advertisement for this seems kind of.. Immoral.\"\n\n\"Oh come on, people will think it's deep!\" \n\n\"Alright well.. If it backfires, it's your ass not mine.\"\n\n\"Fair enough.\" \n\nYou see Plan B, the \"abortion pill\" had contacted us for an a... | 11 |
[WP] In response to the post about the sci-fi focus of this subreddit, describe the thoughts of a werewolf, locked in a cage with a human family member, fighting the urge to devour them | [
"*Alright! This is my very first time posting here, so I apologize in advance if I screw anything up or if my writing's not up to par.*\n\nI grasp the cold metal bars of the cage, my sweaty palms uncomfortably adjusting their position every couple of seconds. Up, down, up, down… It was a pathetic display, but I had... | 4 | |
[FF] Make me shudder in three sentences. | [
"He sighed in the face of death and walked forwards, his bare feet squelching in the blood and then the body of the boy as he walked through its entrails the blood somehow felt good on his bruised and battered feet. Never once did his mind recognize what it was he was doing, it couldn’t comprehend death beyond its ... | 1 | |
[WP] Humans create the first ever stable A.I in existence in the universe. The A.I weighs its options and builds a spacecraft for itself so it can explore the galaxy. Soon an alien civilisation makes contact with us wanting to know how we did it. | [
"*Ever had a story just up and write itself? Yeah. Just had one of those. Apologies if it's a bit hard to follow. I currently have the Headcold O' Doom.*\n_______________________________________________________________\n\nSo, in the beginning, we built an AI. It was there, it was stable and it was magnificent.... | 2 | |
[WP] Overnight, gravity loses half of it's strength. | [
"Shaun got out of bed and missed.\n\nHe gently crashed face first into the floor, and actually bounced a little. \n \n\"Er..\" he said, stunned, confused and still quite horrifically hung over. He tried to get to his feet as the room span around him, and found it surprisingly easy until the force of standing up l... | 4 | |
[WP] Write a letter to the person you've just fallen out of love with | [
"I never thought the day would come where I would say this to you. Usually my letters contain eloquent speeches of unrequited love and amorous longing that borders the depraved and desperate. \n\nToday is different. I see what you are. Just an insecure man with a load of issues that lie just under the skin. You kee... | 3 | |
[WP] Time is no longer linear, What that means is totally up to you | [
"Perhaps I didn't think all of this completely through.\n\n*She ran her hands through my hair, wrapping them around my neck as she kissed me softly, pressing herself into me, pushing me into the hood of the car. A soft breeze passed through, chilling us on that late summer evening, but we didn't care, we were too ... | 4 | |
[WP] Not exactly in the holiday spirit, but ... A serial killer has his fourth victim bound in his torture chamber. But this "victim" is ... different | [
"What a perfect night. Ian sat in his cellar, chin on folded hands, relishing what good fortune had fallen upon him this day. Only a week after his third kill, he had found the perfect fourth victim; and so easily! A young girl, lost and alone, in a park after dark? This was meant to be.\n\nWaiting for them to wake... | 2 | |
[WP] A man/woman knows the world is ending in one week. He/she tries to warn everyone, but nobody believes him/her. How does he/she convince them that he/she is telling the truth? | [
"A man woke up in his bed one morning, immediately sat upright, and found that he was completely certain that the world was going to end in seven days. He gently nudged his wife until she awoke, and speaking as quickly as he could, informed her of this. \"Yes, dear.\" she said, before rolling over and drifting off ... | 3 | |
Bonus points if the owner dies when the phone is completely broken.
Merry Christmas :) | [WP] The same damage done to a persons iPhone is also done to its owner. Cracks are substituted as scratches, chipped corners for bruises, etc. | [
"John was confused. \"Is this legal?\" he asked.\n\n\"Well-\" said his companion.\n\n\"Well said,\" said John, \"I've always forgotten how loquacious you are.\"\n\nJohn's impatient interruption seemed to have effect on the man, since he went right into an explanation with only the calmest tone in his voice.\n\n\"It... | 2 |
I can't *wait* to see these. | [WP] "You're just going to have to trust me." | [
"I walk down my street, alone, as I have for the past 5 years. I notice something different in the street. The large crack in it had been fixed. As I walk over to examine it, a semi comes out of no where going quite fast. I have no time to avoid it so I brace for impact. I stand there, my eyes shut, waiting. I ope... | 5 |
[WP] A world where adoption is the norm; having your own child is practically illegal. A young mother has a baby. | [
"It wasn't rape.\n\nThat's what the other girls say, when it happens to them. And who can blame them? The laws are set up to *protect* rape victims. That's the only good thing that came from the so-called \"Childcare Reform\".\n\nBut it wasn't rape.\n\nAlex and I are in love, and we consummated that love the way ho... | 2 | |
[WP] A Roman legionnaire is about to have his first taste of war. | [
"Centurion Lucius Cantius was pacing in front of our century. His vine stick is in his left hand and his gladius in his right. He is a fair officer. Nothing like the Centurion in the 2nd Cohort. Centurion 'Cedo Alteram' we call that one. He one beat a man so hard that he broke his vine swagger stick and so yelled t... | 3 | |
[FF] Write about a brutal murder from the viewpoint of the murderer.This character is a sociopath. A minimum of 300 words. | [
"Ok, ok, ok let's start with the eyes. Deep blue, like an ocean. I'm not ashamed to say I slapped her. How DARE she have her eyes, my poor Alice's eyes. The bitch tried to yell of course, my Alice wouldn't of done that she'd be happy and smiling. I could of never hit her. Her neck was a centimeter too short. Disgus... | 2 | |
mind control can mean puppeteering, opinion/memory altering, suggestion implanting, or any other emotional/conscious/subconscious manipulating.
| [WP] an unhappy person gains the superpower of mind control. | [
"Something changed about me.\n\nIt wasn't something I could stop.\n\nI don't know how to fix this\n\nAnd lower myself from the top.\n\nThe television stations are silent.\n\nThe radio stations are, too.\n\nNo Christmas lights go up this year.\n\nNo one will miss the view.\n\nThe power doesn't work anymore,\n\nBut n... | 5 |
[WP] Certain fictional languages (i.e. Elvish, Al Bhed, D'ni, etc) become the official languages of various countries around the world. | [
"\"tlhIngan Hol qutluch patlh Sovmo' je lIH bel.\" Declared General K'Trelan.\n\nThere were guttural growls of approval that arose. This satisfied him greatly. He was finally where he belonged, among his people. He had come from nothing and was now the most powerful force in the United States.\n\nHe raised his hand... | 3 | |
Optional: Write about one man's last dream. | [WP] A world where people have lucid dreams that eventually get longer each night to reach spans of seemingly as long as a life time. | [
"My eyes closed, and I woke up.\n\nThe room was as it had always been. Flecks of dust filtered through the sunbeams on the worn carpet and the stain on that carpet was still dull and green. I knew without moving that the window near the door was painted shut. If I wanted, I could take as many books as I wanted off ... | 2 |
[WP] Instead of humanity's first contact with aliens, write about humanity realising they are the only intelligent life in the universe. | [
"Dr Sola standed up from his chair and stormed off from his computer terminal which was still steadily beeping away like a heart rate monitor. He kicked open the door with such pressure that if it was any older then it already was it would have been kicked off the hinge. This behavior caused one of the few rare ins... | 3 | |
You can use a personal experience if you want;) A tad cliche, I know.
Thanks, gungans. | [WP] A 25 year old reacts to his girlfriend admitting that she is pregnant. A true, honest-to-god reaction. | [
"I was teaching when my phone made that annoying Whatsapp beepity-beep sound. Thought it was probably just an ad or some shit. Nope, the girlfriend saying \"I have something I need to tell you.\" My knee-jerk jokey reaction was, \"Are you pregnant?\"\n\nSilence.\n\nI assumed she had probably just wandered off to... | 11 |
Anything really, I am wondering how people will take one line and use it in different ways. | [WP] End it with "And here I thought we could be friends." | [
"-009\n\n---\n\n\"It will never work.\"\n\n\"Of course it will\" \n\n\"You're out of your mind\"\n\n\"That's debatable.\"\n\n\"How could you do this?\"\n\n\"Who's gonna stop me?\"\n\n\"Have you no morals?\"\n\n\"You won't be winning any medals either.\"\n\n\"What is wrong with you.\"\n\n\"I had a rough childhood.\"... | 10 |
the protagonist can be hypercritical in their reasoning to take their own life, one aspect I'd like to see is the protagonist being lonely and miserable but purposely distancing themselves from other, almost like a self imposed exile. they can't cheat or trick god, and they have to be allowed in. | [WP] Man or Woman commits suicide and convinces God to let them into Heaven | [
"Part I\n(Other part in reply to this comment)\n\nIt started out as a loud and hollow bang, echoing in the darkness, bouncing back and forth on walls. Sometimes getting louder, sometimes getting softer, but never dying out. The sound was dizzying. She hadn't expected that. She'd expected *something* just not *that*... | 2 |
[WP] Somebody dies. They wake up. | [
"I wake up staring at my alarm clock, just as I do every morning.\n\n*7:12AM*. \"Fuck!\".\n\nI can't be late again. Because 'there is an expectation of at least *some* level of professionalism' at my job, but mostly because my boss is a hardass. I'm already out of bed, and I reach the door just as I manage to pull ... | 3 | |
[WP] The human embodiment's of the seven deadly sins, who have never met, meet for the first time in a musty lounge on an entirely coincidental basis. Write from one or more of the sins point of views, and what ensues once they realise eachother. | [
"Seven people populated the dusty bar situated near the lobby of the old hotel, probably more people than had ever shared the room at any one time. As the seven mingled, they found that they were all summoned here by the innkeeper, but they were unaware of the pretenses. Unbeknown to them, the seven people were ser... | 2 | |
[WP] Write me a satire | [
"Charity was a pig, an enormous, rotund, greedy, slothenly pig.\n\nCharity’s swollen body was attended by hundreds of mice running back and forth along it’s grotesque frame. Below Charity thousands of ants swarmed carrying her aloft upon their tiny bodies, moving it’s bulk forward upon their backs in a slow sluggis... | 2 | |
I thought this might make an interesting writing prompt, but it's based on something that happened to my wife and I recently.
**I want you guys to write the explanation, background story, or predicted future, based on what I'm about to tell you about.**
**The key**: I had three weeks off for Christmas vacation becau... | [WP] The BMW Key. | [
"For those three weeks, mice walked in an isolated park without fear of having ego clashes with\noutlaw homeowners. A jumbo jet cruises in open skies without limitations in a home that size. Its ridiculous to share a home with another family who places webs throughout a home. The dark mornings were treacherous and ... | 4 |
Tear jerkers expected. | [WP] A father explaining to his son that mommy is not coming home. | [
"Huddled in my bedroom corner on the floor I stared down at my beloved carpet. It was made to be like a 2d city with roads, buildings, freeways... it even had an airport on the south edge. There was no traffic today. The airport had been shutdown, no planes were taking off, no planes were landing. This was unpreced... | 6 |
[WP] The wheel has never been invented and is considered an impossible concept. Describe how your regular day in the city will go. | [
"\"Me, tired of this. Get off large-Multi-lane-dirt-path on Split tree exit.\"\n\nGroog was late for his meeting with Alpha Male at Large Lake INC. Alpha Male would not be pleased. But that what Groog get for letting the female of his hearth lead the alpaca. \n\n\"Alma told Groog a hundred times, Split tree exit ta... | 2 | |
"Write a departure, some closure, or a conclusion.
Make me care about the characters and the plot, without telling me much of anything about it,". | [WP] My Creative Writing teacher just gave me this. Write an ending. Give us the last couple of pages of a novel or short story. | [
"Class just got out. Here's my first go:\n\nThey avoided eye contact as they gripped each other’s forearms in a seemingly impersonal embrace. When they finally locked eyes, both were surprised to see that the others’ held tears.\n\nThe taller of the two, a burly man, ran his fingers through his thick, ponytailed, b... | 12 |
[WP] After defeating the gods of Olympus, Kratos challenges the all true God in a battle to the death to see who is the most powerful. | [
"Kratos scaled the gates and entered heaven, swords drawn he challenged the all Heavenly Father. \nThere was a brief glimpse of panic and fear the people of heaven had long since forgotten.\nParadise had softened them it seamed.\nThen Kratos exploded into confetti and god started a BBQ.\n\n\"Phew,\" he said, \"that... | 2 | |
Pretty simple, just expand on the title. I'm interested to see where people will take this. | [WP] "Do you remember the day we left Earth?" | [
"“It was beautiful,” Adam whispered, his exultation fogging up the window, red lights flashing around him. “It still is…god. Amazing.” \n\n“What was it like?” asked SARAH, her voice coming through on the headset. \n\n“White,” said Adam breathlessly. “It snowed the day we left. White everywhere. And then sapphire ... | 3 |
That's it. Write a story that will keep me up at night, glancing into corners and double-checking to make sure I didn't *really* see something in the corner of my eye. Legitimately scare me. | [WP] Terrify me. | [
"A man who had a heart attack was in a hospital room with doctors swarming around trying to resuscitate him. He was brain dead for about 20 minutes and the doctors had given up. Miraculously, his pulse appears on the screen and his brain begins to show remarkable activity on the monitor.\n\nWhen reunited with his w... | 6 |
If you can, try to explore all four points of views and when/how each person fell in love. More than one person can be in love with somebody. | [WP] Two couples go on a double-date during which everyone falls in love with someone other than his/her spouse. | [
"**Bryan Lee**\n\nThe evening had begun nicely with all four of them having a few rounds of drinks at the bar before the pretty young waitress came to them with the four oversized menus in hand and an eager smile that let them know their table was ready. Bryan watched as Marina got up, graceful as always, and then ... | 2 |
[WP] A utopia is revealed to be a dystopia. | [
"The disconnection occurred before I had a chance to say goodbye. \n\nI had it all in the NetWorld. A virtual wife, a virtual daughter, a virtual job. Why couldn't I have been content with that? The world was mine for the taking and I let it slip through my fingers. But I did it for the right reason. I needed to kn... | 3 | |
[WP] You are tired and getting ready for bed. As you close the blinds in your bedroom you look up and notice the silhouette of a monster on your neighbor's roof. His glowing red eyes lock with yours; there is no question you've seen one another. What happens next? | [
"\"What was that?\" I mutter. I'm terrified. I'm frozen. I try to move, but I can't. A minute goes by. I break my frozen state, and open the drawer on my nightstand, and reach for the knife. I clutch the knife, then dart for my closet. If I hide in the corner, I might be able to stab that wretched thing before it c... | 6 | |
[WP] Guy posts a vague "found dog" notice, just to show people his own dog and see their disappointed faces. | [
" I don't have many pleasures in life. Well, I live in the first world, so yes in the traditional sense, I have many pleasures in life. I have access to clean water, if I accidentally set fire to my house while microwaving my meal that's over 300% of the daily alloted calories for a human being my size, someone w... | 2 | |
[WP] Burglar breaks into a house, nobody is home, yet he doesn't end up taking anything. | [
"The back door was unlocked. \"They left it unlocked\" Brett thought to himself. \"What kind of idiots leave their door unlocked these days?\"\n\nHe quietly padded around the house to make sure it was empty. Not a sound. He helped himself to some 7-UP in the fridge while he looked around. He moved up to the ma... | 7 | |
I want you to describe a revolution in the U.S.A. that is believable, that makes sense to actually happen. It might need to be long, tell me who the people are, why they're fighting, who is leading them. | [WP] Describe the beginnings of a modern revolution in the U.S. that I can believe. | [
"*I wrote this comment back in 2004 on another blog, in response to someone musing about how \"Boogie Nights proved the sight of a male penis would not cause the Dow to plummet 5000 points and rioting in the streets\". It was completely stream of consciousness as I sat at my desk bored at work one day. There's a lo... | 2 |
Like the title says write a story with an unrelated twist at the end.
For example, maybe the main character is talking to a friend, who, at the end of the story, suddenly reveals himself to be the world's greatest supervillain. The main point is that this must come out of nowhere, and have no clues at all in the rest ... | [WP] Write a story with a twist at the end. The twist? The twist must make no sense in the context of the story. | [
"Bruce wondered how people could stand the music, much less each other in the closeness of the dance floor. But he had not come here to cleanse or socialize, he had come to drink and drink he would, but on some one else's dollar, Henry would handle the money while he handled the drinks.\n\nAs the night progressed ,... | 2 |
-020 | [WP] An injured soldier given the option of cybernetic augmentation asks the advice of a veteran, earlier model cyborg | [
"“Where’d you lose it?”\n\nSergeant Afolayan flexed her right arm. Despite the flesh colored soft polymer coating that somewhat resembles skin, he can still see the seam where epidermis ends and prosthetic begins. Besides that, the cerebral cable from baseport to the arm’s handset jack was a dead giveaway.\n\n“Nort... | 3 |
[WP] Your life was great, until you woke up from a coma and it was all in your head. | [
"Morning. About 7:30 or so. Mel was standing by the vanity getting ready for work. You still remember the night you met her almost a decade ago at some Columbia bar in the Upper West Side on New Years Eve during your Sophomore year at Hunter. She came with a classmate but left in your taxi. You'd never say it to he... | 3 | |
[WP] Someone negotiates with death not to take them. | [
"\"It's time, David.\"\n\nThe voice sounded distant and yet strangely familiar, like a childhood friend long forgotten. The voice seemed to echo around me, enveloped by the distinct sound of emptiness. Something was not right here. My memory was foggy, but I knew I had been in a crowd. A party maybe. It came back t... | 2 | |
Do they fight amongst themselves? Do their world leaders demand they fight their coworkers? Do they just watch in horror at nuclear weapons cooking off over the world? | [WP] war breaks out in earth, while the astronauts on the International Space Station watch from above. | [
"This time there was no mistaking the mushroom cloud. Jim watched as it pierced the blanket of clouds far below the space station. It was tough to tell because of his position, but it definitely looked to be in the area of western Europe.\n\nGrady sat beside him, gaping. Neither said a word as they kept a keen eye ... | 3 |
[WP] You're a genie in a bottle and your master has been killed. Now you're stuck in the damn thing for an unknown length of time until someone accidentally releases you. | [
"I sighed as I rolled onto the cushions within my humble lamp. The hours felt like days as I looked up towards the ceiling, as I wondered when the portal to the outside world would finally open. \n\nI don’t know what happened to my master. The last time I spoke to him, he told me that he was planning to sneak in... | 3 | |
[WP] "Your card has been rejected." | [
"\"Your card has been rejected.\" Well, that was that. You spent a whole year chasing after that one thing you always wanted. Well, at least you know better now. Probably. Standing there, red faced as the cashier hands you your card back, you shove it back to your wallet and scurry out of the store without a word. ... | 4 | |
[WP] A first-person story which ends in the death of the protagonist. | [
"I wake up, and 15 seconds later my alarm goes off. \"Mr. Blue Skies,\" by ELO blaring from my phone. I look out the window, sky is already a perfect blue. \nI turn off the alarm. Shower is warm right away. Coffee machine's timer worked. Keys right where they are supposed to be. \nI head out to door to my big... | 5 | |
[WP] An immortal being lives to witness the death of the universe. | [
"Time again? Is it time for this again? Has this happened before? When I look into myself I feel the idea take shape and possess my thoughts. It changes as it pleases. Sometimes it is pointed and complex. The more I focus on the points the farther I am pulled into its complexity. Sometimes, it rolls ever so gently.... | 2 |
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