BEST ADULTS WRITING PROMPTS
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143 contest entries /
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Write about a character whose love language is making food for others.
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37 stories
Write about someone who needs to face their past in order to move forward.
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73 stories
Start your story with a character accepting a bribe.
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48 stories
Start your story with a couple sharing a cigarette in a parking lot.
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66 stories
Start your story during a team building exercise.
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17 stories
Start your story with the arrival of a new person in a town full of gossips.
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41 stories
Start your story with the line ‘Back in my day…’
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28 stories
Write a story about a character who interprets people’s dreams.
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18 stories
Frame your story as an adult recalling the events of their childhood.
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243 stories
Write a story about an ordinary person speaking truth to power.
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68 stories
Write a cautionary fable about someone who always lies.
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116 stories
Start your story with the line, “That’s the thing about this city…”
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283 stories
Write about someone whose job is to help people leave their old lives behind.
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246 stories
