BEST DRAMATIC WRITING PROMPTS
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A Perfect Storm
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43 stories
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Center your story around a character who overhears others talking about them.
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37 stories
An apologetic letter or email from an old flame suddenly arrives — many years too late.
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74 stories
Center your story around a character who longs for something they’ve lost.
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87 stories
Start or end your story with two friends who become enemies/rivals, or vice versa.
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22 stories
Center your story around someone who’s being haunted — by what or whom is up to you.
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100 stories
Start your story with a character being led somewhere by a black cat.
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69 stories
Use a personal memory to craft a ghost story.
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71 stories
Write a story that hides something from the reader until the end.
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111 stories
Begin your story with someone either being followed or following someone else.
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52 stories
Write a story that includes the line “Have we met before?”
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141 stories
A character crosses paths with a stranger who looks eerily familiar.
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67 stories
Start or end your story with two people discussing an important matter over a meal.
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60 stories
Show how an object’s meaning can change as a character changes.
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58 stories
Write a story about an object that changed everything for a character.
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84 stories
