BEST DRAMATIC WRITING PROMPTS
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Start or end your story with two people discussing an important matter over a meal.
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59 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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83 stories
Write a story set against the backdrop of a storm.
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104 stories
Write a story with a big twist.
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188 stories
Start your story with someone who has lost everything but finds solace in photography.
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63 stories
Write a story about a tragic hero.
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56 stories
Center your story around a character bargaining for something that's important to them.
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43 stories
Make a character’s obsession or addiction an important element of your story.
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129 stories
Start your story with a character being followed.
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99 stories
Write a story about a character driving and getting lost.
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96 stories
Write about a character who sees a photo they shouldn’t have seen.
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63 stories
Write about someone who is convinced they’re going to be betrayed.
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54 stories
Set your story in a lighthouse surrounded by powerful gale-force winds.
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37 stories
Set your story during a month of drought — whether literal, or metaphorical.
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36 stories
Include in your story a scene about a family's last meal before a significant change.
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58 stories
Start your story with someone saying “I can’t sleep.”
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87 stories
Write a story about a character who finds guidance in an unlikely place.
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81 stories
