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Best Dramatic Writing Prompts

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Behind Closed Doors with David Haviland

179 contest entries /
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Write about a family attempting to hide their secrets from someone new.

Dramatic – 121 stories

Write about two characters on the verge of a life-changing event, but one has rigged the outcome.

Dramatic – 90 stories

Write about a character discovering something new about their past that changes how they remember an important moment.

Dramatic – 139 stories

Write a story that starts with someone writing their will — one they know people won’t like.

Dramatic – 183 stories

Write a story about a teenager visiting the place where they grew up.

Dramatic – 31 stories

Write a story about an author who has just started writing again for the first time in a couple of years.

Dramatic

Write a story about a group of people who meet every month to air out their mistakes.

Dramatic

Write a story about a character who is certain the world is going to end today.

Dramatic

"Quiet on set!" A dense hush fell, and you waited for your cue.

Dramatic

It's 2 a.m. and you've been tossing and turning trying to get some sleep. Finally, you sit up. You know what you need to do.

Dramatic

After a friend or family member's funeral, you come home to a stranger on your doorstep, who tells you that they're not really dead.

Dramatic

You thought you’d never see this person again, yet here they are... albeit looking quite a bit different.

Dramatic

You're pretty sure you've never been this scared before. Then again, anyone would be in your position.

Dramatic

It’s your wedding day and as you’re saying your vows, a voice from the crowd yells, “I object!”

Dramatic

You’re trying to act casual in a very precarious situation.

Dramatic

As you’re pulling old receipts out of your bag, you realize that one of them has a message scrawled on it.

Dramatic

“Stop!” you cried. But it was too late — the plan was already in motion.

Dramatic

A character wakes up one morning and realizes that their every move and thought is being narrated aloud.

Dramatic

On your deathbed, you are visited by an angel who will let you to re-live any single day of your life.

Dramatic

After paying for your coffee, you dropped some pocket change into the coffee shop's "tip jar." You had no idea this small act would change someone's life.

Dramatic

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