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Best Fantasy Writing Prompts

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This year, when everyone set their clocks forward an hour for Daylight Savings... time went much further forward than simply an hour.

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Write a story subverting a fantasy trope.

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Every day when you open your eyes, you see things in different colors.

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A day in the life of a genie who annoyingly keeps getting summoned by inept humans.

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Write a short story about the star-crossed love between an orc and an elf.

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You look up in the sky and think that you're seeing things for a moment. But you're not. There are two moons above you.

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Write a short story in which the orc turns out to be the hero.

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Did the sprig of arugula in my salad just yell, "Don't eat me"?

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The Sorting Hat is stolen — and you are the thief. Why did you steal it and what do you mean to do with it?

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Your polite new neighbors who just moved in next door have suspiciously pointed ears and speak a language that you can't find on Google Translate.

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Your garden is being infested by a particularly troublesome family of gnomes.

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You stumble into a dragon-fighting ring. What happens next?

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You have the power of alchemy, but you can only transform things into useless materials — or seemingly useless, anyhow.

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One of your parents is a vampire and the other one is a werewolf.

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You imagined your best friend into existence, and every day you’re afraid you’ll accidentally make them disappear.

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Contrary to popular belief, dragons are actually very kind and generous, and faeries are mean-spirited bullies.

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You’ve been raised all your life to fulfill a prophecy, only for the seer to realize they were mistaken — you have no great destiny after all. What do you do now?

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10 cm of snow had fallen overnight, just as the weatherman predicted. The only thing is... the snow isn't white.

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You start realizing that at least one aspect of every dream you have comes true the next day.

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You were on your way to see a doctor who promised to know the secret to making yourself fall out of love with someone.

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