Best General Writing Prompts of 2020

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Start your story with two characters deciding to spend the night in a graveyard.

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Write about someone who’s been sent to boarding school.

General – 106 stories

Write about two characters going apple picking.

General – 275 stories

Write a story from the perspective of a bird migrating for the winter.

General – 140 stories

Start your story with the line, “By the time I stepped outside, the leaves were on fire.” (Whether this is a literal fire is up to you.)

General – 360 stories

Set your story in a coffee shop that’s just introduced a new line of autumnal drinks.

General – 181 stories

Write about a character putting something into a time capsule.

General – 161 stories

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Write about a character who’s obsessed with an era they never lived through.

General – 113 stories

Write about a character who smells something familiar and is instantly taken back to the first moment they smelled it.

General – 239 stories

Write about a character who goes to — or purposefully avoids — their high school reunion.

General – 165 stories

Write about a character passing down their favorite childhood toy to a new generation.

General – 137 stories

Write a post-apocalyptic story triggered by climate change.

General – 148 stories

Set your story in a small town where everyone is suspicious of newcomers.

General – 145 stories

Write a story that feels lonely, despite being set in a packed city.

General – 252 stories

Set your story in a place with extreme weather, but don’t use any weather-related words to describe it.

General – 75 stories

Write about a character arriving in a place unlike anywhere they’ve ever been.

General – 224 stories

Write about a couple who have just moved to a place that one person loves, and the other hates.

General – 143 stories

Write about a family who decides to camp out in the back yard during a power outage.

General – 122 stories

Write about a character who’s stuck in an elevator when the power goes out.

General – 277 stories

Write a story about someone breaking a long family tradition.

General – 193 stories

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