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Best Novel Writing Prompts

Join (probably?) the world's largest writing contest. Flex those creative muscles with weekly writing prompts.

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This week's contest:
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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110 stories

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Write a story based on your favorite story, but with a twist.

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Write a story that starts in one time period and ends in another.

Novel

Write a story that starts from the perspective of the antagonist.

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Write a story that starts and ends with the line "And then I woke up."

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Write a short story about a professional hypnotizer.

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Write a short story with an unreliable narrator that readers can never quite trust.

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In the first sentence of your story, have the narrator tell us exactly what's going to happen — but not how it will happen.

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Write a story in which the protagonist turns into the antagonist by the end.

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Write a story where the protagonist dies in the first paragraph.

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Write a story about one character. Half of it to make readers fall in love with them, the other half to make readers repulsed by them.

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