WEEKLY WRITING PROMPTS
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Write a story inspired by your favourite colour.
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6 stories
Center your story around an artist whose creations have enchanted qualities.
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5 stories
Set your story in a world that has lost all colour.
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14 stories
Center your story around a mysterious painting.
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7 stories
Write a story that has a colour in the title.
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21 stories
Write a story with a huge surprise, either in the middle or the end.
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82 stories
Write a story that keeps a key detail hidden from the reader until the very end.
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71 stories
Center your story around a character’s addiction or obsession.
Angst
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83 stories
Write a story inspired by the ultimate clichéd twist: it was all just a dream.
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96 stories
Center your story around a first or last kiss.
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104 stories
Your character comes across a stray (dog, cat, human — any kind of animal!). What happens next?
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58 stories
Write about two characters who meet and/or fall in love in a bookshop, café, or at a wedding.
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65 stories
Write a story about love without ever using the word “love.”
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133 stories
Set your story in a world where love is prohibited.
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84 stories
