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Think about your favorite place in the world. What makes it so special to you? Write about it.

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Write about a time that you felt betrayed.

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Write about a time that you were brave.

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One day, you wake up... and your pet has started talking to you! What do they say?

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Write a letter to a pen pal in a far away land.

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Your friend invents a time-traveling machine, and invites you to enter it. Which year do you travel to?

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You get to meet a character from your favorite book. Which three do you pick, and why?

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What's your first memory? Describe it as if it were a story.

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If I were rich, the first thing I would do is...

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"I trusted you."

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Write a story where a character's last words to someone are: "I wish I could forget you."

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One is the loneliest number. And you're one.

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"You've been staring out of the window for the last 3 hours. Why?"

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"I'll be here forever," they said. But they had a different definition of 'forever' than you.

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Write a story that centers memory loss.

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"Some days it's hard to even get out of bed."

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Write a story that follows a relationship from its start to its end.

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Write a story that expands on Ernest Hemingway's famous 6-word story: "For sale: baby shoes. Never worn."

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Write a story set during a visit to the graveyard.

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"I thought that hatred was the worst that our relationship could devolve into. But I was wrong. Indifference is even worse than hatred."

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