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Weekly Writing Prompts

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Set your story at a farmer's market that is struggling to remain relevant this autumn.

Fall

Write a story about someone seeing leaves change color for the first time.

Fall

Write a story from the perspective of a pumpkin patch owner on the first and last day of autumn.

Fall

Pick one of the five senses. Write about fall using that sense.

Fall

Write a story that starts with, "The clock ticked past 61."

Dystopian

Write about the end of the world… of Atlantis.

Dystopian

A mobile app tells you the amount of time that you have left to live. One morning, this time on everyone's phones syncs to the same number.

Dystopian

The last ragtag group of humans on Earth meets the last ragtag group of zombies on Earth.

Dystopian

Write about an apocalypse triggered by technology. What happened?

Dystopian

Write a story about two enemies who must band together to survive the aftermath of the end of the world.

Dystopian

You are a clone designed to mimic your human's every movement and habit so that you can seamlessly take over after the apocalypse starts, but there's just one problem: your human is the weirdest human being ever.

Dystopian

It's one hour before the end of the world. What do you do with that time?

Dystopian

Write a story about a group of zombie friends who go adventuring together after the apocalypse.

Dystopian

No one left on Earth knows what the color blue looks like… until one day, the great fog parts and the sky appears for the first time in a millennia.

Dystopian

In the form of diary entries, write a story from the perspective of the last remaining person in the world.

Dystopian

In the end, it wasn't humankind that destroyed the world. It was (fill in the blank).

Dystopian

"Ma'am, move aside. We're here to investigate a crime."

Dialogue

"You didn't come to the funeral. Why?"

Dialogue

"Oh my God! Don't say THAT in front of my mother!"

Dialogue

"Quick! Act surprised!"

Dialogue

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