WEEKLY WRITING PROMPTS
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Journeys from Home with Sohini Ghose
172 contest entries /
111 stories
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Start your story with a character quitting their job, or getting fired.
Angst
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35 stories
Start or end your story with a house going up in flames.
Dark
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55 stories
Write a story about a team tunneling down into the centre of a planet.
Science Fiction
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6 stories
Write about a person or object vanishing into thin air.
Thriller and Suspense
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44 stories
Write a story about a voyage on a boat.
Adventure
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42 stories
Write about a game of ‘truth or dare’ that goes horribly wrong.
Fluff
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20 stories
Write about a character pretending to be someone they’re not.
Angst
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43 stories
Write a story about a white lie which spirals out of control.
Angst
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27 stories
Write a story about a character who’s secretly nobility.
Thriller and Suspense
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16 stories
Write a story about a character who takes nothing for granted.
Teens
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21 stories
A mundane ability suddenly becomes a superpower. Write about someone or something affected by this.
Middle School
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26 stories
Write about a character who’s known to be a cynic, but secretly romanticizes everything.
Valentine's Day
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16 stories
Write about a character who can suddenly see through another person's eyes — literally.
Adventure
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131 stories
Write your story from the perspective of a side character.
Character
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143 stories
