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8 Detailed Creative Writing Prompts to Help Inspire Your Writing Practice
If you are a writer who needs help brainstorming new concepts for short stories, or who needs a jumping-off point to explore fresh ideas, check out this list of eight original and detailed writing prompts!
41 Funny, Romantic, and Scary Creative Writing Prompts
Sometimes all it takes to beat writer’s block is a spark of inspiration. I’ve compiled more than 40 such sparks in this article. Here, you’ll find a variety of romance, mystery, action, and comedy prompts to get your creative juices flowing.
10 Creative Writing Prompts to Feed Your Imagination
This article lists 10 of the best creative writing prompts out there to help feed your imagination and get you writing. Whether you need to write a story for school or whether you write for pleasure, there's a prompt or exercise here for you!
100+ Creative Writing Prompts & Story Ideas
Want to write but feel uninspired? Here are over a hundred creative writing prompts for fiction, nonfiction, fantasy, sci-fi, romance, and more.
30 Spooktacular Halloween Writing Prompts
Here are some Halloween writing prompts to bring your creative writing to life and get past any writer's block. The 3 categories of writing prompts included here are witches, monsters, and blood.
Inspiration and Prompts for Writing and Drawing
Looking for inspiration? Got writer's block? Need to finish a project quickly? Whether you're writing a novel or poem or painting a picture, sometimes it helps to have a little nudge. Here are some prompts you can use, including some photo prompts and prompt table. Use them well!
75 New Prompts to Beat Writer's Block!
I've penned 75 new writing prompts, which mainly focuses on wordplay, objects, and random phrases. They can be for beginning, novice, or experienced writers. Whether you're trying something new or wanting to challenge yourself, the end goal is to write more than what you did before. Write on!
20 Best Romantic Writing Prompts Ever
Use these great romantic writing prompts to inspire amazing story ideas for any genre.
15 Writing Prompts to Jump-Start Your Creativity
The key is in the details. We may have the same starting point, but after you consider these 15 writing prompts, you'll find your imagination taking over.
Baked Potato Picture Writing Prompt
Take a picture of a baked potato and see how many story ideas you can come up with. You might be surprised.
31 Horrifying Writing Prompts to Scare You This Halloween
October is upon us, and Halloween is just around the corner. Here are 31 writing prompts—one for each day of the month—to get your most terrible creative juices flowing.
70 Creative Writing Prompts
Next time you have writer's block, browse through these writing prompts. This article features 70 first lines, character prompts, and pictures to inspire you. Use or transform them—they're all yours.
100 Zombie Writing Prompts
This article contains 100 writing prompts with a zombie theme for writers who love to write about zombies.
Horror Story Ideas: Writing to Scare People
27 scary story ideas for writers to develop and scare others with.
100 Short Story (or Novel) Writing Prompts
100 continue-on writing prompts (or story starters) to get your creative juices flowing. There is no excuse for not writing!
99 Starter Sentences for Writing Stories
Have you ever found yourself stuck while writing? Happens to us all, right? Sometimes, all you need is a sentence to get your creative juices flowing again. Here are 99 sentences to get you thinking and get you writing.
Oh What a Twist: 29 Writing Prompts
When it comes to a story, I always love one that has a little shock value. Sometimes I love a lot of shock value. All in all, here's some prompts to add some shock value to your writing. Go where ever you want with your story and think outside the...
101 Writing Prompts to Inspire You
Compiled here are 101 great ideas to get you inspired and working on your next writing project. Want to tell a story but have no idea where to start? That’s where writing prompts come in.