Writing Prompts

 Here are some prompts. They are a springboard for ideas to develop. Copy and paste the list. When I use a prompt I delete it from the list. You won't use everything on the list. Pick and choose what appeals to you. Alter the prompt to suit your needs.

If you have ideas for further prompts please post them or, if you want, send them to me as I compile lists.

Remember to use Who, What, When, Where, Why and How to help develop your ideas.

Prompts:

1. The art gallery … strolling … a chance encounter.

2. Waiting for a train.

3. Finding a diary.

4. A family secret.

5. The hidden room.

6. I sold my soul.

7. Bad behaviour at the Board meeting.

8. Fairground … ghost train … creepy fairground worker … helter-skelter.

9. A feckless aristocrat gets his comeuppance.

10. Bloody discovery in the freezer - written by the wife of a serial killer (“I wish you wouldn’t bring your work home”).

11. The bad writer.

12. ‘Cast of Thousands’ - 1000 words … a collection of characters linked in a single tale by a series of coincidences.

13. The rearview mirror.

14. You find yourself where you aren’t meant to be.

15. The perfect crime.

16. The most inept bank robbers ever.

17. Language difficulties.

18. Last night’s dream comes to life the following day.

19. History reimagined.

20. Place an author into the fantasy world they created.

You're in Space and Everything's Fucked 

Nameless 

Wine 

Camp 

The Expedition 

Confessions 

Race 

Charlatan 

Hiatus 

Scrupulous 

Foible 

Aftermath 

Pungent 

Filch 

Thunder 

Cruel 

Boom

Feature film

Doppelganger 

The vow

Kids on bikes

The murder

The dig

The next contestant

The listener

The masquerade

The phone call

The devotion

The party

Horror 

The night room

The hunger

The lamppost

The race

The conversation

Deadly love

The party crasher

The orphans

The empty casket

The secret keeper

The night shift

The dinner party

Ladies who brunch

The coverup

The wish

Twisted up

Ancient echos

They’re playing —- in the other room

The muse

The sky is not blue

Write about:

• A lie.

• A kiss.

• A promise.

• A heartbreak.

• A misfortune.

• A come back.

• A lucky situation.

You’ve lived an exciting life.

Someone else is dying to hear about.

How do you know when to hold on and when to let go?

What would you ask if the answer was yes?

If not now when?

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