Dragon Writing Prompts

"His name is Morcant Falcon. He gives me nightmares ..." Take it from there.

Try to get all the words on each line into a single sentence: cat empathic witness theater narrow excuse print revenge support goblin ethere...

This is from the NaNoWriMo Adopt-a-plot folder where writers post extra plots they won''t be using. #4: Three kids are sucked into ...

Type a name or word or phrase into Googlism , click "Who" or "What" or "Where" or "When" then click ...

Pick one of the following and write an ad for it. It might be a city, a vacation resort, a corporation to invest in, a convention ... It mig...

Write the alphabet down the side of the page. For each letter write a descriptive word that applies to your pet. (Orignally I suggested favo...

Just like the kind for your refrigerator: Online Magnetic Poetry . There are several kits to choose from: Artist, Genius, Poet, Office, Roma...

Create male and female names for superheroes with the following quirks: turns into jelly at the full moon shoots lightning from eyes when an...

Write about either yourself or a character from your/their pet's point of view.

A competition in New York Magazine asked people to change good titles into bad titles. Some examples: A Walk on the Wild Side -- A Hike thro...

"Dark night, dark blood carrying with it a river of rage that had brought him to this point. And the horror of it suddenly shone with t...

You only need two people for this game. The first person writes "What is _____" and fills in the blank with anything. Abstracts wo...

Pick two (two girls, two boys, one of each). Add a third as an antagonist or make up the antagonist. The Girls This angry catgirl has slante...

For those Googling " gangster writing " would you mind telling me what it is -- and any good links you find so I can link them her...

This is a two parter. First, sit for a few minutes and make a list of phrases and words that describe something that evokes strong feelings ...

This is from the NaNoWriMo Adopt-a-plot folder where writers post extra plots they won't be using. "What's he doing this side ...

This week pay attention to taste in your notebooks. Don't forget texture, temperature and smell too. Breathe in as you're tasting to...

Kessel's Random Sentence Generator is similar to the random sentences at the bottom of emails but they have a fantasy and science ficti...

Write the alphabet down the side of the page and for each letter come up with an alliterative disaster like "Torturous twisters tearing...

Is it a bit of a prophecy? The cryptic answer to a question from an oracle? Or something else? Is it received in a fantasy land or a future ...

Alternate the following sentences with sentences of your own to create a story ! (Feel free to rearrange some of the sentences and change th...

Write a conversation between them as they're off to wherever they're going. Things to think about if you're stuck: Who are these...

From The City Newsstand's (a newsstand/bookstore in Chicago) monthly MAGBAG -- Top 10 Tabloid Headlines . (Mostly from Weekly World News...

One more poetry reference for April. Trypto is a game by David Parlett. Take a short poem or stanza (or piece of a song) that is unfamiliar...

This week pay attention to touch in your notebooks. Kitties, mud, bread dough, dishes as you wash, laundry from the washing machine, spring ...

You've overheard one of the following. Write the full conversation. "Not a lot of teenage girls will own up to being in the Mafia,...

The idea of the cinquain (and haiku) have inspired a lot of forms! I think the limitations and the compactness must have an appeal. When you...

You (or your character of course) come across ____ while spring cleaning. Then what happens?

Cinquains are 5 line poems with a strict syllable count inspired by haiku. As I've mentioned before, I like rules! But rather than going...

This week pay attention to smells in your notebooks. Fresh bread. New mown grass. Rain after a long dry spell. This will be trickier! We ten...

Make a haiku generator. Stack 5 haiku on top of one another, staple then slice the pages between the lines. Then you can mix and match the l...

For a couple of minutes make a list of words that rhyme with your first name. (If you have a name with few rhymes you can use a middle name,...

Write a 4 or 5 (or more) line poem of words of ever diminishing syllables. Start with any word. Go to Rhymezone and type it in. It will giv...

Use one of the following themes as a 10-15 minute writing prompt: Love completely overpowers people. Loyalty usually is forgotten. Pride...

Write 2 rhyming couplets that poke gentle fun at a well known person or character and you've got a clerihew. They're like mini-biogr...

This week pay attention to sounds in your notebooks. No suggestions this week since we tend to filter out what we hear so sound is not as ov...

Here are some sites that offer lists of plots. The Big List of RPG Plots Nice summaries of a large list of plots, each with a list of Com...

In simple terms, Karma in Hindu belief is a sum of everything you've done, are doing and will do. Past deeds create the present and futu...

SciFaiku uses the rules of haiku except its subject is science fiction. Basic rules: 3 lines long, 6-10 words total. Set the timer for 10-1...

I really like haiku. They seem to offer so much in such a small package. Haiku is a short Japanese poem of that captures a moment of nature...

Here's some questions you might ask yourself if you need some prompting. There are no right answers! There are only answers that you can...

This week take your notebooks on a walk and write down descriptions in terms of other things they look like. For example: A bench that loo...