Dragon Writing Prompts

Use the following in sentences or a paragraph or a story. They don't need to be in the order given this time. (But of course you can if...

Reveal character and past and relationship through dialogue with two characters arguing. They should both be convincing since they each feel...

">Holly Lisle has, in addition to 30 fantasy and science fiction (and other genres) novels, compiled a wealth of essays on writing....

Adverbs and adjectives can be useful but sometimes they're used to prop up weak nouns and verbs, like "ran quickly" and "...

Create your own superhero at Superhero game at Scifi.com and then write about them: a typical adventure, an origin story, the final showdow...

And here it is. Michael Swanwick's Periodic Table of Science Fiction . 118 short short stories, each involving an element from the perio...

Here’s another short short story from Michael Swanwick’s collection to write the ending for. I’ll put up a link to the collection on Saturda...

One classic writing exercise is to read half of a short story and then write the ending you'd like to see happen. Then read the rest and...

101 Writing Tips by Prof. D. J. Higham Department of Mathematics University of Strathclyde (These are all original, but some are based on ol...

Pick one of the following. Set the timer for 10-15 minutes and tell what happened after the curse. Did the curse come to pass exactly as pro...

Create newspaper headlines using the words from the list. Try to use at least five of the words in each headline. (Feel free to add some wor...

This was posted by Arathe on the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) forums. I haven't planned out either of the stories I used fo...

Some intriguing odd phrases that almost mean something, names, single words .... It makes me appreciate the people who write spam filters. T...

Click the picture for a larger version in a new window. Who is she? (Assuming you don't know! Or can come up with an alternate version o...

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

To chill down from Thursday's writing prompt, create cool breezy phrases or sentences for each letter of the alphabet.

It's been a while since I posted a Writer's notebook idea ... Carry a small notebook around with you this week and write down 10 t...

Create hot and humid phrases or sentences for each letter of the alphabet.

Use one or several of the following and set the timer for 10-15 minutes as a writing prompt: Mothers are often mistaken for robots. Heavywe...

by Emily Hanlon Don’t think. Creating a story or book has little to do with the intellect or language when we first begin. Our best ideas wi...

Write a story backwards. Begin with the conclusion and work back to how it all began. From an exercise at Writing Exercises

Write about or define the first word using the 6 words that follow it: crusty -- eyeball, attitude, ooze, stuffy, luxury, crunched private -...

Jeffrey A. Carver has created Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy . an entire writing course on line for free :-) He says the course "...

Create new month names. You'll probably have time to create several sets! ===== More ===== Our month names are curiosities, a mixture of...

Try to get as many of these as you can into a story. Tripping over hedgehogs Rise up with fists Chalice of malice Fingernails on a chalkboa...

The Sage is a collection of random questions and answers intended to spark your imagination as your mind naturally tries to find the connec...

If you've read much manga, you'll have noticed in the little biographies of manga-ka (manga creators) and characters references to a...

Your character has some or all of the following at his or her disposal. What are they? (They can each be different: weapons, people, spells,...

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

This is from the NaNoWriMo Adopt-a-plot folder where writers post extra plots they won't be using. #34: "There's this girl who...

Click for a larger image. What is this? What's going to happen? Where is it? Why are you here? Go from there.

Assume there is real magic behind superstitions. Pick a superstition and tell why it works. Here's a selection if you need one. (There w...

Here's a link to Patricia Wrede's Worldbuilder questions to ask when creating a fantasy world. It looks like an awesome set of ques...

Use the following words as a writing prompt ... in the order given! A bit more of a challenge but easier to keep track of which words you...

Describe an event from 3 different points of view. You can use one of the following ideas if you wish. Feel free to play around with them. M...

If you need some inspiration on creating mysterious places, Mysterious Britain has a nice collection. The main collection is at Featured Sit...

Write a surreal "shopping list." Have on your list one of the first thing, two of he second thing, three of the third ... If you...