Dragon Writing Prompts

It's been a bit since I've had time to stumble across an extra that didn't feel like something to throw onto the list just becau...

You (or your character) have taken a vacation on Naboo (just before Star Wars Episode 1 begins.) Then the Trade Federation invades. Write ho...

Create a bestiary. Use each of the following words in the name of the beast or one sentence description of the beast. amnesiac bewitches cha...

I wanted to do something based around anime because of the convention, but after 7 1/2 hours (not exaggerating 10AM to 5:30PM) waiting in li...

Anu Garg of Wordsmith.org has been sending out a word a day for 14 years. In celebration this week all the words were not only 14 letters l...

Pick one of the following as a prompt. Mix up the elements if you wish, or go to the generator and make some new ones. The story must have a...

Print out the following words in a largish font, cut them up, shuffle them around to create fantasy tabloid headlines like: Acclaimed Ghoul ...

Write a paragraph that begins with a one-word sentence. Followed by a two-word sentence. Followed by a three-word sentence. Keep going as lo...

"Now I don't have to listen to those damn drums every morning -- and all the dead bodies are gone!" You're an investigativ...

Though the Weekly World News is no more, here's the headlines from the archives of City Newstand in Chicago , for writing prompts or jus...

Curses and spells come in many flavors: love, money, revenge, protection, healing, curse removal, luck, happiness. For the following words, ...

On your character's birthday he or she finds in her pocket a handwritten note on a piece of paper torn from a spiral notebook. You will ...

Though the Weekly World News is no more, here's the headlines from the archives of City Newstand in Chicago , for writing prompts or jus...

Here's the first line: "Surely something that furry couldn't be ..." Take it from there :-) (Generated at First Words )

Write for 10-15 minutes using as many "qu" words as you can. From #126 in Unjournaling: Daily Writing Exercises that Are NOT Perso...

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love . Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe    So many possibilities! An object? A person? An idea? A moral tal...

Choose one or more of the following as inspiration for a 10-15 minute writing piece. telepathic student dusty fiend fog-enshrouded altar cat...

My daughter saw the results of this idea at school yesterday and she said they were great fun to read. It's based on " If You Give ...

Use the following "words" in sentences. See what the sound of them inspires. :-) pimtpo poortspo terballs tonopmac seyekco rellatt...

There is nothing that will not reveal its secrets if you love it enough. George Washington Carver    That's the theme. You can use the q...

Here's two choices for today: Setting : In a temple First line : He paced back and forth Words you must use : bolt, nightmare, sunshine,...

When Google displayed " How to kill your darlings without remorse "* in a search I thought the page might be about killing off you...

There lives a great person who brought peace to his or her land. What no one knows is that an imp had attached itself to the person and made...

Use this line somewhere in your prompt: "I tried to imagine him naked." The challenge, though, is to make the story not sexual. Ki...

Here's a whole year's worth of writing prompts from 2007 at Toasted Cheese . Here's a sample: He was thankful to be himself agai...

You can use this as a prose inspiration too, but colors tend to make me think of poetry. List as many things as you can think of that are bl...

A wasp is following your character. It can be an ordinary wasp, of course. That causes extraordinary problems. Or it could be something else...

Creative writing often generates flabby writing. That's okay! You *should* be sending your editor on vacation while the creativity flows...

"Why would anyone spend all that money on an interstellar vacation just to come to someplace so backwards?" That's the beginni...

Write a news report that includes the following words: cantaloupe toothpaste guitar flashlight flip-flops This is from Unjournaling: Daily w...

I used to do these every Friday, but with time less free, I'll try once a month. If you don't already own one, buy yourself a New Ye...

It's been quite some time since I posted a writer's notebook idea and the beginning of the year seems like as good a time as any for...

They're back! While the Weekly World News is no more* :-( (though it is still on line), the City Newstand list goes back to 1998 so I...

Rather than project forward, have a favorite character (yours or someone else's, good guy or bad guy) reflect back on what they did righ...

Monica Wood, author of Pocket Muse: Ideas and Inspirations for Writing and Pocket Muse: Endless Inspiration , both of which are full of ide...