Writing Prompts

Writing prompts for you, your cousin, and your great aunt twice removed. I (try) to have a prompt posted every day. Feel free to ask questions, submit prompts of your own, or just pop into the good old asks. IF you want an ask answered privately, please let me know in the ask. This is a sideblog, much to my chagrin, so look out for replies from my main blog @fantasticalfan  Cheers!

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An Update

Hello everyone, this blog has picked up quite a few new friends since I got it up and running again, so I thought now would be a great time to introduce myself and go over a few things. Firstly, I’ve settled on a mod name: Blue!--more on that later.

Secondly, I wanted to throw out a reminder of a couple different functions.

1. I’ll always post a normal prompt every day around 7:30 ET. If anyone thinks I should reblog new posts at another time or adjust that, please feel free to let me know!

2. The submit box is always open for those of you that get a light-bulb moment and want to make my life easier. You can submit a prompt, and I’ll add it to my queue! I may need to do some reformatting to make it fit with the style of other prompts, but you’ll always get credit!

3. Ask box is always open as well! Whether you want to request a specific kind of prompt, or you’re stuck at some point in your current story, I’m glad to help however I can! Plus, with me posting your question, you’ll have this blog’s whole community to help with your trouble! (If you want me to answer privately, please let me know in your ask).

4. I’m looking out for stories people write off my prompts to share, so if you write something it might show up here via reblog as well!

5. All prompts are totally free for you to use! If my little sentence launches you into a book you want to publish, go ahead! That’s your brain child! I’d love to hear about it though, cause that’s cool as hell.

6. Mod name! I’ve finally thought of a name, ~Mod Blue. Why Blue??? Well, I’ll do some shameless self promotion here. I’m also into cosplay and costuming, and my favorite cosplay is Jester from Critical Role (a lovely, sweet, and strong blue tiefling). Painting myself Blue is a regular occurrence in my life, so mod Blue it is! (You can check out my cosplay stuff here @phantomfalling)

If you have any questions for me about any of the aforementioned things, or you just want to say hello, hmu! (just remember that replies will come from my main blog @fantasticalfan)

Glad to see all your new faces!

~Blue

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Writing Prompt #688

'Eliminate the target.' The simple words undermined the complexity of the task. There was nothing simple about assassinating a billionaire, but the job needed to be done...

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Writing Prompt #687

Proper etiquette dictated a lot of things. If left a lot of things out, too. However, it certainly made it clear that a secretive liaison with a stable hand was out of the question...

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Writing Prompt #686

As the fog on their morning walk lifted, they froze in place. Instead of the steel towers and blazing lights of the city, a different scene greeted them. The dirt road underfoot and the sleepy little town ahead looked like it was out of a fantasy novel, and it was completely unrecognizable...

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Writing Prompt #685

Every caravan that rolled through town held something new: goods from faraway lands, a troupe of entertainers, or some new technological oddity. One young woman with wide eyes beheld the spectacle of the latest one and tried to determine the best way to slip away when the wagons finally left...

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Writing Prompt #684

Careening through the streets, packages shoved into a sidecar, made deliveries exciting. The drivers got to see all the hectic hours of the city that way. One delivery got particularly exciting in the middle of speeding traffic when the package started talking...

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Writing Prompt #683

"Crisis averted!" the engineer proudly proclaimed. They managed not to flinch when a piece of machinery fell somewhere in the chamber behind them.

"Are you," the captain paused, "sure about that?"

The engineer grimaced. "I said, crisis averted." Another clang sounded from the room. They groaned when the ship listed to the side and ran back into chamber, shouting about some kind of converter...

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Writing Prompt #682

There are many ways a livestream can go wrong. A hawk crashing through a window with a letter in its beak was a new one…

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Writing Prompt #681

The dead silence of night was the broken by a clear whistle. A coo answered in return. With the clear signals, two figures stepped into the moonlight but clearing, softly and cautiously. “I thought I’d never see you again,” one whispered reverently. The other smothered a laugh, “no matter what our families do, I won’t let that happen…”

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Writing Prompt #680

The last turn of truth it dare had been a simple question. “Would you survive in the last TV show or game you watched or played?” The last thing you’d expected was to rollover the next morning to find yourself in the world of your favorite dating sim…

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Writing Prompt #679

“Get down!” The shout reached the heir first, the body of the harried guard second. The pair slammed to the floor as catapult fire destroyed what was left of the windows. “You must flee,” the guard yelled. “Not without you,” came the muffled reply beneath them. The heir rolled forcefully, meeting the eyes of the guard as they laid on their chest. “We get out of this together or not at all…”

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Writing Prompt #678

Being a local seamstress made it easy to learn everyone’s secrets, but some were more on the nose than others. The seamstress was well paid for her silence she created select gowns and coats with hidden pockets and sleeves for deadly accoutrements. Of course, this also gave her a bit of influence over which political endeavors succeeded or failed, and one count has been especially snippy lately…

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Writing Prompt #677

“I’ve missed you,” the young woman whispered. The phantom at the end of the hallway didn’t answer. She smiled, “I hope your appearance means you’re just as tired of our guests as I am. Please, frighten them away if you’d like…”

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Writing Prompt #676

Monster hunting was a difficult business, and many would-hunters never returned. But, times we’re desperate. Maybe the young hunter could find a way to convince the local dragon to leave instead of trying to kill it…

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Writing Prompt #675

Waking up in the body of a 16th Century king was an abrupt start to the day. You primary concern was trying to find a way back to your correct existence, but perhaps you could enjoy some of your time in this alien time…

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Writing Prompt #674

“Why did you do it?” the hero asked. They had spent years exchanging blows with the villain, but they had never been greeted by a scene this bloody. The villain shook their head and smiled sadly. “I had to. It was the only way to protect you…”

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Writing Prompt #673

Time travel was always tricky business, just not the way most people expected. Nature always forced a resolution to loops and paradoxes. So, naturally, the new trend for young travelers was trying to find a way to break it…