Last year, I bought a book of writing prompts, dog-eared pages that looked interesting, then never gave the book another glance. Recently while cleaning my book shelf, I read through it again, and wrote down the prompts that I thought I would like to write for. I thought it’d be fun to make a list, write stories based on these prompts, and post them here as I go.
Things To Know
I got these prompts from a book, published by Piccadilly (USA) Inc., called Write the Story. They are not of my own creation.
Use a prompt if you want! Feel free to tag me because I’d love to read it
Words to use included under the prompts
I’ll write drabbles or one-shots, but if I like a prompt it may turn full length
I’ll most likely be posting out of order
current count: 2/41
Prompts below the cut!
A lunch date gone wrong
words to use: eruption, salad, fire, career, assume, roller skate, draw, promise, full moon, sweet
A journalist crosses the line
words to use: defamation, stroke, reporter, truck, weasel, supermarket, encyclopedia, contemplate, classify, clutch
Two best friends are baristas
words to use: coffee, mole hill, insulation, sneakers, inspire, pencil, embroidery, justify, loveless, pane
A romantic scene in an unromantic place
words to use: blacksmith, tongue, woman, spark, musical, blind, Bible, barbeque, elbow, bundle
The gala event of the season
words to use: cater waiter, suspicious, yawn, architecture, money, switch, imagine, blot, lilac, program
The love of each other’s lives
words to use: piano, fish, store, ceiling fan, bah ave, breathe, describe, irritating, enthusiastically, righteous
A babysitter snoops and finds something unexpected (✓)
words to use: newspaper, cardinal, cotton, document, tiramisu, blackened, prediction, borderline, freedom, female
Circus performers are people, too
words to use: confrontation, clap, coach, zoom, tumbler, clumsy, digestion, letter, giant, whip
A bartender’s best night ever
words to use: airport, appreciate, curve, grumpy, ruthless, record, nerve, acoustics, alarm, expert
A fortune cookie comes true
words to use: numerology, hilarious, dictionary, recycled, brick, ocean, meaningful, garbage, star, origin
Having the boss over for dinner
words to use: cerulean, chair, joyous, meatloaf, pallid, brioche, monthly, thirteen, forehead, video
A camping trip in which no one has ever been camping before
words to use: constellation, ketchup, royal, gear, atmosphere, expand, livid, example, luminous, moonlight
A strange proposition from a stranger
words to use: sequin, luncheon, designer, toolbox, measurement, force, dented, cellular, banish, lock
Fired from a long term job
words to use: guitar, military, aversion, mouse, vertical, crumple, runaway, creation, alphabetize, tablet
Anonymous gifts start arriving at the doorstep
words to use: teenager, camouflage, birch, harmony, rifle, screen door, wrinkle, dive, pick-up, sticker
Something bad is about to happen, but nobody believes the main character
words to use: Andromeda, stop sign, dandelion, iceberg, spectacle, poet, candle lit, keyboard, bumble, robotic
A writer with a noisy neighbor
words to use: dentist, rainbow, explosion, horizon, cactus, palm, Saturday, latte, beets, sample
An alien in disguise among humans
words to use: Aurora Borealis, paint brush, corn field, cluster, lineup, overlook, suspect, bridge, dome, dash
A story that takes place in one room
words to use: petting zoo, handsome, unbound, annoy, weekend, invest, immortal, piglet, cocktail, camp
The main character witnesses a crime
words to use: Christmas, almond, paisley, lion, pipe, scream, fade, French horn, inflate, maple
Tumultuous soulmates are on opposing sides of a conflict
words to use: apothecary, bow tie, ladylike, sprocket, mushroom, scrounge, frenzy, match, oust, prisoner
The best night the main character won’t remember
words to use: Mardi Gras, puzzle, scorpion, shout, ward, cooler, shake, tiger, exhausted, stumble
A child’s dream literally comes true
words to use: high school, captive, portfolio, argyle, witness, fertile, eyebrow, pentagram, thirsty, guidance
Stranded in a foreign city
words to use: baptist, assets, cupcake, showcase, neurology, workaday, pine, cushion, assistant, firmament
A spy on the job
words to use: apostle, kitty, myriad, investment, republic, crimson, flint, postern, original, field
In the middle of a long cold winter
words to use: opera, redeem, razor, lungs, grace, futuristic, tread, vest, milkshake, powder
A famous fictional character in the wrong story
words to use: stock market, serial, tangy, panda, ensemble, salute, average, Venus, boss, knee
The phone rings at 3 A.M.
words to use: guerilla, emerald, careless, traffic, liberate, adolescence, punch, wave, environment, oval
Two people who hate each other have to co-operate
words to use: kidnap, pinstripe, quagmire, lofty, Adirondack, pinky, aftermath, kernel, legacy, fail
The story begins at a funeral
words to use: poker, paramount, earlobe, marrow, epic, upgrade, offshoot, chihuahua, episode, icon
A deal with the devil
words to use: regime, album, torch, lodge, highway, sandy, rune, contract, taken, suit
A blind date
words to use: park bench, manager, beastie, honeydew, justice, manmade, placement, fabric, prevention, basket
A hermit is forced to go to a crowded place
words to use: typewriter, water bottle, lenient, clerk, render, runner, soil, sewn, chauffeur, waterway
A nasty rumor
words to use: Antarctica, candy bar, sympathetic, minister, patrol, commonality, auction, bandage, crush, dive
A lifelong bachelor visiting married friends
words to use: tick tock, factory, zoology, arrest, gaze, broadcast, comb, divorce, flap, harness
A good reason to be afraid of the dark (✓)
words to use: killer whale, depressed, janitor, dye, bargain, fool, heap, kick, praise, quit
Alone on a deserted island
words to use: book review, organism, mermaid, bother, decrease, echo, grimace, inch, march, pump
A divorced couple is stuck together
words to use: twister, specialist, grate, swivel, elk, arise, assertive, torment, zest, solvent
Keeping a promise
words to use: abolitionist, coyote, forbid, gloomy, keen, lesson, genetics, variable, retort, mass
Starting over in a new place
words to use: Dubai, fedora, sienna, befriended, grate, listen, heiress, twinge, mute, charcoal
A hostage situation
words to use: Hawaiian, growl, kazoo, pledge, licorice, karate, lapel, plug, terracotta, trickle
