Tift's Writing Corner

A blog full of writing prompts, challenges, and other projects to help writers write.

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Writing Challenge #336

Write a short story by using this quote as its main theme:

"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud." 

-Maya Angelou

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Writing Challenge #335

Write a two thousand word story that begins and ends with these sentences:

“Help is on the way...”

“I blinked the tears out of my eyes...”

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Writing Challenge #334

Write a one thousand word story that begins with this sentence:

“I had always wanted to open up a bakery...”

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Writing Challenge #333

Write a short story by using this logline for inspiration:

Two rivaling siblings must put aside their differences and work together, in order to stop an evil and powerful being from destroying their city. 

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Writing Challenge #332

Write a two thousand word story that ends with this sentence:

“I looked over the city and all I now see are opportunities.” 

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Writing Challenge #331

Write a short story by using this quote as its main theme:

“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” 

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Writing Challenge #330

Write a two thousand word story by using this logline for inspiration:

A pirate loses their memory after getting shipwrecked on an island full of mermaids.

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Writing Challenge #329

Write a short story by using this logline for inspiration:

After being turned into an orc, a superficial King/Queen must find a way to change back before their jealous cousin takes over the kingdom. 

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Writing Challenge #328

Write a two thousand word story by using this quote, as its main theme:

“Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.”

-Mother Teresa

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Writing Challenge #327

Write a short story that includes these three characters and their roles, below.

Protagonist: A moody chess player that lost their only and dearest friend to Leukemia. 

Antagonist: A dishonest restaurant owner who serves food that turns their customers into zombies.

Ally and/or Mentor: An old sorceress that is disguised as a high school cheerleader. 

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Writing Challenge #326

Write a two thousand word story that ends with this sentence:

“I held the balloons and walked back home.”

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Writing Challenge #325

Write a two thousand word story by using this quote, as its main theme:

“Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.”

-Iris Murdoch

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Writing Challenge #324

Write a two thousand word story that ends with this sentence:

“My eyes remain closed but my heart will always see...”

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Writing Challenge #323

Write a five hundred word story that begins with this sentence:

“Tonight, there were no stars...”

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Writing Challenge #322

Write a short story that includes these three characters and their roles, below.

Protagonist: A forgetful diver who discovered the lost city of Atlantis by accident.

Antagonist: An envious mermaid/merman that hates mankind.

Mentor/Ally: An honorable selkie that has been betrayed in the past.

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Writing Challenge #321

Write a one thousand word story by using this randomly generated quote, below.

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Writing Challenge #320

Write a one thousand word story that begins with this sentence:

“There is no more room for failure...”