Write all day, read all night

A shared blog where we post writing prompts for flash fiction writing. For more information, see the about page.

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“Did it hurt, when you fell from heaven?”

“Yes. But not as much as clawing my way back up out of hell.”

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ROYGBIV Challenge

This is a deceptively simple little writing challenge. Simply put, describe each color of the rainbow, but do it without using any visual description. It can be a story, just tangential thoughts, or pure blocks of descriptive writing. The only rule is that you can’t use anything visual. No colors, no sights, no visuals at all.

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One by one, you can feel details disappearing. Little ones, of course. But you don't know which are gone...

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Quickdraw Prompt 13

Year-old groan tube

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You didn't get your coffee this morning. It's going to be a bad day.

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Quickdraw Prompt 12

Swimming globetrotter dolphins

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Slowly you figure out you're just a character in a story. How? By the amount of clichés in your life.

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Quickdraw Prompt 11

Frisbee hurt box

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You are at a funeral for a person. That person suddenly walks through the doors of their funeral.

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Quickdraw Prompt 10

Card boom tie

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5 years ago your parents were murdered. You vowed revenge, but could never find the murderer. Today, he shows up. He walks into your house with a knife to kill you, and you reach for a weapon. However, the only thing within reach is a 6 month old, dried out baguette.

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Quickdraw Prompt 9

Jack Russel charge spray

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A superhero has saved the world many times, and now there is nothing to save. What does such a person do when he knows how to do nothing else in life but fight evil?

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Quickdraw Prompt 8

Two Tea Trick

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There were two gifts given to humanity before the beginning of civilisation. The gift of fire from Prometheus, and the less well remembered act of selflessnes, the gift of imagination.

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Quickdraw Prompt 7

Chair morse spray

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Wanted: Nanny to live in 'lovely, spacious' haunted house in Scotland