/r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Make up an unsolved mystery, but plant remarkably well-hidden hints into the writing. Have reddit deduct the writing into possible solutions.
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[WP] Every doomsday scenario and apocalypse event occur on the same day. The computers gain malevolent sentience, zombies rise from the graves, aliens come down to wage war... Humans end up sitting back and watching these things destroy one other, completely ignored
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[WP] Hitler lost WWII because of a sabotage done by a time traveler. The Time Traveler is an older version of himself from a timeline where he won the war.
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[WP] You're sucked into the world of infomercials, where everything is black and white, nobody can do anything without dropping something or suffering lower back pain, and an ominous announcer reigns supreme. The only way out is to find the product the infomercial is meant to advertise.
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[WP] You open up the cover to your new math textbook, where you’re supposed to write your name and the current year. You see a name from 2009, and the text “Math Is Dumb!” written beside it. You jokingly write “Shut Up!” beside it. The next time you open it, “No, YOU shut up!” is written beside it.
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[WP] All good stories need conflict, but your whole life has been abnormally peaceful: Everyone agrees with you and would never fight you; whoever you like always says yes to you; you live comfortably in a town with perfect weather. YET YOU ARE TIRED OF IT ALL. YOU WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR DRAMA.
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[WP] You have immense telekinetic powers but also a childish sense of humor. You spend your off days tricking kids into thinking they have the powers.
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[WP] "...But the hero... never gets to see that ending. They'll never know if their sacrifice actually made a difference. They'll never know if the day was really saved. In the end, they just have to have faith." - Leonard Church (Epsilon).
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