/r/WritingPrompts
Mark as read: Add to a list
[WP]: You told your brother to write his own damn book if it's so easy. So he did. Sat down to type 8 hours per day, churned out a 400-page novel in a week, sent the first draft to a publisher un-edited, and for some goddamn reason everyone loves it.
Mark as read: Add to a list
[WP] You were born with the ability to know what is buried beneath your feet. You have worked for years with geologists finding lost cities and treasures. Today is the first time you have ever said “We should not dig here.”
Mark as read: Add to a list
[WP] It's year 2470. Humans never left Earth. Not because they weren't able to, but there was not a reason: mining platforms, maintenance stations, refineries... all space infrastructure is fully automated. You are adventurer which decided to do actual crewed mission to the edge of Solar system...
Mark as read: Add to a list
[WP] You are a fairy - and the king has not invited you to his child's christening. Fairy law now demands you to crash the party and curse the child. While the king definitely needs a lesson, you don't want the child to suffer over their parents' neglect
Mark as read: Add to a list
[WP] In Orc Society: the bigger you are, the higher your status. A lone orc has found out that he can appear a lot bigger if he were to stand up straight instead of slouch like the others.
Mark as read: Add to a list
[WP] The dancing plague of 1518 returns and through social media the contagion spreads fast and globally. You're one of the few survivors in an apocalyptic wasteland, hiding from the dancing horde.
Mark as read: Add to a list
[WP] Everyone is born with a hole where their heart should be. This hole shrinks the closer you are to finding your purpose and grows the further away you get from it. Yours has been steadily growing for the past ten years, and soon you'll disappear altogether if it doesn't stop.
Mark as read: Add to a list
[WP] "I don't get it," says the demon, "This person's lived a perfectly good and virtuous life. Why are you sending them to hell?" The angel nervously rubs the back of their head. "Honestly? We're pretty sure they'd be happier in hell than heaven."
Mark as read: Add to a list