WritingPrompts

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[WP] You’re the worst wizard in history. You’ve memorised every spell in existence but no matter what you cast, the exact opposite happens. Finally, you give it up for good. Years later, your grandson asks, “Why not cast the opposite of what you wanted?” Magic is still everywhere, calling to you.	30
[WP] Growing up, you were fascinated by the heroic endeavours of the village elder in his youth. However, as you’ve gotten older, something about them isn’t quite right. Oh, he was definitely there, but his POV doesn’t quite line him up with being the hero he portrays.	30
[WP] You suffer from solar urticaria, better known as sun allergy. It’s made your life hell. One day, on a terrible low, you go to your grandfather who raised you to complain to the only other person you know who understands. He starts to tell you of a time when they called it a very different name.	29
[WP] You’re an old-school hunter who has mastered the ability to imitate every bird, drawing them to your hunting blind. On a drunken dare to see if you can draw out more than one species at once, you start crossing the sounds. Something answers the same way.	29
[WP] When you were a young adventurer, you found a genie and were given three wishes. You used up two making yourself successful and immune to all manner of illness and injury. Many years after you retire, you still have your third wish to use up.	28
[WP] With no human contact, you and your two sisters live in a cave and survive off your wits. You speak English because your mother did before she died. A few feet from home you smell something strange in the air. Pungent. Foreign. “Well, hello there,” someone says. You whirl, showing your teeth.	28
[WP] You’re a soldier deep behind enemy territory and was given a coded location for a supply drop. The delivery is not what you were expecting.	27
[WP] Through your bedroom window, you see a falling star and make a wish. The star’s trajectory doesn’t change. It keeps getting brighter, without turning to fire. It’s about the size of you. You know it’s not an asteroid and it lands in the woods behind your house with a solid impact.	27
[WP] You’re a school teacher taking a class through the museum when you hear someone mumbling in front of an ancient goddess statue. In a flash of power, the statue manifests into her and she steps off the display, looking around. Amidst the gasps, she comes over to you. “So, what did I miss, bro?”	26
[WP] After a terrible car accident, you wake up in hospital with your loving family all around you. The only problem is, everyone looks younger, when you look in the mirror after your bandages come off, you’re sixteen again.	25

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