WritingPrompts

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[WP] One day you throw a small stick for your dog. He runs away returns with a larger stick. You throw the larger stick, he runs away, and returns with an even larger stick. On a whim, you attach a $20 note to the stick and throw it again.	70
[WP] You have a secret, one that you hide deep inside your soul. To let anyone know your secret would mean instant and painful death, because you are the one behind the campaign to make Calibri the default font, and the only thing keeping you safe from the Helvetica team is your anonymity.	70
[WP] “Use your grenades!” Yells Eisenhower. “The back route! Always the back route!” Screams Sun Tzu. “I know! Let me do this!” You yell, sweating. “La bas! La bas!” Cries Napoleon, pointing.	68
[WP] It turns out that one of the eleven secret herbs and spices is actually literal fairy dust. After decades of oppression, the fairies decide enough is enough, and they move to take down the Colonel.	68
[WP] You’ve noticed that whenever you whistle boss music, small life bars appear above nearby people’s heads. It was just a curiosity at first, until someone had a heart attack near you and died while you were whistling, and a small pile of gold appeared next to them.	67
[WP] You’re pretty sure you’re the first human on this planet. You’re also pretty sure this is your first trip here. So why when you opened the space ship door were you greeted by a cloud of confetti and a bunch of smiling aliens wearing party hats yelling “WELCOME BACK!!”?	67
[WP] Join, hide, or die—those are your only options when the Wild Hunt has you in their sights. Until the day they target a small boy left at home alone over Christmas, when the Wild Hunt learns the value of paint cans hanging from rope, a clothes iron on the doorknob, and a well placed pool of ice.	66
[WP] You can play any musical instrument like a master, but only once each. After 20 years of using your talent to impress, you’re starting to take an increasingly broader view of the term “musical instrument.”	65
[WP] You are an author writing a story about multiple personality disorder. You fake a new personality in the hopes of being admitted to a psych ward so that you can study the other patients, but everyone around you is glad you’ve returned back to your real self.	65
[WP] You’re one of the greatest alchemists in the world, able to mix any potion with ease. But you also have a part time job as a bartender and sometimes you get your two roles confused.	64

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