WritingPrompts

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[WP] “When nothing goes right, go left? What a weird fortune cookie!” You say, and your date laughs politely. A few hours later on your way home, you notice all the traffic in front of you making sharp left turns.	10
[WP] Even though you’ve only been in the Army a couple of days, it feels like you’ve been sitting in this room for weeks. There’s absolutely nothing to do in here except stare at the big red button in front of you—the button they told you not to press for any reason.	10
[WP] Right when you’re having a mid-life crisis, the entire world stops and an Angel appears. “Welcome to your Intermission!” They exclaim. You look at the smiling Angel in shock. “So how are you enjoying life so far? Can I get you some refreshments?” They beam.	10
[WP] When a celestial body is threatened, it protects itself by influencing life around it—so when the Earth began to die, it influenced the human race to work together and protect it. You are an astronomer studying Pluto the day it learned it was no longer a planet.	10
[WP] "The best chance for defeating thine enemy will come from tactics of smoke and mirrors," the Oracle proclaimed wisely. And that's how the Hero found themselves standing outside the enemies lair, holding nothing but a lit candle and a rather large vanity mirror.	10
[WP] In the future, social status is determined by a rotational system. Every 12 months, the new ‘elite’ are identified and everyone else is set back to square one. The strange thing is that once someone becomes elite, they’re never seen in person again.	10
[WP] To the human eye, the alien weapons are indistinguishable from cucumbers. The only animal capable of telling the difference are cats—if they can overcome their fear.	10
[WP] The Earth is part of a gigantic Rube Goldberg machine. A God creates a universe, adds humans, and watches as they destroy the universe the God created. It had a 100% success rate—until the humans found out.	10
[WP] You visit a toy shop with a good friend and purchase a bag of red balloons. You fill 99 with helium and let them go in town, inadvertently starting a war.	10
[WP] You catch an Uber home from work one day. Just as you’re about to tell the driver you’re going the wrong way, the car turns a corner and starts accelerating toward a large glowing portal. “Hold on tight,” says the driver. “These shortcuts can get a little crazy!”	10

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