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[WP] My German Shepard had to be put down today. We never knew where he came from. Please write about his adventures.
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7y ago
[WP] My German Shepard had to be put down today. We never knew where he came from. Please write about his adventures.
25K votes · 523 comments
[OT] How can you improve your writing skills?
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4mo ago
[OT] How can you improve your writing skills?
43 votes · 22 comments
[OT] Friendly reminder to posters that you are not writing the story. You are presenting a premise.
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2y ago
[OT] Friendly reminder to posters that you are not writing the story. You are presenting a premise.
5.5K votes · 177 comments
[OT] When a writing style is TOO CRYPTIC in your opinion?
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6mo ago
[OT] When a writing style is TOO CRYPTIC in your opinion?
32 votes · 12 comments
[WP] Your daughter has been begging you for a pony, and you told her to write a letter to Santa. On Christmas morning, you find a fire-breathing horse in your front yard, and a package by your front door. Looks like she wrote a letter to Satan, and he delivered.
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7y ago
[WP] Your daughter has been begging you for a pony, and you told her to write a letter to Santa. On Christmas morning, you find a fire-breathing horse in your front yard, and a package by your front door. Looks like she wrote a letter to Satan, and he delivered.
23K votes · 434 comments
[OT] I teach a middle school creative writing class. HELP!
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9y ago
[OT] I teach a middle school creative writing class. HELP!
24 votes · 20 comments
[WP] Write a letter to someone you miss
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7y ago
[WP] Write a letter to someone you miss
6.2K votes · 943 comments
[OT] Wonderful Wednesday, WP Advice: Writing Robots
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2y ago
[OT] Wonderful Wednesday, WP Advice: Writing Robots
14 votes · 14 comments
[WP] Your mission is to write the worst opening to a YA novel ever. How badly can you make us cringe?
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2y ago
[WP] Your mission is to write the worst opening to a YA novel ever. How badly can you make us cringe?
2.5K votes · 425 comments
[OT] Request: some child-friendly writing prompts to keep the kids occupied while they're off school. Mine love writing, but need an imaginative topic to start them off.
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5y ago
[OT] Request: some child-friendly writing prompts to keep the kids occupied while they're off school. Mine love writing, but need an imaginative topic to start them off.
878 votes · 98 comments
[OT] Nine months ago, a prompt about a starship that had regressed to preindustrial technology inspired me to write a story. Today, that story became a published novel!
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8y ago
[OT] Nine months ago, a prompt about a starship that had regressed to preindustrial technology inspired me to write a story. Today, that story became a published novel!
12K votes · 521 comments
[WP] Write the letter that you always wanted to, but never did.
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9y ago
[WP] Write the letter that you always wanted to, but never did.
2.8K votes · 1.1K comments
[WP] You are an immortal poet, and every so often you have to change your penname and writing style just a bit to avoid suspicion. At a book signing, a fan brings up a book for your signature, but it's a piece you wrote 1400 years ago under a different name.
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4y ago
[WP] You are an immortal poet, and every so often you have to change your penname and writing style just a bit to avoid suspicion. At a book signing, a fan brings up a book for your signature, but it's a piece you wrote 1400 years ago under a different name.
10K votes · 242 comments
Writing for Kids!
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12y ago
Writing for Kids!
20 votes · 11 comments
[IP] my dog Cannibal passed away last nigh, these are the last pictures I took of him. Someone please write a story about him.
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5y ago
[IP] my dog Cannibal passed away last nigh, these are the last pictures I took of him. Someone please write a story about him.
11K votes · 304 comments
[OT] Writer's Spotlight: ForwardSavings318
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2mo ago
[OT] Writer's Spotlight: ForwardSavings318
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[WP] In an alternate reality JK Rowling died writing The Deathly Hallows and requested George RR Martin finish the book. He accepted and takes over at the Battle of Hogwarts with no instruction on how it's supposed to end.
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8y ago
[WP] In an alternate reality JK Rowling died writing The Deathly Hallows and requested George RR Martin finish the book. He accepted and takes over at the Battle of Hogwarts with no instruction on how it's supposed to end.
18K votes · 376 comments
[WP] Write a story but you can only describe your characters' hands and what they're doing. No dialogue, No facial expressions, no descriptions of setting unless a character's hand is actively touching or holding something.
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2y ago
[WP] Write a story but you can only describe your characters' hands and what they're doing. No dialogue, No facial expressions, no descriptions of setting unless a character's hand is actively touching or holding something.
172 votes · 16 comments
[WP] Write about a famous historical event as if it was played out as a DnD session
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7y ago
[WP] Write about a famous historical event as if it was played out as a DnD session
7.4K votes · 516 comments
[OT] SatChat: What are your go-to writing snacks?
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6y ago
[OT] SatChat: What are your go-to writing snacks?
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[WP] At once, and everywhere, each living person has heard a voice in their head: "Hey! It's me, God. I've noticed there's a lot of confusion, so I've created a website called 'Will I go to hell and why dot com'. Just write your name in the search bar. And don't forget to share, like and subscribe."
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5y ago
[WP] At once, and everywhere, each living person has heard a voice in their head: "Hey! It's me, God. I've noticed there's a lot of confusion, so I've created a website called 'Will I go to hell and why dot com'. Just write your name in the search bar. And don't forget to share, like and subscribe."
11K votes · 314 comments
[OT] Fun Trope Friday, Writing with Tropes: Derelict Graveyard & Slipstream!
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7mo ago
[OT] Fun Trope Friday, Writing with Tropes: Derelict Graveyard & Slipstream!
9 votes · 62 comments
[WP]Write a story with no characters.
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7y ago
[WP]Write a story with no characters.
5.7K votes · 675 comments
[WP] You’ve been writing letters to your future self for years. Today, you receive a response from your past self instead.
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4mo ago
[WP] You’ve been writing letters to your future self for years. Today, you receive a response from your past self instead.
162 votes · 19 comments
[WP] Write a short story where the first sentence has 20 words, 2nd sentence has 19, 3rd has 18 etc. Story ends with a single word.
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8y ago
[WP] Write a short story where the first sentence has 20 words, 2nd sentence has 19, 3rd has 18 etc. Story ends with a single word.
8.3K votes · 508 comments
[OT] Writer's Spotlight: bloodoftheforest
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1y ago
[OT] Writer's Spotlight: bloodoftheforest
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[WP] Your Significant Other has landed a book publishing deal! You're very proud of them, even if you don't actually enjoy their writing. One day, on a whim, you buy an actual copy in a book store. It's nothing like the pages they gave you to read. Nothing.
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2y ago
[WP] Your Significant Other has landed a book publishing deal! You're very proud of them, even if you don't actually enjoy their writing. One day, on a whim, you buy an actual copy in a book store. It's nothing like the pages they gave you to read. Nothing.
3.9K votes · 176 comments
[WP] A writer, trapped in his own book, regrets not writing more intresting female characters
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10y ago
[WP] A writer, trapped in his own book, regrets not writing more intresting female characters
3K votes · 120 comments
[WP]There is no prompt. Just write a story you've always been thinking about or one you've been thinking about sharing. Anything goes.
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8y ago
[WP]There is no prompt. Just write a story you've always been thinking about or one you've been thinking about sharing. Anything goes.
6.9K votes · 540 comments
[OT] Writer's Spotlight: Divayth--Fyr
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19d ago
[OT] Writer's Spotlight: Divayth--Fyr
12 votes · 19 comments
[WP] A time traveler goes from 2018 to 1980. Instead of using his knowledge for great gain or influence history, he writes a sitcom that scarily accurately predicts future events.
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7y ago
[WP] A time traveler goes from 2018 to 1980. Instead of using his knowledge for great gain or influence history, he writes a sitcom that scarily accurately predicts future events.
14K votes · 266 comments
[OT] why is this sub dying?
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1y ago
[OT] why is this sub dying?
1.2K votes · 398 comments
[WP] Long after humans found other sentient races, aliens begin to research the history of humanity. They do not realize humans write fictional stories along with history books, and they are understandably terrified.
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6y ago
[WP] Long after humans found other sentient races, aliens begin to research the history of humanity. They do not realize humans write fictional stories along with history books, and they are understandably terrified.
11K votes · 271 comments
[OT] Writer's Spotlight: AGuyLikeThat
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1y ago
[OT] Writer's Spotlight: AGuyLikeThat
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[WP] The Devil appears before you and puts a heavy hand on your shoulder, "Look, we need to talk about you putting me in every Writing Prompt."
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8y ago
[WP] The Devil appears before you and puts a heavy hand on your shoulder, "Look, we need to talk about you putting me in every Writing Prompt."
17K votes · 298 comments
[OT] Realizing the some of prompts I've been writing really aren't prompts, but micro-fiction
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2y ago
[OT] Realizing the some of prompts I've been writing really aren't prompts, but micro-fiction
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[WP] Instead of a dystopia that seems like a utopia on the surface, write a story about a utopia that seems like a dystopia on the surface.
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9y ago
[WP] Instead of a dystopia that seems like a utopia on the surface, write a story about a utopia that seems like a dystopia on the surface.
6.7K votes · 484 comments
[OT] How does one write an unhealthy relationship?
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7mo ago
[OT] How does one write an unhealthy relationship?
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[WP] Write a story about something you don't understand. Do NO research. Make everything up as you go.
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9y ago
[WP] Write a story about something you don't understand. Do NO research. Make everything up as you go.
4.5K votes · 754 comments
[CW] Write a story that begins and ends with the same sentence, but make the sentence have a different meaning by the end.
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10y ago
[CW] Write a story that begins and ends with the same sentence, but make the sentence have a different meaning by the end.
671 votes · 147 comments
[WP] Write a Young Adult Dystopia but the government is competent at hunting down rebels.
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6y ago
[WP] Write a Young Adult Dystopia but the government is competent at hunting down rebels.
8.3K votes · 274 comments
[OT] The difference between a prompt and a premise
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2y ago
[OT] The difference between a prompt and a premise
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[OT] Thanks to r/WritingPrompts, I spent the past 6 years working on a trilogy about an Earth with forests instead of oceans. I write for a living now. This subreddit changed my life.
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4y ago
[OT] Thanks to r/WritingPrompts, I spent the past 6 years working on a trilogy about an Earth with forests instead of oceans. I write for a living now. This subreddit changed my life.
6.3K votes · 212 comments
[PM] Your favorite writing prompt that nobody answered
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5mo ago
[PM] Your favorite writing prompt that nobody answered
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[WP]Write a story about a supervillian who is unspeakably more powerful than anyone else on his planet, but is content with using it for small things like cutting in line or getting free extra servings.
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8y ago
[WP]Write a story about a supervillian who is unspeakably more powerful than anyone else on his planet, but is content with using it for small things like cutting in line or getting free extra servings.
7.6K votes · 360 comments
[OT] Wonderful Wednesday, WP Advice: Writing Unrequited Love
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2y ago
[OT] Wonderful Wednesday, WP Advice: Writing Unrequited Love
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[WP] There was a brief window in the 1800s where you could have an adventuring party made up of a samurai, an elderly pirate captain, a Zulu warrior, a cowboy, and a Victorian gentleman detective and have it be 100% historically correct. Write the story of this unlikely group of adventurers.
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4y ago
[WP] There was a brief window in the 1800s where you could have an adventuring party made up of a samurai, an elderly pirate captain, a Zulu warrior, a cowboy, and a Victorian gentleman detective and have it be 100% historically correct. Write the story of this unlikely group of adventurers.
13K votes · 136 comments
[WP] Everyone thinks that Runes and Glyphs are a "poor man's magic". You are an average guy that enjoys writing computer programs that got isekai'd to this world, and you quickly realize that runes are tools to modify the source code of reality.
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19d ago
[WP] Everyone thinks that Runes and Glyphs are a "poor man's magic". You are an average guy that enjoys writing computer programs that got isekai'd to this world, and you quickly realize that runes are tools to modify the source code of reality.
995 votes · 59 comments
[WP] Magic exists, however with a catch. Everyone can only use magic the way they expect magic to function. Harry Potter fans MUST do weird wand waving while Call of Cthulhu players all end up going insane. Write an interaction or duel between two vastly different magic users.
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6y ago
[WP] Magic exists, however with a catch. Everyone can only use magic the way they expect magic to function. Harry Potter fans MUST do weird wand waving while Call of Cthulhu players all end up going insane. Write an interaction or duel between two vastly different magic users.
5.2K votes · 376 comments
[OT] What are the Reddit writing prompts that have been turned into actual novels/books and where can I find them?
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7y ago
[OT] What are the Reddit writing prompts that have been turned into actual novels/books and where can I find them?
139 votes · 19 comments