Welcome to my collection of writing prompts. The purpose of writing prompts is to give yourself ideas to write when you don't have any - either to start off a short story or to get yourself unstuck in the middle of a story when you don't know where to go. I find writing prompts to be a really fun way to practice writing and give myself ideas. But when I tried looking for collections of prompts on the internet, I found lots of prompts like, "Write about an incident in which you..." For someone like me who thrives on fantasy writing, those aren't much fun. So I made my own writing prompts. These prompts are intended for writers of fantasy and creative fiction primarily. Some of them are more lighthearted than others, and all of them are pretty vague. They are intended to get your imagination going, not to box you in! The prompts include objects, colors, situations, and types of people. By using prompts, you can make writing a sort of game. I like to use a random number generator to pick a number from the prompts I have, and then I *have* to write a few paragraphs on that prompt. But I often don't stick too rigidly to the prompt topic - the topic of the prompt will be mentioned somewhere in what I write, but it isn't necessarily the focus. Click here for an example of a prompt and a writing from it. However you choose to use these prompts, I hope you enjoy them and find them useful. If you have any comments or suggestions, or if you have used this page and found it helpful, please email me.

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1. Broken pottery | Next | Top |

2. A feather | Previous | Next | Top |

3. One thing wrapped around another | Previous | Next | Top |

4. A sea monster | Previous | Next | Top |

5. Something soft and fluffy | Previous | Next | Top |

6. A race | Previous | Next | Top |

7. Destroying something you thought was indestructable | Previous | Next | Top |

8. Children playing | Previous | Next | Top |

9. The worst smelling neighbors around | Previous | Next | Top |

10. A cut on the hand | Previous | Next | Top |

11. A woman’s shattered hopes for love | Previous | Next | Top |

12. A child in a woman’s body (or vice versa) | Previous | Next | Top |

13. Leaves changing color | Previous | Next | Top |

14. Jellyfish | Previous | Next | Top |

15. A sickness | Previous | Next | Top |

16. Not knowing who to sympathize with | Previous | Next | Top |

17. The way kids draw on the windows on the school bus | Previous | Next | Top |

18. A book that’s been read over and over and over | Previous | Next | Top |

19. The northern lights | Previous | Next | Top |

20. A broom | Previous | Next | Top |

21. Something simple/silly that takes on a very serious meaning | Previous | Next | Top |

22. A lock of hair | Previous | Next | Top |

23. A ripple in the water | Previous | Next | Top |

24. Waterfalls | Previous | Next | Top |

25. Giraffes | Previous | Next | Top |

26. A boy who looks like a girl, or vice versa | Previous | Next | Top |

27. A wreath of flowers | Previous | Next | Top |

28. A really irritating person | Previous | Next | Top |

29. A light source | Previous | Next | Top |

30. An invasion of privacy | Previous | Next | Top |

31. An outline/silhouette/print of a hand | Previous | Next | Top |

32. Silvery lavender | Previous | Next | Top |

33. Two people arguing over possession of something | Previous | Next | Top |

34. Bubbles | Previous | Next | Top |

35. A feline | Previous | Next | Top |

36. One single hair | Previous | Next | Top |

37. A skull of something, not human | Previous | Next | Top |

38. A rare animal | Previous | Next | Top |

39. Sand | Previous | Next | Top |

40. A foggy cold rainy blah day | Previous | Next | Top |

41. Feeling good about a comment, even though it’s offensive in a way | Previous | Next | Top |

42. People wearing black | Previous | Next | Top |

43. Having flowers raining down on you | Previous | Next | Top |

44. Being confronted with a big phobia | Previous | Next | Top |

45. A maze | Previous | Next | Top |

46. Something with wings you’ve never considered as having wings before | Previous | Next | Top |

47. Coloring | Previous | Next | Top |

48. A promise | Previous | Next | Top |

49. Having to be careful not to be nosy about something that you really want to know | Previous | Next | Top |

50. Dried flowers | Previous | Next | Top |

51. Red lines on someone’s wrist | Previous | Next | Top |

52. Vanilla scent | Previous | Next | Top |

53. A person who is thought of as good and pure by others, but isn’t and knows it | Previous | Next | Top |

54. Annointing someone with oil | Previous | Next | Top |

55. The religious significance/symbolism of water | Previous | Next | Top |

56. A strange phobia | Previous | Next | Top |

57. A law-making organization | Previous | Next | Top |

58. Ghouls | Previous | Next | Top |

59. Piles of books | Previous | Next | Top |

60. Someone keeps changing her mind | Previous | Next | Top |

61. An elaborate pattern | Previous | Next | Top |

62. A dance that reminds you of an animal | Previous | Next | Top |

63. A betrayal | Previous | Next | Top |

64. A steady rainfall | Previous | Next | Top |

65. Senseless mercy | Previous | Next | Top |

66. A deep blue-green | Previous | Next | Top |

67. Being used up | Previous | Next | Top |

68. Running away | Previous | Next | Top |

69. An ordinary person getting ahold of some great power | Previous | Next | Top |

70. An old storyteller | Previous | Top |