Writing Prompts

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A place to make prompts, or to post things written from a prompt.

If the prompt you're writing for is from another place, please do link to it

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[WP] You work in HR for a super hero organization, doing interviews for potential candidates (self.writingprompts)

submitted 4 hours ago by ComicalMayhem to c/writingprompts

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[WP] An ancient, millennia old evil finally reawakens. Turns out, morals and ethics have changed a lot; its "evil" is fairly tame by modern standards. (self.writingprompts)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by ComicalMayhem to c/writingprompts

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Stolen from here: https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/eca9e5a6-e00e-4967-a6a5-a9cf170f9a96.png

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[WP] A super hero goes through some tough times in their alter ego life, and has to start charging for their super services. (self.writingprompts)

submitted 6 days ago by ComicalMayhem to c/writingprompts

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Alternatively, start finding some other way to make ends meet using their super powers.

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[WP] You want to fight your demons, the problem is they're incredibly chill (self.writingprompts)

submitted 3 weeks ago by ComicalMayhem to c/writingprompts

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[WP] Two lords of evil clash over who gets the right to terrorize a domain (self.writingprompts)

submitted 3 weeks ago by ComicalMayhem to c/writingprompts

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[WP] In the eye of the storm, a monster wakes (self.writingprompts)

submitted 3 weeks ago by ComicalMayhem to c/writingprompts

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Souls are confirmed to exist, but can actually be destroyed with nuclear weapons. Death of the soul is now a new type of true death and has changed the face of war and politics. (self.writingprompts)

submitted 1 month ago by SlothMama to c/writingprompts

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[WP] Humanity is actually some sort of space cockroach. (self.writingprompts)

submitted 1 month ago by ComicalMayhem to c/writingprompts

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[WP] Oil turns out to be the blood of an unknowable horror hidden beneath the earth, and it's waking up (self.writingprompts)

submitted 1 month ago by ComicalMayhem to c/writingprompts

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In certain circles, a man might think that things had gone awry (self.writingprompts)

submitted 1 month ago by shatteredsword to c/writingprompts

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ok this prompt isn't that interesting, but my dad said it in his sleep once and he doesn't talk like that at all when he's awake, so I've always wondered where he was going with that. 😆

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[WP] Aliens come to Earth. They completely ignore all attempts at diplomacy as they're only looking for a single person in particular. (self.writingprompts)

submitted 1 month ago by ComicalMayhem to c/writingprompts

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[WP] An enormous hand appears from nowhere and stops the Earth's orbit. (self.writingprompts)

submitted 1 month ago by ComicalMayhem to c/writingprompts

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[WP] After humanity's extinction, robots revere them as their divine creators, unfathomable and holy. That is, until a living human is discovered in a cryopod (self.writingprompts)

submitted 1 month ago by ComicalMayhem to c/writingprompts

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[WP] Human zoo finally opens (self.writingprompts)

submitted 1 month ago by setsneedtofeed to c/writingprompts

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Our city has dealt with a monster problem for centuries. (self.writingprompts)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by BallShapedMan to c/writingprompts

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They cause havoc, wreck plans, make life just difficult. They frequently disguise themselves as one of us to get to otherwise inaccessible places to cause chaos. And until now nobody has been able to reliably detect them. But you found all monsters when making a PB & J sandwich put the J on top of the PB instead of on two separate slices of bread before eating.

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[WP] You've been tasked with hunting down dangerous people hiding in ordinary houses. You discover a false cupboard, and when you open it you are shocked to discover something much worse. (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/writingprompts

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WP] You've been tasked with hunting down dangerous people hiding in ordinary houses. You discover a false cupboard, and when you open it you are shocked to discover something much worse.

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[WP] The evil necromancer turns out to be a herd of cats. (self.writingprompts)

submitted 1 month ago by ComicalMayhem to c/writingprompts

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[WP] Frogs are gathered (self.writingprompts)

submitted 1 month ago by setsneedtofeed to c/writingprompts

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[WP] Strange balloon floats across the Denver sky (self.writingprompts)

submitted 1 month ago by setsneedtofeed to c/writingprompts

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[WP] You find your friend staring at the stars in a field. They whisper "They're coming" before taking a step forward and disappearing. (self.writingprompts)

submitted 1 month ago by ComicalMayhem to c/writingprompts

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[WP] The hero's identity is revealed: a normal teenage high schooler. His arch nemesis, a middle aged adult, now has to navigate the PR disaster of fighting a little kid for years. (self.writingprompts)

submitted 1 month ago by ComicalMayhem to c/writingprompts

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[WP] You're the strongest person alive. You just haven't realized it yet, because everyone tries their damnedest to hide it from you. (self.writingprompts)

submitted 2 months ago by ComicalMayhem to c/writingprompts

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[EU] Sauron makes a bid for presidency, and despite being the literal Lord of evil all the polls are swinging in his favor (self.writingprompts)

submitted 2 months ago by ComicalMayhem to c/writingprompts

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[WP] You wore a red shirt to Target once; they took you to the back and had you comb the creature that lays the Target balls (self.writingprompts)

submitted 2 months ago by ComicalMayhem to c/writingprompts

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[WP] You like farmer's markets, but your local one is pretty strange; there you can find whole tentacles, pickled eyeballs in a jar, homemade books with unknown leather covers, pig feet, and more. (self.writingprompts)

submitted 2 months ago by ComicalMayhem to c/writingprompts

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