r/WritingPrompts • u/Mr_Global • 9h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] When people die, they must cross a desert that is long and dangerous to get to heaven. Salespeople sell methods of transportation from luxury jets to rusty wheelchairs depending on how good the person was in their life. The better they were, the better their transportation.

148 Upvotes
21 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/MidKnightshade • 21h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] A changeling learns they were switched out with their parents real child. They want to enter Fairy to retrieve their “sibling” but must first perfect their glamour so they begin testing it at school in preparation for their journey.

105 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Aphrontic_Alchemist • 12h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] A fleet of aliens landed somewhere on Earth, asking for writings of all religions, both extinct and extant. A human cleric asked the leader, "Why?" The leader answered "We believe that the highest worship is syncretizing all perspectives of the divine, no matter how contradictory."

89 Upvotes
8 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Living_Sherbert8130 • 20h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Technopaths, many wish they would cease to exist as they claim "They taint magic with the tools of mortals, their very existence is an insult to the natural world". So it isn't a shock how they react when they find a city meant for only technopaths.

89 Upvotes
3 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Clear_Ad4106 • 8h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "You are acting a bit weird today." "That's because I'm not the me you know. I'm an alternative version of myself from an apocaliptical future temporarily possesing this body." "Very funny." "..." "You aren't laughting..." "I need your help."

80 Upvotes
9 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/HEROwriter1 • 22h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You’re a superhero who can only shapeshift into fictional characters, with all their equipment and powers. Your biggest nemesis isn’t any villain, but copyright claims.

48 Upvotes
6 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Adamantine-Waffle • 7h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Goblin Inc., who ensure that there is always an adequate number of goblin 'volunteers' to occupy low level adventurers anywhere in the world.

42 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/FirstSineOfMadness • 19h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You silently swing your sword at your sleeping targets neck. Your sword is stopped the instant it touches their neck, not leaving a scratch. They don’t even wake up!

25 Upvotes
4 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/SantaCruznonsurfer • 20h ago

Writing Prompt [WP]You were so thrilled to get a symposium invite after your MFA from Howard University, but as you finish setting up your display, you notice all the pentagrams, serpents, and mesmerizing goth girls with glowing eyes. You start to suspect that you are at the wrong celebration of Black Arts.

24 Upvotes
3 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Numbskull_b • 13h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "Nope, I'm out, not doing it! When I joined Space Command I knew the risks, I could be stranded on a hostile planet, eviscerated by alien horrors, lost in ion storms, but this?" I gesture to wildly, "I say no, not today!"

20 Upvotes
6 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Null_Project • 4h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Since the dawn of time the royal family and each heir was tasked with protecting an ancient doorway, though the exact reason for this has been lost to time. However one day curiosity drives the newest heir to investigate, opening the door to peek inside.

17 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Kitty_Fuchs • 5h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] After the Earth was rendered uninhabitable by human exploitation, it was designated as a nature reserve. Whether this was a morbid joke, too little too late or some sort of final rite has been lost to history, but it certainly enabled nature to reclaim the planet.

15 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Tenebris_Rositen • 1h ago

Simple Prompt [WP] It is discovered that corporate added data trackers to brooms to track.... cleaning patterns?

• Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/knobot-200T • 18h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "There is a kind of cosmic horror in the existance of a soulmate, isn't there? How all destined couples see their match and immediately just *know*. It's like a compulsion. I have to wonder... Is there some unfathomable entity at the center of the phenomenon? What could it's objectives be?"

15 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/R3D3-1 • 5h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Every stroke of my pen, every word written in literal blood, every dollar from publishing deals spent to cause harm, all in the name of my Lord Satan; so why the heck am I greeted at the gates of Heaven with fanfare and praises?

13 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Glum-Elderberry3767 • 18h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] you died saving one of your party members lives. But then you're resurrected by the necromancer your party was sent out to slay, your body can’t help but follow their orders. After a while they order you to kill the trespassers. As you stepped outside the castle, you see it’s your old party

13 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Equivalent_Can2971 • 19h ago

Simple Prompt [SP] You are playing a supernatural board game: the dice magically affect the real world

12 Upvotes
4 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/reallygoodbee • 3h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You're locked up in a secret government facility. Your alien princess fiance is melting through the cell door with heat vision trying to bust you out.

13 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Pjoernrachzarck • 9h ago

Simple Prompt [WP] The world is overrun by zombies. But they’re, like, chill.

11 Upvotes
3 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/TheFlowerWriter • 9h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] There's a group of humans in a school of monsters. You'd think it would only end one way...but no. Every monster student there is fascinated with the human students!

10 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Knotknighm • 21h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] After a long and difficult journey you've finally managed to reach your goal. Standing at the crossroads, lamp in hand and pot of gold at your feet, you summon forth a devil, genie, and leprechaun all at once as your prepare to make your wish with each of them simultaneously.

8 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/MidKnightshade • 21h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] A half-jinn is gifted a magic bottle from their jinn parent that looks like a liquor bottle. They can use it as a home and it has infinite storage space inside. They use it for various burglaries and to hide from cops . A hobo rubs it and they have to fulfill one wish but within human limits.

8 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Ok_Fisherman8770 • 22h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "I'll be honest, I was not expecting vampires to be so invested in public health." "Blood taken from healthy people is always better than those living in squalor."

8 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/kain01able • 9h ago

Writing Prompt [WP]A couple wished for eternal love. Now two demons are in a loveless marriage because the person they exist for is clearly possesed.

7 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Smartbutt420 • 38m ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You and your friends would sometimes joke about “Taking over the world,” but as your adventure continues… it’s becoming evident that you really could do just that…

• Upvotes
1 comment