Poetry
Write a poem consisting of the most clever, cutting insults.
Find inspiration: green and pink.
"The first leaf has fallen."
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
Observe someone. What are they thinking?
Find inspiration: an old horror film
What is "festive" to you?
Describe the perfect warm drink.
What sound does a fern make?
Write from the point of view of a sea creature.
Write a poem filled with little white lies.
Write an ode to chocolate.
Describe a cleansing ritual.
You feel pins and needles in your feet, but they don't go away. You look at your feet and they look... different.
A heavy storm sweeps you away.
Write a love note to those who need to hear it.
Find inspiration: fierce make-up and a killer dress.
You have only gotten so far because of the steps you've taken.
Find inspiration: a black candle slowly dying
What happened on the hottest day of summer?
Find inspiration: the rain
Use the words "water," "whisper," and "attack."
"Frenemies..."
Title of poem: Coiled
The snow fights to stay.
Find inspiration: roses
Trees are interconnected and speak to each other. What stories do they hold within them?
Write a kaleidoscope of emotions.
Second floor windows full of neon pink light.
What is "freedom" to you?
the life of an object in a thrift shop...
Write a poem dedicated to your best friend.
What is the color green?
Find inspiration: “The weight of what has been lost is always heavier than what remains” (Brit Bennett)
your favorite weather...
Write one haiku for every hour that you are awake.
How do your clothes express who you are?
Describe love in all its pain and glory.
The summer breeze, the smell of cut grass, and the sun in later afternoon.
How do you express yourself?
Find inspiration: sweet tea and peach cobbler.
Find inspiration: rebellion
Paint an element with words.
Would you be a different person if you had a different name?
Find inspiration: the smell of flowers in the breeze
a haiku for water
Create a new song using lines from other songs.
burning house plants
"I want to reach the stars, touch them with my palms."
Use the words "shiver" and "creak."
Find inspiration: the color yellow
Turn a recipe into a spell.
find inspiration: a nature walk
a villanelle about your favorite fruit
What did the last book you read tell you?
Enjoying a lazy morning.
Find inspiration: green and pink.
"The first leaf has fallen."
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
Observe someone. What are they thinking?
Find inspiration: an old horror film
What is "festive" to you?
Describe the perfect warm drink.
What sound does a fern make?
Write from the point of view of a sea creature.
Write a poem filled with little white lies.
Write an ode to chocolate.
Describe a cleansing ritual.
You feel pins and needles in your feet, but they don't go away. You look at your feet and they look... different.
A heavy storm sweeps you away.
Write a love note to those who need to hear it.
Find inspiration: fierce make-up and a killer dress.
You have only gotten so far because of the steps you've taken.
Find inspiration: a black candle slowly dying
What happened on the hottest day of summer?
Find inspiration: the rain
Use the words "water," "whisper," and "attack."
"Frenemies..."
Title of poem: Coiled
The snow fights to stay.
Find inspiration: roses
Trees are interconnected and speak to each other. What stories do they hold within them?
Write a kaleidoscope of emotions.
Second floor windows full of neon pink light.
What is "freedom" to you?
the life of an object in a thrift shop...
Write a poem dedicated to your best friend.
What is the color green?
Find inspiration: “The weight of what has been lost is always heavier than what remains” (Brit Bennett)
your favorite weather...
Write one haiku for every hour that you are awake.
How do your clothes express who you are?
Describe love in all its pain and glory.
The summer breeze, the smell of cut grass, and the sun in later afternoon.
How do you express yourself?
Find inspiration: sweet tea and peach cobbler.
Find inspiration: rebellion
Paint an element with words.
Would you be a different person if you had a different name?
Find inspiration: the smell of flowers in the breeze
a haiku for water
Create a new song using lines from other songs.
burning house plants
"I want to reach the stars, touch them with my palms."
Use the words "shiver" and "creak."
Find inspiration: the color yellow
Turn a recipe into a spell.
find inspiration: a nature walk
a villanelle about your favorite fruit
What did the last book you read tell you?
Enjoying a lazy morning.
Nonfiction
Write a sentence about something you've done in the past hour, for a whole day
Describe how you've decorated your living space for the holidays.
What is your favorite dish from childhood and when was the last time that you ate it?
a fantasy in a coffee shop...
List your top 10 cookies.
Create a character's wish list of presents.
Describe the departure of someone important to your character.
You excuse a guilty person, even though they have clearly injured you.
What would be an unusual holiday-themed murder? (Think comic-book villains)
Tell the story of a group of students trying to survive finals week.
A summer wedding in the snow.
Everyone focuses on the brightest star. What about the third brightest?
It's game night and there's a new person in the mix who is throwing off the vibe.
How would a long-distance train trip go now?
Create a new fairytale with modern morals and issues.
There's a box that holds all the answers, but if you open it, you die.
a day in the life of a bird...
Picture your happiest place.
What do you want to be your first/next tattoo?
Find inspiration: a comic book
What have you done to take care of yourself today?
What is delightful about today?
Is there a toy from childhood that you cannot get rid of? Why?
Collect your five latest grocery lists. What dishes did you make with those lists?
Write a letter to your best friend and send it.
Have your fortune read. What do you take away from the reading?
Write about the last time that you hung out with your friends.
Document the movements of a bird.
Find inspiration: Your favorite barbeque
How are you like your parents/parental figures?
Describe the best meal that you've ever had with as much detail as possible.
A discussion with yourself from 10 years ago.
What have you done recently to give your brain a little break?
You're going to a farmer's market.
How do you have your books organized?
Write about a day of work during the summer.
What is the outfit that you feel the most confident in?
List the things that you need to get done by the end of the month. Now put them in order of importance.
A picture is worth a thousand words. Use a thousand words to describe a photo.
Make a playlist for someone based on how you feel about them.
How is your astrological sun sign accurate about you? How is it wrong?
In great detail, describe the experience of having coffee in the morning, along with how your coffee is prepared.
Write a day in your life.
Describe the people you see in your neighborhood.
What is on your desk? Why do you keep those items there?
What is your most irrational fear?
You're going to a concert with someone who has never been to one before.
Describe your best friend.
Research a little known cold case. Learn as many details as you can about the story.
What is the best part of being around family? What is the worst?
Write about a major mistake you made and how you learned from it.
Where do you feel most at home?
Deeply research a topic that you know nothing about, then write a brief explanation that could be given to another novice.
A beginner chef is trying to bake a cake from scratch from the first time.
Tell the story of a miracle that has happened to you.
Describe the best food you've ever eaten.
What is your favorite local business? Why?
Research how a very commonplace item was created.
Describe a tree and what is happening around it in great detail.
Rank waffle toppings from best to worst.
What's the worst date you've ever been on?
Recount a story told to you by a friend as if it happened to you.
What are the best foods to eat during winter?
a snapshot of your day...
You're going grocery shopping.
Top 10 favorite activities to do on a rainy day.
What is the greatest pain that you've ever been in?
Go to your local park and observe how people interact with nature.
Who is your neighbor?
Use a family recipe to tell a family story.
Write about your meal as a food critic would.
Describe the last adventure you had.
quitting an addictive or unhealthy behavior...
How did you meet your best friend?
Catalogue what you do for the next 24hrs, break it up by every hour.
When was the last time you were around a campfire?
You're watching time pass by.
Pick three cups in your house. What do they say about you?
Stand in your truth.
What do you think of right as you fall asleep?
Describe fireworks for someone who cannot see them.
Find inspiration: duality & uncertainly
A dedication to recent scientific discoveries.
What does autumn mean to you?
Got into a fight? Write about it.
Describe how you've decorated your living space for the holidays.
What is your favorite dish from childhood and when was the last time that you ate it?
a fantasy in a coffee shop...
List your top 10 cookies.
Create a character's wish list of presents.
Describe the departure of someone important to your character.
You excuse a guilty person, even though they have clearly injured you.
What would be an unusual holiday-themed murder? (Think comic-book villains)
Tell the story of a group of students trying to survive finals week.
A summer wedding in the snow.
Everyone focuses on the brightest star. What about the third brightest?
It's game night and there's a new person in the mix who is throwing off the vibe.
How would a long-distance train trip go now?
Create a new fairytale with modern morals and issues.
There's a box that holds all the answers, but if you open it, you die.
a day in the life of a bird...
Picture your happiest place.
What do you want to be your first/next tattoo?
Find inspiration: a comic book
What have you done to take care of yourself today?
What is delightful about today?
Is there a toy from childhood that you cannot get rid of? Why?
Collect your five latest grocery lists. What dishes did you make with those lists?
Write a letter to your best friend and send it.
Have your fortune read. What do you take away from the reading?
Write about the last time that you hung out with your friends.
Document the movements of a bird.
Find inspiration: Your favorite barbeque
How are you like your parents/parental figures?
Describe the best meal that you've ever had with as much detail as possible.
A discussion with yourself from 10 years ago.
What have you done recently to give your brain a little break?
You're going to a farmer's market.
How do you have your books organized?
Write about a day of work during the summer.
What is the outfit that you feel the most confident in?
List the things that you need to get done by the end of the month. Now put them in order of importance.
A picture is worth a thousand words. Use a thousand words to describe a photo.
Make a playlist for someone based on how you feel about them.
How is your astrological sun sign accurate about you? How is it wrong?
In great detail, describe the experience of having coffee in the morning, along with how your coffee is prepared.
Write a day in your life.
Describe the people you see in your neighborhood.
What is on your desk? Why do you keep those items there?
What is your most irrational fear?
You're going to a concert with someone who has never been to one before.
Describe your best friend.
Research a little known cold case. Learn as many details as you can about the story.
What is the best part of being around family? What is the worst?
Write about a major mistake you made and how you learned from it.
Where do you feel most at home?
Deeply research a topic that you know nothing about, then write a brief explanation that could be given to another novice.
A beginner chef is trying to bake a cake from scratch from the first time.
Tell the story of a miracle that has happened to you.
Describe the best food you've ever eaten.
What is your favorite local business? Why?
Research how a very commonplace item was created.
Describe a tree and what is happening around it in great detail.
Rank waffle toppings from best to worst.
What's the worst date you've ever been on?
Recount a story told to you by a friend as if it happened to you.
What are the best foods to eat during winter?
a snapshot of your day...
You're going grocery shopping.
Top 10 favorite activities to do on a rainy day.
What is the greatest pain that you've ever been in?
Go to your local park and observe how people interact with nature.
Who is your neighbor?
Use a family recipe to tell a family story.
Write about your meal as a food critic would.
Describe the last adventure you had.
quitting an addictive or unhealthy behavior...
How did you meet your best friend?
Catalogue what you do for the next 24hrs, break it up by every hour.
When was the last time you were around a campfire?
You're watching time pass by.
Pick three cups in your house. What do they say about you?
Stand in your truth.
What do you think of right as you fall asleep?
Describe fireworks for someone who cannot see them.
Find inspiration: duality & uncertainly
A dedication to recent scientific discoveries.
What does autumn mean to you?
Got into a fight? Write about it.
fiction
A vampire lives on your college campus. At least, you're pretty sure they're a vampire...
Write for 20 minutes straight without any edits.
Your nightmares are starting to come to life and they are threatening to take over.
A group goes into the forest an spots a UFO.
If you were to start a band, what would be name or the band and what kind of music would you play?
A coven comes together to bring in a new witch that is in danger.
Take a nursery rhyme and build a full story based on it.
A couple is arguing in a mustard museum.
Write about a character that is truly afraid for their life.
Use dead roses, a yellow candle and pumpkin.
You're on a really great date, but you've forgotten it's the full moon and you are going to transform
Describe your preferred house chore and why you like to do it.
Adapt a fairytale into a more realistic, modern story.
How does an umbrella feel? What would it say?
Describe the best romantic outing you've ever been on.
What hides in the frost?
Find inspiration: the last vivid dream you had
You experiment with a spell you barely know. What happens?
You are king for a day. What three rules would you put into place?
Going on a road trip with your best friend.
How did the villain get to where they are now?
You're working on a group project with your crush.
Find inspiration: the front porch on a hot day
Bring someone back from the dead.
What are the downsides of having a superpower?
Continue a dream that you just had.
Write a guidebook to becoming a witch.
Your favorite character has come to life and now must live with you.
You enter a room full of stuffed animals.
Start the scene with "Why did you do that?"
The middle child has decided to get attention. Forever.
Assign your friends to different DnD characters.
You gift the local stray with some food. You never expected that it would say "Thank you."
A girl with a green thumb falls in love with a pyromaniac.
Imagine the path of the last package that you received.
You travel into the forest and find a fairy ring.
Your scene centers around the best chocolate cake in the world.
You keep getting strange postcards, but you have no idea who/where they are coming from.
Find inspiration: tarot cards
A black cat's adventure at night...
Find inspiration: your favorite daydream
A character that never cookHow did the villain get to where they are now?s is trying to impress their crush by making a full dinner.
“The impossible is the least that one can demand.” (James Baldwin)
You are given a potion that grants you your heart's desire. How does that change your life.
You follow footsteps on a snowy path.
You discover a family heirloom. Why was it hidden away for so long?
Find inspiration: A pile of purses and a bottle of bourbon cream.
Saving someone you love...
You work behind the bar and have to deal with an unruly customer.
A long, winding path in the forest and seems to be pulling you deeper into the darkness.
Write about each color of the rainbow. What does each color make you think of? What does it taste like, smell like, feel like?
A person with a perfect memory and a person that forgets things constantly are friends.
Write a new story for the existence of a constellation.
Write a one paragraph horror story.
"It was a lazy afternoon..."
One partner is obsessed with puns; they're driving the other partner crazy.
A human is invited onto a space ship with a group of various aliens. What do they think of the human?
Find inspiration: technology & nature
Two characters are on the run and meet an even shadier character.
You find a voodoo doll of yourself in your roommate's room.
Pick a song at random and create a short story based on that song.
Atlantis has risen! What would we find there?
Tell the story of a background person during a major historical event.
Create a brand new planet.
Describe your morning wake-up process.
You hear noises in the walls. You deal with it until you can no longer take it and have to find out what's there.
Describe your favorite jacket.
Set your scene in a garden.
A child monkeys around so much that they turn into a monkey.
If you were on a competitive TV, which one would it be and how do you think you would do?
A new neighbor moves upstairs and weird noises have started happening.
Find inspiration: album artwork
Set your scene in the world of a music video
Dedicate a short story to your mother/motherly figure
An interaction with a dryad
"I don't want to fight, but I will if I have to."
Take a monster and see the good within them.
Pick a superpower - How would it go wrong?
You start hearing voices - you realize it's your good and bad side
"Didn't you see the memo?"
Your character is dating someone hard-headed.
Modernize/adapt a Greek myth
Find inspiration: Poe, Stoker, or Shelley
Write for 20 minutes straight without any edits.
Your nightmares are starting to come to life and they are threatening to take over.
A group goes into the forest an spots a UFO.
If you were to start a band, what would be name or the band and what kind of music would you play?
A coven comes together to bring in a new witch that is in danger.
Take a nursery rhyme and build a full story based on it.
A couple is arguing in a mustard museum.
Write about a character that is truly afraid for their life.
Use dead roses, a yellow candle and pumpkin.
You're on a really great date, but you've forgotten it's the full moon and you are going to transform
Describe your preferred house chore and why you like to do it.
Adapt a fairytale into a more realistic, modern story.
How does an umbrella feel? What would it say?
Describe the best romantic outing you've ever been on.
What hides in the frost?
Find inspiration: the last vivid dream you had
You experiment with a spell you barely know. What happens?
You are king for a day. What three rules would you put into place?
Going on a road trip with your best friend.
How did the villain get to where they are now?
You're working on a group project with your crush.
Find inspiration: the front porch on a hot day
Bring someone back from the dead.
What are the downsides of having a superpower?
Continue a dream that you just had.
Write a guidebook to becoming a witch.
Your favorite character has come to life and now must live with you.
You enter a room full of stuffed animals.
Start the scene with "Why did you do that?"
The middle child has decided to get attention. Forever.
Assign your friends to different DnD characters.
You gift the local stray with some food. You never expected that it would say "Thank you."
A girl with a green thumb falls in love with a pyromaniac.
Imagine the path of the last package that you received.
You travel into the forest and find a fairy ring.
Your scene centers around the best chocolate cake in the world.
You keep getting strange postcards, but you have no idea who/where they are coming from.
Find inspiration: tarot cards
A black cat's adventure at night...
Find inspiration: your favorite daydream
A character that never cookHow did the villain get to where they are now?s is trying to impress their crush by making a full dinner.
“The impossible is the least that one can demand.” (James Baldwin)
You are given a potion that grants you your heart's desire. How does that change your life.
You follow footsteps on a snowy path.
You discover a family heirloom. Why was it hidden away for so long?
Find inspiration: A pile of purses and a bottle of bourbon cream.
Saving someone you love...
You work behind the bar and have to deal with an unruly customer.
A long, winding path in the forest and seems to be pulling you deeper into the darkness.
Write about each color of the rainbow. What does each color make you think of? What does it taste like, smell like, feel like?
A person with a perfect memory and a person that forgets things constantly are friends.
Write a new story for the existence of a constellation.
Write a one paragraph horror story.
"It was a lazy afternoon..."
One partner is obsessed with puns; they're driving the other partner crazy.
A human is invited onto a space ship with a group of various aliens. What do they think of the human?
Find inspiration: technology & nature
Two characters are on the run and meet an even shadier character.
You find a voodoo doll of yourself in your roommate's room.
Pick a song at random and create a short story based on that song.
Atlantis has risen! What would we find there?
Tell the story of a background person during a major historical event.
Create a brand new planet.
Describe your morning wake-up process.
You hear noises in the walls. You deal with it until you can no longer take it and have to find out what's there.
Describe your favorite jacket.
Set your scene in a garden.
A child monkeys around so much that they turn into a monkey.
If you were on a competitive TV, which one would it be and how do you think you would do?
A new neighbor moves upstairs and weird noises have started happening.
Find inspiration: album artwork
Set your scene in the world of a music video
Dedicate a short story to your mother/motherly figure
An interaction with a dryad
"I don't want to fight, but I will if I have to."
Take a monster and see the good within them.
Pick a superpower - How would it go wrong?
You start hearing voices - you realize it's your good and bad side
"Didn't you see the memo?"
Your character is dating someone hard-headed.
Modernize/adapt a Greek myth
Find inspiration: Poe, Stoker, or Shelley
Plays
The world shifts slightly and you are the only one to notice.
Reveal the life of modern mythical creatures.
Your prop: strawberry
Jazz is alive. Use it in your play!
Siblings are fighting over lunch options.
Find inspiration: shuffle your playlist and use the third song to start writing
You develop the ability to speak to the ghost(s) haunting your house/apartment
"Something is more beautiful when it's repaired."
You've taken it upon yourself to open a portal to the demon world.
Disney-fy a myth or fairytale.
If the place that you live in could talk, what would it tell you about the previous tenants?
Your characters: a modern vampire and a werewolf.
Write the perfect confession of love.
Two characters from two different books having a conversation.
You love lucid dreaming, but one day, you go too far in. How do you wake up?
Two people dancing around a marriage proposal.
Write with one character that is loyal and hard-headed.
You're on unemployment and find a new company. They hire you and it turns out, they're grim reapers.
A planned lazy day keeps getting interrupted.
Two little kids meet and play together for the very first time.
"Ice cream isn't food, it's a treat."
Three factory workers are on break when...
A slice of life within a high fantasy world.
Your character has become extremely popular. The problem is, she just wants to be left alone.
A dialogue between the demon and angel on your shoulders.
What are the birds saying to each other?
"We're on the threshold of hell."
Pick a playlist at rand0m. Use the first line of the first song you listen to.
What was the last thing you texted? Use that line to start your scene.
Tell the story of a simple run to the store that turns into an epic saga.
A couple discusses how they are going to rearrange a room.
Write about the life of an inventor.
Your character goes to a concert for a band they've never heard of.
Take a book that you thought was a great premise but you didn't think fulfilled the promise. Now make it better.
A game of "Sorry" is being played between roommates and everyone is taking it personally.
Character A just bought a new hat and character B hates it.
What are the produce in your fridge saying to each other?
What is the origin of a pop culture figure that you enjoy? Tell their story.
Two friends playing truth or dare and it becomes clear that they like each other.
A group of campers reluctantly climb a mountain.
Go to an estate sale and discover the life of the person that has passed.
Two little kids talk about their fears during a sleepover.
Your character can't make rent this month. What do they do to try to make their rent?
An immortal is trying to understand how to find importance in their life, now that they can no longer die.
What is your modern re-telling of the Odyssey?
Conversation between a customer and a customer service representative.
Two best friends talk the night before one of them gets married.
Two comics fans are fighting over which superhero is better.
You uncover a treasure of family history that changes everything you know about how you grew up.
Write each scene inspired by a color of the rainbow.
Write a scene between your past and your present self.
Pick a lesser known historical figure from the LGBTQIA+ community and tell their story.
Using the last three messages from your last text conversation, create the rest of a scene.
Write the story of your Grandma's life.
The moon has watched over the Earth for a long time. What has it seen?
You talk to your cat and one day, your cat talks back.
Two roommates are on a road trip to get to college.
First date vs fifth date vs tenth date.
The ideal vacation starts to go wrong.
Three friends try to make dinner plans despite their busy schedules.
A dialogue between two pets regarding their owner.
You go on a camping trip for a month, but when you get home, you discover that a year has elapsed in the time your were gone.
A person gives a bouquet of red roses to the person they love.
A character that tries to do wrong but everything they do turns into good deeds.
Two characters fight: is too little or too much garlic?
You are fighting with your best friend about who has a worst dating history.
You're stuck in a loop of one day. What do you do to make the best of it?
"There's nothing I would enjoy more than slapping you in the face. Just kidding!"
Less is more. Only write the dialogue, no actions or background information.
Look at the scenery around you. How did others feel looking at it 50 years ago?
Listen into a snippet of a conversation. Imagine what they were talking about before you started listening.
A parent teaching their child their most treasured pastime.
Your props: bubble wrap, alarm clock, whistling
What does a plant see as it grows?
A character inspires another to make a big jump.
Adapt a music album into a full story.
Two empty mugs sit on a table. One with coffee, the other with tea.
Two characters work together to write a letter.
A miniature village is being built. What is it like and who inhabits it?
Over-hear and write down a conversation between a human and an animal.
Your character is on a mission tonight: go to every bar in town and collect the oddest-looking beer can
"What do you think next year will look like?"
Your characters are the different aspects of your personality. How do each of them run your day?
A character only speaks in movie quotes.
A conversation between your pets/plants.
You kiss a woman that has been cursed to sleep for 500 years. What happens when she wakes up?
You're on a really great date, but you've forgotten it's the full moon...
Write a conversation you wish you had with someone that you no longer speak to.
Write an overheard conversation as it's happening.
Two young people are crashing a party.
Find inspiration: what is "beauty?"
What part of history should more people should know about?
The mermaid isn't what you think it is...
Travel and write a monologue about your journey.
How far are you willing to go for someone you love?
Reveal the life of modern mythical creatures.
Your prop: strawberry
Jazz is alive. Use it in your play!
Siblings are fighting over lunch options.
Find inspiration: shuffle your playlist and use the third song to start writing
You develop the ability to speak to the ghost(s) haunting your house/apartment
"Something is more beautiful when it's repaired."
You've taken it upon yourself to open a portal to the demon world.
Disney-fy a myth or fairytale.
If the place that you live in could talk, what would it tell you about the previous tenants?
Your characters: a modern vampire and a werewolf.
Write the perfect confession of love.
Two characters from two different books having a conversation.
You love lucid dreaming, but one day, you go too far in. How do you wake up?
Two people dancing around a marriage proposal.
Write with one character that is loyal and hard-headed.
You're on unemployment and find a new company. They hire you and it turns out, they're grim reapers.
A planned lazy day keeps getting interrupted.
Two little kids meet and play together for the very first time.
"Ice cream isn't food, it's a treat."
Three factory workers are on break when...
A slice of life within a high fantasy world.
Your character has become extremely popular. The problem is, she just wants to be left alone.
A dialogue between the demon and angel on your shoulders.
What are the birds saying to each other?
"We're on the threshold of hell."
Pick a playlist at rand0m. Use the first line of the first song you listen to.
What was the last thing you texted? Use that line to start your scene.
Tell the story of a simple run to the store that turns into an epic saga.
A couple discusses how they are going to rearrange a room.
Write about the life of an inventor.
Your character goes to a concert for a band they've never heard of.
Take a book that you thought was a great premise but you didn't think fulfilled the promise. Now make it better.
A game of "Sorry" is being played between roommates and everyone is taking it personally.
Character A just bought a new hat and character B hates it.
What are the produce in your fridge saying to each other?
What is the origin of a pop culture figure that you enjoy? Tell their story.
Two friends playing truth or dare and it becomes clear that they like each other.
A group of campers reluctantly climb a mountain.
Go to an estate sale and discover the life of the person that has passed.
Two little kids talk about their fears during a sleepover.
Your character can't make rent this month. What do they do to try to make their rent?
An immortal is trying to understand how to find importance in their life, now that they can no longer die.
What is your modern re-telling of the Odyssey?
Conversation between a customer and a customer service representative.
Two best friends talk the night before one of them gets married.
Two comics fans are fighting over which superhero is better.
You uncover a treasure of family history that changes everything you know about how you grew up.
Write each scene inspired by a color of the rainbow.
Write a scene between your past and your present self.
Pick a lesser known historical figure from the LGBTQIA+ community and tell their story.
Using the last three messages from your last text conversation, create the rest of a scene.
Write the story of your Grandma's life.
The moon has watched over the Earth for a long time. What has it seen?
You talk to your cat and one day, your cat talks back.
Two roommates are on a road trip to get to college.
First date vs fifth date vs tenth date.
The ideal vacation starts to go wrong.
Three friends try to make dinner plans despite their busy schedules.
A dialogue between two pets regarding their owner.
You go on a camping trip for a month, but when you get home, you discover that a year has elapsed in the time your were gone.
A person gives a bouquet of red roses to the person they love.
A character that tries to do wrong but everything they do turns into good deeds.
Two characters fight: is too little or too much garlic?
You are fighting with your best friend about who has a worst dating history.
You're stuck in a loop of one day. What do you do to make the best of it?
"There's nothing I would enjoy more than slapping you in the face. Just kidding!"
Less is more. Only write the dialogue, no actions or background information.
Look at the scenery around you. How did others feel looking at it 50 years ago?
Listen into a snippet of a conversation. Imagine what they were talking about before you started listening.
A parent teaching their child their most treasured pastime.
Your props: bubble wrap, alarm clock, whistling
What does a plant see as it grows?
A character inspires another to make a big jump.
Adapt a music album into a full story.
Two empty mugs sit on a table. One with coffee, the other with tea.
Two characters work together to write a letter.
A miniature village is being built. What is it like and who inhabits it?
Over-hear and write down a conversation between a human and an animal.
Your character is on a mission tonight: go to every bar in town and collect the oddest-looking beer can
"What do you think next year will look like?"
Your characters are the different aspects of your personality. How do each of them run your day?
A character only speaks in movie quotes.
A conversation between your pets/plants.
You kiss a woman that has been cursed to sleep for 500 years. What happens when she wakes up?
You're on a really great date, but you've forgotten it's the full moon...
Write a conversation you wish you had with someone that you no longer speak to.
Write an overheard conversation as it's happening.
Two young people are crashing a party.
Find inspiration: what is "beauty?"
What part of history should more people should know about?
The mermaid isn't what you think it is...
Travel and write a monologue about your journey.
How far are you willing to go for someone you love?