Story Ideas & Writing Prompts

Scary story starters from a psychiatric ward patient warning a nurse, “Whatever you do, don’t go home tonight.” Or a fortune teller telling…

Fantasy romance prompts from a skeptic whose life changed after meeting a fortune teller, to a logger who binds himself to a tree nymph on…

Urban legend writing prompts from feuding parents using an urban legend to cover up their child’s death, to an author surveying a ghost…

Magical realism writing prompts, from a math teacher who receives a glimpse of another man’s life whenever he hiccups, to a magician who…

Dramatic survival story ideas and prompts from a smart home that turns against its inhabitants, to a teen in comma who must attempt to…

Pirate writing prompts, from Blackbeard who has Medusa’s snake hair in place of his beard, to a group of pirates can’t seem to get out of…

Hero story ideas, from a group of teens who seek to heal their broken society to a lonely guy who stands between Hades and the world’s…

High school romance writing prompts, from a popular senior guy who works at his nemesis’ dad’s restaurant after school, to…

Mafia romance story ideas from a special agent who goes undercover as a mob boss’ secretary, or a mob boss purchasing a ballet company…

Paranormal romance writing prompts, from a werewolf kidnapping an executive who wants to turn his forest into a shopping mall, to a man…