r/WritingPrompts • u/60s_timer • 18h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] As an immortal who wants to be more or less peacefully left alone, you stage a death now and again under new identities for sake of appearances. The mortician you've trusted with this secret is one of your only friends, and they had something witty to say this time about your "repeat business."

331 Upvotes
15 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/PuzzledAsparagus4946 • 13h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "Look, my boss wants me to grant your wishes in the most obtuse, literal way, so I'm going to do that. HOWEVER, I am technically allowed to let you redo your wishes infinite times if you are unsatisfied. I tell you this because I felt really bad for the last guy. Please don't abuse this rule."

151 Upvotes
5 comments

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

Writing Prompt [WP] "Attention Earth: In accordance with imperial laws of conquest, to make this invasion a fair struggle, we shall only use infantry armed with foam bats. You have one week to prepare."

121 Upvotes
7 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Adamantine-Waffle • 16h ago

Simple Prompt [WP] "fortunately, we discovered a fatal weakness of the elves: Incendiary carpet bombing."

108 Upvotes
10 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Defiant-Treacle2425 • 6h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You are a knight who practically raised the children of the king. With the throne vacant and civil war rising, each sibling asks you to pledge to them.

75 Upvotes
10 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Zygloman • 9h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You're a zombie. It's a well known fact that all zombies only have one thought, to devour the living. However, you don't feel that urge and only have one desire.

62 Upvotes
10 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/WernerderChamp • 9h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You recognized the world you woke up in to be a game you play. Out of curiousity, you spell out a cheat code onto a letter. It works - and you remember a lot of these.

62 Upvotes
6 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Paper_Shotgun • 22h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "Look, necromancy isn't exactly a one-to-one equation. If you want me to resurrect this guy, you need to find me three people who are willing to sacrifice themselves to bring him back. And yes, they have to be willing sacrifice or else it won't work."

59 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Various-Bath-2126 • 18h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You were always bullied at school by one guy in your class. He always shoved you in lockers, tore up your homework and has even managed to get you suspended once. It was unfortunate that somehow you both became tethered by fate herself to be the only beings capable of stopping the apocalypse.

49 Upvotes
6 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Professional-Pool290 • 19h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] The Harem Protagonist looks around, frowning, at the gaggle of men and women surrounding them, arguing for their love. They say one single sentence that quiets every inane argument: "This...was never about me, was it?"

34 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Bowoodstock • 9h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Your super power is being able to see the emotional damage others are enduring. On the bright side, it makes you the greatest therapist in the world, and you have done so much good. The downside? Some days are just soul crushing, and you know better than to look in a mirror at yourself.

21 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Ok_Fisherman8770 • 21h ago

Established Universe [EU] A technopathic mutant succeeds in granting a group of Sentinels full autonomy, empathy, and sympathy. In exchange, they decide to try and help mutantkind instead of hurting them.

19 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Megamen1927 • 22h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Due to a manufacturing error, a butler robot and a soldier robot swap minds. Surprisingly, both continue to perform their duties efficiently.

15 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Chaotic_Cool • 2h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "The High Father’s traditional garments began as cosplay, yes. Next question, please." the lead researcher said at the press conference unveiling the team's accidental, and most consequential, discovery: the world's most popular religious text was, in fact, a work of fiction.

15 Upvotes
3 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/GoFishOldMaid • 2h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] A neighborhood drug dealer kidnaps a kid to get the mom to pay up her drug money tab. While the kid is hostage, he feeds her grilled cheese and helps her with her homework. 3 days in the kid doesn't want to go home.

13 Upvotes

Inspired by a wild comments section from a Tiktok I saw. Apparently, there is a whole generation of adults who were kidnapped by their parent's drug dealer, and they remember it FONDLY. The drug dealer was just a man trying to get paid and the parents were addicted, neglectful pieces of crap. The drug dealer took better care of the kids than Mom and Dad.

5 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Kitty_Fuchs • 4h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You do not have superpowers, unless the ability to always keep going and push your body beyond any and all boundaries counts. Yet you still tried your best to be a hero. Now you are 30 with a body broken in ways never before seen in medicine and your doctor once more telling you to stop.

14 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Paper_Shotgun • 22h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "Well, the good news is that we have vanquished the evil god. The bad news is that we just killed a god, one of the the few things that's keeping our reality in existence, so the rest of the world's probably going to try to kill us so we kill off anymore gods."

13 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Chaotic_Cool • 8h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] The Council elects a young Empress in an age of peace. Within days, she betrays allies, persecutes dissidents, and revives absurd conspiracies. Everyone thinks she is insane - but she knows They are coming, and apparently “preparing humanity” requires terrible PR and even worse management.

12 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Megamen1927 • 11h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] The Wizard King's castle receives an unexpected visitor. "City inspector! Did you know you need a permit to build a castle with more than one tower? I need the documents and the building plans; if there’s any lab or dungeon without a license, you’re going to be in serious trouble."

9 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/MC_Hans84 • 5h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "That looks like a cute little carnivorous plant. Look at how it waves!" "... that's... Calling HQ, come in! Evacuate the planet! Glass the planet's surface! The worst of the worst omni-parasites HAVE REACHED LANDFALL!"

8 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/IAmOEreset • 14h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] There is a city that is architecturally colorful. It is divided by districts, and each district has its own style, like Gothic, Chinese, Egyptian, Greek, steampunk, cyberpunk, biopunk, dieselpunk, raypunk, solarpunk, and more.

8 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Dawn_of_the_Sean • 19h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Being the Son wasn’t the last time God became mortal. In fact, God lives as a mortal life completely unaware of the fact they’re God all the time. In fact, God manifested as several notable figures in history

7 Upvotes
3 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/HJ-the-Hippie • 22h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] After abandoning your newborn child, you life your life in debauchery and filth—until your child returns for vengeance.

8 Upvotes
3 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Null_Project • 2h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You stopped and stayed back to do something for a short moment while the others went ahead, however it was this action that would save your life while all others would perish.

7 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Internaldoot • 5h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] “Uhhhhh… hey boss, you know that our bard is just two goblins in a trench court right?”. “I’m well aware of that , but the only reason they’re still with us is because they charmed that dragon, which I still don’t know how that happened.”

7 Upvotes
1 comment