Month: May 2020

The critic and the actress

Him He is a famous and influential theatre critic with anger management issues. His short temper frequently lands him in hot water. He finds his job stressful and…

Famous Writers on where they get their ideas: Stephen King, John Irving, Alan Hollinghurst

Peter and Renesmee

Names: Peter and Renesmee Location: A school reunion

Barking dog

Cute and fluffy animals

Let this collection of cute and fluffy animals inspire your next story.

@all_alike

All alike is a twitter bot that gets you started with a room description. It has just a handful of followers (let’s see if we can do something…

Fear the mall

@MagicalRealismBot

Magical Realism Bot produces a prompt every four hours. It has over 120,000 followers.

Using dreams to get new story ideas

Using dreams for story ideas is a technique employed by many writers. Dreams are our minds at their most creative. Authors have often taken inspiration from dreams. I…

The tail of ancient verses

Colourful birds

Maybe this mood-board of colourful bird pictures will spark a story idea for you. If it does, we’d love to know about it.

Writing Challenge: Invent a rude word

Your challenge for today is this: Invent a fictional swearword. Then use your word in such a way that, without understanding what the word means or where it…

@YouAreCarrying

You are carrying is a collection of prompts that – yes, you guessed it – is formed of a list of items you are carrying. It is not…

Unforgiving hills

Keys, sleep, and travel

Tell us the story that links these images.

@pictureprompts

Picture writing prompts has 4,859 followers and describes itself as “Free inspiration for fiction writers and poets.”