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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…
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.
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…
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…
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It’s in all the news, there is a serial killer on the loose. From the details in the news reports, you think that you know exactly who it…
Him He is a fastidiously tidy and well-organised person who collects old keys. He works at a small shop that specialises in restoring furniture. He hopes, one day,…
You wake up in a dimly lit tunnel. It takes you a little while to realise where you are. You have no memory of how you got here…
Names: Simeon and Abigale
Him He is a conspiracy theorist. His whole life is dedicated to searching for secrets. His house has whole bookshelves filled with scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings. Maps of…
Your car shudders and stops. The fuel indicator read empty. It is starting to rain as you leave your car with a petrol can. You take what you…
Come on, it is April the first. Great story ideas are being wasted as jokes today. Use one.
Today is a day often given over to pranks, jokes, and trickery. Rather than giving you a picture or a starting introduction for a prompt, I wanted to…