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Prompts are story ideas that inspire you to get writing. When you are overdrawn at the idea bank, you can always pick up some ideas from the muse. Take our ideas and run with them. Make them yours. Turn prompts into best sellers. Turn prompts into stories for fun. Browse prompts for ideas. If our collection can help you find inspiration or new ideas – then these prompts have done their job.
Each day at around 6 pm, you receive a call from someone who dialled the wrong number. It is always a different person. Over time, the callers become…
When you opened the newspaper today, all the stories were just excerpts from your personal journal. #WritingPrompt
Today, you noticed that all dogs suddenly speak English. What happened, and how does the world change? #WritingPrompt
In this tale you are about to write or tell, these four images show the danger. What is the danger? How does the hero manage it? #WritingPrompt
Your entire life has been surrounded by older people in a walled city. Initially, you are surprised because you’ve never seen another young human before.
One day, while watering your garden, one of the plants asks you for a little bit more water. #WritingPrompt
Write a story that connects these images – I await your creations. #WritingPrompt
The gods hurriedly shoved you back, but into a world of magic, dragons, and elves. You’ve tried to talk to the gods about it, but, embarrassed, they keep…
What if, one day, some archaeologists found the tap that turned the magic back on for the whole world?
… no one expected that the world would be saved by a duck with self-esteem issues and a flatulent monk. #WritingPrompt
A few ants found their way into your kitchen. You used a sheet of paper to carry them back outside. For you, this was just a small act…
You swerve to avoid a hedgehog one day and soon forget all about it. Unknown to you, the hedgehog remembers your kindness. It spent its life watching over…
If you use writing dares to help you get writing, The Muse of Last Resort (that’s this blog) has you covered. There’s an entire site section dedicated to…
They know what happened here 18 years ago. They keep it to themselves as no one would believe them anyway.
A handful of youngsters blessed with divine abilities fight to defend the world from an army of angels trying to conquer the Earth in the name of The…
