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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.”

The unexpected serial killer

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…

The artist and the key collector

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,…

The hearing of a bard

Where am I?

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…

Simeon and Abigale

Names: Simeon and Abigale

The spy and the conspiracy theorist

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…

In the world of dreams

Names: Peter and Beatriz Location: The world of dreams

All Aboard

Names: Henry and Lucy Place: A ship or boat

The lady in the lane

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…

Land of the blind