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An innocent social media post results in accusations, drama, and all sorts of trouble for your characters. The entire plot grinds to a halt while they try to…
Pick a pair of central characters to have strong feelings for each other. They never admit it to their crush but drive the protagonist (main character) absolutely spare…
Here is a suggestion to help you pad out your NaNoWriMo word count. Have your characters debate when it is too early to put up Christmas decorations. Give…
Try this at the top of your next scene. It should help you guide readers through a character doing something that is “out of character” or against their…
I’m on a mission to locate all the dare threads. Today, I browsed the NaNoWriMo science fiction dare thread. No spoilers here – go enjoy the thread.
Do you love coffee? This character does. Give one of your characters an obsession with coffee or coffee beans
We dare you to give one of your characters an imaginary friend to argue with. Bonus points if the imaginary friend moves the plot forward they turn out…
Grab yourself a 20-sided dice (or a handful of regular dice) and get ready to randomly generate plot ideas. Here are some other tables you could roll on
Ask a friend if you can sit in their dusty attic or loft space and write your 1667 words. Refuse to explain why you want to do this….
All of your characters shall be given names based on the roads and streets where you live. Extra points if you set your story near where you live…
With NaNoWriMo just around the corner, it seems like the ideal time to present you with some exciting prompts to give you ideas for your NaNo Novel. Here…
Grand Elder Tashmin is a character I cooked up for HFY-style prompts. Here is a collection of Grand Elder Tashmin prompts we posted on Tumblr.
See how many unexpected places you can have a pumpkin show up within your story.
No one on Earth knew that there had been a massive cloaked ship in orbit for the last sixteen years.
In all that time, the ship’s AI has been calculating the answer to a complex problem. Today, the AI came to a decision. The ship opened a small,…
This is a selection of my favourite prompts posted to the Muse Twitter account.
You are part of the first deep-space exploration expedition. You have landed on a planet covered with an exactly sized hexagonal grid. You are able to move or…
On Twitter, we have been tagging images that could make for a great setting with the hashtag #PotentialSettings. Here are five of my favourites. If you liked these,…
You are part of the first deep-space exploration expedition. You have settled into orbit around an Earth-like planet. It has a large moon that is made entirely of…
I gave an AI the prompt “Stuck for a good story idea? Use this novel writing prompt.” It gave me this. I’ve noticed some awesome novel writing prompts…
The prompt The AI story When you tossed the penny into the well, you foolishly wished to rule the world. Now you are stuck in a huge office…
For me, creative writing starts either with an idea that has to be crafted right now, or the slow build-up to a mature enough idea that I can…
You fancied doing a little DIY so you borrowed a set of tools from a friend. You are pretty sure that some or all of these tools are…