r/WritingPrompts • u/Megamen1927 • 3h ago

[WP] Fossil fuels have run out, and electric cars are a luxury item. Ships and cargo vehicles are powered by nuclear energy, and bicycles and carriages are the most affordable form of transportation.

1 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Ok_Fisherman8770 • 4h ago

Established Universe [EU] Due to multiverse bullshit from Kang the Conqueror, the Quinjet crash-lands in Westeros, stranding the Avengers there.

1 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Megamen1927 • 15h ago

Established Universe [EU] "Sir, I have a question. If wizards deliver their letters using birds, why do they use owls, which are the slowest flying birds of all? If they used falcons or eagles, it would be much more practical."

61 Upvotes
10 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Einherjar-Warrior2 • 8h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] The Wheel of Ages oversees the months. It rules and is ruled by the Cat, the Serpent, the Fox, the Boar, the Frog, the Wren, the Bear, the Salmon, the Spider, the Wolf, the Hawk and the Stag.

2 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Crabkingrocks165 • 23h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] you finally meet the god of death, you expect them to be a horrible, evil creature. They’re actually quite chill

2 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Psychronia • 14h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] One enrollee at the ultra competitive wizard tower changed everything when they befriended the "mediocre" outcasts and helped them realize normal casters felt exertion when they cast spells.

2 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Nervous_Log4233 • 22h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Back in our day we didn't have trees producing oxygen for free, if we wanted oxygen we went out and hunted it ourselves!

4 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/SDCD8 • 22h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] ‎Aliens have invaded earth. They're more advanced and way more powerful than us, there's no hope of victory until we discover that they're completely incapable of breaking any law that they know of. It's time for lawyers to save humanity.

12 Upvotes
5 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/cassidie-world2 • 4h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Story idea You get hit by a truck, and you didn't really live the best life, but when you arrive in hell instead of torture, you do community service (1 hour per sin) and after that you can just live a normal life

8 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Eastern_Quote1525 • 3h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] A 12 year old boy finds a really cool stick on a hike with his dad. Said stick happens to have fallen from an enchanted tree and is now a magic staff.

7 Upvotes
3 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Various-Bath-2126 • 13h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You were cursed by a witch to become a small fae creature every ten days. When you were younger it wasn't difficult to hide. But nowadays, as the personal knight of the king, it becomes harder to conceal your ailment for much longer.

49 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/ParanormalActivity97 • 6h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Your older sister is a witch, so you go to her for help with the severe bullying you face at school. She gives you a magical solution, but it comes with a catch.

13 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Same-Abbreviations99 • 21h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] The tsundere, unaware of the protagonists low self-esteem and anxiety, accidentally drives them into a panic attack.

14 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Ok_Fisherman8770 • 16h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] The administrative head of the hero organization comes into their office to find a supervillain sitting in their chair. The villain asks the admin a simple question: "Why the HELL has my nemesis been damn near homeless for the entirety of their career when you can afford all this?"

283 Upvotes
22 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Adamantine-Waffle • 10h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "Sir, we are recieving concurring reports from several units: Apparently the troops are having great difficulty repelling the alien invaders because they are, and I quote, too adorable to shoot."

30 Upvotes
3 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Infamous_Ground_2788 • 13h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Humanity’s jokes and statements about how they are "The worst species to ever live" and how they're "parasites" have gotten their eldritch observers concerned. They opted to bring them to cosmic therapy to get to the root of this apparent "self-hatred"

55 Upvotes
6 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Spoon_Elemental • 20h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] After graduating from the Academy of Evil you went on to become one of the worlds greatest heroes. The academy hates your guts over this, but you're always quick to point out that you got the best grades in backstabbing in the history of the academy, so they really should have seen this coming.

239 Upvotes
7 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/90919293_ • 7h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] “Let go of me! I’m not the princess!” “Oh, I know you aren’t! But it would be so rude of me not to let the person who saved my eggs be honored at the hatching ceremony!”

101 Upvotes
8 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/PenguinKilla3 • 12h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] The protagonist awakens to a bizarre set of circumstances. The weather is perfect. The news is pleasant. The protagonist is in an ideal living condition. Going out into the world is no longer filled with guilt trips; they are now accolades. Detail the protagonist's entire first day.

5 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/MrsEpicWriter • 13h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] A new affliction has appeared. When the disease appears in someone, they get the sudden urge to start dramatically cackling and to do things that are cartoonishly "evil". One person in a group of really edgy superheroes gets it.

2 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Worldly_Lab_7061 • 4h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] The doctor enters, "As per your contract for the show Reality Surgery: Life Under The Knife, you will be given just enough anesthesia to remain awake during the surgery, better for ratings."

2 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/ScorchedDev • 14h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] When you die if you should go to heaven, your soul slowly rises up into the air to reach heaven. There is one flaw in this system: Heaven is several lightyears away in another solar system. Very very few souls have made it there yet.

2 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Visible-Ad8263 • 3h ago

Simple Prompt [SP] "I am not afraid to die. But I must not die. Yet."

5 Upvotes
3 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Fabian2130 • 3h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] you live in a village and the world you know is about to be destroyed in 2 years, everybody knows it and there is nothing left to do. How does your community handle the grief?

2 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/TechbearSeattle • 15h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] For a thousand years, the star slowly grew. For a few years it shown brighter than the moon at night and could be seen even in the day. For another thousand years the Visitor faded, becoming invisible and leaving only legends. You clear your throat and begin to tell one such story.

11 Upvotes
2 comments