r/WritingPrompts • u/Kitty_Fuchs • 5h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "I want to become a witch." "Then why did you come to me?" "To learn witchcraft, of course." "Ok, but I am a wizard." "And I am a girl, so if you teach me, I will be a witch." "That is not how that works, child. If I were to teach you, you would become a wizard too, not a witch."

140 Upvotes
11 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/pauseglitched • 6h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Humanity isn't actually particularly powerful. They are a class 2.4 civilization with a class 3.1 military but constantly act like a sub 2 civilization. Invaders constantly underestimate them.

78 Upvotes
4 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/ULTRAPUNK18 • 8h ago

Simple Prompt [SP] "Hey why did that siren take on my image when trying to seduce you?"

63 Upvotes
10 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/90919293_ • 13h 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!”

130 Upvotes
9 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Megamen1927 • 5h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "What is that you're using to write with, young man?" "It's called a pen, professor. It's simpler and more practical for writing than using a quill—besides, I find the idea of ​​plucking a bird just to be able to write quite wrong."

16 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Ok_Fisherman8770 • 22h 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?"

331 Upvotes
23 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/60s_timer • 55m ago

Writing Prompt [WP] A lot of NPCs retain memory close to when they died and recount it in places no player is present. It's one of the few pastimes they have without breaking formation for fear of being outed as real conscious beings. Not for maintaining immersion, but that they know they'd all be killed far more.

• Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Few_Mortgage6042 • 3h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You live in a world where facing/defeating your worst fears gives you XP. You have no idea what your phobia is, but you discovered you can gain many levels just by being in the middle of a crowd.

6 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Eastern_Quote1525 • 9h 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.

15 Upvotes
4 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/ParanormalActivity97 • 12h 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.

19 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Various-Bath-2126 • 19h 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.

91 Upvotes
4 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Spoon_Elemental • 1d 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.

270 Upvotes
7 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Infamous_Ground_2788 • 19h 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"

70 Upvotes
7 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/SingularBlue • 7h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Your minor superpower is the ability to turn *literally* anything into a potent weapon. "Icy Stare" and "Withering Glance" are your go-tos.

6 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Clear_Ad4106 • 1h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "Are you really going to help us, witch? I thought your kind made pacts with this demons." "Yes, and your church burns us, so I am not particularly happy about working with you, but if the demons win all of mankind is going to end up enslaved, us included, so enemy of my enemy and all that."

• Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Megamen1927 • 1h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Hey everyone. I have something to tell you, and I need you not to freak out. You know that monster that appeared recently—the one that isn’t aggressive? Well, that’s me. I don’t know how, but I’ve gained the power to transform, and to prove that I’m not crazy…

• Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Adamantine-Waffle • 16h 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."

34 Upvotes
3 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/JustLookingForMayhem • 6h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] A humble village priest/ess is given the most important title in their religion by the god/ess directly.

5 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/cassidie-world2 • 10h 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

9 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Visible-Ad8263 • 9h ago

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

8 Upvotes
4 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Megamen1927 • 21h 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."

68 Upvotes
11 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/ParanormalActivity97 • 7h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Two years into a brutal zombie apocalypse, you accidentally discover the cure. It isn't a complex laboratory serum—it’s just regular table salt.

5 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/LordVulpix • 4h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] The empire has ruled for thousands of years without trouble. We start getting humanity's media and things go down hill fast. Fix it!

2 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Megamen1927 • 30m ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "Barrier integrity at 47%, initiating attack mode." "Do not execute this command. Not yet." "32…27…12…3%!" "NOW!!!"

• Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Yech_e • 1d ago

Writing Prompt [WP] It's been years since dragons last roamed these lands, so the new dragons raised in captivity dont have a mother to guide them to their proper nesting grounds. Thats why you're dressed in a dragon onesie flying an open cockpit plane to guide them.

80 Upvotes
2 comments