Writing Prompts

Your newly deceased aunt leaves you a box of photographs. There’s not one person in them that your...

If your heroine were alone on a desert island, what would happen? How would she survive? How would...

There’s a knock on your character’s front door. No one is expected. They open the door...

…time is the third party to every relationship. —Nuala o’Faolain Write about how your...

Does your character have recurring dreams? Flying? Forgetting? A golden forest? Write a scene...

Your character lied. Flat out lied. They can’t really cook, or speak French, or—you fill in...

Your character is always right. No real person thinks they’re being stupid or misguided or evil or...

As a writer you try to listen to what others aren’t saying … and write about the silence....

Saturday night. The winter sky is filled with stars. Your character is standing outside in the...