Writing Prompts • Career Authors

Writing Prompt: In the Spotlight

Write about being uncomfortable in the spotlight.

Your best friend takes an immediate dislike to your new love—who they just met. Write the...

Your hero is up all night. Why?

Your character wants to be a movie star. Who would they be? Why? What does that tell you?

Writing prompt: Show how gossip can backfire.

Today is International Beer Day. Start the scene, “Can I buy you a beer? … and go from...

Your protagonist is lost in the woods. Now what?