Writing Prompts That Don't Suck

Someone finds a takeout container and drink on the side of the road. They also find a mysterious book. Who do these items belong to and how did they get there?

Here are three things. They all go in your story:

a giant squid, a line of cancan dancers, a jet pack

Here’s some stuff I found in the junk drawer. Throw it in your story so I don’t have to deal with the guilt of throwing it away.

a painting with a curse on it, pink panties, chicken bones, several bottles of booze, a fake I.D., a bunch of matches

Here are seven words. Use them all in your story. Then cry.

slovenly, loiter, impetuous, pussyfoot, nosh, pestilential, doohickey

Write a story with these three things:

a candy bar, toe socks, a potted plant

Here are three things. Use them all in your story.

A ukulele, a ray gun, a bowl of cookie dough

Use al this stuff in your story.

an empty house, a skull, robots

You know … things. Things to use in your story you’ll never finish.

knitting, a broken bone, a dead hamster