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r/WritingPrompts 18,855,212 subscribers — Writing Prompts. You're a writer and you just want to flex those muscles? You've come to the right place! If you see a prompt you like, simply write a short story based on it. Get comments from others, and leave commentary for other people's works. Let's help each other.
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Post Score Posted [WP] Several "silent protagonist" type adventurers are getting on the guilds nerves with their refusal to speak, so in an attempt to teach them a lesson the guild leadership forces them to team up. Much to the guilds annoyance they all manage to work together flawlessly in spite of never speaking. 499 4d ago [WP] "So if you win the duel, you get to take her on a date." They both nodded. "And if she wins the duel, she gets to take you on a date." They both nodded. "So why don't you both just... Skip that and go on a date?" They both glared. 463 2d ago [WP]You were born with the ability to see how many times a person has avoided death. It's been decently useful, but humans are fragile, so the number above most heads is pretty high. One day at a diner with your friends you realize something strange: the number above the waiter's head is a zero. 421 6d ago [WP]Once again you see Soldiers marching towards your Home. And once again, you groan in annoyance and grab your Spear. "Just because you bring more Men every time, doesn't mean I will give up my Daughter to the Prince." you greet the General and your Pupil, leading the Soldiers. 316 4d ago [WP] Everyone is born with a timer on their wrist counting down to the moment they meet their soulmate. Your timer just hit zero, but you're currently completely alone in an elevator that just got stuck between floors. 295 3d ago [WP] The hero is fighting a powerful, but strangely erratic, evil wizard. He has him on the ropes, when a younger wizard shows up, sets everything to right, and apologizes for his grandfather, who has dementia. The hero ends up helping the younger wizard care for his grandfather. 286 5d ago [WP] When people die, they must cross a desert that is long and dangerous to get to heaven. Salespeople sell methods of transportation from luxury jets to rusty wheelchairs depending on how good the person was in their life. The better they were, the better their transportation. 273 2d ago [WP] "Ah, but you see. Humans are the true mon-" "You eat people." 271 7d ago [WP] A monstrous looking but peaceful alien race agonizes over how to make a peaceful first contact with Earth. They know their appearance will terrify us, and they know how humans will respond to things they fear and do not understand. After much debate a decision is made; send children first. 271 3d ago [WP] When humans finally met aliens, humans were a bit worried that their weirdos who have fantasies or theories about aliens might make their new friends uncomfortable. But luckily aliens have their own weirdos as well. So they decided to let both their weirdos meet to get it out of their system 247 5d ago
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