aspiring authors discussion

here share some of your favorite writing prompts that youve found or come up with :))

my favorite ones are on pinterest. the one that inspired one of my WIP is "once upon a time is such a cliche way to start a story, but here we are."

sofia wrote: "my favorite ones are on pinterest. the one that inspired one of my WIP is "once upon a time is such a cliche way to start a story, but here we are.""

omg i love that !!

sofia wrote: "my favorite ones are on pinterest. the one that inspired one of my WIP is "once upon a time is such a cliche way to start a story, but here we are.""

Yes tho XD

I write down a ton of these haha

two sentence horror stories are a great way for inspo

example: We all lost our sight in the Great Blinding. I suddenly regained my sight and all over the walls it said "don't let them know you can see"

Alice wrote: "two sentence horror stories are a great way for inspo

example: We all lost our sight in the Great Blinding. I suddenly regained my sight and all over the walls it said "don't let them know you can..."

That is beautiful! <3

its not mine but im not sure who wrote it so yeah but they're all over tiktok

That would make sense. I don't have tiktok tho.

Open up your favourite book and take the first sentence for a prompt.

Niharika wrote: "Open up your favourite book and take the first sentence for a prompt."

I already know what the sentence is for so many books with is kind of funny--

Niharika wrote: "Open up your favourite book and take the first sentence for a prompt."

I love this idea!

Queen Pluto wrote: "Niharika wrote: "Open up your favourite book and take the first sentence for a prompt."

I love this idea!"

Thanks!

Aja wrote: "Niharika wrote: "Open up your favourite book and take the first sentence for a prompt."

I need to try this now!"

Me too. It just kind of came while I was reading the other ideas.

Niharika wrote: "Queen Pluto wrote: "Niharika wrote: "Open up your favourite book and take the first sentence for a prompt."

I love this idea!"

Thanks!"

Now I just need to pick my favorite book....lol

I get a lot of my inspiration from songs, from artists such as Hidden Citizens, Tommee Profitt, and Ruelle

Fun character exercise: write a letter from one character to another, it can be about anything. Doesn't matter if they sent it or not. Both characters don't need to be canonically alive. Just write a letter from a character's pov.

Alex wrote: "Fun character exercise: write a letter from one character to another, it can be about anything. Doesn't matter if they sent it or not. Both characters don't need to be canonically alive. Just write..."

That's interesting!

Writing prompt idea..... You wake up as an animal or in a different life/as a different person. It could be turned into horror, mystery, heartfelt, sci-fi, or anything in between.

I haven't used this idea before but it seems it could work out.