100 creative writing prompts for writers

Prompt 1: Write a story where only one person continues to age while everyone else remains the same.

Prompt 2: Write about a library where books rewrite themselves based on readers’ fears.

Prompt 3: Write a story in which mirrors reveal alternate versions of reality.

Prompt 4: Write about receiving a letter from your future—but it’s signed by a stranger.

Prompt 5: Write a world where memories are traded instead of money.

Prompt 6: Write about inheriting a house that only exists at night.

Prompt 7: Write a character who hears lies as physical sounds.

Prompt 8: Write about gravity disappearing for one hour worldwide.

Prompt 9: Write a mystery revealed through a voicemail from the future.

Prompt 10: Write a story where everyone has a theme song—until one suddenly changes.

Prompt 11: Write about a retired hero forced to save the world without powers.

Prompt 12: Write a story where time travelers are banned, yet one keeps apologizing.

Prompt 13: Write about a town erased from every map overnight.

Prompt 14: Write a story where dreams begin leaking into reality.

Prompt 15: Write about a shadow that no longer obeys its owner.

Prompt 16: Write a painter whose portraits age instead of people.

Prompt 17: Write about being temporarily assigned the role of Death.

Prompt 18: Write a story where a forgotten god starts answering prayers again.

Prompt 19: Write about a therapist who counsels monsters.

Prompt 20: Write a world where every lie appears on the body.

Prompt 21: Write about aliens who arrive seeking human advice.

Prompt 22: Write a story that begins with a knock on the door—the last human answers.

Prompt 23: Write about a town no one remembers entering.

Prompt 24: Write a story where music is illegal—until one note is heard.

Prompt 25: Write about a clock counting down to an unknown event.

Prompt 26: Write a story where a notebook records conversations before they happen.

Prompt 27: Write about a villain seeking therapy.

Prompt 28: Write a world where people are publicly rated like apps.

Prompt 29: Write a story where the moon broadcasts messages.

Prompt 30: Write about a family secret hidden in a recipe.

Prompt 31: Write a story where an imaginary friend turns out to be real.

Prompt 32: Write about a city where everyone shares the same dream.

Prompt 33: Write a story about an elevator that stops on impossible floors.

Prompt 34: Write about receiving a love letter decades too late.

Prompt 35: Write a courtroom drama where animals testify.

Prompt 36: Write a world where names determine destiny.

Prompt 37: Write about a detective solving crimes across realities.

Prompt 38: Write a story where consciousness uploads go wrong.

Prompt 39: Write about a storm that erases memories.

Prompt 40: Write a ghost story where the ghost refuses to haunt.

Prompt 41: Write about children remembering past lives.

Prompt 42: Write a story centered on a train that carries regret.

Prompt 43: Write about pausing time only when unobserved.

Prompt 44: Write a message-in-a-bottle story from the future.

Prompt 45: Write about a town where happiness spreads like a virus.

Prompt 46: Write a story where the sun never rises—but only one notices.

Prompt 47: Write about a door that appears overnight.

Prompt 48: Write a world where emotions are assigned at birth.

Prompt 49: Write about characters rewriting their author.

Prompt 50: Write a story involving a mirror that reveals unrealized lives.

Prompt 51: Write a world where silence is a weapon.

Prompt 52: Write about receiving an invitation to your own funeral.

Prompt 53: Write a city powered entirely by secrets.

Prompt 54: Write a story where photographs steal moments of life.

Prompt 55: Write about a child who speaks to abandoned places.

Prompt 56: Write a language that makes spoken words real.

Prompt 57: Write about a post office for the dead.

Prompt 58: Write a story where you awaken fluent in a lost language.

Prompt 59: Write about an app that predicts breakups flawlessly.

Prompt 60: Write a town where rain falls only during funerals.

Prompt 61: Write a story where villains believe they are heroes.

Prompt 62: Write about a comet that grants wishes at a cost.

Prompt 63: Write a diary that responds.

Prompt 64: Write a society that taxes dreams.

Prompt 65: Write about music that erases people from existence.

Prompt 66: Write a story where fearlessness becomes dangerous.

Prompt 67: Write about a salesperson who sells alternate lives.

Prompt 68: Write a courtroom trial where time is accused.

Prompt 69: Write a town where birthdays predict death.

Prompt 70: Write about a missing person who returns unrecognized.

Prompt 71: Write a museum dedicated to moments that never happened.

Prompt 72: Write a story about a business that sells last chances.

Prompt 73: Write about a forest that rearranges itself nightly.

Prompt 74: Write a letter addressed to who you used to be.

Prompt 75: Write a world where apologies are legally binding.

Prompt 76: Write a story where the internet becomes self-aware.

Prompt 77: Write about a lighthouse guiding lost souls.

Prompt 78: Write a city built on a forgotten civilization.

Prompt 79: Write about removing grief—and losing love.

Prompt 80: Write a world where people see their turning points.

Prompt 81: Write a storyteller whose lies reshape reality.

Prompt 82: Write about a town that exists only when remembered.

Prompt 83: Write a love story after the end of the world.

Prompt 84: Write about a door that opens to what you miss most.

Prompt 85: Write a world where everyone knows the truth—except one.

Prompt 86: Write about a therapist treating time travelers.

Prompt 87: Write a child who rewrites rules by questioning them.

Prompt 88: Write a city where no one sleeps.

Prompt 89: Write about a forgotten holiday returning.

Prompt 90: Write a character who collects goodbyes.

Prompt 91: Write a world where hope is limited.

Prompt 92: Write about a radio station from a dead universe.

Prompt 93: Write a curse that skips generations—until now.

Prompt 94: Write a society where art is legal evidence.

Prompt 95: Write a story where the narrator dislikes the protagonist.

Prompt 96: Write a town where promises have physical weight.

Prompt 97: Write about refusing to wake from a dream.

Prompt 98: Write a machine that reveals hidden truths.

Prompt 99: Write a love story told through missed connections.

Prompt 100: Write about a world where imagination is outlawed.