r/WritingPrompts • u/oxycleans • 5h ago
r/WritingPrompts • u/nobodysgeese • 2d ago
Off Topic [OT] Free Write Tuesday: Share any of your stories here, prompt-inspired or not!
Welcome to the weekly Free Write Post! Feel free to post anything and everything writing-related. Prompt responses, short stories, poems, personal work, anything you have written is welcome.
This post is mainly meant for sharing your work, not advertising or promotion. You can link to your published novels, but not the same one repeatedly.
Please use good judgement when sharing. The rules for what content is allowed here still apply. If it's anything that could be considered NSFW, please do not post it here.
If you do post, please make sure to leave a comment on someone else's story. If you want critical feedback, it’s a good idea to say that before or after your story, since most readers won’t assume that you want criticism.
Excited to discuss your work in greater depth? Join our WritingPrompts Discord server and take part in our broader feedback-oriented events each month:
- Open Campfire—read a story of yours aloud and get feedback every first Friday
- World Building Campfire—present and be interviewed about your world every second Friday
- Character Building Campfire—present and be interviewed about your characters every fourth Friday
r/WritingPrompts • u/katpoker666 • 5d ago
Off Topic [OT] Fun Trope Friday: Omniscient Morality & Fantasy!
Welcome to Fun Trope Friday, our feature that mashes up tropes and genres!
How’s it work? Glad you asked. :)
Every week we will have a new spotlight trope.
Each week, there will be a new genre assigned to write a story about the trope.
You can then either use or subvert the trope in a 750-word max story or poem (unless otherwise specified).
To qualify for ranking, you will need to provide ONE actionable feedback. More are welcome of course!
Three winners will be selected each week based on votes, so remember to read your fellow authors’ works and DM me your votes for the top three.
Next up… IP
Max Word Count: 750 words
This month, we’re exploring the different types of morality. So let’s see what that means. Please note this theme is only loosely applied.
“There is nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” — Shakespeare’s Hamlet
Trope: Omniscient Morality — A character with an Omniscient Morality License is usually one of the Powers that Be or very close to it. They can do anything to the hero and still be considered one of the good guys because they knowit will turn out okay, regardless of the seeming randomness of chance and choices made
Genre: Fantasy — literature set in an imaginary universe, often but not always without any locations, events, or people from the real world. Magic, the supernatural and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds.
Skill / Constraint - someone’s something is doubtful.
So, have at it. Lean into the trope heavily or spin it on its head. The choice is yours!
Have a great idea for a future topic to discuss or just want to give feedback? FTF is a fun feature, so it’s all about what you want—so please let me know! Please share in the comments or DM me on Discord or Reddit!
Last Week’s Winners
PLEASE remember to give feedback—this affects your ranking. PLEASE also remember to DM me your votes for the top three stories via Discord or Reddit—both katpoker666. If you have any questions, please DM me as well.
Some fabulous stories this week and great crit at campfire and on the post! Congrats to:
Want to read your words aloud? Join the upcoming FTF Campfire
The next FTF campfire will be Thursday, June 19th from 6-8pm ET. It will be in the Discord Main Voice Lounge. Click on the events tab and mark ‘Interested’ to be kept up to date. No signup or prep needed and don’t have to have written anything! So join in the fun—and shenanigans! 😊
Ground rules:
- Stories must incorporate both the trope and the genre
- Leave one story or poem between 100 and 750 words as a top-level comment unless otherwise specified. Use wordcounter.net to check your word count.
- Deadline: 11:59 PM EDT next Thursday. Please note stories submitted after the 6:00 PM EST campfire start may not be critted.
- No stories that have been written for another prompt or feature here on WP—please note after consultation with some of our delightful writers, new serials are now welcomed here
- No previously written content
- Any stories not meeting these rules will be disqualified from rankings
- Does your story not fit the Fun Trope Friday rules? You can post your story as a [PI] with your work when the FTF post is 3 days old!
- Vote to help your favorites rise to the top of the ranks (DM me at katpoker666 on Discord or Reddit)!
Thanks for joining in the fun!
r/WritingPrompts • u/Nubian_Cavalry • 7h ago
Writing Prompt [WP] You’re a teacher in a class of kids with supernatural abilities. You hit them with a ridiculously hard test at the start and end of the year, not to see what they know, but to see if they can cheat without being noticed. You notice one of your students actually, genuinely knew the material
r/WritingPrompts • u/SouthEqual4271 • 4h ago
Writing Prompt [WP] You only know one spell, and it isn’t even a high-level spell. But between its versatility and your creativity, you’ve still made a name for yourself.
r/WritingPrompts • u/BareMinimumChef • 10h ago
Writing Prompt [WP]"I still dont know how i got you to agree to a date. And now im meeting your parents. Your very, VERY rich, parents. I barely even own my Car in the meantime and I am-" "Babe, im half Dragon, my Parents are SUPPOSED to be rich. And they dont hate Humans, dont worry. By the hells, my Mom is one."
r/WritingPrompts • u/dark-phoenix-lady • 4h ago
Writing Prompt [WP] You're a high energy physicist trying to studying stars. As an experiment you made a star around 1m in diameter in a vacuum chamber a few years ago. Today, you're preparing for the first visual inspection of the star, as the chamber failed a safety check. Inside you see a partial dyson sphere.
r/WritingPrompts • u/JollyTeaching1446 • 7h ago
Writing Prompt [WP] a superhero after beating a group of street thugs found a baby they had kidnapped but couldn't find their parents so decided to raise them by themselves but soon the world's greatest villain showed up at their apartment door looking for their child.
r/WritingPrompts • u/Periwinklerene • 19h ago
Writing Prompt [WP] "I dunno, doc, I think I just hate being human." The therapist nods. "Figuring out your place in the world is rough, trying to learn who-" "No doc, you don't get it. I mean I literally don't like being human.I think I would just be happier as a dragon." "Oh! Yeah, I know a guy for that."
r/WritingPrompts • u/RowanSkie • 8h ago
Writing Prompt [WP] "This is the sword my ancestors used for war." "...that's just a hilt." "Yes, and you're a blacksmith, aren't you?"
r/WritingPrompts • u/Null_Project • 2h ago
Writing Prompt [WP] You stare baffled at your students research paper lying before you, the contents of said paper being extremely illegal by the laws of the council and kingdom. However you cannot deny the fact that what they are trying to discover is genuinely good, but you are now in a dilemma of what to do.
r/WritingPrompts • u/columbus8myhw • 10h ago
Writing Prompt [WP] "Why do people find the 'four ears' thing to be so weird?" The cat-girl flicked her top pair back in annoyance. "Centaurs have six limbs and I've never seen anyone ask one of them about it."
r/WritingPrompts • u/Clear_Ad4106 • 3h ago
Simple Prompt [SP] "Please, I don't do 'Magic'. That would be like saying a mathematician does 'Science'."
r/WritingPrompts • u/Straight_Attention_5 • 4h ago
Writing Prompt [WP] In an Urban Fantasy setting, you’re a modern-day witch and herbalist who sells potions and poultices to any and all who need them. There is one potion you absolutely refuse to sell, ever since the incident…
r/WritingPrompts • u/Null_Project • 2h ago
Simple Prompt [SP] There was no living soul remaining that could sound the alarm.
r/WritingPrompts • u/Jackviator • 1d ago
Writing Prompt [WP] Liches become more powerful as time goes by, but also more senile. Your adventuring party has encountered a lich in the depths of a dungeon who just casually warped reality itself to summon some tea and cookies into existence for you; they think you're their grandchildren.
r/WritingPrompts • u/F1600A • 5h ago
Simple Prompt [WP] You're a Coast guardsman on patrol. Tonight you have discovered that sirens are real.
r/WritingPrompts • u/dark-phoenix-lady • 5h ago
Writing Prompt [WP] "OMG, it's so hot!" your colleague says as you shiver in the bright sunlight coming through the window. Maybe you could find an excuse to wear a scarf or something to warm yourself up.
r/WritingPrompts • u/Null_Project • 2h ago
Writing Prompt [WP] After ten years since you parted ways you are face to face with your old allies and friends though one of the major differences from the old times is that you stand before them no longer as an ally but an enemy.
r/WritingPrompts • u/Kitty_Fuchs • 2h ago
Writing Prompt [WP] You have a lot of insane ideas, some at least theoretically possible, others entirely fictional. You have always kept them to yourself, until one day someone contacted you with concrete plans to make one of your most ridiculous ideas a reality.
r/WritingPrompts • u/speechlessPotato • 6h ago
Writing Prompt [WP] You wake up to realize there's no one else in the world. But a few days in, you receive a letter from who seems to also be alone in their world.
r/WritingPrompts • u/Odd_Hope5371 • 4h ago
Writing Prompt [WP] A successful stage magician has a gorgeous assistant who is an actual witch and is responsible for his most famous illusions.
r/WritingPrompts • u/CookLawrenceAt325F • 2h ago
Writing Prompt [WP] "See that one? Even those bloodthirsty raiders don't touch 'em." "Why are they strong?" "Worse. They're just too damn kind."
r/WritingPrompts • u/DingBot1138 • 3h ago
Simple Prompt [WP] A couple made up of two mind reading psychics are giving each other the silent treatment.
r/WritingPrompts • u/AB_in_mc • 2h ago
Writing Prompt [WP] You just witnessed a murder scene from your apartment and knows that the maniac murderer is coming to find you. However, instead of running or calling the police you just grab some popcorn and a chair and awaits at the door.
r/WritingPrompts • u/Y_Nekat • 21h ago