245+ Category: Novel Writing Prompts
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Emotional Journey
Write a potent scene that marks a significant emotional transformation for your character.
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Quirks and Habits
Give your character a unique quirk or habit, and explore how it impacts their interactions.
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Meet the Antagonist
Craft a short story in which the protagonist and the antagonist meet for the first time.
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The Unthinkable Betrayal
Create a scene in which a trusted ally is revealed to be a traitor just before the climax.
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Dire Revelations
Compose a scene where a tightly held secret is devastatingly revealed just before the climax.
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Old Love Rekindled
Describe a love story where the characters were once lovers, drifted apart for whatever reason, and reunite after many years.
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Falling for a Friend
Have two characters that have been friends since forever, realize they have deeper feelings for each other.
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Familiar Spaces, Unfamiliar Time
Write about a current space in your life, but in the context of a different time period.
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Parallel Universe Mystery
Suppose you woke up in a parallel universe where everything is exactly the same, except for one seemingly small difference.
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Opposite Day on a Different Planet
How would an average day look like if you were living on a planet where day is night and night is day.
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Jumping Through Time
Imagine you had the power to travel through time: where would you go, who would you meet and why?
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Time Capsule Untouched
What would a 100-year-old time capsule buried in your backyard reveal about the past?
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Cosmic Calendar
Invent a unique celestial system for your world and explore its implications on time, seasons, and festivals.
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Mystical Metropolises
Imagine a grand city where an unusual or arcane resource is crucial for survival.
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Legendary Landscapes
Detail a primary geographical feature of your world and its impact on the culture and people living there.
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Creation of Cultures
Describe an entirely unique and distinctive culture or society that could exist in a world of your own design.
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Dystopian Revelation
Your protagonist suddenly finds out that their seemingly normal life is an illusion, and in reality they are living in a dystopian world.
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Letters From A Stranger
A mysterious set of letters find their way to your protagonist, changing everything they believed.
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The Unknown Past
Incorporate a hidden past for your protagonist that they themselves were unaware of.
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Innocent Imposter
Write about a protagonist who discovers that someone close to them has been leading a double life.
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Haunted Heirloom
Your character finds an old family object that seems to possess an ancient mystery associated with it.
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Clandestine Caller
A strange phone call in the middle of the night leads your character down a path full of mysteries.
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Shadowy Secrets
Write about a character who stumbles upon a room full of secret files with names of people he/she knows.
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Shrouded in Shadows
Describe the main antagonist as an unidentified mystery, with elusive actions affecting the protagonist indirectly.
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Unexpected Sympathy
Introduce your antagonist in a situation where they show kindness or sympathy, conflicting with their antagonistic nature.
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Veiled Friend
Write about your antagonist’s introduction as a trusted friend or mentor to the protagonist, only to betray them later.
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A Familiar Stranger
Your main antagonist believes they have never met the protagonist before, but when they are introduced, the protagonist remember them all too well from a childhood memory.
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Mirror Image
Write a scene where your protagonist and antagonist meet for the first time, but neither of them realizes who the other is.
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The Protagonist’s Fear
Write about your protagonist’s greatest fear and how it acts as a motivator or hurdle in their journey.
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The Protagonist’s Quirk
Describe a special or unique trait of your protagonist that sets them apart from others.