933+ ‘Craft’ Writing Prompts
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Loss and Regeneration
Write about a character who experiences a devastating loss and how they piece their life back together.
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Driven by Desperation
Craft a story revolving around a character compelled to drastic action due to their desperate situation.
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The Invisible Bridge
Dive into the life of a bridge builder during the Iron Age and explore his challenges and opportunities.
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Lethal Liaison
Craft a story where individuals form unlikely alliances with vampires during an ongoing vampire apocalypse.
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The Friendliest Island Ghost
Craft a tale about meeting and befriending a ghost inhabiting the island.
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Icy Expressions
Compose a narrative where the protagonist is an artist specializing in ice sculptures.
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Film Noir Fantasia
Craft a tale that combines the moodiness and mystery of film noir with elements of high fantasy.
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Story from the Future
Craft a story that’s set in the future, where you are an inventor. What would you invent and why?
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Concrete Jungle Survival
Craft a survivalist adventure of a person isolated in an abandoned part of a bustling city.
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Celebrity Chase
Craft an adventure story where an everyday person has to follow a secretive city-dwelling celebrity for a day.
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Whispers of the Dead
Your protagonist works in a morgue and starts hearing the whispering voices of the deceased.
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Horrifying Shadows
Craft a story around a character who starts seeing terrifying shadows that no one else can see.
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Charmed, I’m Sure
Craft a story where a charming, charismatic person actually uses their allure to draw victims into a deadly trap for their own sinister purposes.
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The Creepy Carnival
Imagine a shuttered and forgotten carnival that mysteriously lights up one night. Write a story where characters who are drawn to its lights can’t leave.
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Inanimate Dread
Craft a tale about a seemingly harmless everyday object that brings a wave of terror and misfortune to those in its possession.
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Love at First Flight
Craft a tale about two individuals who meet and get to know each other during a long-haul flight.
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Meeting Marco Polo
You have been given a chance to meet Marco Polo after his return from the Far East. What would you ask him and what tales would you want to hear about his adventures?
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Egyptian Pharaohs and Pyramids
Craft a story where you are an explorer discovering the pyramids of Egypt for the first time.
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Empire of the Night
Craft a story set in Ancient Rome, where vampire clans play a significant role in politics and power dynamics.
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Civil War Fangs
Craft a tale set during the American Civil War where vampires agitate and escalate the conflict to ensure a steady flow of human victims.
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Ringing in the Past
Craft a narrative about celebrating New Year’s Eve during a pivotal historical era.
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Titanic’s Unknown Sailor
You’re a historian and you’ve just made an astounding revelation about an unidentified sailor on the Titanic. What is his story?
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The Maid of Orleans
Craft a new story about Joan of Arc’s life, before she became a national heroine.
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The Great Depression Struggle
Craft a story of an ordinary man trying to keep his family afloat during the Great Depression.
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Humbled Hercules
Craft a narrative where instead of a muscular demi-god, Hercules is a frail, geeky boy dealing with his twelve Herculean tasks.
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The Secret Life of Excalibur
Craft a story where the legendary sword Excalibur leads a double life as a stand-up comedian.
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Unconventional Heroes
Craft a story about a protagonist whose physicality doesn’t match the typical “hero” image.
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Pumpkin Knight’s Quest
Craft a tale about a knight cursed to transform into a pumpkin-head every Halloween.
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Witches’ Gathering
Create a narrative about a yearly Halloween meeting of witches from all over the world.
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Haunted House Memories
Craft a story centered around a local haunted house that you and your friends dared to visit during Halloween.
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Hallucinatory Havoc
Craft a psychological horror tale where your main character experiences terrifying hallucinations.
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The Immortal Garden
Craft a story about an immortal gardener tending to a bewitched garden at an abandoned cathedral.
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Crystal Memories
Write about a character who enjoys ice sculpting but one day, a sculpture tells them a story.
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Gift from the Heart
Craft a narrative around a humble gift handmade with love that becomes the most precious and heartfelt present someone has ever received.
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Whispering Library
Craft a tale of a quiet, old library that comes alive with the whispers of ghosts at night.
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Ghost Town Legends
Craft a tale about a deserted ghost town with its own haunting lore and inhabitants.
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Whispers of the Forest
Craft a tale where trees can communicate in their special language, revealing ancient secrets of the forest.
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Time-Traveling to the Past
If you could time travel, describe a day in the life of your parents (or grandparents) when they were your age.
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April Fools’ Day Prank
Craft a fictional story around a harmless yet elaborate April Fools’ Day prank.
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Funny Vegetable Tales
Craft a story about a world where vegetables come alive whenever humans are not looking.
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Meet A Martian
Imagine you’re the first human to meet an alien from Mars. What does the alien look like and how does the encounter unfold?
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Spinning the Wheel of Fate
Fate has given your character some tough luck. What kind of adversity do they face, and how do they overcome it?
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Mysterious Fruit Island
Craft an adventure story about discovering an island where all the trees bear bizarre, unknown fruits.
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Frozen Eternity
Imagine a world where the entire Earth has become a frozen wasteland. How would life adapt and survive?
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Glacial Memories
Craft a narrative where the rings of an Antarctic ice core tell the story of Earth’s climatic past.
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Subtle Shifts
Craft a narrative where two friends gradually evolve into lovers, taking even themselves by surprise.
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Women of the Revolution
Craft a tale centered on the experience and contributions of women during the French Revolution.
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Photograph in the Wrong Hands
Craft a story where a harmless photograph gets a character framed for a crime.
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Freedom’s Fireworks
Craft a narrative around how the fireworks of Fourth of July play a symbolic role in a character’s life.
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My Unseen Friend
Write a story about an invisible friend, detailing all their characteristics and adventures you two would have together.
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Savoring the Memory
Craft a detailed and sensory description of the most spectacular meal you have ever had.
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Unexpected Transformation
Write a story where a mundane, everyday object becomes something extraordinary.
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Enigmatic Market Square
Describe an exotic marketplace set in a far-off land and craft a storyline around a unique object found there.
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Tales of the Unseen City
Craft a story about a hidden dimension in a bustling city that only a few can see.
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Hidden Protagonist
Craft a flash fiction focusing on a secondary character, only to reveal in the final lines that they were the protagonist all along.
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Exchange of a Lifetime
Create a high-stakes negotiation in a flash fiction format, letting tension, pacing, and resolution play out on a quick turn.
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Yearning for the Dawn
Craft a narrative about a vampire who yearns for something they no longer can have – daylight.
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Cherished Playtime Activity
Write about your favorite activity during playtime. What make this so appealing to you?
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Misplaced Identity
Craft a story in which you wake up one day to find you’re no longer human, but a household object.
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A Letter Never Sent
Craft a story revolving around a heartfelt letter written in the throes of passion, but never delivered to the intended recipient.
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Quantum Entanglement
Craft a story around two characters separated across different time zones or dimensions, but they can communicate or sense one another’s presence.
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Culinary Concoctions
Write about a culinary dish that you craft meticulously, interweaving the cooking process with your life’s journey.
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Fight or Flight
Craft a story where your main character’s deepest fear is the key to their survival.
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Veil of Geishas
Craft a tale about a geisha in Kyoto’s Gion district who dreams of a different life.
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The Working Witch
Craft a story about a witch who uses her powers to help her community rather than being an outcast.
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Unfaithful Discovery
Create a story where the protagonist stumbles upon clues of infidelity and confronts the partner.
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Unleashing the Underneath
Pen a horror story where beneath an ordinary town lurk monstrous creatures.