357+ ‘Dialogue’ Writing Prompts
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Finnish Friendship Day
Discuss how Finland shines a spotlight on friendship instead of romantic love on Valentine’s Day.
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Eavesdropped Conversation
Imagine a character overhearing a conversation about themselves. Write that dialogue.
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Misunderstood Message
Create a piece of dialogue where two characters completely misunderstand each other, but neither realizes it.
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Letter to Past Self
Write a letter to your younger self, offering advice, warnings, or messages of encouragement.
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Conversations with Grief
Pen a dialogue between yourself and your grief, attempting to understand its power and the role it plays in your…
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The Whispering Winds
Write a dialogue between you and the wind, discussing how the wind feels about its job of spreading seeds, bringing…
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Storybook Letter Exchange
Choose two characters from your favorite book and write a conversation between them.
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Carolers’ Christmas Revelations
Write a stage play about three Christmas carolers who find out a profound secret about each other during their practice.
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Alien Pen Pal
Imagine you’ve made a new friend who happens to be an alien. Describe what they are like and a conversation…
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A Conversation with a Hero
Imagine having a one-on-one conversation with someone you consider to be a hero. What would you ask them? What would…
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Dialogue with a Winter Hare
Write a conversation between you and a winter hare in the depths of a snow-covered forest.
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Shattering Illusions
Write a dialogue that dramatically uncovers a bitter truth, shattering a character’s illusions.
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Hidden Agenda
Compose a dialogue that subtly reveals a character’s hidden agenda through indirect hints and implications.
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Unfinished Melody
Draft a dialogue where a ghost character teaches a living person to complete its unfinished opus.
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Haunting Insights
Construct a dialogue where a ghost reveals the reality of the afterlife to a living person.
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Ghostly Evocations
Pen a dialogue between a ghost and a human where the specter reveals pivotal moments from its past.
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The Final Transmission
Write about a character’s last moments in a spacecraft before a critical malfunction.
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Icebreaker
Write about a scenario where two strangers are stuck in a ski-lift together and forced to make conversation.
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Empathy For Evil
Script a dialogue between your hero and villain, highlighting their philosophical differences.
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Voice of the Wild
Imagine you could talk to animals. Which animal would you choose and what would you talk to them about?
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Undoing the Utopia Mirage
Craft a story around a villain who seeks to dismantle a seemingly perfect utopia as he views it as an…
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Instructions From Beyond
Imagine a character receiving a message or command from a supernatural entity or an unexpected source.
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Meeting with the Antagonist
Craft a dialogue between the protagonist and antagonist, where the protagonist gets a glimpse of the antagonist’s perspective or motive.
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Confession Under the Stars
Write a scene where two characters have a deep and honest conversation under the night sky.
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The Heated Exchange
Use a heated argument between two characters to reveal previously undisclosed information or secrets.
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Dialogue Deception
Create a scenario where two characters understand a dialogue differently, leading to a significant misunderstanding.
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Internal Discourse and Transformation
Write a short story where the main character’s internal dialogue leads to a personal transformation.
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Character Revelation Through Speech
Construct a short narrative where one character’s personality traits are unveiled only through their words.
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Active Dialogue Driving Plot
Write a story where the plot is driven forward primarily through dialogue.
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Elvish and Dwarvish Dialogue
Create a dialogue between an elf and a dwarf, each explaining their way of life to the other.
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Embracing the Sorrow
Write a letter to your heartbreak, acknowledging the pain and thanking it for the lessons.
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Journey to Emmaus
Write a dialogue that might have occurred between the two disciples on the road to Emmaus before Jesus revealed himself.
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Shedding Shadows
Envision a conversation between you and your shadow self. Discuss the negative traits you wish to let go of in…
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Conversations with Newton
Imagine you have a chance to have a conversation with physicist Sir Isaac Newton about his experiments with prisms and…
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Kindling Connections
Write about a life-changing conversation or event occurring around a beach bonfire, tracing the dialogue and describing the emotional evolution.
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Balance of the Force
Explore a moment when you had to find a delicate balance between two contradicting factors in your life.
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Whispers of October
Narrate an imaginary conversation with October. How would October respond to your questions, praises or complaints?
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The Wise Old Smartphone
Imagine your smartphone comes alive. It remembers every photo, message, or search you’ve ever made on it. Write a conversation…
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Silencing the Inner Critic
Write a letter to your inner critic, providing it with thorough feedback.
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Sunny Conversations
Write a dialogue between the sun and Earth after their long, cold winter separation.
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First Contact
Create a dialogue between a human astronaut and an alien life form meeting for the first time.
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Under the Crystal Canopy
Describe the wonders and challenges of daily life for the residents of a city with sky-scrapers covered in icicles.
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Cloud Conversations
Write a conversation between two elements of the sky: the moon and a cloud, a star and the wind, etc.
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Easter Traditions Exchange
Write a play about people from different cultures coming together to celebrate Easter and share their unique traditions.
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Plant Communication
Research the ways plants communicate with each other and write a fictionalized account of a ‘conversation’ between two plants.
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Flower Stand Monologues
Imagine that you run a small flower stand and create a monologue to your flowers at the end of the…
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Language of Petals
Explore the Victorian “language of flowers” tradition whereby certain flowers symbolized specific sentiments.
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Meeting Your Younger Self
Consider a moment in which you could meet your younger self and converse. What advice would you give? What lessons…
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Invisible Chatter
Concoct a story about a person who starts hearing voices in their head, only to discover they can commune with…
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Leaving the Door Open
Write a heartfelt letter to your future self explaining what you learned from your heartbreak.
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Guarding Secrets
Write a dialogue between a teenage girl and her younger sibling who has accidentally read her diary.
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Coffee Shop Encounter
Develop a dialogue between two strangers having a chance encounter in a coffee shop and discovering they knew each other…
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Eternal Night
Compose a dialogue between two astronauts who have just discovered they will be stuck in space due to a technical…
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Mismatched Shoes
In 200 words or less, write a dialogue between two twins who accidentally wore each other’s shoes to school.
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Courageous Conversations
Imagine having a conversation with someone or something involved in your regret and express your feelings, unanswered questions, and expectations.
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Dinner Table Debate
Write a dialogue in which characters are debating about their favorite food while using new vocabulary words.
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Cantina Chatter
Write a piece of dialogue between two cantina creatures whose species are vastly different.
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Teamwork Superheroes
Write a story about a team of superheroes who use teamwork to overcome challenging situations.
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Existentialist Cafe
Write about a philosophical discussion you would have with an existentialist in a cafe.
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Unlikely Picnic Companions
Write about a picnic with an idiosyncratic or unusual group of attendees.
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5. The Animal Whisperer
Imagine you have the ability to talk to animals. Write about a day spent having conversations with your animal friends.
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Easter Eggs for Readers
Write a scene infused with hidden messages (Easter eggs) that only a keen reader or those who know the backstory…
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Formatting Fiasco: A Comedy of Errors
Write a comedic dialogue where two characters cannot understand each other because of poor writing formatting.
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Emotion Code Breaker
Write a conversation purely in dialogue, but without mentioning any emotions directly, let the conversation express the emotional intensity.
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Rain, Rain, Go Away
Describe a scene where the main characters are interacting beneath a shared umbrella.
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Opposite Perspectives
Write a conversation between two characters– first from the point of view of one character, then from the other.
