114+ ‘Enemy’ Writing Prompts
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Facing The Horde
Narrate a scenario where you have to confront a group of zombies to save your post-apocalyptic community.
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Bridging Relationships
Narrate an incident where a relationship in your life underwent a significant shift or transformation.
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Strengths and Weaknesses
Craft a fight scene where a superhero’s strength also becomes their weakness.
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Behind Enemy’s Lines
Create a story in which your main character is a spy planted in enemy territory during World War.
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Defiance in Terrifying Presence
Narrate a battle scene in which your main character has to confront their most feared enemy in combat.
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Unexpected Allies
Write about a battle scene where your main character’s traditional enemies come to their aid in the heat of conflict.
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Final Stand
Write about a beleaguered group of warriors making their final stand against a much stronger enemy.
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Zombie Gold Rush
Imagine a classic Western tale but instead of miners searching for gold, they’re hunting for a rumor of a cure…
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Midnight Operation
During wartime, you are a top-secret operative tasked to sabotage a critical enemy infrastructure without being detected.
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The Unseen Patriot
Imagine you are a double agent in World War II, working to mislead enemy forces while all along being true…
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Fall of the Starlight Empire
Write about the fall of a great intergalactic empire due to an unexpected enemy attack.
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Strands of Survival
Weave a tale around a civilian woman who is forced to spy in enemy territory during a war.
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Benevolent Beast
Create a narrative where the villain is, surprisingly, an entity with good intentions.
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The Façade of Power
Write about a villain who was forced into a position of power at a very young age and was manipulated…
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Unity in Diversity
Create a narrative where vampires and werewolves must unite against a common enemy.
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Temptation of Immorality
Imagine your superhero facing an enemy they couldn’t beat conventionally and are tempted to cross the moral boundary.
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Resilient Alienation
After years of protecting the world, suddenly the superhero finds themselves as the enemy, write about their feelings of rejection…
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The Enemy’s Perspective
Narrate the epic saga of superhero-villain rivalry from the villain’s point of view.
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The Unseen Villain
In your horror story, the real villain isn’t the haunted house or the creepy neighbor, but something much less tangible.
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Undercover Tales
Craft a story about a spy from the United States or USSR, with their missions, triumphs, and challenging moral decisions.
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The Hidden Enemy
Write about a storyline where a trusted figure is revealed to be orchestrating a terrifying plot.
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Undercover Mission
Write about a vampire teen who is selected to infiltrate a human town to gather intelligence, but starts questioning their…
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Divide and Conquer
Craft a scenario where a villain strategically divides a superhero team in order to weaken them.
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Playing with Time
Create a story where a superhero team must address a problem or enemy that involves time-travel.
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Love Unmasked
Write a story where a superhero falls in love with their arch-enemy, but neither knows the other’s secret identity.
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Unexpected Alliance
Write a story where two or more superheroes from different universes have to team up to stop a common enemy.
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The Unseen War
Construct a story around a spy who realizes that the very government they’re spying for is the enemy they were…
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Rogue Operation
Explore the journey of a spy who decides to work for an enemy nation after becoming disillusioned with their own…
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Behind Enemy Lines
Create a story about a field agent who ends up stranded behind enemy lines and must face their deepest fears.
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The Incompatible Alliance
Narrate a situation where a Tie Fighter and an X-wing pilot are forced to work together to survive.
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Unexpected Rescuer
Pen a scene where an enemy Tie Fighter pilot chooses to save an X-wing pilot instead of shooting them down.
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The Dark Diplomat
A renown diplomat is tasked to negotiate a peace treaty, but she is secretly working for enemy interests.
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Forging Alliances
Outline a scenario where two unlikely Star Wars characters form an alliance and how it impacts the galaxy.
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The Enemy’s Perspective
Write a story where the antagonist is justified from a different point of view.
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Code-name Conundrum
Write about a spy uncovering that their cherished friend is actually an enemy agent.
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Unforeseen Alliances
Describe a scene where a human and a zombie form an unlikely alliance to fight a greater threat.
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Torturous Time Loop
Develop a story where the protagonist is trapped in a time loop repeating their worst fears and nightmarish experiences over…
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Revolutionary War Hero
Imagine you are a spy in the revolutionary war. Write a tale of espionage and risk.
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The Warfront Wedding Bells
Explore a love story that blossoms between two enemy soldiers during a cease-fire.
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Moment of Unity
Focus on an event that brings together individual heroes into a unified faction, detailing the shared threat, individual motivations, and…
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Unexpected Alliance
Write about two sworn enemies who must collaborate to prevent a global catastrophe.
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Silent Pandemic
As a new pandemic sweeps the globe silently affecting people’s minds, a psychologist races against time trying to find a…
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The Unseen Enemy
Create a narrative where the antagonist remains a mystery until the end, misleading the protagonist and readers.
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The Religion of Tomorrow
Imagine a future where there is a new world religion; your protagonist is a key player – either a defender…
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Caught in the Crossfire
A trusted friend is revealed to be an enemy. How does your protagonist deal with it?
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Bio-Warfare
An infectious organism from one galaxy begins infecting and taking control of beings in another galaxy sparking an unprecedented intergalactic…
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The Laser’s Edge
Write a gripping scene where two enemy starships, badly damaged and crippled, are facing off against each other.
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Unexpected Ally
Describe a character who seems to be the antagonist, but turns out to be a surprising ally.
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“The Last Stand”
Imagine a protagonist at the end of their line, cornered and facing their ultimate enemy in a final confrontation.
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Chase in the Wilderness
Your protagonist is chased through a rugged and dangerous wilderness. How does they survive?
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The Unseen Foe
Boba Fett has to deal with an invisible enemy who is leaving a trail of chaos on his adventures.
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Old Rivals, New Alliances
In an uncharted remote planet, Boba Fett has to form an unlikely alliance with a rival bounty hunter to survive.
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An Unlikely Alliance
Amidst a brutal feud between two vampire bloodlines, a forbidden romance blossoms between two young vampires from opposing sides.
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Through Different Eyes
Pick a historical figure and rewrite an event in their life from a different perspective. Perhaps from an enemy, a…
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4. The Alien Within
Write about a parasitic alien species that takes over human bodies, leading to an invasion from within.
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2. Lost Memories from Another Planet
Imagine that you are an alien who was part of the invasion but had their memories wiped out and had…
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Era of Cryptic Codes
During WWII, your protagonist is a codebreaker deciphering encrypted enemy communications.
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Operation Midnight Exodus
Your protagonist is part of an elite team assigned to extract a high-value detainee hidden in an enemy fortress.
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Natural Nemeses
Narrate an encounter with a dangerous creature that has become a recurring threat in your character’s daily survival.
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From Friend to Villain
Develop a story in which a character’s best friend turns into their worst enemy.
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Zombie Nirvana
What if one of the characters found a peaceful coexistence solution with walkers? How would it look like?
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Hidden Desires
Write a story where a character from The Vampire Diaries discovers a hidden desire for one of their foes.
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The Unseen Monster
Conceptualize a story where the monster doesn’t physically exist, but is rather a profound and shared psychological fear among the…
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Invisible War
Write about a Marvel Superhero fighting an invisible enemy energized by human emotions.
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The Stretched Alliance
Describe a turning point in Dragon Age, where your Inquisitor had to rely on a former enemy for survival.