1217+ ‘Face’ Writing Prompts
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Underground Catacombs
Create a villain whose lair is hidden in labyrinthine catacombs beneath a bustling city.
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Face of the Monster
A vampire, once a considerate human, has to battle with his new monstrous identity against his residual human conscience.
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Vampire and Dragon Alliance
Write about a reluctant alliance between a vampire and a dragon to save their shared magical realm.
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Converted by Force
Narrate a story of an unwilling human who’s been forced into vampirism and is coming to terms with their new reality.
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A Drop in the Desert
Imagine living in an area facing severe water scarcity and describe your day-to-day life.
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Unrequited Valentine
Immerse yourself in the shoes of a person who is in love with someone who doesn’t reciprocate their feelings.
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Love Letters from the Frontline
Write a series of love letters sent between a soldier and their significant other during wartime.
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Ode to a Bygone Valentine
Craft an adventure tale about a character who discovers an old Valentine’s Day tradition and tries to bring it back.
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Darknet Discovery
Write a story about someone who stumbles upon a mysterious hidden world within the Dark Web.
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Courage with Atticus Finch
Consider the thought-provoking quote from ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, “Courage is not a man with a gun in his hand. It’s knowing you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.” and jot down your views on real courage.
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Adventures of a Talking Animal
Select an animal and imagine that it can speak like a human. Write a story about a day in its life.
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Double Identity
Your main character finds out that they have a doppelgänger who is turning their life upside down.
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Unexpected Romance
Write a story about two characters who are least likely to fall in love with each other.
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The Gritty Core
Write about an experience that was remarkably difficult, focusing on how this experience shaped your character.
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Creature’s Redemption
Imagine a scenario where a vampire or a werewolf seeks redemption for their past deeds and attempts to lead a normal life.
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Unseen Santa Claus
Imagine you are Santa Claus, what are your challenges and adventures on Christmas Eve?
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A Christmas Reunion
Write about an old friend or relative who surprisingly turns up at your Christmas dinner after years of absence.
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Puppeteers of Nightmare
Construct a story where an individual can manipulate other people’s fears and uses this power selectively.
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Creeping Shadows of the Mind
Write a tale about an average character with an irrational fear and follows the character as they confront it head on.
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Flesh and Blood
Write from the perspective of a villain, considering not just their sinister actions, but also their human characteristics and vulnerabilities.
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Time Travel Tales
Create a story about a time machine that allows you to travel anywhere in history.
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Bias Buster
Identify a topic about which you feel strongly biased. Consider arguments that could challenge this bias and elaborate on them.
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Unpopular Opinion
Choose an opinion you hold that is generally unpopular or against the mainstream mindset.
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The Unseen Face
Craft a riveting story about a detective who must solve a case with only the sound of the suspect’s voice as a clue.
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Heading South for Winter
Write a story from the perspective of a bird preparing for its first migration.
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Revived from Ice
Write from the perspective of a prehistoric creature, magically revived from a block of ice.
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Subzero Expedition
Pen an emotional journey of a team traversing snow-covered landscapes on an archaeological search.
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Cure from the Depths
Create a story where the protagonist is a scientist, who must venture deep into an underground jungle to find a plant that is believed to cure a devastating disease.
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Double Life
Write about the toll of maintaining a false identity on an undercover agent’s mental health.
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Feudal Undead
Write about a vampire kingdom set in a medieval era where allegiances and enmities are as old as time itself.
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Road to Redemption
Craft a story revolving around an ex-criminal who stumbles upon his old murder weapon while renovating his house.
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Breaking Through Stereotypes
Document some prevalent stereotypes related to Trisomy and explore ideas about how these can be challenged and ultimately eradicated.
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Master of Misdirection
Craft a story about a character who employs misdirection and quick thinking to outwit a notorious trickster.
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Resilience in the Face of Adversity
Write a story from the perspective of a child undergoing the journey on the Trail of Tears.
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The Struggle of Loss
Depict a close-knit family affected by the forced removal and their experiences on the Trail.
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Avalanche Escape
Describe an intense adventure of close-encounter with an avalanche during a mountain expedition.
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Journey to an Unknown Land
Write about a character who decides to leave their comfort zone and embark on an unplanned journey.
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Adventure Anticipation
Create a list of adventurous activities you’d like to experience in the next year.
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Facing Future Challenges
Write about a challenge you think you might face moving up to 8th grade and how you plan to tackle it.
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Lessons Learnt
Write about your greatest lesson from the past year and how it will influence your decisions in the new year.
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Past Lives, Future Adventures
Write a story where you wake up 100 years in the past. How do you adjust to life without modern technology?
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Quantum Love Affair
Your protagonist falls in love with someone who only exists within different timelines and realities. How do they make their relationship work?
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The Ice Age Inventor
You are an inventor in the Ice Age era. Describe an invention that would make survival easier for your tribe.
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Conspiracy at The Office
Your character stumbles upon a dangerous secret about their company that puts their life at risk.
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Code Red Survival
In a world on the brink of annihilation, your character stumbles upon a plan to save humanity.
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Quest for Courage
Write a tale about a character going on a seemingly impossible quest that ultimately helps them to discover their own courage.
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The Other Side of Happily Ever After
Take a classic fairy tale and write a sequel where everything did not end ‘happily ever after’.
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Journey into the Storybook
Imagine you’ve been transported into your favorite fairy tale – describe your experience.
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Robbed Redemption
Imagine a villain who tries to redeem himself, but his past actions prevent others from accepting this change.
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A Famine’s Love Story
Narrate the tale of two lovers who meet at the worst of times during the Irish potato famine.
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Survivor’s Guilt
Detail a survivor’s experience who left his famine-stricken village for a better life abroad.
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Disease’s Toll on Kinship
Write about a family struggling through the Irish Potato Famine, focusing on the tensions and resilience within their relationships.
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Gardener of Growth
Write about the personal growth of a seed into a beautiful flower, using the plant as an analogy for your own self-development.
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Childhood Secret
Write a story where your superhero had his/her powers from childhood and had to hide their identity.
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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 and alienation in the society they once protected.
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Gone Rogue
Imagine your superhero was banished from their home city/nation/world, write about how they rebuild their life in a different place.
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Life Behind the Mask
Write about the daily routine of a superhero’s alter ego, with all the mundane challenges they face.
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The Reluctant Mentor
Children suddenly start developing superpowers. A recluse old superhero gets dragged into becoming their mentor.
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Crystal Silence
Imagine waking up to a world where all noise has been replaced by silence due to an unending snowfall.
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The Guilt Trip
Feature a villain who feels guilty about their past actions and struggles to seek forgiveness.
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The Benevolent Monarch
Picture a king or queen who rules not by fear or force, but by love and compassion.
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First Cyborg President
Craft a narrative around the first cyborg to be elected as a world leader, how do they come into power and how does the world react?
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Galileo’s Apprentice
You are an apprentice of the infamous astronomer, Galileo Galilei, when he is accused of heresy.
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Endurance Test: Surviving on a Sand Planet
Describe a perilous journey of a group of Rebels crossing a desert planet.
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Monk in the Mosaics
Construct a tale about a monk who secretly embeds subversive messages in the mosaics he’s commissioned to create.
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Power of Telepathy
Write a story revolving around a superhero whose power is to hear others’ thoughts.
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Crisis creativity
Write about a unique way you used creativity to cope with the adversities of the year.
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The Birth of Jazz
Imagine you are a musician during the Jazz Age, describe your experiences and struggles you went through to perfect your craft.
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Defecting Dancers
Imagine you are a renowned ballet dancer in the USSR during the Cold War, struggling with the decision to defect to the West.
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Invention Imagination
Think about a problem that you face in your everyday life, and describe a new invention that could solve that problem.
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A Refuge in Imagination
Imagine how children in the midst of a zombie apocalypse might create an imaginative, almost fantastical world as a coping mechanism.