224+ ‘Game’ Writing Prompts
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The Echo of Playground Hustle
Recall a memory of a game you played as a child and what outcomes—both wins and losses—taught you.
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The Rise of Tools
Imagine discovering iron tools for the first time in your tribe and write about this great innovation.
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Cheating Rumpelstiltskin
What if Rumpelstiltskin gets caught cheating in his own game by secretly sneaking a peek at his own name written somewhere?
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Ensnared in Conspiracy
Develop a narrative where a young, naive character is unknowingly framed for a complex conspiracy plot.
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Crowning the Homecoming King & Queen
Write about a homecoming football game and the associated festivities in your school.
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First Fantasy Football Tournament
Write about your first experience in participating in a fantasy football league.
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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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Annual Family Traditions
Dive into your family’s New Year traditions, exploring the significance and personal connections.
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Hidden Happiness
Write about small moments or things from your childhood that brought you immense joy.
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Lost Inventions
Remember a time you created something entirely unique as a child; it could be a secret language, an imaginative game, or a fantastical creature.
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Gaslighting Game
Write a narrative where your character elaborately describes instances of being gaslighted into disbelieving their own reality.
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Behind The Buzzer
Create a short story imagining the perspective of a player in the last seconds of a significant March Madness game.
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Leaves and Baseball Gloves
Write a creative story that combines the essential elements of Fall and your favorite Fall sport.
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Thanksgiving Traditions
Write about an unusual Thanksgiving tradition your family has and how it came about.
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Virtual Villains: Reality or Machine?
A trending virtual reality game has begun to affect players in real life, with real consequences.
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Coping with the Crowds
Write about the strategies you adopt to deal with the crowds during holiday shopping.
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Master of Disguise
Devise a character who switches identities in a high stakes game, leading a dual life as both a hero and villain.
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Battle Strategy
Write about your team of superheroes creating a plan for a massive, potentially destructive, imminent threat.
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Gravity’s Game
Conjure the story of an astronaut stranded on a massive exoplanic moon. Exploration becomes marred when extreme gravitational forces inhibit the astronaut’s ability to leave.
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Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel!
Create an imaginative tale where a spinning dreidel transports you to a different time or place.
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Dancing Constellations
Write a story set in a world where constellations shift, affecting the powers of its inhabitants.
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The “Prince Charming” Misconception
Compose a humorous account where the traditional ‘Prince Charming’ is in fact, a couch potato who is neither brave nor particularly charming.
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Spellbound Soccer
What if a soccer game was played with magical rules and a literal spell-bound ball?
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The Hidden Chase
Describe a chase scene where secret agents are guided by technology and IQ, not physical prowess.
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The Unseen Baseball Heroes
Write about the life and efforts of people working behind the scenes during a baseball season.
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The Artist on the Pitch
Write a first-person narrative from the perspective of a baseball pitcher during a high-pressure game.
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Twin-hitmen Mystery
Two assassins discover they’ve been hired to kill each other, triggering a deadly game of cat and mouse.
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Political Pawns and Prodigals
You’re an ambitious Roman senator striving for power in the volatile political landscape.
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Escape from the Virtual World
During a game, you get trapped inside a video game world. Chronicle your adventures trying to get back to reality.
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Rewards & Recognition
Narrate an incident where you were recognized or rewarded in an extra-curricular activity.
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The Big Match
Imagine you are one of the key players in a big sports match. Write about this experience.
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Ironclads and Steamships
Explore the significant transformation in naval warfare brought on by the introduction of ironclad warships during the American Civil War.
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Lyrical Pilgrimage
Pen a lyrical poem detailing a journey through different regions in the world of Pokemon.
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Enchanted Athletics
Construct a new sport that could exist in the Wizarding World’s equivalent of the Olympics.
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Wizard’s Chess Championship
Write about a thrilling wizard’s chess tournament where the pieces are real, magical creatures.
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Quidditch Concoction
Create your own Quidditch tournament, complete with teams, players and detailed game scenarios.
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Wizard’s Chess Adventure
As Ron, write a short adventure story about a life-or-death match of wizard’s chess.
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Friendship with Crabbe and Goyle
Explore Draco’s complex relationship with his friends, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle. Are they merely cronies or genuine friends?
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The Inventing of a new Quidditch Maneuver
Write a tale behind the creation of a groundbreaking new Quidditch maneuver seen in the World Cup.
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Ghostly Game of Chess
In a haunted chessboard, the ghost player traps the user into an eternal game of chess where every wrong move results in tragic real-life consequences.
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Haunted Hide and Seek
A spirit can only be seen in mirrors, and it loves to play a deadly game of hide and seek with its target.
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Prompt Reaction
Write about your reaction to a prompt from a fanfic generator. Then determine a manual brainstorming strategy that would yield a similar prompt.
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Reality Immersion
Write about a character from a video game who suddenly finds themselves in the real world and their struggle to adapt.
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The Forgotten NPC
Choose a non-playable character (NPC) from a video game and construct a story around them.
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Game Origin Story
Create a backstory for a beloved video game character who lacks a comprehensive origin story.
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Opulent Imperiums Clashing
Write a narrative in which the rulers from two different fantasy kingdoms are forced into an alliance.
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Caught in a Virtual Vortex
Characters are trapped in a virtual reality game and must complete it to escape.
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Beyond the Game Over Screen
Re-imagine the conclusion of a favourite game, and unravel the narrative possibilities beyond the normal game ending.
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In the Shadow of Giants
Write a story from the perspective of an NPC (non-playable character) in a popular game like World of Warcraft or Skyrim.
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Unforeseen Consequences
Frame a story around the idea of a key event in ‘Game of Thrones’ not happening.
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The Marionettes of Power
Write a narrative focused on the manipulation and maneuvering of the nobles in the Great Game.
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Whispers in the Winter Palace
Pen a tale where your character unearths a dreadful secret buried in the heart of the Winter Palace.
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Pawn or Player – Portraits of Power
Craft a character who ends up being a key player in the Great Game without intending to.
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Masked Ball at Halamshiral
Write a narrative covering a character’s intricate interactions amidst the masked ball at Halamshiral.
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The Orlesian Game
As a novice of Orlesian court, write about your efforts to navigate through the Grand Game’s intricate web of intrigues and alliances.