1609+ ‘How Do’ Writing Prompts
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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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Landscapes and Climate
In your fantasy world, what types of landscapes and climates exist, and how do they influence your characters.
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The Witch in the Window
Write about a neighborhood lady who’s speculated to be a witch and uses her powers for harming those who oppose her.
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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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Snowy Whispers
Write a short story about a secret conversation between two snowflakes right before they touch the ground.
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The Winter Feast
Write a festive scene where winter animals come together to celebrate a successful winter.
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Window Shopping Wonder
Take a stroll along imaginary urban streets filled with high-end fashion boutiques, absorbed by the season’s latest winter collections.
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Everlasting Winter Night
Narrate a tale around an enchantment that sends a small town into an eternal winter night.
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Winter’s Haunting Frost
Write a story about a haunted house where paranormal activities intensify with the cold of winter.
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Cryogenically Frozen City
A city decides to cryogenically freeze itself to escape a looming disaster and emerges thousands of years in the future.
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Feasting Eyes on Decorations
Write about a neighborhood’s Christmas decorations as seen from your window on a cold Christmas night.
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Saturday Morning Mystery
Create a mystery story that begins on a Saturday morning.
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Storybook Escapades
Imagine you’ve jumped into a storybook for the weekend. Who do you meet, what do you do, and how do you feel?
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Secret Admirer
Imagine and weave a story where one of the main characters anonymously pursues their romantic interest.
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Ruins and Revelations
Your main character discovers a mystical ruin in their village, filled with truths about their family’s hidden history.
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Unseen Reflection
Your protagonist, a vampire, has lost the ability to see their reflection. How do they perceive themselves now?
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The Awakening
Describe the moment when your protagonist wakes up to find they have been turned into a vampire.
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Revolutionary Russia
Amidst the Russian Revolution, you are a spy for the allies, sent to infiltrate the Bolshevik inner circle.
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Future Echoes
Picture yourself five years into the future. Detail what you’re doing, where you are, and who is there with you.
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The Erring Healer
Invent a villain who is a scientist, creating a deadly virus to control the overpopulation of Earth.
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The Melodious Malefactor
Create a villain whose signature style is deeply tied to a particular piece of music or collection of sounds.
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The Nightmarish Circus
A villain operates under the guise of a ringmaster in a twisted and eerie circus.
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Abyssal Palace
Imagine a villain whose secret lair is an elaborate palace hidden deep within the ocean.
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The Doomed Saviour
Craft a story where the villain commits evil deeds in an attempt to save the world.
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Ripped From The Pages
Create an origin story for your villain based on a book that greatly influenced their ideology.
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Slavic Scenario
Write a narrative centered around a Strigoi, a nocturnal vampire in Romanian culture, stirring up fear in a remote Eastern European community.
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Otherworldly Opera
Create a world where vampires and werewolves are the ruling class and humans live in fear of them.
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Vampire’s First Sunrise
Imagine the scenario where a newly turned vampire experiences their first sunrise from the perspective of that vampire.
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Space Colony Sanguivore
Consider a world where a vampire is part of the first colony on Mars, and how this affects the colony’s survival.
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Immortal Galaxy Overlord
Imagine a vampire that has taken over an entire galaxy, using his power to keep order and peace.
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Primordial Vampires
Write about a primal vampire species, who has been living in the shadows of human civilizations throughout history.
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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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In the Eyes of Humans
Write about a vampire detective who is called on to solve a string of mysterious human murders that have all the hallmarks of a vampire attack.
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Lonely Valentine’s
Your pet notices that you’re spending Valentine’s Day alone. How do they comfort you?
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Valley of Broken Hearts
Write a narrative about a place where hearts go to heal after experiencing heartbreak.
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Signs of Destiny
Pen down a story where a character’s future is foretold by a itinerant seer, using symbolic objects.
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Virtual Nightmare
A technophobe is trapped in a virtual reality game that eerily mirrors their worst fears.
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The Rickety Ouija
Pull together a tale where a harmless game with a Ouija board spirals into a frenzy of terrifying paranormal activity, with the ancient spirit refusing to go back.
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The Masterstroke of the Heavens
Imagine yourself as a lightning bolt and describe your journey from the clouds to the ground.
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Unveiling Hidden Secrets
Write a story about a character uncovering a hidden secret about a loved one through a series of flashbacks.
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Mastering the Craft
Write a story about a character who is a novice writer using a mysterious, magical writing prompt.
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Cosmic Solitude
Imagine you are the last human being left in existence, in the vast emptiness of the universe.
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The Unpredictable Heir
The least likely person becomes the heir to a major corporation, stirring tumult in the company.
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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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Night Watch
In your city, there’s a secret, magical society that protects the residents from supernatural threats while they sleep.
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Haunted Town Council
Imagine a town council entirely made up of vampires and werewolves who secretly manage the human populous.
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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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Reef Metropolis
Describe a sprawling city built within a coral reef in a future underwater civilization.
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Underdog Resistance
Write about a small group of individuals who successfully rebel against the undead domination.
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Deciphering the Unseen Society
Craft a story about a hidden civilization of survivors in a zombie apocalypse.
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Significance of Romance
Explain what romance means to you and how it is celebrated on Valentine’s day.
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The Spirit Doctor
Create a narrative around a person who has the ability to diagnose and treat ghostly ailments.
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Rewriting the Ghost Code
Write a story where the protagonists devise, decode or discover a set of rules that the spirits in their world must follow.
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Villain’s Redemption
Imagine a situation where a villain tries to atone for their past actions. How do they seek redemption?
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The Meaning Behind the Blessings
Write about the interpretation and significance of a specific Irish Blessing.
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Superhero Retirement
Explore what happens when your superhero decides to retire. How do they feel? How does the world react?
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Fantasy Ethics
Expand upon a moral dilemma faced by a character in your fantasy world. What are the potential consequences? Take into account the unique elements of the fantasy world.
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World Crafting
Write a description of a fantasy world, focusing on elements of nature, society, and magical elements.
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Missing Hour Mystery
Imagine that the hour that disappears during daylight saving is stolen by mischievous fairies. How do you get it back?
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Dissecting a Climax
Choose a favorite book or movie and write about its climactic scene from your perspective.
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Landscape of Identity
Write about the elements that constitute your identity and how they interact with one another.
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Unlocking the Subconscious
Describe one of your dreams in immense detail and analyse its possible interpretations.
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Unexpected Transformation
Write about a character that undergoes a drastic change due to uncontrollable circumstances.
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The Underground Rebellion
Write about a group of rebels secretly living and planning a revolt against a tyrannical rule from an underground network of tunnels.
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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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Guardian or Invader
Write about an undercover operative who starts to feel more loyalty to the group they infiltrated than to the agency that assigned them.
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Deep Cover Dilemmas
Put pen to paper about an undercover agent having to make morally compromising choices in order to maintain their cover.
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Twilight Trade Agreements
Write about vampire kingdoms establishing trade agreements within their realm and with other supernatural entities.
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Vampire Sovereign Election
Write a story about a vampire kingdom where the leadership is chosen via election.
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The Blood Donor Crisis
Imagine a vampire kingdom where the main source of the population’s sustenance is dwindling down.
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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.