64+ ‘Unrequited love’ Writing Prompts
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Secret Love Letter
Write a heartfelt love letter to someone you admire from afar, expressing your feelings without revealing your identity.
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Invisible Ties
Write a conversation revolving around a spectral link, a strong bond that has kept a departed soul tethered to the material world.
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Cupid’s Arrow Misses
Write a story where Cupid’s arrow intended for a couple misses and hits the wrong person.
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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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The Unsent Valentine
Explore the idea of a love letter written for Valentine’s Day that never saw the light of day.
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Sparks in the Stars
Imagine having to declare your love to your secret crush during a town’s famous Valentine’s Day star-gazing event.
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The Healing Path
Contemplate and write about how would you cope with the pain associated with unrequited love.
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The One Who Doesn’t Know
Write a story from the point of view of your unrequited love, discussing their Valentine’s Day without the knowledge of your feelings.
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The Unexpressed Gift
Envision a gift that you would like to give your unrequited love. What is it? Describe it in detail.
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Solitary Valentine’s Day
Describe your ideal Valentine’s Day if it were just you acknowledging your unrequited love.
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The Forgotten Love Letters
Write a story about someone who discovers an old trunk filled with love letters in their new home’s basement.
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Cosmic Connection
Imagine that each star in the sky is a love story. Pick one star and tell its tale.
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Unrequited Obsession
Write a story where the protagonist is obsessed with someone who does not reciprocate their feelings.
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Twisted Love Triangle
Challenging you to pen a story based on a non-standard love triangle, where two people are in love with the third, who’s in love with an entirely different person.
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Ghost of the Past Loves
Write about a character struggling with the memories of a past romantic relationship.
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The Valentine’s Day Serenade
Craft the tale of a person who, mustering all their courage, serenades their secret love on Valentine’s Day.
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4. Unrequited Love
Create a scenario where one character is in love with another, but their feelings are not reciprocated.
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Magical Love Triangle
Write a story about a fairy, a witch and a commoner entangled in a love triangle.
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Swapped Roles
Write a scenario where the lovers in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ exchange their roles.
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Pisces in Love
Describe a heart-warming love story defined by emotional depth and selfless devotion, keeping in line with the idealistic love that Pisces embodies.
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Unsent Valentine
Pen down a letter to someone you wanted to be your Valentine but never had the courage to ask.
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Lupercalia’s Love Lottery
Write a story based on the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia, where names were drawn to pair couples.
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The Love Letter Never Sent
Craft a monologue in form of a love letter that will never be sent, full of heartfelt confessions, unrequited love, and heartbreaking nostalgia.
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Love Unnoticed
Write a love story in which the protagonist is oblivious to the affection of their closest friend.
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Coffee Shop Confessions
Narrate a tale about a shy, introverted character who routinely visits a coffee shop only to secretly admire a barista. On Valentine’s Day, they finally muster the courage to introduce themselves and confess their feelings.
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Enigma of Jay and Daisy
Explain a decisive moment in Jay Gatsby and Daisy’s relationship from ‘The Great Gatsby’ that wasn’t detailed in the book.
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Life of a Paper Swan
Assume the role of one of Andersen’s paper swans from ‘The Brave Tin Soldier’. Narrate one day in its life.
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To Haunt and to Hold
You die and become a ghost, however, you have the option to guide and protect one person you left behind.
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The Ghost’s Lover
Compose a tragic tale of a specter still pining for their lost love on a bitter autumn night.
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The Unsent Valentine
Write a story where a character is desperate to confess their love but never sends their Valentine.
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Parallel Worlds Love
Craft a love story of two people who are meant to be together but exist in parallel universes.
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Invisibility of Love
An invisible person falls in love with a mortal; they can only become visible when their feelings are acknowledged and reciprocated.
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Love Songs Unheard
Create a character who expresses their unrequited love through songs that never reach their desired audience.
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Silent Letters of Love
Construct an account of a character who writes a love letter every day to their unrequited love but never sends it.
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Coffee Shop Confessions
Write a character who, for years, orders the same coffee in hopes of catching the attention of the barista they’re in love with.
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Blossoming the Flower of Love
Conceive a drama story where a bouquet of flowers serves as the symbol of love and provokes dramatic consequences.
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Unrequited Love Tales
In this love triangle, your protagonist is in love with someone, but that person loves someone else.
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Eternal Hope
Illustrate a tale in which the protagonist remains hopeful despite their love being unacknowledged.
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The Power of Distance
Describe a scenario where one person loves someone who is unattainable due to physical distance or social hierarchies.
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Love Letters Never Sent
Write a series of love letters that were never mailed, each one revealing a bit more about the secret admirer.
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Silent Suffering
Create a fictional character who is secretly in love with their best friend, and portrays their struggles in hiding this fact.
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One-sided Reverie
Narrate an episode of unrequited love from your past, describing your feelings in the finest detail.
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Heart-warming Holiday Resolution
Write about two old friends who finally confess their feelings for each other during a holiday gathering.
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The Unrequited Love
Craft a tale of a character hopelessly in love with someone who doesn’t feel the same way.
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Phoenix Heart
Write about a character’s unrequited love whose feelings haven’t diminished, but continue to smolder like embers.
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A Love Unrequited
Describe Snape’s feelings and experiences after Lily’s death from Snape’s perspective.
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The Apparition’s Amour
Write a story describing a protagonist who falls in love with a ghost and outlines their unusual romantic relationship.
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Spectral Bloom Garden
Picture a garden where flowers bloom at night, a phenomenon caused by the ghost of a heartbroken gardener.
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Bursts of Memories
Create a narrative where the main character encounters a long-lost love and the meeting brings back painful memories.
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Love Letters Lost and Found
Imagine being a love letter hidden away for years and the stories you might hold.
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The Love Letter
Use the classic concept of anonymous love letters, but with a twist. The receiver knows who the sender is, but the sender doesn’t.
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Unrequited Love
Describe a situation when you were deeply in love with someone who didn’t reciprocate.
