Homepage Off Topic[OT] Two years ago I responded to a prompt “You're a powerful dragon that lived next to a small kingdom. ... As the kingdom fell to invaders, a dying soldier approaches you with the infant princess, begging you to take care of her. Today, the Dragon’s Scion book 1, Dragonflame, is a published novel! (self.WritingPrompts)
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Writing Prompt[WP] You've tried many times to include your little brothers in your friend group, but they just laugh and tell you to stop bringing your pets over all the time. You think this is very unfair- even if they are a wolf and a snake, Fenrir and Jormurgandr are still your beloved baby brothers. (self.WritingPrompts)
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Writing Prompt[WP] As modern day necromancers, raising the dead runs in our family -except for you. Your spells and potions always fail. You sneak off to a junkyard to practice. You discover that your spells may not work on people or animals, they do work on "dead" machines. (self.WritingPrompts)
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Writing Prompt[WP] The instant the Dark Lord hears the prophecy about one destined to defeat him, he scoffs and notes "Standard self-fulfilling hero prophecy." before ordering his minions to go to the hero's hometown and build a bunch of public works projects, the most important of which is a school. (self.WritingPrompts)
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Writing Prompt[WP] New york harbor. The titanic has suddenly arrived at its destination, over 100 years after it sank. This causes great confusion. The next day, Bejing capital international airport. Flight MA370 lands on a free runway. Yet another day later, the hindenburg lands in new jersey. This goes on. (self.WritingPrompts)
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Simple Prompt[WP] The Forest God's challenge was simple. Survive 1 year as a field mouse. (self.WritingPrompts)
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Writing Prompt[WP] Chained to an immovable rock, he waits for the eagle to arrive and peck out his liver, as it has done countless times before. Instead a hooded figure emerges from the shadows. With a wave of its hand, the iron shackles are shattered. "Rise Prometheus. The time has come for Olympus to fall." (self.WritingPrompts)
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Writing Prompt[WP] Despite being a "phlebotomist fresh out of college", you've developed a stellar reputation in the hospital as being able to diagnose nearly any disease in the books from the simplest blood tests. The truth: You're a vampire in hiding with such a sensitive palate, you can "taste" the diseases. (self.WritingPrompts)
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Established Universe[EU] You stand in the hallway in utter shock, the gun in your hand feeling heavier now. You walk forwards to the masked crusader's body on the floor, disturbed to the core. You just shot Batman in the face. Now, you gotta hide the body. (self.WritingPrompts)
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Writing Prompt[WP] When you were young, you chose to be a study act of villainy. Putting your studies into action, you became quite good at it. In fact, you've become the most successful villain of all time. The hard part was actually convincing people that it was you who committed the crimes. (self.WritingPrompts)
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Writing Prompt[WP] On your deathbed, surrounded by sobbing family members. You close your eyes, and instead of darkness you see flashing words. "Game Over!" confused, you continue reading. "You've lived to the age of 94, not bad! Would you like to play again?" (self.WritingPrompts)
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Writing Prompt[WP] Birthmarks indicate the injuries by which you died in your previous life. Most people don't have any, as they died from illness. Others have interesting stories to tell. But you died by bleeding out after you carved your name into your arm, and you're determined to find out who you once were. (self.WritingPrompts)
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Writing Prompt[WP] "Sam!" You scream as your kid darts away from you, towards a road. A man grabs Sam, and leads him back to you. As you thank him profusely, he ignores you, instead speaking into an earpiece: "This is Agent 7823. 15th Jan 2021. Target safe." This isn't the first time this has happened... (self.WritingPrompts)
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Writing Prompt[WP] in your family, everyone can verbally communicate with something that doesn't normally talk. Your father can talk to trees. Your mother can talk to dogs. Your sister can talk to water. You can talk to stones. You are mocked for this: until you realise that this applies to ANYTHING made of rock. (self.WritingPrompts)
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Writing Prompt[WP] You can hear someone break into your house. You go downstairs with a baseball bat and find them rummaging through your DVD collection. You slowly walk over to them and you see it’s George Lucas who tells you he’s just here to get rid of your copy of the Holiday Special. (self.WritingPrompts)
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Writing Prompt[WP] Dance battles are a serious and often bloody matter. To curb the increasing amount of collateral damage and death, a specialized coliseum was built to host the violent throes of rhythm. Tonight is the inaugural event of the battleground known as the Macarena. (self.WritingPrompts)
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