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There's always that one villain you secretly root for... So use that to your own advantage! The character could have an obsession, love or fandom for the villain, maybe even want to be their lackey/minion.... Oh the possibilities! Make me believe it! | [WP]: Amongst a crowd watching a superhero/villain battle, one person is secretly rooting for the villain to win... | 53 | [
"They’re tearing up the city. Again. The heroes fight for our sakes, so we are told. From what I see, the so-called hero is being provoked by one guy, whose evil plans did nothing to put the city in any great danger. What?! The villain kidnapped a woman? Oh, she’s the hero’s love interest. Wait, they’re not even da... | [
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A man finds himself barricaded inside of his home by hundreds of crows. He has three day's worth of food and has to find a means of escape.
| [WP] A murder of crows | 15 | [
"They were there, always watching. It had been two hours. The crows, perched coldly on his front step, their beady eyes always watching, waiting for him to walk outside. But the man knew better. There were hundreds of crows, and they had already gotten the cat when he let her out. He knew better, thanks to her. \n\... | [
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[WP] Make me support and sympathize with a character who does something immoral. | 30 | [
"Knowing that what she did was wrong, against the rules but she couldn't stop herself. Twirling with the machine and making it sound with other sounds than before, it was wrong but...Oh,so right! Suddenly she heard something she had never heard before. People talking about something weird but the sound was too mess... | [
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Meaning the final person to ever contribute, wherever the train finally breaks down, for whatever reason. | [WP] The last person to contribute to /r/counting | 8 | [
"For the lazy: /r/counting\n\n---\nI provide direct links to lesser known subs mentioned in the title if one isn't already provided.\n\nLet me know if I need to try harder: /r/LazyLinkerBot",
"\"Oh god yes, it's going to be me. 999,999,923....\" *taps save* He shook uncontrollably in his chair. He had spent ten... | [
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For every reaction there is an equal and opposite reaction. Who was the little girl who fell into the sky when Alice fell down and what did she see? | [WP]Alice fell down the rabbit hole. What happened to the little girl that fell up? | 11 | [
"Cecilia had no sooner let go of the highest branch than she lost her view of her now quiet treehouse. As she fell higher still, her town vanished into a quilt of fields.\n\n\"They all look the same.\"\n\nFields became countries, but it was impossible to distinguish which was hers.\n\nWorldly matters seemed trivial... | [
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[FF] The saddest 6 word story that you can come up with | 52 | [
"As time passed, melancholy overwhelmed him.",
"Nothing left but all my regrets.",
"Care is not returned, stay silent.",
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"\"Why him and not me, mom?\"",
"it wasn't suffering, it was emptyness",
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[WP] A man wins the lottery. Two months later, his life has fallen to shambles and regrets ever buying the ticket. Why? | 15 | [
"It’s been two months since me and the guys at the office pool won the Lotto. It was a Tuesday, another numb day spent sorting post, writing letters and going through the motions. Two spoons through my freshly microwaved porridge and Gav is crashing through the canteen door like some demented Cheshire Cat, grinning... | [
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Explore the mysterious ideas around twin connections, decision making and the challenges of dissimilar environments. Could get pretty deep and complicated. Could make for an interesting short story if could keep from getting bogged down.
Idea came from a dream recently that I had a twin. I don't have a twin... or d... | [WP] Twins, separated at birth to opposite sides of the country, find their way back to each other. | 9 | [
"Identical twins. It should have been like I was looking at myself. That's what one hears all the time when a twin describes what it's like to see his or her sibling. Maybe one of them sees something trivial in one's brother or sister, but nevertheless it's a familiar structure of the face.\n\nI had finally met my ... | [
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[WP] Someone with an eating disorder is havine Christmas dinner with their family | 43 | [
"The tines on my fork rake small, even lines through my mashed potatoes; like a Zen garden, I think to myself, with a grim smile. I continue my circuit of the plate, not noticing that Aunt Zoe has heard the tiny sounds of metal cutlery dragging across a plate. Her frank blues eyes study the patterns I’m creating, n... | [
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[WP] In a funny twist of events, someone gets lost in a city that they have never been to before, in a country where they don't speak the language, and ends up getting married, all while looking for the perfect lampshade | 124 | [
"“Daddy, how did you and mommy meet?” Little Jacob beckoned as his small family of three sat in front of their fireplace in the Netherlands.\n\n“Oh, that’s a long story Jacob, should we tell him honey?” Joseph asked his wife.\n\n“Sounds good dear.” Julia replied, in her sweet, cute Netherland accent.\n\n“Well, it a... | [
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The clone shares all of your memories, fears and insecurities and is physically a perfect duplicate of you. | [WP] You wake up one day and find your clone in your living room, the two of you have 24 hours together before he dies. | 8 | [
"I walk in., and immediately fall flat on my face, disbelieving. But... I'm right here. Right? \"Who are you?\" I ask, in a weaker voice than I wanted. Then I realize he said it at the exact same time. \"You're... *Me*?\"\n\nI walk up to him and place a book across our heads. Flat, from the reflection in the mirror... | [
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[WP] I don't give a f*ck | 3 | [
" \"Free fucks here! Get your free fucks here!\"\n \"Excuse me sir, I would like a fuck.\"\n \"I'm very happy for you, buddy. Now get lost, I don't give a fuck.\"\n \"But you just said 'get your free fucks here'.\"\n \"I did.\"\n \"That's right.\"\n \"So?\"\n \"So give me a fuck.\"\n \"No... | [
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[WP] Two strangers are buried alive together. | 29 | [
"I awake to the sound of wet earth being poured upon wood. Overwhelmed by strong perfume surrounding me, all light slowly escapes leaving me surrounded by darkness. I try and speak but no sound surfaces. Muted, and alone, what is this world I’ve awoken to? What is that smell? I roll to my left and hit a something, ... | [
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Over the course of days/weeks.
Happy writing! :)
Edit: I want to be a tree now. Awesome stories! | [FF] You slowly start turning into a tree... 500 words minimum. | 11 | [
"I got off the train, going home finally. It's not like I don't enjoy spending my time with my family, but a whole week can be a bit too much, you know. Finally feeling the ground under my legs. For some reason, I was feeling anxious and eager to feel the solid steady ground under my feet again.\n\nIt was a dull, ... | [
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[WP] Cutting your hair hurts just as much as cutting your skin. | 20 | [
"The West district of the city, 03.34, another Saturday nightshift for Simone. Easing herself into a slightly less uncomfortable position in the passenger seat, she tried to read a few more lines of her book by the poor orange light of the street lamps, and the flickering reflection of the ambulance's blue lights a... | [
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Write from his Point of view. Reflect on his helplessness. | [WP] A paralyzed man witnesses his child commit suicide. | 5 | [
"Not being able to move was never really a problem for me. My wife was always there. My nurses were always there. My son was always there.\n\nThey *were* always there.\n\nBut when my wife died, she couldnt be there.\n\nBut when the money ran dry, the nurses wouldnt stay there.\n\nMy son was the only one left. \n\nH... | [
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[WP] A person asks a villain why they are evil. The villain's response is very underwhelming. | 31 | [
"He worked quickly, and is movements were smooth and deliberate. Half the time he was looking down at what he was doing, half the time he was looking up at the others already tied down in their chairs. He took the roll of duct tape in his hand, and fed out several inches as he simultaneously fitted it around the wr... | [
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All hail the motherland! | [WP] You live in a fascist state, but have been fortunate enough to be given the most desirable job. Describe your life and/or what you do. | 6 | [
"Libatis. \"Destiny\" in Latin. Formed from the ruins of Rome, created by a soldier of Italy, the fascist state of Libatis has conquered many, creating an empire spanning all of Europe. The only states able to destroy fight against each other, wasting resources and manpower over the most unavailing wars. There is n... | [
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Are humans still the dominant species? If not, what species is? Has evolution advanced humans? Have we made contact with extraterrestrials? | [WP] Assuming time travel is a real thing, you travel into the future to the year 7500. What is society and the world as a whole like? | 12 | [
"The year is 7502 and the only thing that is left to be conquered is love for what are we all here for if it is not love. Humanity shed all hate in the year 6603. This rebirth of sorts was always in the horizon for said humans. It had always been a fascination of this species, the Kleen, that humans figure out to g... | [
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Yup. | [WP] A guy who can freely rewind time when something bad happens does something really bad thinking he can get out of it, but finds that he cant rewind time anymore. | 8 | [
"Alex didn't know why but it only worked when bad things happened. He could rewind time just by thinking about it. Seemingly nothing bad ever happened to him but it wasn't the case at all. Last week he broke his leg missing a step while going downstairs but it didn't last long. He could just wish it away after all.... | [
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any perspective. | [WP] A serial killer that was cryogenically frozen is unfrozen a in the far future by another race of intelligent beings. | 7 | [
"Whoa - Demolition Man with a twist! I'm curious to see what kind of responses you get.",
"Humans usually took about half an hour or more to recover, but not this one.\n\nMost might have trembled in fear at the sight of his crew, but not this one.\n\nHumans were thought to have been wiped out, but not this one.\... | [
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Might sound like a bit of a boring prompt but write a few twists and turns in there if you can! Make it more interesting than the prompt suggests! | [FF] Write an argument between a boss and an employee. Speech only! | 13 | [
"\"What're you *DOING*, Peter?\" \n\n\"Boss, he wuzznt co*-operatin*', y'know? I had to go to step 4.\" \n\n\"There's *blood* over my priceless Dürer, that painting is *priceless!*\"\n\n\"Calm down, boss, we went over this... remember? I know this is upsettin', and frankly I am sorry I did not see that there painti... | [
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bonus points if it rhymes;) | [WP] Write the funniest poem you can in four lines. | 31 | [
"**Literally?**\n\nThis first part I'm writing in line for the train\n\nThis second while waiting to buy a hot dog\n\nAnd this one I write at the bank, oh the pain!\n\nThe last one in traffic. Damn this fog!",
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[WP] The saddest and most depressing description of a snow day ever | 14 | [
"It snowed so fast that school got canceled. But it was too cold to go outside. The parents kept their once joyful children trapped in depressing houses, glaring at the untouched beauty of the endless white hills through glass cells.",
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Dystopian. Think Total Recall, really think Total Recall.
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The rich are going to war on the poor, this speech has to be from the leader of the rich, justifying their reason to go to war with the poor. Although the reasons might not be correct, he is a powerful figure, and his people will stand behind him no matt... | [WP] A speech from the leader of a rich nation, who has decided to go to war on a poor nation. (details in text) | 2 | [
"What we do in life, echoes (short pause for effect) in eternity (faint but distinct echo of microphone, dead silence among the gathered crowd).\n\nWe have only one time, in our lives, to choose, either the good, or the evil.\n\nWe have only one time, in our lives, to choose, fear, or love.\n\nWe have only one time... | [
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[WP] Write a story using allegories for one or more human emotion. | 2 | [
"Sorrow slumped in her chair, staring at her reflection with disdain. Her eyes were red and circled with purple bruises from crying so hard, she simply had nothing left in her to continue. She sniffed, not because her nose was running but more for the proxy of the action. Her chest ached and her head felt like it w... | [
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We spend lots of times on the beautiful. Describe the ugly, in whichever way you can portray it best. | [WP] Describe the ugliest human being to have ever lived. | 18 | [
"Skormfront Pimplebottom Dumpshikster was known for his enduring, illustrious poetry. Each stanza could encapsulate the heart and make the eyes water, or carry one's soul fluttering off to a meadowland of beauty and awe. So when he was called to read his first published book of poems at the Fresh Jive Cat Soul Coff... | [
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Looking for something dramatic, like the end of an epic tale. It's a built-in twist, but how far does that rabbit hole go? Take us on a ride! | [WP] A hero confronts the villain in a final showdown, only to find out that their roles have been reversed the entire time. | 96 | [
"He had torn his way through the king's army, his once white uniform now red, drenched in the enemy's blood. Having made his way to the front of the castle, he snuck his way in before the drawbridge had closed, sticking to the shadows, destroying anyone in his way. He knew this destination, the throne room, but he ... | [
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Put some effort into it please. I'd really like to see where you guys take this. | [WP] Main character finds a door they've never seen before, in a house they've lived in their whole life. | 89 | [
"I had a dream like that once. It lead to a tunnel to the neighbors house and there were bins and bins of old stuff",
"My days are pretty calm and routine now, ever since my wife died. I lost her three years ago and I take extra special care of this bush in my front yard ever since. I pressed it into the ground t... | [
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The Alien is wary of the Human as they appear to initially resemble a creature from a cautionary tale for children. | [WP] Humanity discoveres it is not alone in the universe while an astronaut is exploring a geological formation on Mars as the same time as an alien astronaut. [More details within] | 17 | [
"Zorp broke at least five rules and regulations by sitting down on a conveniently shaped rock. He didn't care much for those rules, not after his shuttle had made an unpleasant touchdown on a planet several light-years from home. It should have been a quick scoop and leave mission: get in, get some soil samples, an... | [
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Any subject, (proper) use of semi-colons encouraged! | [FF] Write a story with sentences that contain a number of words relating to the Fibonacci sequence. (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 ...) | 4 | [
"pain.\n\npain.\n\npain drowns.\n\ni am drowning.\n\nthe world ended long ago\n\nwhy am i still here, stuck in this world\n\nmaybe i have a goal maybe i need to fix everything. maybe ill die\n\ni just want to die, to disappear, let me join my brothers. maybe, maybe ill just wander. wander the wastes aimlessly",
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[WP] Your boss discovers your writing on r/writingprompts. | 8 | [
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Yeah it's this again, but you all seemed so enthusiastic about the first one, I'd thought I'd set you up writing the end instead
and then later we can get to the middle :) | [WP] Write the last words of the novel you've always wanted to write | 6 | [
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[WP] The stars are slowly burning off one by one. Scientists have determined the exact amount of time to the week that the sun will shut down. | 27 | [
"\"Eighty-five, eighty-six, eighty-seven, eighty-eight. Eight-eight. So few are left, the world is darker even as the Sun shines more brightly.\" \n\n\"Its hot Papa.\"\n\n\"shh, shh, come now go back to sleep Izzy ill turn on the fan.\" Her big green eyes fluttered shut as He waved the cardboard back and forth. \"p... | [
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[WP] Waking up in a hospital bed to find your leg amputated. | 9 | [
"I awoke from sleep slower than usual, groggy and somewhat dazed as if suffering from the flu. I cleared my throat as I opened my eyes, confirming what I'd already thought. I did not lay in my own bed, nor anywhere else I'd like to. While the bed on which I found myself could have come from a hospital, the room ... | [
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[WP] Make me blush 25 words or less. | 32 | [
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He can't tell anyone, cause no one will believe him, and he's resigned himself to going down with the city he's spent his entire life in. | [WP] A low level scientist who's discovered that a major earthquake will soon wipe out his entire city, spends one last day downtown. | 6 | [
"I'll never leave. This is my home and if it's going to go up in flames then I'm going to roast some fucking s'mores. I cannot wait to see what my brothers and sisters here are truly made of. Faced with death they will show their true colors. \n\nI imagine how some of them will go. Some will never fully comprehend ... | [
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[WP] Tell us what you miss about being a kid. | 4 | [
"The ignorance associated with choldhood. Discovering is euphoric.",
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It's up to you what constitutes sex or where you set this story. Maybe when you first realise this power, maybe 1000 years later in a young body, maybe using it to get around some kind of obstacle, maybe you finally found someone you love and haven't told them yet, maybe the chain of displaced bodies you've left behind... | [WP] Every time you have sex with someone, you switch bodies with them. | 105 | [
"A man lay in glass, the remains of a broken table. Feces had fallen from him and now pooled around his old yellowing legs. His wiry hair exposed on his bare legs as he sat in his underpants. \nHis balding head caught the light as the sun rose and the cops watched as he lay there, dead and mostly naked. H... | [
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[WP]Explain how a cult of time travellers actually create a utopia in the far future by carrying out terrorist plots in the past. | 22 | [
"Mozart started composing at the age of five. A lot of people will talk about geniuses and prodigies and these amazing, once-in-a-generation talents. I commend the people they're talking about. People like Einstein. People like Jobs or Ford. They're examples of the pinnacle of human achievement. But when I think ab... | [
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[WP] In a society with three distinct genders, an everyday conversation between friends over coffee. | 22 | [
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In what might be her last moments, time seems to slow down for her, and she reflects on her life and the events that brought her to this point. Was she pushed? Did she jump? Did she trip? Why and how? Is she scared? Is she accepting of death? Tell me! | [WP] A woman is falling from a building. | 1 | [
"This building is really tall. Like *really* tall. I've been thinking a lot. You might think the whole \"time slows down\" thing cliche and untrue but while it is cliche, it is not untrue. I could tell you about my life and my successes and regrets and all that shit but I won't. I won't because I'm pissed off. And ... | [
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[WP] Someone wants to give away their soul for something. Satan tries to talk them out of it. | 38 | [
"A pale thin boy drenched in blood stared into the darkness, his features contorted by regret. \"I'll give you my soul to undo this!\" \n\n\"I'm afraid it's already mine...\" The apparition slowly reached out its hand from the abyss, plucking it from the boys arms, and let out a visceral laugh as it launched the bo... | [
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Longer responses are preferred. | [WP] In the far future, utopia has been attained. What happens when someone opens the Pandora's box? | 3 | [
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[WP] Death pleads with a doctor to stop prolonging the suffering of a terminally ill patient. | 114 | [
"\"Do you think I'm a horrible person for saying that?\"\n\nI take in her appearance as she pours yet another cup of coffee. She is obviously exhausted, hasn't slept in days, but can't bear the thought of falling asleep while on duty watching her mother. She wants her mother to die, but not alone; she wants her mot... | [
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[FF] Summarize a novel in one sentence. | 9 | [
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Combine these three disparate elements into one cohesive story. Make it interesting. Have fun! | [WP] A porcelain ballerina figurine, an overworked and underpaid schoolteacher, and a pizza that shouldn't have had anchovies on it, but did. | 36 | [
"Mrs. MacMurray had always wanted to be a ballerina. Their thin bodies, contorted into beautiful shapes, mesmerized her. She dreamed of starving herself into a size 0. Fantasized about strapping herself on a medieval stretching rack until her five foot pudgy body gained that extra seven inches. Mrs. MacMurray looke... | [
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[WP]: Having been denied euthanasia, an old lady hires a hitman for herself | 63 | [
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[WP] Baby, did it hurt when you fell from Heaven? Because you might be entitled to compensation | 91 | [
"Sestina\n\nThe dog in the yard was hurt.\n\nIt lay by the hickory where it fell.\n\nIt panted whispers of Heaven.\n\nI'd have followed it if I might\n\nhave been so entitled.\n\nBut some masters get no compensation.\n\n^..\n\nWe all long for compensation--\n\nTickets or tokens for how we are hurt.\n\nIn no way are... | [
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If you've played the last of us you know about Runners, the initial stage of the infected. They're known to pace around and sometimes stand in place muttering and whimpering. Let's assume that during that stage the host is still semi aware. Their whimpering and muttering is due to the confusion of what's going on wi... | [WP] The Last of Us point of view story based on a Runner's perspective. | 13 | [
"I'm trapped in here, a prisoner in my own body. I can see the fear and the loathing on the face of a stranger every time they lay eyes on me, but no matter how hard I try to tell them that I don't want to hurt them, that it's not really me, all that comes out is a screech as I pounce and sink my teeth into their n... | [
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[WP] You find a tattered book in a thrift store / charity shop which describes your life down to a T in third person. It's a relatively thin book - what's your reaction / do you read the end? | 103 | [
"I had a decision to make. After thumbing through the pages I could clearly see this story parallels my own life, to a T. Every memory I've had was just as I had remember it. \n\nThe book was quite thin, as I curiously thumbed through some of the pages, I picked out a paragraph toward the middle of the book: \"... | [
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[WP] here you stand, alone again, about to take your own life. Nothing is holding you back now. You decide to look around your room one more time until something catches your eye, and the impact it has on you stops you in your tracks and makes you realize why you can't do this to yourself. | 12 | [
"I don’t really know how I came to this point. From the outside my life probably looks pretty great, a loving wife, a good car, a nice house and a high earning job. I take vacations to Europe twice a year for two weeks at a time. Work a maximum of 30 hours a week and yet still earn six figures. The majority of the ... | [
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I was driving home today and saw a cat crossing the street and this got me thinking about what its life is like. | [FF] You are an indoor cat outdoors for the first time. Are you in the country or the city? What is the season? What do you encounter? Do you get home and if so, how? What kind of cat are you? How old? | 0 | [
"That dumb dog...chasing me out here- Oh? What's that?\n\nGlancing at the stupid dog, who was being pulled inside the...whatever humans call it. A nest, or a den? You get the idea, I hopped off the porch. Instantly, my fur was soaked by mud. \n\nOuch...maybe I shouldn't have jumped off the porch...\n\nSitting down,... | [
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[WP] The spaceship was unnervingly quiet. | 5 | [
"I was just getting out of my cramped bunk..... when I hit my head. See, that's the thing about space: no gravity. We all may have had PhDs, but somehow we couldn't manage to follow Newton's laws, or at least remember to buckle ourselves in before bed.\n\n\nI had a killer headache. A headache can mean a million thi... | [
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[WP] An immortal enlists in the army. | 22 | [
"Captain Jack Harkness, reporting for duty.",
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The island is not big. You explore its entirety in one day. And you find a house. Rather big, this house reminds you of those colonial period plantation villa, void of any living presence. In a closed room, you find a great number of sheets. What you read on them freezes the blood in your veins.
What did you read, on ... | [WP]You're stranded on an island. | 10 | [
"Blood stains. On the sheets. Buried. But still, if I check deeper and deeper into the laundry bins.... Growing, ever present blood stains. From orifices suggesting... no.... it can't be....\n\nWhere is the sun in the sky? I remember it was July not to long ago... oh, no, no no no no... too near the equat... | [
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[WP] An ugly man becomes gorgeous for one day after eating a magic apple. | 12 | [
"*Bored on a train so here goes. Constructive criticism very much welcomed*\n\nIt started like a regular day; \n\nI Wake up feeling like I've been hit by a ton of bricks, force myself to overcome the epic mind-battle that is getting out of my warm cocoon in bed, throw on some clothes, grab an apple and rush out of ... | [
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http://imgur.com/UOGDfUU | [WP] This is an actual study question for an evolution course I am in. I want to see who can think of the most creative response. | 11 | [
"Sorry for the extra step, but I couldn't link directly to the image. The prompt in question is the imgur URL above. I'm giggling to myself in the library thinking of creative responses to this. How about it /u/poem_for_your_sprog?",
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[WP] What is the ultimate act of willpower? | 11 | [
"She stared at me in wonder. The object in my hand, black and shaking on it's own made her giggle. 3 months old, innocent. She took the barrel into her mouth and gummed my gun. \"Do it!\" I scream in my head. \"Do it or they'll take your whole family!\" The joyous eyes of this little girl... How could she grow up t... | [
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[WP] Convince a jaded lover not to commit suicide | 9 | [
"\"I've got a handful of pills, and I think I should take them. No one would care anyway\", Drake said in his Facebook message. After blocking his first account, he made *another* account to message me. \n\n\"Drake, stop it. You don't need to fucking kill yourself. We broke up months ago, I'm allowed to be with oth... | [
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[WP] Make me sympathize with a character that history hates. | 7 | [
"\"You have to be careful of what you say, you know they're watching, and waiting for just the moment to silence you. You carry little support here, which is not to say you can;t win the people over, but you have to be careful about the words you choose to use in this speech\"\n\nThe chubby man with small hands pac... | [
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[WP] Ten years later, a bully meets his victim in the cancer ward. | 7 | [
"Which one has cancer?",
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[WP] You lament for your lost lover as, unbeknownst to you, your wife walks into the room. | 6 | [
"Colonel Schneider handed off his horse's reins to the servant as walked towards the steps of his townhouse. The grey sleet falls unendingly. The rains are common this time of year in the capital city of Fredericksburg. As he enters his home, he hands his cloak to his footman and accepts a cup of strong black tea. ... | [
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[WP] The Most Awkward Love Confession You Can Think Of | 24 | [
"May I use an incident from my past?\n\nSo there I was, no shit no shit, seventh grade beginning, tits swelling in menarche and legs half shaved, because no one notices if you don't do your thighs. I strutted down the hall in my short shorts, Pooh Bear messenger bag swinging on my shoulder like the proverbial boss,... | [
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... in which the oppressed proletariot rise against the capitalist Willy Wonka. | [WP] The Oompa-Loompa's communist revolution. | 7 | [
"My friends made a short sketch about this a while ago.",
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[WP] Ana lost everything that mattered the most for her. Write about how she feels and the decisions she might or might not make because of that. | 6 | [
"I lost it all. I know, you may reach out, you may say you’ve been where I’ve been, that you’ve lost as I have lost, but have you really? Have you ever really placed all of your stock in one person, only to watch them hold your heart for what seems now like but a fleeting moment before they let it fall carelessly t... | [
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[WP] A chemist discovers a drug like no other describe it from a addicts point of view. | 7 | [
"Nirvana, that's what it's called and that's what it did.\nNirvana in it's truest form, none of that hippie crap about \"transcending planes\" or whatever the hell they say nowadays. No, this drug brings about what Nirvana really means,\n\noblivion.\n\none hit and *puff* out you go, all senses, desires, emotions an... | [
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Have some fun with it.
Research: /r/steampunk /r/Cyberpunk | [WP] A scientist in a cyberpunk universe makes his way to a steampunk universe. He is completely unprepared. | 33 | [
"Earth has begun to reach a very slow decline to the end. War for livable land has begun in some of the hotter regions of the world, and the overpopulated regions press into politically unstable zones which causes further strife and violence. My lab was told to find a way to fix this. We went through every possible... | [
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http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1wzcxv/my_dad_found_this_interesting_butter_knife_while/ | [WP] Tell this knife's story. | 8 | [
"I’ve been around a while. I wish I could tell you that I’ve seen all kinds of interesting things, but the reality of being a knife isn’t very exciting, not to someone like you at least. It is true, yes, that cupboards and drawers are very dark. One might think that they’re similar, but let me tell you, after spend... | [
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[WP] Two time travelers from the future arrive in the present day. One claims that the future is a utopian paradise, the other claims that it's a hellish dystopia. Both of them are lying. | 32 | [
"\"So which is it?!\" She demanded to know. \"I need to know. Please.\"\n\nThe two time travelers looked at each other. \n\n\"It's... *okay*\"",
"and what if at the end..... they go to the future with the protagonist and....... nothing is there, a wasteland.",
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[WP] A child born and raised on a space station experiences gravity for the first time. | 122 | [
"This will help you \n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTL_sJycQAA",
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[WP] Big Toothpaste's secret conspiracy is about to be revealed. What is it, and what happens? | 9 | [
"We held the knife dumbfounded. The Toothpaste company had done it all along. They were the ones secretly plotting, waiting. If this secret got out it would change the world as we knew it. Now the decision is ours. Do we let the rest of the world know? Do we change the course off the entire earth? I looked my frien... | [
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[WP] A man, lost for years, finally found civilization. Only problem is... this civilization is Black Ops base. The military tells the man to go back to the wilderness. | 12 | [
"The man who staggered out of the woods could easily have been mistaken for an emaciated corpse. He had gone completely gray out in the wilderness and had grown a scraggly beard. Any clothing he had left had been worn to rags, in some cases replaced by skins sewn together into crude garments. He'd been lost in the ... | [
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[wp] You are in a world where Pokemon live in cities and towns and catch humans with Peoplemon balls. | 22 | [
"This thread has been linked to from elsewhere on reddit.\n\n\n - [/r/pokemon] [\\[META\\] /r/WritingPrompts has a Pokemon scenario!!!](http://np.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/1xiejn/meta_rwritingprompts_has_a_pokemon_scenario/)\n\n\n*^I ^am ^a ^bot. ^Comments? ^Complaints? [^Send ^them ^to ^my ^inbox!](http://www.... | [
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[WP] A struggling, unfunny comedian has his big break, but his show is terrible. So terrible, in fact, that the audience loves it. | 12 | [
"\"You suck\", \n\"not funny\", \n\"you think this is comedy?\". They would always say.\n\nJim always knew he was funny. Actually, Jim knew he was hilarious. They just didn't get it, show after show misunderstood, *why don't they understand?* Tonight was different though. A different crowd - Johnny set him up big -... | [
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[WP] "Do you know that you can save 15% by switching to Geico?" "Yes, everyone knows that." "Well, did you know ..." (make up your own). | 10 | [
"My girlfriend Lizzie and I sat down at the dinner table with my mother.\n\n\"The chicken should be done in about five minutes,\" I inform them.\n\n\"Thank you for inviting me over, Josh. You've done a lovely job adjusting to your new apartment,\" my mother admits. I can't help but grin.\n\n\"I had some help,\" I r... | [
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The protagonist dies and says "What the fuck? ... " | [WP] The disappointment at finding out what actually happens after death | 20 | [
" In stories and tales of old and new you always hear a common thing at the end, I accept death. Yet it wasn't until I sat in that disheartening, cold hospital room with nothing to do that I began to think. As I gazed out the window and squinted my eyes a thought birthed itself in my mind. Maybe, just maybe this ... | [
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To clarify -
The couple, for whatever reason, end up cheating on each other with people they thought were random strangers, when in actual fact they were hooking-up/kissing/flirting/talking online with each other. Leads to a mind fuck/dilemma.
| [WP] Two people in a relationship cheat on each other, WITH each other, unknowingly. | 20 | [
"The woman on the other side of the wall didn't have a face. In fact, she was barely a woman at all. There was just a piece of flesh, parted in two and warm. So warm. It felt nice. The hole was a portal to another dimension of happiness, far away from this depressing and hateful world. I loved her. She was ... | [
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[WP] twitchplayspokemon. 50k + people are inputting directions to a Pokemon emulator. Write Red's thoughts. | 3 | [
"*Left, Right, Down, B, B, Start, B, A.*\n\nThese thoughts continue to fill my head. As much as I want to refuse, my body ends up following these instructions on their own. \n\nI can't stop.\n\n*Down, Select, B, B, A, A, B, Right, Up*\n\nI can't remember how many things my body has done on its own. Throw the nugget... | [
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[WP] Trapped on a island with four other survivors and no food, you have been chosen as their next meal. | 13 | [
"On island with four, \nNo bargain in hungry eyes. \nDon't dally with dogs, run! \n\nTwo long days later, \nThey have me treed I grow weak, \nPerhaps I should fall. \n\nAt dawn rescue here, \nI cradled, dogs fed dog food. \nNothing personal. ",
"It was a mutual agreement. Well, mutual for everyone except... | [
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[WP] A man is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison. He is immortal. | 2 | [
"[Rod Serling covered this 50 years ago](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_Clause).",
"The guard jerked one thumb over his shoulder. \"And, last sight on this free tour of your new home: Morag. This guy's gonna be around forever.\"\n\nI stared through the bars at my fellow inmate, dressed in an orange jumpsui... | [
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[WP] You involuntarily read people's minds when they are close to you, but it is limited to only one thought from every person you meet. On a crowded subway platform you pick up a unique thought. | 37 | [
"*I should have been a cop. Or at least a vigilante. The sheer number of bomb threats I've encountered while taking the sub to Manhattan is ridiculous. After a while, you just stop calling the police and start stealing the bad guy's backpack. Public safety for all, I guess.*\n\n*On the other hand, I might be a grea... | [
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[WP] Narrate a murder | 58 | [
"\"I told you to stay away from my family!\" the man shouted at the figure in his doorway,\" I swear I will kill you if you get any closer!\"\n\nTo emphasize how serious he was he pumped his shotgun and clicked the safety off. The figure in the doorway moved forward into the light and his face came into sharp relie... | [
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[WP] A struggling writer surfs /r/askreddit for juicy plots and characters based on reddit user comments. A year later and the writer has a best seller in store, a redditor discovers striking similarities to one of her storys and goes to have a little chat with the writer. | 25 | [
"The sun bled across the evening sky in the most interesting way. The colors around me were vibrant and gleeful, but as it was they reflected the opposite of what I felt. That motherfucker! How dare he? The Oprah book of the month bore the name of something Andrew had come up with while skinning squirrels in his ba... | [
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Format, motivation, setting -- I leave all in your capable hands. | [WP] Detail the moment when your protagonist makes the decision to kill someone. | 5 | [
"Luke stared at the mirror. His eyes were open wide, and his skin was as pale as a ghost. What time was it? 2 AM, 3 AM? He couldn’t tell. His body was trembling, and the cold sweat was dripping of his face. He pressed his teeth harder and harder against each other, with such force that not breaking them was just a ... | [
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It's a Sevendust lyric that's stuck with me for years. There should be a story for it, but I'm damned if I can find it. | [WP] Every time the truth gets broken I'm the one to fix it. | 14 | [
"Their realities are their own. I'm in no place to judge. When you've got free reign over *everything*, of course you go nuts. Who wouldn't? Why do you think rich people always used to buy a bunch of ridiculous shit? Because they could.\n\nThey don't buy ridiculous shit anymore, they just buy the New Reality Machin... | [
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[WP] "This house isn't a home anymore; it's a prison cell." | 9 | [
"Smiling every day —forcibly so, hoping it would delude the brain into thinking that the body it belonged to was happy. So it would release those things it should, and the body would actually be happy. No, it can't be allowed. Within these walls,there is no happiness.\n\nChanting every day,\"You have lived so many ... | [
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[WP] A single scene, through the eyes of three narrators/characters who are vastly different from one another. | 6 | [
"Lance twitched involuntarily. He had not been trained to withstand this, but he held on with all his might. No amount of torture was going to break, or so he liked to believe. The Institute had gone too far. They had to be taken down if any sense of freedom was going to exist in this hell hole of a country. He... | [
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Edit: every single story in this thread is great. Keep on writing guys!
Edit 2: what is is with you all and /r/atheism??? | [WP] War has broken out. Redditors are now fighting IRL. Write about one group's stories. | 50 | [
"\"So you're Modem?\"\n\nI think it threw him off, my speaking first. It was probably his right to speak, as is customary with meetings being the invitee rather than the inviter. I seemed to be taking things less seriously than him and his colleagues.\n\n\"I am.\" His response was quick. His statement delayed. \"Th... | [
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[WP] He stood before a god and laughed. | 6 | [
"I am an inventor. I create things. The thing about being an inventor, is that since everything I create is new, nobody knows what it is, or what it does. I could try and explain them, but they don't have the fundamental understanding of quantum mechanics of psychobiochemistry that would help them grasp what I a... | [
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[WP] The God of Cheese becomes envious of other Gods and sends forth a real dog to destroy all other dieties through the usage of internet writing forums. | 28 | [
"Wow, Thor OP must nerf",
"Just for clarity, I didn't write this response to be mean to u/iamadogforreal, who actually raises a decent point and sometimes I roll my eyes when I come onto r/writingprompts and see a zillion traditional religion based (i.e. God vs. devil, or \"what if you were God?\", etc) posts. Ho... | [
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[WP] You pour yourself a glass of juice. It doesn't end up like you expected. | 4 | [
"Ahh what a wonderful morning. Im going to have a nice breakfast arnt I? *Ding* Oh the omelette is ready! Now for some orange jui....... AGGAGAGGAG SPIDERS, SPIDERS ARE THE JUICE AHAGAHHAGAHHHH^HH^G^G^H^GH^G^H^H^HH^",
"\"Why did I piss off that Djinn,\" I wondered to myself. Weeks ago, I'd bought an antique lamp.... | [
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[WP]In Hell, you are rewarded according to the amount and level of evil you have done, the greater the evil, the greater the reward. | 9 | [
"*moderately evil* is what I would consider myself, if you asked me when I was alive. \n\nI got a double homicide on my rap sheet, charged when I was 19. did my 30 years inside. Man was life different. I couldn't cope so I hooked up with these bangers and wound up involved in a rape-murder. Pretty nasty but hey wit... | [
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Inspired by The Wire, Good Will Hunting and Small Time Crooks. The guy has a great head for critical thinking and decision making, hence making a great drug dealer on the streets. He figures there must be kids wanting to smoke weed or worse in the jewish community, but no dealers want to be seen hanging around there, a... | [WP] A drug dealer practices chess while he waits on clients. He accidentally becomes a grandmaster. | 30 | [
"You could actually make a series out if this, pitch it to HBO",
"We were due to meet him in the Cats Corner chess club on 63rd street. I never liked meeting our competition face-to-face, and I pleaded with Micky that we find out where he lives and torch the fucker while he slept. But Micky, whether through confi... | [
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[WP] The internet is controlled by 14 people. Each holds a physical key. Together they have access to the Masterkey of the Internet. They meet 4 times a year for the Key Ceremony during which they change the passwords of the internet database. Describe one of their ceremonies. | 13 | [
"For the uninitiated: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/28/seven-people-keys-worldwide-internet-security-web",
"If you're reading this, then I am either missing, dead, or have been captured by Anonymous. If any of these be the case, then I elect you, George. You shall hold my key in the trial of encr... | [
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[WP] Select a Grimm Fairy Tale. Reboot it in a sci-fi setting. | 23 | [
"Story - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.\n------------------------------------------------\n\n\"Snow White, this is Rose Red and Three Bears, We'll be your escort down to the planet. The princess's father is awaiting her arrival at the capital.\"\n\n\"Rose Red, we copy. Glad to have you as escort.\" Star Glider kn... | [
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How does his town react?
Dirty Business?
Why does he do it?
| [WP] Write a short story about a man who farms Pickles from a pickle tree | 9 | [
"It took hard work and dedication to create the most efficient fertizer mix. Vinegar. Mustard seed. Dill. Each working in conjunction with each other to form the proper base of nutrients required for a strong root structure and growth. The seedling needed to be set into the ground, setting more than half the length... | [
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Edit: *I meant* **scene btw. I wonder why I didn't notice 'til now...*
There is no length restriction (just use as many words as it takes to accurately convey a scene. Commas are your friend).
Preferably, the narrator will be a girl. Just for good measure. But you don't have to actually announce this in the writing.... | [FF] Describe a seen in 1st person using only one sentence | 2 | [
"*This is the end here, as I have decided to become a doctor instead of a writer.*",
"The asphalt keeps churning, and the cliff is coming closer; what the hell happened to my brakes?",
"From the second floor I could see each person below dancing, making small talk, making big talk (this was distinguished from t... | [
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Donors of this new blood type can donate to others of lesser blood types, whereas these new blood donors can only accept the blood of the same special blood type. | [WP] The political effects of the discovery of a new blood type that completely heals others when donated, and how these new donors are treated. | 19 | [
"They were better than the rest of us. They lived lives of perfect health and were so rare that they were only discovered by an act of God. No-one truly knows who first made the discovery, but the story goes that a young girl was dying of a wasting disease and was visited by an old woman who was convinced that she ... | [
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[WP] Why is a raven like a writing desk? | 8 | [
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