Ameronis RanGen<p>Can you use this in your story?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a></p>
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Ameronis RanGen<p>An artist, a hippogriff, an old key, a castle, a raid, uncertain. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingprompt</span></a></p>
Danroid<p>*Artful nudity<br>3-card draw from Golden Art Nouveau Tarot. <br>Seven of Pentacles<br>Five of Pentacles<br>The Lovers<br>--Interpretations welcome.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tarot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tarot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tarotcards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tarotcards</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tarotreading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tarotreading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/taroart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taroart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingprompt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drawingprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drawingprompt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/symbolism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>symbolism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/synchronicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>synchronicity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archetypes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archetypes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illustration</span></a></p>
Stephen L. Thompson<p>You can read all you want about writing, but the real test is to actually write something. Hence, a short <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompt</span></a> exercise for those of you wanting to hone your craft.<br>Write a sentence containing the following word: meeting<br>For example: John would rather spend an hour of backbreaking work in his garden then spend ten minutes in a boring meeting.</p>
InterNutter :nb_verify:<p><span>Mercy from the merciless killers.<br><br></span><a href="https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04474-l090-save-the-starfish" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04474-l090-save-the-starfish</a><span><br><br></span><a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/flashfiction" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flashfiction</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/sciencefiction" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/shortstory" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shortstory</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/writingprompt" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingprompt</a></p>
Ixtli Dekami :coolified:🍕⚾🖖<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@VisualInspiration" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>VisualInspiration</span></a></span> <br>Dan has been telling people about Wolly, his pal from Dimension Z, since he was 4. He's 35 now, and for the first time, Wolly is visible to everyone. After a long battle of wits, Dan convinced Wolly to go with him to the mall, so all children could see him, and, perhaps, one of them could put them in contact with Wolly's long lost love, Mirei. He says she was in his same situation, and a girl found her. But here's the thing: they haven't seen anyone all day…<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompt</span></a></p>
Visual Inspiration<p>2025-03-30 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/VisualInspiration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VisualInspiration</span></a> prompt:</p><p>Love knows no boundaries.</p><p>Use this image as inspiration to write a very short story based on it.</p><p>---</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/VisualWritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VisualWritingPrompt</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompt</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/AIArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIArt</span></a></p>
Kathrin<p>From my file named "story ideas": </p><p>Lesbian couple role-play burglary/home invasion. Neighbour calls police to investigate.</p><p><a href="https://trouth.eu/tags/writingprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingprompt</span></a> <a href="https://trouth.eu/tags/writingprompts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingprompts</span></a> <a href="https://trouth.eu/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
Stephen L. Thompson<p>You can read all you want about writing, but the real test is to actually write something. Hence, a short <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompt</span></a> exercise for those of you wanting to hone your craft.<br>Write a sentence containing the following word: villains<br>For example: While fearing the Global Domination Villains, we often overlook the Day-to-Day Villains.</p>
InterNutter :nb_verify:<p><span>It's more than the song, or the singer, at work.<br><br></span><a href="https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04473-l089-drama-balm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04473-l089-drama-balm</a><span><br><br></span><a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/flashfiction" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flashfiction</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/fantasyfiction" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fantasyfiction</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/shortstory" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shortstory</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/writingprompt" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingprompt</a></p>
Ixtli Dekami :coolified:🍕⚾🖖<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@VisualInspiration" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>VisualInspiration</span></a></span> <br>The killer bacteria was supposed to unleash a zombie apocalypse that would end all life on Earth, but someone made a mistake. Or perhaps not. They put *ALL* the impossible to duplicate bacteria inside a sex doll that would be left in a bus stop, waiting for some poor sap that would see it, take it home, and do dirty things with the doll. The idea was sound, but that precise bus stop still had fluorescent lights, and that killed the bacteria, stopping The End…<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompt</span></a></p>
Ameronis RanGen<p>What sort of relationship forms when your two characters meet like this?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DnD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DnD</span></a></p>
Ray Ingles<p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> 29: How do you handle foreshadowing? How do you navigate building up to the ‘big reveal’?</p><p>Since I know the essence of the ending before I start writing, I always have it in mind. So I prune and tune in service of that end (or one of the key moments/choices along the way).</p><p>They say "everything in writing should serve (at least) two purposes." In the moment, those seeds help characterization or plot or worldbuilding.</p><p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompt</span></a></p>
Stephen L. Thompson<p>You can read all you want about writing, but the real test is to actually write something. Hence, a short <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompt</span></a> exercise for those of you wanting to hone your craft.<br>Write a sentence containing the following word: episode<br>For example: Jill always became concerned when a show she enjoyed suddenly changed, as if she had missed an episode.</p>
InterNutter :nb_verify:<p><span>Of course it's the end of the world, ask me how.<br><br></span><a href="https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04472-l088-a-sign-for-some" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04472-l088-a-sign-for-some</a><span><br><br></span><a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/flashfiction" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flashfiction</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/sciencefiction" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/shortstory" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shortstory</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/writingprompt" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingprompt</a></p>
Ameronis RanGen<p>What would a story with this title be about? </p><p>The Novel Title Generator: bit.ly/noveltitlegen</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writinginspiration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writinginspiration</span></a></p>
Visual Inspiration<p>2025-03-28 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/VisualInspiration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VisualInspiration</span></a> prompt:</p><p>I'm not sure what is going on here...</p><p>Use this image as inspiration to write a very short story based on it.</p><p>---</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/VisualWritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VisualWritingPrompt</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompt</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/AIArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIArt</span></a></p>
Siobhan Muir<p><a href="https://socel.net/tags/ThursThreads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThursThreads</span></a> Week 653 Winners blog is up. Congrats to Eight Time Winner Joe Hesch and Honorable Mention Bill Engleson. Great thanks to K.R. Van Horn for judging this week. Check out his comments and the winning tale. <a href="https://socel.net/tags/FlashFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlashFiction</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompt</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://siobhanmuir.com/thursthreads-week-653-winners/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">siobhanmuir.com/thursthreads-w</span><span class="invisible">eek-653-winners/</span></a></p>
Stephen L. Thompson<p>You can read all you want about writing, but the real test is to actually write something. Hence, a short <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompt</span></a> exercise for those of you wanting to hone your craft.<br>Write a sentence containing the following word: years<br>For example: There were some days, Mike just wished he could be in a coma for the next four years.</p>
IndieAuthors.Social News<p>Wear a Hat Writing Prompt</p><p>Career Authors <br> It's National Wear a Hat Day. Write a scene in which your protagonist dons a hat. <br> Wear a Hat Writing Prompt Paula Munier…<br><a href="https://careerauthors.com/wear-a-hat-writing-prompt/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">careerauthors.com/wear-a-hat-w</span><span class="invisible">riting-prompt/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WritingPrompts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompts</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/NationalWearaHatDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalWearaHatDay</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/wearahatwritingprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wearahatwritingprompt</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/writingprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingprompt</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>indieauthors</span></a></span></p>
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