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Short Prompts

Here’s a list of all the short prompts that we’ve got for writers to take advantage of! They’re broken up by genre to make things a little easier for authors to find prompts for their particular genres, but trust me, it can be super fun to take, say, an adventure prompt and then write a science fiction tale from it!

(Bear with me as I make all the prompts, this is an ongoing project!)

Action Prompts

Story Prompt: 15 Action Story Ideas

Story Prompts: 101 Adventure Prompts

Night Watch – 24 Military Prompts for the Frontlines

13 Adventure Prompts: The Wandering Trader

The Preppers Were Right… – 13 End of the World Story Prompts

Running with the Gangs – 19 Crime Story Prompts

23 Science Fiction Prompts

Story Prompts: 15 Alternate History Story Ideas

Adventure Prompts

Story Prompts: 101 Adventure Prompts

13 Adventure Prompts: The Wandering Trader

The Preppers Were Right… – 13 End of the World Story Prompts

Night Watch – 24 Military Prompts for the Frontlines

Running with the Gangs – 19 Crime Story Prompts

23 Science Fiction Prompts

Story Prompts: 15 Alternate History Story Ideas

Story Prompt: 15 Action Story Ideas

Alternate History Prompts

Story Prompts: 15 Alternate History Story Ideas

13 Adventure Prompts: The Wandering Trader

Night Watch – 24 Military Prompts for the Frontlines

Running with the Gangs – 19 Crime Story Prompts

Apocalypse Prompts

The Preppers Were Right… – 13 End of the World Story Prompts

Night Watch – 24 Military Prompts for the Frontlines

23 Science Fiction Prompts

Bible Adaptation Prompts

Story Prompts: 25 Bible Story Adaptation Ideas

Coming of Age Prompts

Contemporary Prompts

13 Adventure Prompts: The Wandering Trader

Running with the Gangs – 19 Crime Story Prompts

Story Prompt: 15 Action Story Ideas

Crime Prompts

Story Prompts: 15 Crime Thriller Story Ideas with Law Enforcement

Running with the Gangs – 19 Crime Story Prompts

Detective Prompts

Running with the Gangs – 19 Crime Story Prompts

Drama Prompts

Dystopian Prompts

The Preppers Were Right… – 13 End of the World Story Prompts

Night Watch – 24 Military Prompts for the Frontlines

Running with the Gangs – 19 Crime Story Prompts

23 Science Fiction Prompts

Espionage Prompts

Story Prompt: 15 Action Story Ideas

Fairytale Prompts

Fantasy Prompts

13 Adventure Prompts: The Wandering Trader

Historical Fiction Prompts

Story Prompts: 25 Bible Story Adaptation Ideas

13 Adventure Prompts: The Wandering Trader

Night Watch – 24 Military Prompts for the Frontlines

Running with the Gangs – 19 Crime Story Prompts

Horror Prompts

Military Prompts

Night Watch – 24 Military Prompts for the Frontlines

The Preppers Were Right… – 13 End of the World Story Prompts

23 Science Fiction Prompts

Story Prompt: 15 Action Story Ideas

Mystery Prompts

13 Adventure Prompts: The Wandering Trader

Pirates Prompts

Post-Apocalypse Prompts

The Preppers Were Right… – 13 End of the World Story Prompts

Night Watch – 24 Military Prompts for the Frontlines

23 Science Fiction Prompts

Romance Prompts

Story Prompt: 11 Romance Story Ideas

Science Fiction Prompts

Story Prompts: 17 Christian Science Fiction Prompts

23 Science Fiction Prompts

13 Adventure Prompts: The Wandering Trader

The Preppers Were Right… – 13 End of the World Story Prompts

Night Watch – 24 Military Prompts for the Frontlines

Supernatural Prompts

Thriller Prompts

Running with the Gangs – 19 Crime Story Prompts

Story Prompts: 15 Crime Thriller Story Ideas with Law Enforcement

13 Adventure Prompts: The Wandering Trader

The Preppers Were Right… – 13 End of the World Story Prompts

Night Watch – 24 Military Prompts for the Frontlines

23 Science Fiction Prompts

Uplifting Prompts

War Story Prompts

Night Watch – 24 Military Prompts for the Frontlines

23 Science Fiction Prompts

Story Prompt: 15 Action Story Ideas

Western Prompts

13 Adventure Prompts: The Wandering Trader

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