Happy holidays, my writing friends. I hope you’re keeping safe, that you have some quality time with the people you love, and that you still have time to write some fiction! If you do, I have prompts for you.
Pick your length and roll with the prompt to get your creative process started. And if you publish your fiction online, please link back to this page. Thanks!
100-word prompt
Write a short story in any genre that’s 100 words or less and includes the following three words: loudly, theory, chew.
Advanced Challenge: Make your story drabble. Drabble is exactly 100 words, including the title.
500-word prompt
Write a short story in any genre that’s 500 words or less and includes the following elements:
Location: Somewhere high up and exposed to the wind
Item: A digital voice recorder
Character: Someone who is trying to prove they never existed
Feel free to get creative with how you include the elements. The story doesn’t have to be trapped in the location, for example. The way you interpret the character summary can be as unconventional as you like.
Just make sure you touch on each.
Advanced Challenge: Make your story microfiction. Microfiction is 300 words or less.
1,200-word prompt
Write a short story in any genre that’s 1,200 words or less and uses the following situation as a starting point:
Write a scene that is a single, uninterrupted conversation between two people. One character is speaking entirely in metaphor, and the other believes they are being given highly specific, literal instructions they must follow to survive the night.
Advanced Challenge: Include the three words from the 100-word prompt.
Happy writing!