Here are 7 creative writing prompts to spark your fiction writing for the week ahead.
Monday’s Prompt: The Lost Map
Your protagonist discovers a centuries-old map hidden in an antique book.
The map leads to a place that shouldn’t exist according to current geography.
What happens when they follow it?
Tuesday’s Prompt: The Secret Door
A homeowner renovating an old property uncovers a hidden door in their basement.
Behind it lies an underground town frozen in time.
Who built it, and why has no one found it before?
Wednesday’s Prompt: The Time Capsule
A child unearths a time capsule buried in their backyard.
Among the items is a letter addressed to their future self with eerily specific warnings about events yet to come.
Thursday’s Prompt: The Unseen
A photographer begins noticing ghostly figures in their pictures, but only after they’ve developed the film.
Who or what are these figures, and what do they want?
Friday’s Prompt: The Infinite Library
Your character stumbles upon a magical library where every book is a story about their past lives.
One book is missing—their current life.
What does this mean, and how do they find it?
Saturday’s Prompt: The Shadow Swap
One morning, your protagonist wakes up to find their shadow missing.
Later, they realize it’s taken on a life of its own, mimicking their deepest fears and secrets in the real world.
Sunday’s Prompt: The Stranger’s Journal
A traveler leaves behind a journal in a coffee shop.
The journal’s entries suggest the author has been traveling between alternate realities.
The last page mentions a decision your protagonist must make—something only they would know about.
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