Free Creative Writing Prompts

Writing prompts are a great way to get the creative juices flowing. Think about one of the following and free write whatever comes into your head. These can be used for flash fiction, short stories or even a novel or memoir. Feel free to link back to this post.

I have added below some free creative writing prompts for fantasy, historical fiction and romance. Some are picture prompts and some are words.

Fantasy

1. You are approaching the end of your life, but I’m only at the start of mine.

2. Just because no one in my family has ever been Empress, doesn’t mean I can’t be.

3. “We live Underground, not on another planet.”

5. “Did you think deja vu was just a coincidence? No, we’ve been here before.”

6. The plants are screaming. What do they sound like? Who can hear them?

7. “I wouldn’t call it a path between worlds. But you’ll be changed forever when you cross.”

Historical Fiction

1. A senior servant in a large household falls madly in love with a street entertainer.

2. Write about this shelled castle. Who lived there?

3. You are married to a grave-digger and he talks in his sleep. What secrets does the grave-digger tell?

4. Describe a day in the life of these children. What do they dream of? Who is their boss?

5. Write about two events at different times, decades apart, in this cave. Try to link them together.

6. A duke who is heavily in debt gets a letter inviting him to take up a new position in the royal court.

7. This metal chest turned up last night out of the blue. It is unlocked. What is inside and where is it from?

8. Write about an eclipse and an earthquake on the same day.

9. Who did she meet in the air-raid shelter? What would she rather be doing?

10. Write about the children of an infamous pirate woman.

Romance

1. If only we had met when we were younger…

-Perhaps we did. But we weren’t us yet.

2. A tenant suddenly leaves in the night. The property manager tracks him / her down to ask him / her out on a date.

3. Who is she waiting for?

4. You always thought you could read me like a book. But it was only ever the story I wanted you to see.

5. Write about the weeks leading up to this kiss.

6. A blogger and a You Tuber have been secretly following each others feeds for years.

6. I had to leave so you could bloom.

7. An assassin and a healer form a business partnership. Romance ensues.

8. You recognize the man in the street… from your vivid recurring dreams.

9. “I don’t want words. I want him to lay his life down for me.”

10. A book arrives at your door. The first page is signed by you.

Character / Conflict

1.Write about your character from the point of view of someone who hates them.

2. Your character has their first ever panic attack. What are they thinking?

3. Your character is taken hostage. What does the kidnapper use to prove it is really them?

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