Writing Prompt Generator
Random story ideas — adventure, mystery, fantasy, science fiction or everyday life — with an optional twist like “write it as a diary”.
About this tool
Stuck on what to write? Choose a genre — adventure, mystery, fantasy, science fiction or everyday life — and get random story prompts without repeats. Turn on twists to add a challenge to each prompt, such as telling the story from an animal’s point of view, writing it entirely as dialogue or using no more than 100 words. 60 original prompts and 12 twists for creative writing, classes and journaling.
Frequently asked questions
A short starting point for a story — a situation, a character or a problem — such as “A dragon egg hatches in a farmer’s barn.” You decide who the characters are, what happens next and how it ends. Prompts help you start writing instead of waiting for the perfect idea.
Twelve constraints that change how you write the story: as a diary, from an animal’s point of view, starting with the ending, in at most 100 words, entirely as dialogue, with a surprising ending, in the first person, within one hour of story time, as a letter, with three given words, with a main character who cannot speak, or as a poem.
60 prompts — 12 in each of five genres — and 12 twists, so 720 combinations with twists on. Choose a genre to narrow the list or “All genres” to mix everything. Each click draws up to 20 prompts without repeats.
Generate one prompt for the whole class and set a timer for 10–20 minutes, then compare how different the stories became. For younger pupils, the everyday and fantasy genres are easiest to start with. All prompts are original and free to use.
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