Welcome! I've written some of my favorite stories with simple writing prompts that have encouraged my imagination to come up with things I probably wouldn't have come up with otherwise. Check back each week for new writing prompts, or sign up for Readinary to receive my weekly emails and get the prompts in your inbox along with my latest posts. I've also set up a simple submission page you can use to suggest writing prompts.
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Latest Writing Prompt
Pick two authors, living or dead, and imagine that they co-wrote a story together. What would it be? Write it. #writingprompt
Prompt courtesy Ryan M. Williams, author of Europan Holiday. Imagine if Lovecraft and Heinlein wrote a Christmas story.
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Previous Writing Prompts
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What does your strange neighbor, the one that walks their dog at 4 a.m., do for a living? #writingprompt
Prompt courtesy Ryan M. Williams, author of The Task of Auntie Dido.
Pick an object around you—that's the murder weapon. #writingprompt
Prompt courtesy Ryan M. Williams, author of The Murders in the Reed Moore Library.
Prompt courtesy Ryan M. Williams, author of Invasion of the Book Snatchers.
Prompt courtesy Ryan M. Williams, author of The Gingerbread House.
Prompt courtesy Ryan M. Williams, author of Dark Matters.
Prompt courtesy Ryan M. Williams, author of Stowaway to Eternity.
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