beginner
The Shopping List
Create a simple list of items.
Imagine you are going to the supermarket. Make a list of 5 items you need to buy. Write the quantity for each item, for example: '3 apples' or '1 carton of milk'.
beginner
Today's Weather
Describe the current weather conditions.
Look outside or imagine the weather today. Write a few sentences describing if it is sunny, rainy, or cloudy. Is it hot or cold outside?
Intermediate
The Invisible Scene
Describe a setting without using visual cues.
Write a descriptive passage about a busy city market, a library, or a forest. The constraint is that you cannot mention what anything looks like. Focus entirely on sound, smell, taste, and touch. Convey the atmosphere through these other senses alone.
Advanced
The Timeline Chat
A transcript of a group chat between historical figures.
Create a text-based transcript of a group chat involving three famous historical figures from different eras (e.g., Shakespeare, Einstein, and Cleopatra). They are discussing a modern problem like social media addiction or climate change. Use modern internet slang appropriate to a group chat, but maintain their distinct voices and historical perspectives.
Intermediate
Voice of the Void
Personify an abstract concept.
Write a monologue from the perspective of an abstract concept (e.g., Time, Silence, Anxiety, Hope) that is tired of its job and wants to retire. How does it interact with humanity? What are its complaints? Ensure the tone reflects the nature of the concept (e.g., Time should be frantic or weary).
Medium
The Currency of Silence
A story about a society where silence is the most valuable resource.
Write a story set in a futuristic city where silence is the primary currency. Words have a literal cost, and the wealthy can afford to speak for hours, while the poor are forced to communicate through glances and hand gestures. Describe a transaction between a rich politician and a struggling artist.
Hard
The Memory Hoard
A fantasy twist involving dragons and memories instead of gold.
In a realm where dragons do not hoard gold but memories, a young thief breaks into a dragon's lair not to steal treasure, but to reclaim a specific memory they lost. Describe the confrontation as the dragon sorts through piles of glowing recollections to find the one the thief seeks.
Easy
The Gourmet Detective
A mystery prompt involving synesthesia and taste.
Write a scene from the perspective of a detective who experiences synesthesia. They don't see clues; they taste them. Describe a crime scene that 'tastes' like burnt toast and old cinnamon, and explain how this flavor profile leads the detective to the killer.
Medium
House of Regret
A horror setting based on personal guilt.
A character inherits an old Victorian house. Every night at midnight, the house rearranges its architecture based on the occupant's deepest regrets. Write a chapter where the protagonist tries to reach the kitchen for a glass of water, but the hallway stretches into an infinite loop of their childhood failures.
Medium
Tangential Lovers
A romance across time with missed connections.
Two time travelers are in love, but their machines are malfunctioning. They keep arriving at the same geographic coordinates but at different times in history, always missing each other by moments or decades. Write a series of notes left behind in a hidden hollow tree, trying to coordinate a meeting.
Hard
Defining Blue
A descriptive challenge using metaphor and simile.
Describe the color blue to a person who has been blind since birth. You cannot use the words sky, ocean, water, or cold. Focus on the emotion, the sound, and the texture of the color. Create a paragraph that makes the reader 'feel' blue without seeing it.
Medium
The Ephemeral Rebellion
A dystopian story about fleeting art.
In a world where all art is strictly monitored and permanent, a group of rebels creates art that self-destructs after 60 seconds. Write about a clandestine gallery opening where patrons must run from room to room to catch a glimpse of a sculpture that melts and a painting that vanishes into thin air.
Easy
The Useless Hero
A comedy about a superhero with inconvenient powers.
You are a superhero with a very specific, seemingly useless power: the ability to telekinetically organize bookshelves perfectly. Write a story where this power saves the day during a high-stakes hostage situation in a chaotic library.
Medium
The Jester's Rule
Historical fiction about a secret power behind the throne.
The King is believed to be the absolute ruler, but he is actually a puppet for the Court Jester. Through jokes, pranks, and seemingly nonsense riddles, the Jester manipulates the King into making vital decisions. Write a scene where the Jester convinces the King to declare war on a neighboring kingdom purely through a juggling act.
Hard
Interplanetary Dance-Off
First contact through interpretive movement.
Humanity makes first contact with an alien species. It turns out they do not speak languages, but communicate entirely through aggressive, complex interpretive dance. Write the transcript of a UN General Assembly meeting where a world leader tries to negotiate a trade treaty by doing the cha-cha.