#book prompt

[writing-ideas-inc]

Dialogue Prompt

“How’s my best enemy doing?”

“I’m your best enemy?”

“Or my worst friend, but that doesn’t sound nearly as fun.”

- Lynn

[hayatheauthor]

Arab/Desi Writing Prompts Part One

Listen, I was bored and wanted to play with words so here's a little something. Use it as you will, but MAYBE leave a little credit if you do use it.

"Wait- wait, you're telling me you've been flirting with me this entire time?!"

He let out an exasperated sigh at the question. 

"Obviously. What do you think Qalbi means?" 

His voice strained as he pronounced the word, but this time it didn't seem like an insult. 

No. Ya Allah, no. 

"I thought you meant Kalbi!" 

"What, like a dog?" 

His nose wrinkled distastefully as he spat the title, but you were too shell-shocked to reply with your usual sarcastic quips. 

The man before you was rude and audacious and spiteful enough to refer to his academic competitor as a dog because you beat him during the first term. Yet he wasn't any of those things at all. 

You were just stupid enough to judge him based off of your poor hearing. 

Qalbi. My heart. 

Suddenly, you couldn't breathe. 

[l-michalska-writer]

💔Sad prompts:

This love was killing me slowly.

I just needed you to care.

Dear life, I’m over you.

It was not my choice to leave.

Our love is six feet under.

I never could’ve made you stay.

I wish I knew how to love you.

It hurts, it hurts so bad…

I tried to be someone else for his love. I really tried.

I would like you to go.

I can’t even look at you.

I loved her, she loved him. End of story.

“I would never leave you” you said.

I never really got a chance to love you.

Guess your forever was a lie.

I really tried to be what you need.

I wish I knew how to love myself.

I hope I make it to my twentieth birthday.

I gave you my all to you.

You replaced us so quickly.

I gave you all of me.

I let myself love you, I let myself hope though I know how it’ll end.

Next time I won’t fall so hard.

I needed to lose you to love me.

[antofeels]

he was the most beautiful person I've ever seen. I could not stand to talk to him but couldn't help but to see him, watch him and hold my breath every time he came near me.

when his eyes landed on me I couldn't help but to ask god why must he gave the most gorgeous pair of eyes to someone so annoying.

and each time his eyes close, I couldn't help but to envy the top of his cheekbones, the lucky bastards that got to feel the tip of the longest eyelashes I've ever seen.

[cecenyss]

Watching OSP’s video on Fionn Mac Cumhaill rn and I’m at the “king in the mountain” explanation bit and can I just say I would love a book about all these long lost kings and heroes being reawakened because of a universal threat to humanity and awkwardly having to work around each other. Think of the found family. Think of the trauma bonding.

[aravenwriter]

Babel (R.F. Kuang) Prompt List

Translation means doing violence upon the original, means warping and distorting it for foreign, unintended eyes.

You have such a great fear of freedom, brother.

That’s knowledge worth killing for.

The enterprise of this tower had been impossible from inception.

A thousand different ways of seeing, of moving through the world.

The air smelled like a promise.

The future, vague as it was frightening, was easily ignored for now.

Didn’t he have a right to be happy?

Rage, of course, came from madness.

We've moved things to the breaking point.

The world felt less dark now.

That precariousness made them simultaneously bold and terrified. 

You're a ship adrift, searching for familiar shores.

This is what he wanted: a smooth, even path to a future with no surprises

How strange, to love the stuff and the language, but to hate the country.

You think any threat to them is a threat to you.

It felt so good to be a part of it

The origins of the word anger were tied closely to physical suffering

Neither of them could say it out loud.

Was it so wrong for him to cling to what he had?

There is no homeland. It's gone

History isn't a premed tapestry that we've got to suffer.

We just have to choose to make it.

You're free to seek your own harbour.

They had the keys to the kingdom. They did not want to give them back 

Anger was a chokehold. Anger did not empower you.

The only obstacle, of course, was his conscience 

When are you going to realize you can't be one of them?

How can we conclude, except by acknowledging that an act of translation is then necessarily always an act of betrayal?’

Be selfish, be brave.

[dandydandelion-07]

Writing prompt #1

You are a maid whose family has worked alongside royals for years. You grew up caring for the princess and couldn't help but to fall in love with her, little did you know she felt the same. Can you all run away and recreate your life together? Or will her title be the end of your relationship before it even has a chance to begin?

[raeshutupandbookup]

"How pathetic am I?" Speaking shakily into the phone.

"What do you mean?" He responds as I hear him repositioning himself and shuffling some things around.

"Just. . .I went into a bookstore after months of not going to one. . ."

"Oh cool! I know you've been really wanting to go. Was honestly going to take--"

Taking in deep gulps of air, I hear him slowly stop, "Hey, what's wrong?"

"I. . .I didn't buy anything."

"What do you mean? I sent you some money to help you be carefree with--"

"I know but I couldn't do it!" Leaning into the headrest my car seat.

Taking a deep breath, he lowers his voice as concern seeps in, "Why not? Did something happen because I will be--"

"You need the money to help get new glasses and I know you have been--"

"Hey, easy." Struggling with talking I concentrate on him moving around before he continues in a calming tone. "Just breath. Was there a big crowd?"

Nodding I sigh, "Yes, it's the holidays so it was packed, I mean not like fully packed but packed."

"What else?"

"Just. . .moneys been tight, and I can't buy new clothes and the jeans I currently have on make me feel like I am a sardine in a can. . ." Reaching down I unbutton my jeans sighing with a little bit of relief. Trying to ignore the feelings of guilt that I have gained some weight.

"I bet they still look amazing on you and really hug your a--"

"I knew you would say that! Just that's not the point! The--"

"I know what the point is. You just need some new clothes; we can plan a trip together to do just that." He stated while chuckling.

"But you--"

"Listen, I didn't send you that money to make you feel guilty or to "test" you or anything else your brain is trying to formulate. I know you've been getting into reading and reviewing, and I wanted to help you out. Physical copies being your favorite form to read and everything."

Smiling I glance back at the bookstore still lit with people happily browsing and laughing with one another. Picking up books and gasping at the beautiful covers.

"I'm supposed to be this bigshot and yet I can't even go into a bookstore without feeling overwhelmed." Griping my phone, I look back down at the hood of my car.

"I should have come with you."

"You had to attend your conference and I wanted to get a Christmas present for myself. I honestly didn't even expect to be here. With the constant bills and expenses that kept popping up."

Hearing his smile as he spoke drew the corners of my mouth up. "I know, and that's why I wanted to do this for you. I should've known it would have been better if I had gone with you."

"I miss going into bookstores with my dad but. . ." Letting my shoulders drop I studied the chipped, artificial leather on the steering wheel. "He wouldn't approve of what I read and so we wouldn't really vibe as well as we used to. And since I'm not making money yet from reviewing, he doesn't care."

"That's a bullshit way of looking at things. This makes you happy and the way you light up as you talk to me about books? Priceless and if I could, I would buy you that whole damn store!"

Laughing I shake my head, "I know you would but please no nonfiction I live that every day. . ."

"It's a deal! Look I'm going to get glasses, okay? Mom's sending me cash because she wants me to graduate with honors and all that. I guess to get those certificates I need to actually see what I'm doing."

"You could go blind in the middle of your finals and still pass with marks higher than anyone else!"

"Aw, I'm glad you have such confidence in me. Did the bookstore have any of the books you wanted?" Asking as I heard him grabbing a glass of something.

"No. . .I mean they did but they didn't. Just I'm overwhelmed. . .I have so many books and reads I said I would get done before the end of the year and yet I'm at a bookstore. How can I justify buying new books when I can't even go home and instantly read them?"

Swallowing he chuckled, "You can buy books. You don't have to justify anything. You're simply knocking out some of your TBR list and having the physical copies. Even if you don't get to them until two months from now, they're still yours. They helped to bring that beautiful smile to your face."

Feeling my checks warm I squeezed the phone, "I want to come back here with you."

"When I get back in town we will. Buy the books you really want online, hell I will send you extra money so you can get the hardbacks."

"No, you won't!"

"Buy the books you want and then we will plan to eat at a fancy restaurant and go to the bookstore. And I will not allow you to leave without buying at least one book." Continuing his train of thought with a smirk on his face I could hear from the other side of the phone.

"You're encourageable." I mutter as I start the car.

"Only with you."

If you use or continue with these two, please tag me! Would love to read!

[orpheusangelos]

(Random)Writing Prompts

Please give credit if used and share your story. I need something new to read.

• “I summoned a demon in ikea! ... I’ve never been to ikea!”

• “You’re all I have.” “No. You have yourself.”

• “Not having hobbies is like not having a name. How do you have a personality without a name?”

• “I’m falling and I don’t know if he’ll catch me or let me plummet into the cold, hard ground.”

[writing-ideas-inc]

Dialogue Prompt

“They’re good people.”

“Then why did you leave them?”

“Because I’m not.”

- Lynn

[home-for-artists]

DARK VILLAIN PROMPT

"I pity your choices."

"Pity my options, if you must."

[dxydreamss]

daily tropes: day 1

enemies to lovers:

archenemies recently discover they’ve made friends with people in the same group.

dialogue: “i didn’t know you let nobodies into the group!” “well you’re here, aren’t you?”

academic rivals:

two nemeses are thrilled that they won’t ever see each other again after their senior year. turns out they’re at the same college… and they chose the same major.

dialogue: “you spelled ‘you’re’ wrong.” *writes on a sheet of paper* “my apologies, your work sucks and you’re a pain in the a__.”

grumpy x sunshine:

a disgruntled cancer researcher is paired with a happy-go-lucky assistant who has the very cancer he’s studying to prevent.

dialogue: “you can help so many people, keep so many families together, save the lives of those who really need each other.” “i’d like to save you too, i need you.”

[l-michalska-writer]

💔Sad prompts:

Please tell me I’m not as forgettable as your silence is making me feel.

I need you to stay.

I just wanted to hold you.

I have to puzzle my heart back together after you broke it.

All I do is try to get over you.

I know you’re not mine anymore.

You’re in my veins and under my skin but you’re not here next to me.

I just wanted to be yours.

Are we both losing our minds?

You promised me the world and I fell for it.

I know you don’t love me like you used to.

This chapter is closed and done.

I know I’m the reason you don’t smile anymore.

Fooling myself that I’ll never love again.

I really loved you, you know?

It was supposed to be me and you for eternity.

I know we weren’t perfect.

I still want to give us a try.

I just wanna be wanted.

What happened to us?

You’re no longer the girl I loved.

I wish I was brave enough to love you.

I’m still holding on to the ghost of you.

I didn’t see it coming when you said you’re no longer in love with me.

We used to be great but our end was tragic.

Nothing happened in the way we wanted.

How foolish of me to think you could ever love me.

I know we weren’t perfect but at least we tried.

I really thought we could last.

You can say it wasn’t real, but, damn, I felt it, I really felt it.

Are you holding me only because you got lonely?

You’re not going back, aren’t you?

I know you would choose her.

I can’t understand what you see in me.

I know you don’t care.

We made each other bleed.

I know you still love her.

You’ve been so distant lately…

Just looking for a place called “home”.

[nektotersh]

Sudden writing prompt

God has finally answered the prayers of mankind. To each sufferer (mentally or physically), he bestows a superpower to help solve your problems. Blind man gets X-ray vision, people suffering from insomnia can now control their own and others' dreams and etc. The strength of the abilities depends on the amount of suffering of this person.

MC who really considered themself a happy person receives God-like powers.

And now they somehow have to deal with that.

[antofeels]

i was at a party. it was my friend birthday party and I was having an okay time, you know? not bad, not good, just okay.

people were talking so easily, so I laughed and tried. but people knew other people so they left and I was alone.

I didn't know how to initiate a conversation so I just stand there, watching, pretending to get a message. I didn't know how to act

I was getting anxious and thinking about leaving, I could only think about how awkward I was, and how people would notice and how dumb I was for thinking that I could do it, how I...

but then, my thoughts stopped. I felt a finger getting intertwined with my pinky finger, so I looked up and saw his profile. He wasn't watching me, he was looking at the party while having a drink but he knew.

He knew I needed a something to ground me, so he did.

He let my pinky free and held my hand while rubbing the smallest circle know to man with his thumb. And I was okay.

[thewritingvaultofwords]

Any prompts?

I desperately want to write but I have 0 inspiration. Does anyone have any ideas or exercises i could try? Or even random prompts for any fandom, I'll take ANYTHING :)

Also I'm new on Tumbler so idk how any of this works...