Story
Prompts.

A planet where memories are traded as currency. A character wakes with a fortune in memories they don't remember earning — and someone wants them back.

Magic is cast through music. Your protagonist is tone-deaf but can conduct silence, which turns out to be the most powerful spell of all.

Your protagonist receives a voicemail from themselves — their own voice, speaking from three days in the future, saying: 'Don't go to the meeting.' The meeting is in two hours.

A woman clearing out her dead mother's apartment finds a shoebox of letters addressed to her — all written by strangers. The letters span 40 years. None of them were ever sent.

Every night at 3:00 AM, your protagonist's reflection is 4 seconds behind. They've learned to live with it. Tonight it's 8 seconds behind. And looking at them with pity.

Two strangers are both pretending to be someone else at the same party. They fall for each other's fake selves. Now they have to decide whether to confess — and risk losing everything.

Interview my protagonist as if you are a therapist meeting them for the first time. Ask probing questions about their childhood, their biggest failure, and what they're most afraid of becoming. Character name: [Name]. Core situation: [describe].

My character [Name] wants [external goal] but needs [internal growth] to truly be satisfied. Show me a scene where these two drives are in direct conflict and they have to choose between them.

Create a complete character profile for [Name], including: their dominant flaw and how it developed, their greatest fear disguised as a strength, three formative memories that shaped their worldview, and the one thing they can't admit even to themselves.

Write a scene revealing [character's] backstory through action and subtext only. No flashbacks. No exposition. Show us who they are by what they do in a moment of stress.

My story has two characters who are mirrors of each other — they want the same thing but represent opposite approaches. Name them [A] and [B]. Design a scene where they argue but are actually talking about completely different things without realizing it.

Give my villain a backstory that makes the reader genuinely understand — not excuse — why they became who they are. The villain is: [describe]. Their origin story should make the protagonist question their own assumptions.

Design the flaw arc for [character]. What is their flaw at the start of the story? What is the moment in Act 2 that forces them to see it? What does Act 3 look like if they overcome it vs. if they fail?

Apply the Save the Cat beat sheet to my story: [1-paragraph summary]. Give me all 15 beats with scene suggestions for each, tuned specifically to my protagonist's emotional arc.

My story currently has a sagging middle. The premise is: [describe]. Suggest 5 "unexpected complication" scenes I could add between Acts 1 and 2 that would raise the stakes while revealing character.

Design the dark night of the soul scene for my story. My protagonist [Name] has just experienced [setback]. Write the internal and external beats of this scene so the lowest point reveals what the character truly values.

My plot has this hole: [describe problem]. Give me 3 different solutions that would fix the logical gap while also adding a layer of thematic resonance.

Write 5 different versions of my Act 3 climax. My story is: [summary]. Version A: protagonist fully succeeds. Version B: bittersweet win. Version C: protagonist changes but doesn't get what they wanted. Version D: the twist ending. Version E: the thematically resonant sacrifice.

I need 10 chapter hooks — ending lines that compel the reader to continue. My story is: [summary]. Each hook should use a different technique: mystery, dialogue, revelation, action, irony, contrast, metaphor, dread, hope, or reversal.

Write a scene where [Character A] and [Character B] argue about [surface topic] while the real argument is about [deeper issue]. Neither character should name the real issue explicitly. Let subtext carry the weight.

Rewrite this dialogue so that every line does at least two things simultaneously — advances plot AND reveals character. The current version:

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Write a conversation between [A] and [B] where one character is lying and the other suspects it but says nothing. Show us both inner states through what they choose NOT to say.

Give [character] a distinctive speech pattern: they always [specific verbal habit]. Write 10 lines of their dialogue that sound unmistakably like them and no one else.

My scene has too much exposition in the dialogue. Characters are explaining backstory to each other that they both already know. Rewrite it so the same information is revealed through conflict and action:

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Design the magic system for my fantasy world with these 3 core rules: [list rules]. Now extrapolate: What are the unintended consequences of these rules? What black markets, religions, or power structures would emerge? What does a person do if they're born without magic?

My sci-fi world is set [time period] in the future where [one major technological change]. Extrapolate 10 second-order effects this technology would have on: family structure, work, government, warfare, and daily life. Be specific and non-obvious.

Create a mythology for my world. The world is: [describe]. Give me: 3 creation myths believed by different cultures, 2 apocalypse prophecies, 5 folk tales that teach moral lessons, and 3 festivals with specific rituals.

Design 3 competing factions in my world: [briefly describe world]. Each faction should have: a coherent philosophy, a legitimate grievance against the others, a blind spot that makes them sympathetic antagonists, and a character type that's naturally drawn to them.

Give me the sensory texture of my world. What does [location] smell like, sound like, feel like underfoot? What do people eat for breakfast? What's the weather doing? Ground my abstract world in physical specificity that a reader can step into.

Rewrite this passage in the style of [author — e.g. Cormac McCarthy / Ursula K. Le Guin / Toni Morrison]. Preserve the meaning but adapt the sentence length, diction, and emotional register:

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This paragraph is too "on the nose" — the emotion is stated rather than felt. Rewrite it so the reader feels the same emotion through sensory detail and action, with no abstract emotional labels:

[paste paragraph]

My prose is too passive. Identify every passive construction in this excerpt and rewrite them with active verbs. Also flag any weak verbs (was, had, were, seemed) and suggest stronger alternatives:

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Write the opening line of a novel in each of these genres: literary fiction, thriller, fantasy, horror, and romance. Each line should create a different emotional sensation and make it impossible NOT to read the next sentence.

Give me 10 fresh similes for describing [emotion / sensation / setting]. Avoid clichés. The goal is to make a reader see something familiar in a way they've never encountered before.