r/WritingPrompts is a subreddit with 18.9M members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses wp, god, looking, magic, and fantasy, and they frequently recommend/review writing app.
Writing Prompts. You're a writer and you just want to flex those muscles? You've come to the right place! If you see a prompt you like, simply write a short story based on it. Get comments from others, and leave commentary for other people's works. Let's help each other.
Popular Themes in r/WritingPrompts
#1
Pain & Anger
: "[WP] A small story about the death of a parent and how their child keeps texting them knowing they can't write back and how that's actually no different from when they were alive."
2 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "[WP] How to write a fatal wound by an arrow?"
2 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "[WP] You have just developed a cool new superpower. Every word you speak becomes the absolute truth. However, things begin to go sideways when you enter your world history exam, the class you absolutely suck at."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/WritingPrompts
#1
Wp
47 posts
#2
God
: "[WP] Earth had already met all criteria required to start the end times... but God is refusing to push the start button because said criteria was met by humans MANUALLY"
6 posts
#3
Looking
6 posts
#4
Magic
6 posts
#5
Fantasy
5 posts
#6
Job
4 posts
#7
Hero
4 posts
#8
Villain
4 posts
#9
Writing Prompts
4 posts
#10
Gods
: "[WP] "Hmm? Offended? I only spoke the truth." "We are not human! Have you not seen what we are capable of? We are like Gods among those chattel!" It laughed. "Oh I won't deny you aren't ordinary. But what I see here: narcissism, megalomania, otherization... it's all so wonderfully, awfully human.""
4 posts
Products Discussed in r/WritingPrompts
Writing App
6 reviews
#1
Vim
2.0★ from 1 review
#2
Obsidian
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Pluot
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/WritingPrompts
#1
Writing Prompt
: "[WP] The genuine, verifiable body of Jesus Christ is identified in a Mexico City dive bar, being used as a decoration propping up a 'Holy Ice Luge'."
82 posts
#2
Simple Prompt
: "[WP] ‘Burning the Family Tree’ here’s your title, what’s your story?"
15 posts
#3
Established Universe
: "[EU] I need words to do with:"
2 posts
#4
Off Topic
: "[OT] Writer's Spotlight: Fogbot3"
1 post
Member Growth in r/WritingPrompts
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Last updated: July 6, 2026