r/WritingPrompts is a subreddit with 18.9M members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and money talk, and the community frequently discusses wp, looking, magic, tools, and job, 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] America has fallen. All that remains in the ruins are relics of what was once the land of the free. It hurts just thinking about it. Corporate greed, corruption, and the lack of responsibility from the higher-ups led to its collapse. And that was 30 years ago......."
2 posts
#2
Money Talk
: "[WP] Death is cheap. Seriously, this is the tenth date and all they want to order is the least expensive thing on the menu again to "keep you from spending more money than you have to"."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/WritingPrompts
#1
Wp
36 posts
#2
Looking
6 posts
#3
Magic
6 posts
#4
Tools
5 posts
#5
Job
4 posts
#6
Dragon
3 posts
#7
God
3 posts
#8
Hero
3 posts
#9
Villain
3 posts
#10
Writing Prompts
3 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] A welder named Jack drives home at night, and accidentally runs over another Jack, a plumber. The Skill of Plumbing immediately downloads into his brain, together with a notification: "WELCOME TO THE GAME, JACK. KILL OR BE KILLED, THE CHOICE IS YOURS. THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE JACK OF ALL TRADES"."
72 posts
#2
Simple Prompt
: "[WP] "Sir, from this height your empire has never looked so-" "Small.""
13 posts
#3
Established Universe
: "[EU] Captain America has been given an upgrade and now has the ability to call upon a themed superpower of any of the 50 states."
8 posts
#4
Off Topic
: "[OT] Writers in Toronto & GTHA"
2 posts
#5
Prompt Inspired
: "[PI]The outsider tried to be responsible. "Listen. It's not that you're inherently special. It's mostly that you produce weapons so primitive that people stopped building countermeasures for them generations ago. No one expects to get hit by one of these anymore, so they aren't prepared for it.""
1 post
#6
Constrained Writing
: "[CW]"I made The Devil do it!""
1 post
#7
Image Prompt
: "[IP] We used to call them "Huckleberry Sundays"..."
1 post
Member Growth in r/WritingPrompts
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Last updated: August 11, 2026