r/WritingPrompts is a subreddit with 18.9M members. The most common kinds of discussions are ideas and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses wp, writing prompts, writingprompts, fantasy, and supernatural, 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
Ideas
: "[WP] A godlike being can rewrite history as easily as editing a video. After countless revisions across the ages, humanity accidentally invents a technology capable of detecting alterations to the universe."
4 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "[PI] After a betrayal by my wife, everyone treats me like a bad guy. So I decided to be the villain"
2 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "[WP] You are desperate to find a babysitter for your children, but the only one you can find on short notice is, to your surprise, the Grim Reaper. He’s actually quite chill."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/WritingPrompts
#1
Wp
: "[Wp] You are a changeling that blended in so well that you're still living as a human with other humans, and you even have your own family. But one night...the fairies try to replace your daughter with a changeling. They don't realize whose daughter they're dealing with."
355 posts
#2
Writing Prompts
: "[WP] The more you learned about your powers the more uncomfortable they made you. You resolved to fight without them as much as possible and in turn became one of the most competent heroes ever. You are now cornered and, as much as you hate to admit it, your powers provide the only way out."
54 posts
#3
Writingprompts
: "[WP] The church burned your spouse at the stake claiming them a witch for marrying a monster, so you gave them a year to leave as one final kindness. Today they celebrate the death of your spouse, and you just arrived at the edge of town."
45 posts
#4
Fantasy
: "[WP] When you turned 18, you awakened a power, as is the custom in this world. But it was a tentacle power. Embarrassed, you didn't tell anyone what your power was. After experimenting with it in secret, however, you realized it was much more serious than that."
44 posts
#5
Supernatural
: "[WP] Your diner became a favorite meeting place for Supernatural creatures, such as vampires, werewolves, fairies, and many others. At first, it was strange and scary, but with the great profits, you got used to the customers."
35 posts
#6
Writing
: "[WP] When you turned 18, you awakened a power, as is the custom in this world. But it was a tentacle power. Embarrassed, you didn't tell anyone what your power was. After experimenting with it in secret, however, you realized it was much more serious than that."
32 posts
#7
Magic
: "[WP] You're a mage who graduated top of your class but majored in engineering. Your peers laughed at your efforts, until one day you constructed something so advanced they called it "Black Magic" because no Magic could explain it."
26 posts
#8
Adventure
: "[WP] In a relatively mundane world where people are frequently "Isekai'd" to other dimensions to have Adventures, you are part of the organisation responsible for dealing with what happens when they come back."
15 posts
#9
Sp
15 posts
#10
Hero
14 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] "Y-you...you killed him! How could you do this after everything we've been through!?" "I outright stated time and time again that I joined you so that I could become strong enough to kill him. Not my fault you thought I was being 'tsundere'.""
182 posts
#2
Simple Prompt
: "[WP] "This is God. How did you get this number?""
9 posts
#3
Established Universe
: "[EU] The class which you teach seems to know everything, literally: the answers to every exam, the next lottery ticket number, how to negotiate world peace, etc; they know it all. It was an incredible semester until the SCP foundation showed up."
4 posts
#4
Prompt Inspired
: "[PI] After a betrayal by my wife, everyone treats me like a bad guy. So I decided to be the villain"
3 posts
#5
Reality Fiction
: "[RF] A president, terminally ill and freshly out of fucks, discovers that the constitutional pardon power has no meaningful limits and absolutely no one ever thought to add any, because why would they. He pardons everyone. Every charge, every trial, every cell. The country finds out via TikTok."
1 post
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Last updated: June 14, 2026