Category: Writing & Prompts

Fiction Prompt: “The Shift in the Mirror” Write a short scene (150–250 words) in which: The main character catches their reflection doing something slightly different from their real movement. Keep it subtle. Nothing dramatic. Nothing horror. Just off by a fraction of a second, or in a slightly different posture. Your job: Examples of subtle…

Fiction Prompt: Write a scene (150–250 words) where: You enter a familiar place — your living room, a café, your office, your car — and everything looks completely normal except for one small detail that is slightly off. Not supernatural. Not glowing. Not dangerous. Just… wrong in a way that only you would notice. In…

Fiction Prompt: “Write a scene where the main character gets an unexpected message—digital, handwritten, or mysterious—that changes the tone of their day. The message can be strange, comforting, or confusing, but it reveals something about the character.” Response: It was another ordinary weekday morning. Shana walked into her office with a latte in one hand…

Fiction Prompt: The Second Glowing Object The next morning, you wake up and discover a second object—something different from the pebble, but with the same faint purple pulse. Write the moment you find it, how you react, and what new question this raises for you. Response: There is nothing like the quiet thrill of finishing…

Fiction Prompt: “A Small Glowing Object” Write a short scene (100–200 words) where: You find a small object on your desk — something that wasn’t there before. It glows faintly, but not in a magical or dramatic way — more like a quiet pulse, as if it’s alive or aware. Nothing supernatural needs to happen.…

Prompt: “What’s a habit you do today that would surprise the version of you from five years ago?” Reflection: Artificial Intelligence.  I use AI to help with nearly every part of my life now, and the version of me from five years ago could not have predicted that. He’d be shocked to see how indispensable…

Prompt: “Write about a moment when you realized you were becoming someone new — even if the outside world didn’t see it yet.” Reflection: I don’t get food cravings anymore. After a year of eating clean and working out, I noticed that candy bars, pizza, and sugary treats don’t pull at me the way they…

Prompt: “Write about a rule you secretly follow that no one else knows about — a private code, habit, or superstition.” Reflection: If you are tipping and you have two numbers in your mind, pick the larger amount. It’s a small private rule I follow because practicing generosity creates its own happiness.

Prompt: “Write about an everyday object in your home that seems like it’s secretly alive — not in a magical way, but in the way it behaves.” Reflection: My air purifier feels alive. It cycles through three colors: blue for clean air, purple for slightly dirty, and red for maximum purification. If I light incense,…

Prompt: “Write about a moment in the natural world that feels like a small miracle — something almost no one notices, but once you see it, you can’t unsee it.” Reflection: They are everywhere on my morning walk. But the fascinating thing about squirrels is that for all the commotion they make each day, their…

Prompt: Write about something humans do that would seem completely bizarre if you explained it to an intelligent alien — but to us, it feels totally normal and even comforting. Reflection: If you tried explaining Halloween to an intelligent alien, they’d think humans were malfunctioning. Once a year, little humans dress up like ghosts, skeletons,…