Flash fiction writing prompts

Find all 28 flash fiction writing prompts for the 2022 February Flash Fiction Challenge Challenge in this post.

We’ve put together 100 flash fiction prompts. If you want to write a longer story using these prompts, you can easily expand these ideas to fit a story of any length. Plus, find out the number one secret to coming up with ideas for flash fiction. Never get writers’ block again!

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Spooky mysteries and whodunnit stories are some of the most interesting and captivating stories to write. We've put together 10 prompts, including dialogues, sentence starters, and plot prompts to get you started writing the next mystery best seller.

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Dive into this epic collection of 330 short story writing prompts that cater to every genre, mood, and theme you can imagine. Let's start writing! This magical trove of prompts promises to spark your creativity, inviting you to weave tales of adventure, mystery, love, or whatever else your heart desires. Begin your journey of endless storytelling today! #ShortStoryWritingPrompts #ShortStoryWritingIdeas #JournalBuddies

Write a piece of flash fiction each day of February with the February Flash Fiction Challenge, led by editor Moriah Richard. Each day, receive a prompt, example story, and write your own. Today's prompt is to write about platonic love.

It doesn’t matter what you call it — flash fiction, sudden fiction, micro fiction, short-short — stories under 1000 words offer a quick zing of literary delight. But have you ever wondered whether anyone actually read your flash fiction piece you published online? This list gives you a good idea of how many eyeballs it reached by ranking the […]

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These flash fiction prompts will challenge you to create short and gripping narratives that are under 1000 words. Though many are categorized, don’t feel limited! Flash fiction can be whatever you want it to be. Whether you use the bite-sized stories you write as exercises, standalone pieces, or segments of a larger work, the condensed length is […]

She had heard his excuses before, thousands of times, but this time she was sick of them. She had never known that a human body could twist into that position. The bookcases tilted at a precarious angle over the sleeping infant. He was a brave man except when it came to small, tight spaces like […]

Writing prompts are a great way to get the creative juices flowing. Think about one of the following and free write whatever comes into your head. These can be used for flash fiction, short stories or even a novel or memoir. Feel free to link back to this post. I have added below some free … Free Creative Writing Prompts Read More »

101 writing prompts and ideas if you're stuck with your #NaNoWriMo novel or writing project! #writingprompt #writingtips

Writing Worksheet – What Next? (PDF) In honour of NaNoWriMo, this month’s worksheets will have one purpose: to increase your word count by hook or by book. A novel, even a short one of 50,000 words, comprises many more happenings than one might expect. If you find yourself at this mid-way point of the month,…