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InterNutter :nb_verify:<p><span>Honestly, they deserve everything.<br><br></span><a href="https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04580-l196-the-best-kingdom-in-the-world" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04580-l196-the-best-kingdom-in-the-world</a><span><br><br></span><a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/flashfiction" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flashfiction</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/fantasyfiction" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fantasyfiction</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/shortstory" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shortstory</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/writingprompt" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingprompt</a></p>
Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)<p>Your character thinks they have been invited on a date. Why are they wrong?</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompt</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Visual Inspiration<p>2025-07-14 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/VisualInspiration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VisualInspiration</span></a> prompt:</p><p>Do you know where the road you are walking is taking you?</p><p>Use this image as inspiration to write a very short story based on it.</p><p>---<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/VisualWritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VisualWritingPrompt</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompt</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/AIArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIArt</span></a></p>
KaustcVantas<p><strong>prompt idea:</strong></p> <p>A scene that happens before 11 steps out from the loo of the American diner in The Impossible Astronaut (s6e1). Instead of having left his own tardis, he met Ashldr and/or Clara in their tardis. One or both of them convinces 11 to step right back out.</p><br> <a class="hashtag" href="https://app.wafrn.net/dashboard/search/Doctorwho" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Doctorwho</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://app.wafrn.net/dashboard/search/fanfiction" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fanfiction</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://app.wafrn.net/dashboard/search/writingprompt" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingprompt</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://app.wafrn.net/dashboard/search/my%20heart%20aches%20for%20more%20interpersonal%20high%20stakes%2011%2F12%2FClara%20fanfiction" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#my-heart-aches-for-more-interpersonal-high-stakes-11/12/Clara-fanfiction</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://app.wafrn.net/dashboard/search/and%20not%20the%20kind%20where%20people%20are%20gushing%20about%20their%20feelings%20for%2090%25%20of%20the%20story" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#and-not-the-kind-where-people-are-gushing-about-their-feelings-for-90%-of-the-story</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://app.wafrn.net/dashboard/search/u%20know%20the%20ones%20in%20which%20it%20feels%20just%20right%20to%20hear%20it--" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#u-know-the-ones-in-which-it-feels-just-right-to-hear-it--</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://app.wafrn.net/dashboard/search/I'M%20THE%20DOCTOR" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#I'M-THE-DOCTOR</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://app.wafrn.net/dashboard/search/if%20u%20know%20any%20please%20point%20and%20I'll%20run%20like%20hell%3B%20ty%20in%20advance%20fr%20fr" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#if-u-know-any-please-point-and-I'll-run-like-hell;-ty-in-advance-fr-fr</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://app.wafrn.net/dashboard/search/wouldn't%2011%20be%20giddy%20AF%20to%20accidentally%20walk%20into%20another%20tardis%20lmao" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wouldn't-11-be-giddy-AF-to-accidentally-walk-into-another-tardis-lmao</a>
Stephen L. Thompson<p>You can read all you want about writing, but the real test is to actually write something. Hence, a short <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompt</span></a> exercise for those of you wanting to hone your craft.<br>Write a sentence containing the following word: page<br>For example: Closing the door on war, scandal, and the general doom one experienced living in the Twenty-First Century, the writer opened their notebook to a blank page.</p>
Lauren McMenemy<p>A visual prompt to kick off your creative week. What worlds can you conjure from this image?<br>_______</p><p>Remember to save the date for our next edition: Writing the Occult: Belief on 6 September. </p><p>🎟️<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-the-occult-belief-tickets-1258315909759" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eventbrite.com/e/writing-the-o</span><span class="invisible">ccult-belief-tickets-1258315909759</span></a><br>🔍 writingtheoccult.carrd.co</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/writingprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingprompt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/visualprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>visualprompt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/creativeprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>creativeprompt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/belief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>belief</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/beliefsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beliefsystems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/writersofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writersofmastodon</span></a></p>
InterNutter :nb_verify:<p><span>Enemies to lovers 2K years...<br><br></span><a href="https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04579-l195-devoured-conflict" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04579-l195-devoured-conflict</a><span><br><br></span><a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/flashfiction" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flashfiction</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/fantasyfiction" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fantasyfiction</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/shortstory" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shortstory</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/writingprompt" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingprompt</a></p>
Stephen L. Thompson<p>You can read all you want about writing, but the real test is to actually write something. Hence, a short <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompt</span></a> exercise for those of you wanting to hone your craft.<br>Write a sentence containing the following word: park<br>For example: The old man – curled up on the park bench – grimaced and muttered every time some passerby blundered into his sanctuary of night.</p>
InterNutter :nb_verify:<p><span>POV: You walked down the wrong alley.<br><br></span><a href="https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04578-l194-when-prey-turns-around" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04578-l194-when-prey-turns-around</a><span><br><br></span><a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/flashfiction" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flashfiction</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/sciencefiction" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/shortstory" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shortstory</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/writingprompt" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingprompt</a></p>
Visual Inspiration<p>2025-07-12 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/VisualInspiration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VisualInspiration</span></a> prompt:</p><p>Do you meditate?</p><p>Use this image as inspiration to write a very short story based on it.</p><p>---<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/VisualWritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VisualWritingPrompt</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompt</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/AIArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIArt</span></a></p>
Stephen L. Thompson<p>You can read all you want about writing, but the real test is to actually write something. Hence, a short <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompt</span></a> exercise for those of you wanting to hone your craft.<br>Write a sentence containing the following word: green<br>For example: While Tom was glad he had a green thumb, he wished it was for more than weeds.</p>
InterNutter :nb_verify:<p><span>A chance and truly random encounter.<br><br></span><a href="https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04577-l193-some-who-wander-are" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04577-l193-some-who-wander-are</a><span><br><br></span><a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/flashfiction" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flashfiction</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/fantasyfiction" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fantasyfiction</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/shortstory" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shortstory</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/writingprompt" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingprompt</a></p>
Danroid<p>3-card draw from Monsoon <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tarot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tarot</span></a></p><p>Eight of Water<br>Four of Air<br>The Hanged Man</p><p>--Interpretations welcome.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tarotcards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tarotcards</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tarotreading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tarotreading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/taroart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taroart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingprompt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drawingprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drawingprompt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/symbolism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>symbolism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/synchronicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>synchronicity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archetypes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archetypes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illustration</span></a></p>
Stephen L. Thompson<p>You can read all you want about writing, but the real test is to actually write something. Hence, a short <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompt</span></a> exercise for those of you wanting to hone your craft.<br>Write a sentence containing the following word: fresh<br>For example: Joan closed her eyes and slowly breathed in the clean, living air; tree fresh, as her dad used to say.</p>
InterNutter :nb_verify:<p><span>Feed the machine... everything.<br><br></span><a href="https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04576-l192-sacrifices-for-the-cargo-cult" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04576-l192-sacrifices-for-the-cargo-cult</a><span><br><br></span><a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/flashfiction" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flashfiction</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/sciencefiction" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/shortstory" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shortstory</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/writingprompt" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingprompt</a></p>
IndieAuthors.Social News<p>Christmas in July Writing Prompt</p><p>Career Authors <br> Christmas in July Writing Prompt, courtesy of Career Authors. <br> Christmas in July Writing Prompt Paula Munier…<br><a href="https://careerauthors.com/christmas-in-july-writing-prompt/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">careerauthors.com/christmas-in</span><span class="invisible">-july-writing-prompt/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WritingPrompts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompts</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/ChristmasinJuly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristmasinJuly</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/ChristmasinJulywritingprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristmasinJulywritingprompt</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/writingprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingprompt</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>indieauthors</span></a></span></p>
Danroid<p>3-card draw from Wildwood <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tarot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tarot</span></a></p><p>The Seer<br>The Blasted Oak<br>Ten of Vessels</p><p>--Interpretations welcome.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tarotcards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tarotcards</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tarotreading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tarotreading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/taroart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taroart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingprompt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drawingprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drawingprompt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/symbolism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>symbolism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/synchronicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>synchronicity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archetypes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archetypes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illustration</span></a></p>
Visual Inspiration<p>2025-07-10 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/VisualInspiration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VisualInspiration</span></a> prompt:</p><p>Can you code your way out of a complicated situation?</p><p>Use this image as inspiration to write a very short story based on it.</p><p>---<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/VisualWritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VisualWritingPrompt</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompt</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/AIArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIArt</span></a></p>
Stephen L. Thompson<p>You can read all you want about writing, but the real test is to actually write something. Hence, a short <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompt</span></a> exercise for those of you wanting to hone your craft.<br>Write a sentence containing the following word: wood<br>For example: The man did not know – nor care – if it was a memory of when our ancestors used fire to banish the night, scare off predators, and cook mammoths; or simply the hypnotic dance of the flames that made him so fond of a good wood fire.</p>
David Levine🖖<p>Every time an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> "hallucinates" something, it isn't making it up. It is simply tapping into the reality of a parallel universe/alternate timeline. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a></p>