What If? Writing Prompts: Fantasy/Science Fiction III

I hope you’re in the mood for some more “What If?” Writing Prompts! This week’s batch features some new fantasy and science fiction prompts for you to enjoy. See what sorts of fantastic tales you can spin around these ideas! Have fun!

What If - Parchment and QuillWhat if… magic were a subject taught in school?

What if… mirrors functioned as portals into a backwards universe?

What if… computers could read human thoughts?

What if… you discovered you had the ability to bend time and space?

What if… you had supernatural powers that you couldn’t control?

Good luck creating your own fantasy and science fiction stories!

If you have any “What If?” writing prompt suggestions (for any theme), please feel free to share them in the comments below. Ideas I like may be featured in future “What If?” posts, with full credit and a link to your blog (if you have one)! Also, if you’ve written a piece based on an idea you’ve found here, be sure to link back to the respective “What If?” post. I would love to see what you’ve done with the prompt! Thank you!

What If? Writing Prompts: Mystery/Suspense II

Here are some more “What If?” Writing Prompts to cover my creative writing posts while I catch up with my grad school work. The theme this week is a genre pairing that I have yet to feature a second time in this segment: mystery and suspense. Enjoy trying out these ideas, and please feel free to add more of your own! Good luck!

What If - Parchment and QuillWhat if… you discovered your parents weren’t who you thought they were?

What if… whenever you answered that persistent knocking at your door, nobody were there?

What if… you were followed home by a strange animal?

What if… you couldn’t shake the feeling that someone was watching your every move?

What if… someone you’d never met passed away and left you everything in his/her will?

Have fun writing your own mysterious and suspenseful stories!

If you have any “What If?” writing prompt suggestions (for any theme), please feel free to share them in the comments below. Ideas I like may be featured in future “What If?” posts, with full credit and a link to your blog (if you have one)! Also, if you’ve written a piece based on an idea you’ve found here, be sure to link back to the respective “What If?” post. I would love to see what you’ve done with the prompt! Thank you!

What If? Writing Prompts: Fairy Tales II

It seems my busy real-life schedule is catching up with me again, so I’ll have to leave you all with some “What If?” Writing Prompts for now. This week’s set returns to the first theme I ever featured in this segment: fairy tales. Enjoy putting your own spin on some favorite fairy tales with these ideas, and by all means, please feel free to add more of your own! Have fun!

What If - Parchment and QuillWhat if… princesses never needed a man to rescue them, but instead could get themselves out of trouble?

What if… Snow White hadn’t reacted as expected to the poison apple?

What if… the “evil witch” were the real heroine of the story all along?

What if… another young lady had fit into Cinderella’s glass slipper first?

What if… for once, a prince had to be rescued by a brave woman?

Good luck writing your own reimagined fairy tales!

If you have any “What If?” writing prompt suggestions (for any theme), please feel free to share them in the comments below. Ideas I like may be featured in future “What If?” posts, with full credit and a link to your blog (if you have one)! Also, if you’ve written a piece based on an idea you’ve found here, be sure to link back to the respective “What If?” post. I would love to see what you’ve done with the prompt! Thank you!

What If? Writing Prompts: Romance III

Welcome to February! To start off the month of love, here’s a new set of “What If?” Writing Prompts for you to enjoy, all set to the theme of romance. See what sorts of love stories you can write based on these ideas, and feel free to add more of your own! Have fun!

What If - Parchment and QuillWhat if… you were stuck in a never-ending Valentine’s Day until you found that special someone?

What if… you loved someone you could never be with?

What if… you found out your best friend has had a crush on you for years?

What if… you were in love with someone… who was in love with someone else?

What if… the only way you could win over the person you love was through a talent you lack (singing, writing poetry, etc.)?

Enjoy creating your own romantic tales!

If you have any “What If?” writing prompt suggestions (for any theme), please feel free to share them in the comments below. Ideas I like may be featured in future “What If?” posts, with full credit and a link to your blog (if you have one)! Also, if you’ve written a piece based on an idea you’ve found here, be sure to link back to the respective “What If?” post. I would love to see what you’ve done with the prompt! Thank you!

What If? Writing Prompts: Paranormal I

Here’s a new bunch of “What If?” Writing Prompts for you. This week’s post consists of prompts in a genre that has yet to be featured in this segment: paranormal. What stories can you spin around the phenomena lying just outside the scope of normality? Good luck!

What If - Parchment and QuillWhat if… you could use your mind to move objects… as long as they were your own possessions?

What if… you found out your dreams about the future were actually visions?

What if… you could divine a person’s greatest dreams and worst fears just by looking into their eyes?

What if… psychic abilities were scientifically proven to be real?

What if… you discovered a way to bridge the gap between the spirit world and the material world?

Have fun turning out tales of the paranormal!

If you have any “What If?” writing prompt suggestions (for any theme), please feel free to share them in the comments below. Ideas I like may be featured in future “What If?” posts, with full credit and a link to your blog (if you have one)! Also, if you’ve written a piece based on an idea you’ve found here, be sure to link back to the respective “What If?” post. I would love to see what you’ve done with the prompt! Thank you!

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