Category: Writing Prompts

Writing Prompts for INFJ’s

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Hey everyone! I’m starting a new series of writing prompts based off of all the different meyers briggs personality types and my perceived views and aesthetics associated with them. I wanted to start off with the INFJ personality type because its the one I know the best as it’s my personal assigned personality type. I tend to associate this personality type with magic, astronomy, and philosophy so these associations are reflected in the writing prompts below! Suggestions for which personality type I should do next is welcomed in the comments below!

★Reflections

Legends tell of a magic mirror. Rumors vary as to its powers, ranging from teleportation, reflecting your true love, seeing the future and so forth. But you have reason to believe that it has a very different power. The power to show the truth about any individual who gazes upon it. What does this mean exactly? You’re not sure but you’re determined to find out.

★Wishing Star

You look upon the starlight sky, lonely as ever. It’s been a rough day but unfortunately, as per usual, you have no one to confide in. In a moment of sorrow, you wish upon a star. You just want a friend. What you didn’t expect was the star to fall from the sky and land in your backyard. But it seems your wish has been granted, by some lucky stroke of fate. Not really sure what to expect, you make your way down stairs to investigate.

★Red Ink, Blue Ink

Upon helping a stranger, they gift you an 2 odd looking quill pens in exchange for your kindness. One writes in red ink, the other in blue ink. And there’s something very strange or perhaps… magical about them.

★Star Pirate

You and a friend climb upon the roof to gaze upon the night sky during a meteor shower. You talk in low voices about the adventures you would have when you grow up or if you had a rocket ship to fly to the stars. But as you star blissfully into the abyss, you notice something odd about the stars swopping across the black. They seem rather big. And they have shapes. They look like…

Ships?

You open your mouth to ask your friend if they see it too but the words die in your throat. A star is falling, and its coming ever closer. And closer. And closer.

In a halo of white light, a pirate ship comes barreling towards you and your friend, crashing upon the building’s surface.

★The Greatest Race

The end fo the world is not for a very long time. But even so, the horseman of the apocolaypse wait patiently for the end of time. Still, you can hardly blame themf or getting bored. Perhaps that’s how the tradition started though I don’t know exactly when.

Every year, at the dawn of New Year’s, the horseman saddle their mighty steeds and prepare for a magnificent race to circle the world. Who will win this year?

Birthstone Writing Prompt Tag

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Choose a prompt based on your birthstone! Feel free to tag someone to participate as well!

★ Garnet

Garnets stand for Love and Friendship. With associations with the heart, blood, inner fire, and life force, garnets have long been considered symbols of love. Garnet symbolism also extends to friendship. The name “garnet” comes from the Latin word “Garanatus,” meaning “seedlike,” in reference to a pomegranate. This reference makes sense as small garnets look like the bright red seeds you find inside in a pomegranate.

Use one or all of the following words as themes for your next writing project:

Fire, Friendship, Love, Passion, Pomegranate, Bravery, Adventure.

★ Amethyst

The gem’s purple colors represented purity of spirit. Its purplish and reddish hues represented the chastening and purifying effects of suffering. Some people believe the colors alluded to the wounds of Christ. Thus, amethysts are used to aid the healing of wounds.

The name amethyst is derived from the ancient Greek word “amethustos”. This word means sober. It was said that an amethyst could prevent the bearer from becoming drunk and also instills a sober or sharp mind. It was believed that if a person drank from a goblet made entirely of amethyst, they would not get drunk at all no matter how much they drank. In Greek mythology, amethyst was rock crystal dyed purple by the tears of Dionysus, the god of wine and revelry. 

Use one or all of the following words as themes for your next writing project:

Purity, Intelligence, Wine, Revelry, Healing.

★ Aquamarine

Aquamarine is also associated with tranquility, serenity, clarity, and harmony. As the first of the spring birthstones, the sea blue crystal represents transformation and rebirth. It is said to embody youthful vitality, purity, loyalty, hope, and truth. It is also said to have oceanic healing powers.

There are a few legends surrounding this gemstone. The Romans believed that if the figure of a frog were carved on an aquamarine, it served to reconcile enemies and make them friends. The Greeks and the Romans thought the aquamarine was the sailor’s gem, ensuring the safe passage across stormy seas. It was also believed to render soldiers invincible.

Use one or all of the following words as themes for your next writing project:

Water, Sailor, Healing, Loyalty, Truth, Hope, Invisibility, Frogs, Rebirth, Reconciliation.

★ Diamond

Diamonds are associated with strength, love and health. Diamonds have been worn by leaders or power figures often to symbolize strength and invincibility.

Ancient Greeks named the diamond “adamas,” meaning “invincible,” “indestructible” and “untamed.” Warriors in ancient Greece wore diamonds. They did this because it was said that the stones would strengthen the warriors’ muscles and bring them invincibility.

Use one or all of the following words as themes for your next writing project:

Purity, Warrior, Strength, Invincibility, Untamed, Strong.

★ Emerald

The emerald has been known as a symbol of truth and love. In ancient Greece and Rome, the emerald was said to be the gemstone of the goddess Venus. Emeralds were also believed by the Egyptians to be a source of eternal life. The Chaldeans believed the stone contained a goddess. In Ancient Rome, Nero supposedly watched gladiator fights through a large transparent emerald as he found the color to be calming. In some legends of King Arthur, the Holy Grail is described as being fashioned from an emerald. Many others think that the Emerald brings good luck.

Use one or all of the following words as themes for your next writing project:

Good luck, Life, Goddess, Grail, Venus.

★ Alexandrite

The Alexandritehas been thought to bring luck, good fortune and love. In Russia, it is considered to be a stone of good omen. It is believed to bring balance in the interaction between the physical manifest world and the astral world.

Use one or all of the following words as themes for your next writing project:

Balance, Spirituality, Fortune, Love, Healing.

★ Ruby

The Ruby is considered the king of gems. The ruby symbolizes love, passion, energy, and success. “A drop of the heart’s blood of Mother Earth” is how the ruby is described in the Orient. The name ruby comes from the Latin word ruber, which means red. It is favorite gem among those in power and those in love, inspiring more emotion than almost any other stone. Some ancient cultures believed that rubies grew on trees, just like fruit. The rubies would begin budding as small white gems, and would slowly grow and ripen, turning red in the light of the sun. When the ruby was saturated with red color, it was ready to be plucked. 

Use one or all of the following words as themes for your next writing project:

Fruit, Passion, Love, Energy, Heart, Blood.

★ Peridot

The Peridot is known as the “Gem of the Sun”.  This gemstone is the green color of nature and is associated with harmony, good health, restful sleep, and peacefulness. It is also known as the stone of compassion, peridot calms anger by giving renewal to all things. When set in gold, this gem was said to protect the wearer from nightmares.

Use one or all of the following words as themes for your next writing project:

Health, Sleep, Dreams, Harmony, Peace.

★ Sapphire

 The name sapphire is derived from the Latin word “saphirus” and the Greek word “sapheiros,” both meaning blue. Some believe that the name sapphire is derived from its association with the planet Saturn. The name can be roughly translated to mean “dear to the planet Saturn” in numerous languages.

Rulers of ancient Persia believed the sky was painted blue by the reflection of sapphire stones. To some religions, the blue color of the sapphire represents the heavens. Sapphires are stones of the apocalypse, and ancient lore held that the tablets upon which the Ten Commandments were written, were actually sapphire.

Use one or all of the following words as themes for your next writing project:

Sky, Blue, Apocalypse, Time, Tablet, Saturn, Ancient.

★ Opal

The name opal is thought to be derived from the Sanskrit upala, meaning “precious stone,”. Then, later on in history, it came from the Greek derivative “Opallios,” meaning “to see a change of color.” Opals have sometimes been viewed as symbols of bad luck and bad omens but this is not true throughout all of history as the meaning of the stone varies quite a bit depending on time and location. In Asia, for example, it is seen as a symbol of hope.

And in medieval times, blonde maidens wanted a necklace made of opals, as this was considered to prevent their hair from fading or darkening. The opal was also thought to make a person invisible whenever he wished, and for that reason, it was called Patronus forum (patron of thieves).

Use one or all of the following words as themes for your next writing project:

Thief, Iridescent, Hope, Bad Luck, Iris.

★ Topaz

Topaz gets its name from the Greek word topazion, which may originate from the Sanskrit tapas, meaning, “fire.” The name might also come from the name of the Egyptian island of topazos (now St Johns island) in the Red Sea. 

Most likely due to this yellow color, some believed topaz had the mystical ability to attract gold. Some think it also represents empathy and serenity. This is related to the symbolism of the brown and gold colors relating to the family and the home.

Use one or all of the following words as themes for your next writing project:

Home, Hearth, Family, Empathy, Fire, Gold.

★ Blue Topaz

The Blue Topaz gemstone symbolizes love as well as fidelity.  It is also associated with wisdom, communication, and finding the perfect pathways to success and opportunities.

Topaz was once was considered one of five elemental substances that would bring protection to the deities. The figure of a falcon engraved upon a topaz would bring the wearer goodwill and kindness of the powers that be. 

This gemstone is also has been said to work with ones creative energies. Topaz is also excellent for promoting concentration.

Use one or all of the following words as themes for your next writing project:

Falcons, Creativity, Concentration, Protection, Love.

Writing Prompt: Craft

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In this world, craftsman are mixed with wizards, creating a new unique branch if magic workers-crafters. Crafters use various crafting mediums to host and utilize their magic through.

There are the silk workers who create beautiful creations as they can control silk with a flick of their wrists.

There are potters who can shape near anything from clay and bring it to life.

There are the wood workers who can carve their masterpieces from wood in a blink of an eye and have a deep understanding of how things work.

Then there are the glass makers who channel their magic through shards of glass material with which they can both create and cut.

There are the metal workers or blacksmiths who can create and enchant blades to float and attack.

And finally there are the paper workers who told paper and animate it to do their bidding.  

Tell me about this world.

Historical People Writing Prompts

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★Tesla’s Secret Book

Nikola Tesla has a secret book hidden away and it’s up for you to find it and unlock its secrets. The secrets of vibration and frequency, the secrets of mathematics…these answers and more await you amongst the pages of this book. 

★Van Gogh’s Lost Painting

A new letter from Van Gogh has been found. This is no surprise to historians as the man wrote to his brother almost every day when he was alive and they are already in the possession of many of his letters. But this one is different. It tells of a painting. The crowning glory of Van Gogh’s work. One that the world never deserved to see so he hid it, leaving only a few clues behind in his previous paintings and letters so his brother might find it after his death.

★George Washington’s Teeth

This is a gag prompt but the thought amused me too much to be left in the drafts. A national treasure style adventure to find George Washington’s legendary wooden dentures. No, I am not sorry for this prompt.

★Hitler’s Secret Room

He didn’t die. He should have, but he didn’t. You’re a World War 2 historian who has found proof that Hitler’s life did not end where everyone thought it did. And it’s up to you to retrace this evil man’s steps in hopes you find that justice was eventually served.

★Alexander’s Library

The lost Library of Alexandria was legendary. But as we all know, it was destroyed… or was it?

★Einstein’s Forbidden Equation

What if I told you there was one equation that could unravel the secrets of our universe? After all, math is but the language of it. As a high school math teacher, you are looking for something to fulfill yourself with. And perhaps unlocking this secret is your chance to amount to something greater than you ever thought?

★The Man in the Iron Mask

While touring Versailles you find clues as to the existence of the the famed “Man in the Iron Mask”. You retrace the steps of this man’s life through a series of hidden passageways and tunnels in the palace, unlocking secrets you could have never imagined.

Writing Prompt: Genetically Modified Wizards

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In a mesh between sci-fi and high fantasy, a world exists where magic is dying. One scientist sets out to fix this problem by creating a machine that will genetically engineer wizards and creatures of magic, depending on what three magic “items” you place in it. Different combos yield different results.  (I’m just imagining an interesting mesh of wizards and cyborgs?)

Halloween Writing Prompts

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A little late for Halloween but still close enough that I can justify sharing these. 🙂

★ Sugar Coated

A group of kids participate in trick-or-treating around their block. They stop off at an odd house of an elderly woman who just moved in recently (I think you know where this is going…). She gives them each a different candy bar. After Halloween, the candies mix with the kid’s other candy. They didn’t know something was off about them until a member of their group ate one, and woke up breathing fire and with scaly wings the next day. Shortly thereafter, another kid contacted the others to report a weird golden aura surrounding them and that they think they were growing… feathered wings? What on earth was going on?

★ Grandpa’s Crypt

A group of teens on Halloween visit on of the kid’s grandpa’s crypt, hoping to scare each other silly with ghost stories and made-up noises. But the night takes a dark turn when the door of the crypt swings shut. And their adventure begins. You see, the grandfather, unbeknownst to teens, was a little eccentric, but rich. He desired to be buried with his riches, much like the Egyptians, but, unlike the Egyptians, he also wanted to be buried in an underground maze rigged with a network of traps.

★ The Magic Mask Shop

A new mask shop comes to town every Halloween. It suddenly shows up and then goes away. But this year, they are selling some very special masks. They appear to be masquerade masks but, they not only hide the wearer’s face but transform them entirely.

★ Rest in Reese’s Pieces

A kid, on the night of Halloween, hears the doorbell ring. He opens to find a tall man standing at the door with a black cloak, skull face, and a large scythe. The child, assuming him to be a trick-or-treater, is impressed with the costume and says as such, before giving the reaper a big handful of Reese’s Cups. Luckily, the Reaper was a sucker for chocolate, and disappeared. The next morning, the child wakes with a gift from the reaper at the foot of his bed….

★ Spell Bound

The night of Halloween, you run into a woman on the street. She looks very sad, and her costume intricate, with burn marks along her skirt. You kindly ask her if she was alright and if she’d like a lift or anything. She replies she doesn’t want much; just a single licorice. You kindly oblige, giving her every licorice you can find in your trick-or-treat stash. She seems to brighten up at this, and disappears. Unbeknownst to you, there was a witch burning in that part of town, and you had just met the witch who was victim of this. But she seemed to like you well enough and appreciate the candy, so it should be no surprise to you when you find a giant, leather book in your trick-or treat sack labeled “Spells”.

November Writing Prompts

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★ Communion by Fire

Fires are very special things. For centuries, people have been gathering around them, exchanging stories and making conversation around them as people feel the warm flames. Tell me about a special fire that someone finds. This fire is ever burning and the walls between alternate realities and timelines are particularly thin here, making it so souls from all sorts of worlds and eras can gather and make conversation here by the fire.

★ Tales from a Tree

A girl finds a very special tree in her woods that likes to make polite conversation and talk about all sorts of things. Being alive for so long, you’re bound to see something interesting.

★ Fall Queen

Every year, the armies of the Fall Queen and Winter Queen are at war. And, every year, Winter wins, only the be dethroned by spring in the later months. But she will enjoy her few months of victory and ice and The Fall Queen retreats and waits for her next moment to strike. But something odd happened this year. This balance was threatened as the Fall Queen, after dethroning summer, maintains her Queenship. The Winter Queen lost this year.

★ Time Travel and Campsites

A group of teens go camping only to wake up and find they have traveled back in time to the medieval England.

★ The Cornmaze Reaper

Every year, per tradition, the children of a village are let loose in the corn, to prove themselves worthy. They must elude the Reaper and make it to the other side, before succumbing to the clutches of the cornmaze.

★ The Lady who runs the Apple Stand

I bought apples from someone today on the way home from work. She was very kind, don’t get me wrong. And she sells the best apples. But today she offered me a special one. One half was green and the other was red. For some reason, it reminded me of something. Then I couldn’t believe I hadn’t noticed it before; her skin was white as snow, her lips were red as blood, and her hair was black as coal.

★ Pumpkin Girl

A girl finds she has one small magical gift: every pumpkin she carves, comes to life.

Writing Prompt: Sleeping Beast

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A Prince hears rumors that a damsel is in distress in her kingdom. She has been cursed to sleep, and, as you may have guessed, can only be awakened by “true love’s kiss”. At least that’s what the fairies told him. Valiant as ever, he rides off to save the princess. But when he arrives, he finds a flourishing kingdom. The fairies tell him it is a rouse prepared by the evil witch Maleficent. They urged him forward, leading him to a dungeon beneath the city. There, he sees a beautiful Princess, asleep. But something is not right. Green luminescent chains wrap round her body, pinning her to where she rests. A evil presence can be felt. The Prince slowly begins to realize why this “Princess” was forced into a slumber…

Writing Prompt: Fairytale Apocalypse

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We all know about the fairytale world of Grimm, where the princesses were saved and everyone lived happily ever after. But, let’s say, there is an alternate timeline that run parallel to this utopian one. One where the Princesses were not rescued. One where the castles crumbled and the world is ripping itself apart at the seams. One where wolves roam in the woods (careful not to wear red), sea witches and pirates rule the ocean, witches curses and magic go unchecked, and dragons circle the sky. A fairytale world living in an apocalypse.

Writing Prompt: Anti-Witch

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Once upon a time, witches (and wizards) ruled and dominated the earth. Adorned in black and working magic in big and small ways, they had a monopoly on this planet. All who held positions of power were magic workers and corruption was rampant, those who were the most powerful being able to set the standard. Might made right.

But a chosen hero emerges who is the anti-thesis of all modern day witches- the anti-witch. She wore white robes and a witches hat, and, as far as everyone knows, she possesses no magic. And yet she has none simple mission; to dismantle the witches’ tyranny.