/r/WritingPrompts - top ten submissions for each month of 2023
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2023, December
1225 [WP] After mistakenly transfering to a high sch...
1109 [WP] You are the newest dragon advisor for the ...
926 [WP] It’s been 125 years since you were given $...
906 [WP] The woman wore a trenchcoat and surgical m...
901 [WP] You are an above-average villain. You have...
863 [WP] Nearly all your life you lived on the stre...
851 [WP] “I thought the goddess of love would look…...
821 [WP] An assassin tries to assassinate a human r...
812 [WP] “Your superpower is: you can converse with...
803 [WP] “Play me one last pitiful tune bard.” The ...
2023, November
13287 [WP] You recently discovered that your father, ...
1387 [WP] One day the entire planet was suddenly mov...
1162 [WP] You've been fully blind since birth. You a...
1157 [WP] You are an immortal, having to deal with t...
1100 [WP] Nobody could ever call you observant — Y...
1011 [WP] You are a god with no followers nor enemie...
961 [WP] "The bioweapon we unleashed upon the human...
891 [WP] The king, after hearing the prophecy about...
874 [WP] "You're not allowed to die without my perm...
852 [WP] Humans have no souls. Their entire conscio...
2023, October
1680 [SP] "How many people have died to achieve this...
1675 [WP] You're a mostly forgotten god whose only b...
1309 [WP] "Good wish, you still have three wishes." ...
1185 [WP] Dwarfs can hear a weapons voice, Swords sp...
1063 [WP] "Halt! Our scans show you are harboring an...
1003 [WP] "Father Christmas!" called out the Lord of...
975 [WP] "I spent three months meditating in the wo...
944 [WP] “And what do you do with the children? E...
851 [WP] Your superpower is to "respawn" anytime yo...
849 [WP] The thing about Cosmic horrors beyond huma...
2023, September
2068 [WP] You always got strange looks whenever you ...
1570 [WP] "Your job is simple, you make them scan th...
1317 [WP] “Violence is never the answer,†the mo...
1219 [WP] You were terrified when you were sentenced...
1154 [WP]You drank a snake oil salesman's drink only...
1138 [WP] "Your total will be...wait this can't be r...
1098 [WP] A hero has you cornered, thinking they are...
1022 [WP] Your partner is upset because you won't sh...
1009 [PI] It's 3 AM. An official phone alert wakes y...
906 [WP] Jesus Christ is born once every century. E...
2023, August
2060 [WP] "So aliens take over, right? And they thin...
1571 [WP]Years ago, you accidently helped a mob boss...
1562 [WP] We invent the warp drive, only to discover...
1502 [WP] "Everyone can become a billionaire within ...
1423 [WP] You're the adoptive father of an Angel and...
1380 [WP] The witch begs your forgiveness for cursin...
1364 [WP] After attempting to burn a witch who just ...
1348 [WP] “Out of all species of sapients in the g...
1345 [WP] A cruel prank by your bullies leaves you s...
1318 [WP] You got abducted by cultists as you were h...
2023, July
2132 [WP] You never really believed your grandmother...
2069 [WP] The summoned hero is effective if not a li...
2062 [WP] Humans are 1000x more sensitive to the sme...
1908 [WP] You hit your head and blank out, waking up...
1646 [WP] A Supervillain from the 30s flung into the...
1625 [WP] One day, the heads of all religions in the...
1616 [WP] Your roommate is so bad at pretending to b...
1554 [WP] You sleepwalk. Occasionally, you wake up s...
1556 [WP]You made very understanding friends online ...
1494 [WP] "A watched pot never boils", as the old sa...
2023, June
4200 [WP] It turns out that the Statue of Liberty is...
3610 [PI] You are the barkeep of a very strange bar....
2931 [WP] Whenever you die, you have the ability to ...
2292 [WP] The year is 12023, you’re writing your t...
2260 [SP] "Soldier, how the hell did you manage to t...
2217 [WP] Interstellar Travel is significantly easie...
2154 [WP] Genies don't actually mean to twist people...
2117 [WP] Instead of being a super villain like your...
2029 [WP] One can easily distinguish a true veteran ...
2013 [WP] Humanity discovered it was a simulation. T...
2023, May
3650 [WP] Rather than robots replacing human workers...
3603 [WP] “When the Old Gods returned, they were s...
3573 [WP] Because of their immortality, vampires pic...
3325 [WP] The galactic council refuses to acknowledg...
3306 [WP] Your escape pod has crashed on an alien pl...
3125 [WP] An angry magician cursed a city, turning a...
3074 [EU] "So sir, you called?" Peter Parker said as...
2834 [WP] You are a scientist working on "Project Ar...
2794 [PI] A noble sentenced to die is allowed to cho...
2734 [WP] There's a forest that people say resembles...
2023, April
5219 [OT] Friendly reminder to posters that you are ...
4474 [WP] A noble sentenced to die is allowed to cho...
4046 [WP] "Listen, you're fine, I'm- stop screaming-...
3836 [WP] Whenever you flip a coin, it lands on its ...
3554 [WP] Your girlfriend is a time traveling soldie...
3405 [WP] You're an astronaut sent on a solo deep sp...
3404 [PI] A bar called “The Alibi†that’s noto...
3249 [WP] The king has the ability to see team color...
3198 [WP] "There are three rules for mind-readers......
3180 [WP] Sisyphus has finally had enough. He lifts ...
2023, March
5429 [WP] Humans are the proverbial "Sleeping Giant,...
5047 [WP] Intergalactic Security stops a human outsi...
5002 [WP] The demon queen lays on the floor, soaked ...
4851 [WP] The Elven Kingdoms call their old allies t...
4621 [WP] "Look," said the demon. "This is the 13th ...
4558 [WP] Millions of years ago, God created life in...
4302 [WP]You work as a valet for a high-class casino...
4283 [WP] "This town ain't big enough for the both o...
4244 [WP] The princess was given a curse where her f...
4223 [WP] You are a super hero named “Hammerspaceâ...
2023, February
5341 [WP] You’re rather annoyed that your history ...
4562 [WP] A centuries old vampire gets really into v...
4322 [WP] You've just joined an adventuring party. T...
4258 [WP] "One drip of this poison is enough to kill...
4040 [WP] You are at the center of a time traveling ...
3951 [WP] Excalibur always reveals itself as a weapo...
3912 [WP] Your super power has no destructive power,...
3902 [WP] A demon emerges after centuries of slumber...
3843 [WP] You are one of the few people in the world...
3765 [WP] You wished to find a dragon to slay for it...
2023, January
7630 [WP] The prostitute told you she'd do anything ...
6484 [WP] A bar called “The Alibi†that’s noto...
5667 [PI] Despite your reputation as a Dark Lord, yo...
5455 [WP] The queen is dead. The kingdom burns aroun...
5189 [WP] You are a crow/raven that a human has befr...
4791 [WP] you are a God. Centuries ago, people used ...
4781 [WP] "Sure, it'll only cost you your soul" you ...
4651 [WP] A millennium ago, only the wealthiest were...
4608 [WP] Your superpower isn’t anything special. ...
4484 [WP] You just discovered your 14 year old daugh...
![[WP] "Listen, you're fine, I'm- stop screaming-...](data:, "4046 - [WP] \"Listen, you're fine, I'm- stop screaming- I'm not going to hurt you. Yes, opening the Dark Book summons The One Who Ends, but that whole thing where I kill the reader is hogwash. Now, would you kindly direct me to the one who tricked you into opening my book? *Intent* is important, after all.\"")