These are NOT your typical writing prompts. I find most writing prompts too general or specific to be helpful. The ones in this book are just generic enough to spark your imagination and everyone's response will be completely different. Depending on your story idea, plot, characters and writing style, the response to the following prompts will look vastly different from another writer's. How does this work? Well, when you hit a roadblock in a particular scene, play with one of the prompts and see how your character responds, what comes out of their mouth. Then, let the other characters respond to that line. Here's an example. For the following prompt, I can have a character respond one of many ways (and I literally just came up with these as I'm writing this book summary). SAMPLE PROMPT - Ask someone to leave Now, what's the next line out of your character's mouth? Is it: -- You know what, get the hell out! -- Look, I'm tired. Can we talk about this tomorrow? I'll have Peter drive you home. -- Will you please just leave! I can't do this. I can't talk to you anymore! -- Either he goes or I go. Which will it be? See how all these are very different ways for a character to essentially ask (or try to force) another character to leave? The key is to work with the response that works best for your situation. You should have a sense of what the scene is about and your character's goals, but that's all you really need! I love these prompts. You can insert them any time you hit a wall. They always seem to get my creative juices going. Sometimes I find that I've gone on to write an entire scene and I didn't even end up keeping the lines that the prompts generated! It was enough just to get me unstuck and get my characters interacting again. I hope these prompts can help others too. If folks vote and comment to let me know that they've helped, I'll post 10 prompts per chapter for the next 10 weeks. Cheers! We'll start with a chapter and a bonus one too.

A darkness unbeatable and uncontrollable, led by a just as mysterious human themselves creating nightmares from children's stories of the seventeen realms. All realm magic keepers and sorcerers are dropping dead and the people are in terror. No one knows what it wants or what it is after, only dark shadows appear before uncontrollable destruction. Emperor Afton arranges his six sorcerer students (Each masters of different magical sectors) to track down the source of the power of these monsters. Among these students is the hot tempered Amora. At just barely eighteen, the least of her problems is being able to go on the yearly journey with the other five that Afton bans her from doing so. After she hears words of her friend, Levi's disappearance, she slips out of the 9th realm with the other sorcerer's to get him back. The force is after his magic, his chaotic magic. Amora knows that if they break Levi, he'll become their biggest threat yet. (Co-written with @Icebreathwarriorcat)

The Mercenaries were once a proud, thriving civilization, and the finest soldiers in the land. Now, they are betrayed and hunted like animals--every man, woman, and child--to the very brink of extinction. But their deadliest assassins survive, and with a burning desire for vengeance. They are the White Hoods, and nothing can stand in their way.

~ Winner of Wattys 2015 Hidden Gem Award , The JOURNEY THAT BEGINS THE FIREBIRD CHRONICLES. "You are my daughter, and you have grown up so kind and innocent and just," she said, "You are everything I could have wished for. But it is not enough. The King will take your kindness, and use it to crush you. He will trick you with your innocence and perverse justice as we know it. You will die as you are now. Do you hear me, Lumina? You must become stronger. One day you must become Queen." Lumina, a young thief, is desperate to find her best friend and sister, Reia, when she vanishes one night in the woods. Following her trail, Lumina finds herself travelling across the mysterious floating island, a kingdom within the clouds that is inhabited by angels. The kingdom has fallen to an oppressive ruler with a dark magic. Fabian, a powerful elemental lord, enrols Lumina, an eligible candidate for Queen, in the fight for the throne. Instead of finding Reia, Lumina discovers that friendship, love and adventure lurk at every corner, and a journey intended to find another is really about finding herself. Highest ranking #7 in Fantasy. Completed. Check out Book 2, Solstice!

HAILING ALL GIRLS! This is the story that you all want to read. We all go through those dreadful moments through the teenage years, and here is story about one girl's dilemmas. Sit and relax, as you watch her many *face-palm* moments and celebrate when you realize, that every girl goes through the same embarrassing things. Also don't be afraid to list in the comments, 101 things why you also hate being a girl!

A powerless guardian. A beautiful white Valkyrie. A world on the brink of war. Indy learns that being a guardian is a lot harder than it looks. When he is confronted by his rival, Warren Hocking, Indy lets his inner rage loose and must deal with the fallout of his anger. The sudden appearance of a floating fortress in the sky interrupts his fall from grace. Within the fortress walls is an army, the likes of which the earth has never seen and a threat to all mankind. During a massive assault on Eden, a single betrayal changes Indy’s life forever. While the powers that control Valhalla are poised to take over the world, Indy must fight for what he believes in and face his biggest fear. AUTHORS NOTE - This book is the second in the series but stands well on its own. Feel free to read it first and then go back to Book 1. Book 3, is also available on Amazon, Nook and Chapters. Go to MartyLongson.com for more info.

A magical tattoo. An ancient power. One seventeen year old boy. Indy is a normal kid. That is, as normal as the son of a billionaire can be. He has spent most of his life away from his family in elite private schools. But now that he has graduated Indy is returning to his family’s new home in Northern California. That’s when things go sideways. A freak electrical storm follows his father’s discovery of an underground cache of ancient artifacts that appear to have magical properties. Unfortunately for Indy and his family, a barrier of shimmering lights surrounds the discovery, preventing the artifacts or people inside, from leaving. Governments across the globe struggle to gain control of these artifacts but a greater threat hides within the aurora, waiting in the shadows. When the world needs a hero, will Indy be the one to rise up against the darkness and become the Guardian everyone needs him to be. The Tower Saga Book 1 - Guardian Book 2 - Valkyrie Book 3 - Hades

Just random things that I feel need to change. Or such. trigger warnings: swearing

Update: This story has been discontinued. - I am terribly sorry. Your mother lied to you. She told you that you were unique, and that as a teenager you have a whole bunch of options you can choose from to determine who you want to be. She must have been high. Look, I'm going to tell you this honestly. Somewhere out there in this floating sphere of green and blue, there's a person who acts just like you. It's the combinations of different personalities - which eventually lead up to an actual human being - that makes us all unique. But it can't hurt to find out where your personality stems from, right? Wanna know who you are? I'll help you out. There are 36 students in my classroom. Which one are you?

These are the best letters ever. Enjoy.