Fantasy+Writing+Prompts

=Here are some prompts to spark an idea for a fantasy story. Pick one that appeals to you and get started. Have fun and modify anything to suit your needs!=

==For Tuesday, April 17: Use the Fantasy Name Generator to create at least two names that you like. Then write a story about those characters based on what kinds of characters would have those names.==

1. You have stumbled upon a wand and an instruction manual. You can do pretty much anything with this magical device, but it is probably best to keep it semi-secret for the time being. Describe your first couple of weeks with this new found life hack. 2. You live in a world where cars are obsolete because griffins take everybody around (starting around 1990). How does this change traffic patterns and roads? Are you still late to school or work because of your "vehicle?" 3. The world you live in is essentially the same...present day, same technologies...except everybody lives in castles and is trying to work their way up to knighthood (including women). Detail a typical day in your life. 4. You must go on a quest to save the world from impending doom! What do you bring, who do you bring with you, and what is this evil presence that is threatening the planet? 5. You wake up in the morning and you have become a centaur. Are you the only one? How are you going to go to work or school like this? What changes have occured in your life after this transformation. 6. You are taking your dog for a walk when he starts talking to you. In fact, all the animals in the world have just become extremely conscious and have begun talking to their masters. How does this change things? A new civil rights movement, perhaps? 7. Create your own fantasy world using any of the following elements: magic, elves, secret dungeon, a captured prince, and a self-replenishing bag of gold. 8. You have suddenly been inserted as one of the characters in the Lord of the Rings series. Who are you and do you change anything about how your character acted in the books or movies? 9. During a tornado, your house flies away "Wizard of Oz" style and ends up in a fantastical realm. Where is it and how do you go about your quest to get home? 10. You can pick a significant other from any fantasy book or movie. Who is this person and how are they in a relationship?

**Bonus** - A fantasy author or filmmaker of your choice has given you 100% creative control in continuing the story (or doing a prequel). What do you do with this power?

Having been found capable of using Magic, Sarit is taken away by a strange man who promises to teach him how to use his powers, but something isn't right.

A noble's son called Griffin is scarred by the King of Thieves and cast out by his father. He meets Anjiki, a girl who promises to help him get the Thieves' Throne on the condition she gets to kill the former King.

A dragon ravages a village and all the children are taken captive. A boy who has been with the dragon for a year already coaches the new children. The dragon is VERY temperamental. Note: Like, I'm angry for no reason so I'll fry and eat you, temperamental.

A girl is a serving maid in the palace and she overhears a plot to kill the prince (whom she is secretly in love with, of course.)

A young boy who longs for a life of fantasy can't get to sleep one night and finds himself thrown into the world of 13:00, where everything works differently. There he meets a boy who looks just like him, who has been stuck in that world for 11 years.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-left;">Two kids have lived a normal life until one day some agents suddenly come to their house and tell them that their parents have died! They are sent to their strange uncle's house, and they find out that the whole thing was a plot.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-left;">You are the captain of space ship No. 9.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-left;">Pick a number, any number....you get....five baby Unicorns! They'll be at your place tomorrow at 3, here's a guide book, have fun. Man, I love the Fantasy Lottery!

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-left;">Write about the return of Mary Poppins ... in the year 2235!!!

Tuesday's prompts below:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Verdana;">A young girl starts having recurring dreams about a dragon. In one of the dreams, the dragon says, “You made me.” The girl becomes obsessed with dragons and decides her life purpose is to become a genetic biologist so she can, indeed, make a real dragon.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Verdana;">A twelve-year-old who is growing up on a farm is out in a storm, gets hit by lightning, and survives. After that, the kid can hear the thoughts of animals.