How it works
Every prompt has four parts from the same genre: where it happens, who it happens to, what they have to do, and the twist that makes it hard. Each genre has fourteen of each, written to fit together, which makes 38,416 prompts per genre and more than 300,000 across the eight.
Tap the setting, the character, the goal or the twist and only that part changes. That is the fastest way to the version you want to write: keep what pulls at you, swap what doesn’t.
How to turn a prompt into a first scene
- Start late. Open on the moment the goal becomes unavoidable, not on the morning before it.
- Make the twist cost something. “The enemy army is led by their oldest friend” works because it hurts. Ask what the twist costs your character.
- Change one part on purpose. If the prompt is almost right, tap only the part that isn’t and keep the rest.
- Write the scene, not the summary. The prompt is the whole story in two sentences. Your first scene is one hour of it.
More on prompts: AI prompts for story writing and where story ideas come from.
Questions
Are the spicy and dark romance prompts explicit?
No. They set up the tension (the bargain, the one bed, the rules nobody keeps) and leave the heat to you. How far the story goes is your call.
Can I use these prompts for a book I sell?
Yes. A prompt is an idea, and US copyright never protects an idea, only the way it is written (17 U.S.C. § 102(b)). What you write from it is yours.
Does the generator use AI?
No. The prompts are put together from hand-written parts, in your browser. If you want AI to help write the story itself, that is what KudoWrite is for.