Writer Igniter

Click the shuffle button to get a randomly generated prompt. Then start writing!

• Taxi driver
• Mime
• Bronze-medal Olympian
• Jewelry thief
• Serial killer
• High school theatre student
• Water polo referee
• Soccer mom
• Kindergarten school teacher
• City planner
• Stage magician
• B-list celebrity
• Con artist
• Joke store owner
• Driver's Ed instructor
• Former beauty queen
• Shopping mall Santa
• Composer of elevator music
• Someone with nothing to lose
• Child prodigy
• Game show host
• Coat check attendant
• Pawn shop owner
• Time traveler
• Apothecary
• Retired magician
• Oppressed artist
• Cartographer
• Night-shift nurse
• Plumber-in-training
• Professional poker player
• Computer game designer
• Talking elephant
• Butcher
• Mortician
• Alien
• Traveling preacher
• Famous choreographer
• IRS worker
• Statue-come-to-life
• Gardener
• Personal shopper
• Professional pet groomer
• Assassin
• Party planner
• Kleptomaniac
• Pyromaniac
• Tattoo artist
• Antique collector
• Children's party clown
• Night club bouncer
• Surf instructor
• Crazy cat lady
• Parent of 13 kids
• Unlikely secret agent
• Professional ballroom dancer
• Bathroom attendant at a swanky club
• Fashionista
• Psychic
• The best man
• Heiress
• Someone unlucky in love
• Someone who's lost faith in love
• Hopeless romantic
• Someone with an obsession
• Workaholic
• Bohemian
• Celebrity chef
• Local politician
• The runner-up
• Whacky inventor
• Breeder of exotic animals
• Someone with a vendetta
• Someone in witness protection
• Lab assistant
• Ship captain
• Tug boat operator
• Garbage truck driver
• Athlete past his or her prime
• Line dance instructor
• 911 phone operator
• Dental hygienist
• Deejay
• Video game tester
• Photographer
• Carpet store sales clerk
• Jeweler
• Postal Service worker
• Witch
• Fast food restaurant manager
• Dog walker
• Marathon runner
• Celebrity's personal assistant
• Museum security guard
• Curator at a posh gallery
• Junk sculptor
• Delivery truck driver
• Class clown
• Mr. or Ms. Popularity
• Wallflower
• Millionaire

• Gets a cryptic letter
• Buys a tiger
• Stumbles upon an ancient mystery
• Wins the lottery
• Contacts a long-lost child
• Goes on an exotic vacation
• Meets his or her idol
• Goes camping
• Hosts a horror movie marathon
• Hosts a wedding
• Has an arranged marriage
• Forgets an anniversary
• Goes sky-diving
• Hosts a dinner party for the first time
• Gets lost on a hike
• Finds a baby on the doorstep
• Goes through the attic
• Meets the in-laws
• Does something embarrassing in public
• Reads a book eerily like his or her life
• Runs away from home
• Misplaces an important file
• Gets a first tattoo
• Is abducted by aliens
• Goes back in time
• Forgets who he or she is
• Becomes famous overnight
• Invents a wildly popular food
• Receives the wrong directions
• Runs into an old rival
• Accidentally steals something priceless
• Exterminates an infestation
• Throws a temper tantrum
• Loses a bet
• Needs money fast
• Runs into an ex
• Inherits something bizarre
• Makes a bad bargain
• Gets fired
• Goes to a reunion
• Loses something important
• Gets surprising news
• Gets arrested
• Is mistaken for someone else
• Runs away
• Returns to his or her hometown
• Goes on honeymoon... Alone
• Is trapped
• Gets one wish
• Can go back in the past and change one thing
• Gets left at the altar
• Overhears something important
• Discovers a loved one isn't what he or she seems
• Has a secret crush
• Has a secret identity
• Goes from rags to riches
• Loses everything
• Wakes from a coma
• Witnesses a crime
• Tries to pull off a crazy scheme
• Has to escape
• Falls in love with the wrong person
• Discovers a talent or superpower
• Trespasses
• Ignores all the signs
• Gets amnesia
• Loses his or her sense of direction
• Is betrayed
• Takes matters into his or her own hands
• Gets stranded
• Is left to his or her own devices
• Decides to take down the status quo
• Must make a hard sacrifice
• Poses as someone else
• Discovers a long-lost twin
• Has someone steal his or her identity
• Hacks into an important computer system
• Cracks a code
• Unknowingly marries a criminal
• Must cooperate with the one person he or she hates
• Believes he or she is a superhero
• Professes a secret love
• Borrows from loan sharks
• Finds a dead body
• Flies in an airplane for the first time
• Takes a road trip
• Discovers a relative who everyone thought was dead
• Enters a contest
• Loses his or her wedding band
• Finds something valuable amid junk
• Meets someone from his or her past
• Sees someone familiar at a strip club
• Meets the new roommate
• Confesses a terrible secret
• Goes on a journey
• Moves to a new town
• Is stranded in a foreign country
• Stands up to a bully
• Enters into a forbidden romance
• Discovers a conspiracy
• Has never spoken up... until now
• Challenges someone to a duel
• Must face his or her worst fear

• Lucky penny
• Silver quill
• Novelty alarm clock
• Homemade necklace
• Classic record
• Broom
• Velvet curtains
• Car hood ornament
• Anvil
• Romance novel
• Lava lamp
• Embroidered handkerchief
• Hourglass
• Toenail clippers
• Photo album
• Hammer
• Guitar pick
• Trophy
• Pet monkey
• Basketball
• Pocket calendar
• Old coat
• Wine glass with lipstick on it
• Lucky charm
• Needle in a haystack
• Handcuffs
• Hair
• Red shoes
• Something stolen
• Ballot box
• Mask
• Briefcase filled with money
• Broken glasses
• A surprise
• The antidote
• Harmonica
• Someone else's spouse
• Secret recipe
• Key
• Special song
• Half-eaten box of chocolates
• Embarrassing physical trait
• Old photograph
• Broken mirror
• Invitation
• Antique ring
• Wedding dress
• Dried flowers
• Fortune cookie
• Hidden note
• Dark secret
• Something old
• Something new
• Something borrowed
• Something blue
• Machete
• Bullets but no gun
• Cowboy boots
• Something vile and disgusting
• Elaborate hat
• Stolen artifact
• Laser
• Someone who's bad news
• Excess baggage
• Spindle
• Poison
• Last will and testament
• Frying pan
• Garters
• Robot
• Magic spell
• Beauty elixir
• Tube of green goo
• Hidden door
• Underground passageway
• Magician's cape
• Gold-plated microphone
• Remote that controls EVERYTHING
• Toy car
• Nightmare
• Flashlight
• Last wine bottle of a certain vintage
• Filthy shirt
• Perfume
• Stream of toilet paper
• Paint chip sample
• Tickets to a sold-out event
• Tarot cards
• Unopened package
• Child's drawing
• Pack of supplies
• Suitcase
• Fake ID
• Passport
• Wish
• Mardi Gras beads
• Disguise
• Mysterious scar
• Something that's one-of-a-kind
• Footprints
• Journal