Story Prompts

Write the legendary tale of a humble park ranger who survived being struck by lightning multiple times throughout life, with each chapter grounded by a distinct strike that either took something away or unlocked a strange new gift. (⭐Bonus: Write with a survivor of any kind)

Sitting around the campfire, one of them brought out a special batch of homemade moonshine labeled "White Lightning" unaware it would cause temporary blindness in their drunken state, but also an otherworldly intimacy expressed only through touch, taste, smell, and sound. (⭐Bonus: Write with a visually impaired person)

Craft an atmospheric tone poem of lightning that shifts perspective between two entities across stanzas (chapters): a cloud and the ground; heaven and earth, or a deity and a mortal being. Each writer develops the character of a separate entity leading up to the inevitable lightning strike that violently connects the two and its aftermath. (⭐Bonus: Write with a poetry lover)

Driving through the summer storm after the funeral with the radio to keep me company, I spotted my childhood home approaching on the horizon when a lightning bolt suddenly set it on fire. (⭐Bonus: Write with a sibling or cousin)

One hot summer evening in the big city, a single lightning bolt triggers a chain reaction of increasingly ridiculous events, systemic failures, and interconnected absurdities, turning a power blackout into a dark comedy of errors. (⭐Bonus: Write with a current or former neighbor)