#55. Creative Writing Prompts Galore – Explore the Wild Garden of Your Imagination

Brainstoryum: Fantasy Writing Prompts with Story Brainstorms

24-05-2024 • 32 mins

Enjoy more zany, imagination-bending journeys into short story ideas for fantasy fiction using writing prompts generated by the surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse. It’s deep, it’s weird, it’s the most creative writing you’ll ever do.


Today’s show also features story ideas sent in by listeners based on “the myopic (short-sighted) gorgon”, plus 3 new writing prompts, impromptu storytelling and creative writing tips.

Check out Nick Vracar’s Exquisite Corpse-inspired story entitled, “Claire and Bethany Go to the Theatre”. Read the story or have a listen at nvracar.wordpress.com.

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INTRO: Hello imaginative people! I’m Anna Tizard and this is episode 55 of Brainstoryum. Spring is here, you’d almost believe it’s summer here in the UK, but I like to think that no matter where you are or what time it is, or time of year, there is always the opportunity for ideas to blossom. Think of your imagination as a garden. You could just leave it and let it fill up with weeds, or you can tend it, dig deep to turn over fresh soil, find things you didn’t know were buried there, and plant the seeds of the most exciting ideas that could grow into the most spectacular stories.

So let’s hold up our proverbial trowels (a pen will do) and get digging...