Announcing 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers!
Learn more about 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers: Writing Ideas for Bending Stories in New Directions, by Writer’s Digest Senior Editor Robert Lee Brewer. Discover fun and interesting ways to move your stories from beginning to end.
I love writing prompts. They're a great way to get your writing started, whether you're focused on poetry, short fiction, or personal essays. However, most writing prompts are geared toward getting a piece of writing started. And that's what got me thinking about a new type of prompt, one that can help take an already established story in new directions.
I call them Plot Twist Story Prompts, and I've collected 40 of them in this brand new digital guide: 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers: Writing Ideas for Bending Stories in New Directions.
They're perfect for storytellers of any genre and include:
- Sudden disappearances or appearances
- Unexplained phenomena and unexpected powers
- Trips and journeys (and blocked passages)
- Magic, monsters, and missing items
- And so much more!
Basically, these prompts are made to help take your great story idea and infuse it with fun new subplots and possibilities to keep the story fresh for you and your readers.

Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Editor of Writer's Digest, which includes managing the content on WritersDigest.com and programming virtual conferences. He's the author of 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers: Writing Ideas for Bending Stories in New Directions, The Complete Guide of Poetic Forms: 100+ Poetic Form Definitions and Examples for Poets, Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming, and more. Also, he's the editor of Writer's Market, Poet's Market, and Guide to Literary Agents. Follow him on Twitter @robertleebrewer.