Happy International Writers’ Day, 2020!

Celebrated since 1986, The International Writers’ Day has been proposed by the International Congress of PEN Club. Aiming to promote mutual support among writers from all over the world, this organization was formed of poets, essayists, and fictionists was founded in London in 1921 and it includes writers that approach every literary genre, from translators and journalists to historians.

Whether you’re an aspiring writer who has been trying to put their thoughts in words, or a published author, I hope you have a happy International Writers’ Day!

Writing prompt 18

Despite the trauma-induced hallucination diagnosis that the doctors gave you at the hospital, you can’t shake the feeling that the light beings you saw helping the paramedics pull you out of the vehicle were real. When you pray to God for answers, He offers them to you in ways that change your life in ways you could have never imagined.

Writing prompt 17

You’ve decided to pray, pray, and pray some more, until God grants you that one wish that’s been in your heart for years. As time passes, you begin to see things differently and realize how foolish said wish was.

Writing prompt 16

Aliens visit Earth. They have futuristic spacecrafts, advanced weapons, are humanoid-like, seem highly intelligent and claim that they come in peace. But they’re terrified of everything related to Christianity (Bibles, priests, crosses, icons, churches etc.) for reasons they refuse to disclose.

Writing prompt 15

It’s the year 2200 and virtual reality advancement have taken the world by storm. Companies have developed cyber-realities that can simulate a heavenly experience by engaging all 5 senses. The “Paradise simulator” addiction becomes a threat that no one anticipated.

Writing prompt 10

Both your parents are heroic vigilantes. They don’t have superpowers, but they are trained in various forms or fighting styles and use gadgets to defend the city. They have done this for decades, and they expect you to follow in their footsteps, but you feel a strong calling to the monastic life.

Writing prompt 9

You were raised in a family with a strong atheistic world view and you’ve always looked down on people who believe in God. When you fall in love with a Christian person of the opposite gender, during your first year at University, you accept attending Church and praying with him/her a few times, mainly to humor him/her, but immediately after, inexplicable events that you can’t brush off as coincidences start occurring…