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Adults Crime Writing Prompts

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Popular adults crime writing prompts

STORY STARTER

"Be careful out there."

Use this as the closing line to a short story.

POEM STARTER

Poison.

Write a descriptive poem about something poisonous, and its effect on its target. This could be literal or metaphorical.

STORY STARTER

Write a suspenseful scene, in a story of any genre.

You are writing a single scene, so you do not need to provide backstory or outcome, but your characters and plot should still make sense. Consider the elements of suspense, like pace, atmosphere, motivations, and stakes.

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