Unlock Hidden Worlds: 7 Secret Fiction Writing Prompts That Ignite Your Imagination

1. A character is harboring a secret that is preventing them from fulfilling a true desire.
2. Two characters share a secret, but it’s not what everyone thinks it is.
3. It’s an old family secret, and there’s only one person alive who knows about it. Will they take it to the grave?
4. There’s a secret and everyone knows about it except one particular character and it happens to affect that character the most.
5. There is a small group of people who meet in secret at regular intervals.
6. A character has a secret, and if anyone found out, it would destroy his or her life.
7. One character discovers another character’s shocking, sad, or terrible secret.
8. A character thinks they have a very private secret, but most of the people close to them know about it.
9. A character knows a secret that would destroy one person’s life but save the life of someone else.
10. There is a secret that would affect everyone on the planet, but only a small, elite group of characters know about it.

Tips for Writing Secrets Into Your Fiction

Writing secrets into your story can make it a lot more exciting, and you can conjure up secrets whenever a character seems flat or the plot is thinning out. But you have to be careful with secrets. Here are a few final tips for writing secrets into your fiction:

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