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Writing prompt wheel

Start a story with a surprising situation or discovery.

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Writing prompt wheel

Press Space to spin 8 active entries

Ready when you are.

Your choices

Higher weight = greater chance. Uncheck an entry to leave it out. Up to 200 entries.

Saved on this device

The wheel has chosen

Paste your choices

One entry per line. Commas stay inside the entry.

Share this wheel

Your link contains a copy of these entries and settings. Anyone with the link can open and edit their own copy.

Edits after sharing do not change the link. Result history is not included. Avoid sharing private information.

Restore this preset?

Your entries and settings will return to this page’s starting wheel. Your results stay saved, and you can undo the reset.

How to use this wheel

Spin for a starting situation, choose a character, and write for a set amount of time. The prompt can start a scene or a longer story.

  1. Review the starting choices and edit them to fit your situation.
  2. Click Spin the wheel, tap its center, or press Space when you are ready.
  3. Keep the result, or remove the winning entry to choose something different next time.

Make the most of your spin

Spin twice and combine the prompts if writers want an extra creative constraint.

Starting choices

  • A door in a tree
  • A letter from tomorrow
  • A missing shadow
  • A talking compass
  • An empty city
  • A secret library
  • A train to nowhere
  • A message in a bottle

Your wheel, your rules

Can I customize the writing prompt wheel?

Yes. Edit any label, choose a color, or paste your own list. Uncheck an entry to leave it out temporarily. Settings lets you rename the wheel, choose a palette, and adjust the spin duration, sound and confetti.

What are the starting chances?

This preset starts with 8 equally weighted entries. Each row has a 12.5% chance. Duplicate labels combine their chances. Changing a weight changes both the slice size and its chance of selection.

How do I save or share this wheel?

Changes are saved automatically on this device for this preset. Use Save file to download a backup, or Share to create a link to a copy of your choices and settings. A shared wheel does not include your results or receive your future edits.

Can I choose without repeating an entry?

Enable Eliminate winners in Settings. A winner is left out after you close the result, until you use Undo or Enable all. Repeated labels are separate entries, so delete duplicates if you want each label to appear only once.

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Find your next wheel

60 ways to get started. Make any of them your own.

60 wheels

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Settings

Theme

System follows your operating system and changes with it.

Text size
High contrast

Maximises text and border contrast and removes the grid background.

Graph-paper background
Round to
Notation
Thousands separators
Decimal mark
Nearest fraction

Shows the result as the nearest tape-measure fraction, with the error it costs.

Accessibility & interaction
Reduce motion Stops interface animations even when the operating system does not.
Underline links Keeps links visually distinct without relying on colour.
Larger touch targets Makes buttons and form controls easier to tap.
Shorter reading lines Limits article width for easier scanning.
Monochrome display Removes colour as an information cue.
Always-visible focus Makes the keyboard focus ring persistent and stronger.
Verbose screen-reader results Announces the complete conversion equation.
Sticky action bars Keeps converter and calculator actions within reach.
Select values on focus Replaces a value immediately when you start typing.
Left-handed mobile layout Moves key mobile actions toward the left thumb.
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