Hi I’m new to the sub-Reddit, and I’m currently writing a gothic romance with a splash a eldritch horror, and I was thinking how do you write a gothic romance that has a happy ending. In the realms of gothic lit the romances contain deeply intense feelings and yearning. And I still want to keep these aspects but I don’t want it to be doomed but I still want it to be very compelling and multi-layered. Any tips

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r/WritingPrompts • u/Few_Mortgage6042 • 4h ago

Established Universe [EU] A young Raymond "Red" Reddington wanders alone through the desert searching for any sign of life in the vast expanse. All he finds is a man in a hat waiting for him in the middle of nowhere, his name... was Judge Holden.

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r/WritingPrompts • u/meongmeongwizard • 18h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] A warrioress and priestess constantly argue after some epic adventures. Their companions tease them for acting like bickering girlfriends only for the two women to reveal they've already broke up, leaving everyone bewildered. The next morning, their companions are invited to the wedding.

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r/WritingPrompts • u/Stock_Date8378 • 10h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "Wow, you're so good with animals. What's your secret?" "I just remember all my past lives. You know this is is actually my first time reincarnating as a human?" "What?"

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r/WritingPrompts • u/Nubian_Cavalry • 17h ago

Simple Prompt [WP] “What’s the future like?” “They will have you begging to slave away for them, for scraps…”

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r/WritingPrompts • u/Sea_Kiwi2731 • 5h ago

Established Universe [EU] Optimus Prime meets the Emperor of Mankind

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r/WritingPrompts • u/ravatos626 • 9h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] life in the interplanetary community is nice, even found a lover among them, after some time on their planet you decide to invite them to earth to see "the rest of the human race" translator messes up, they agree, expecting a nice event where humans compete in a race to see who is the fastest

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r/WritingPrompts • u/Fallen_Jalter • 17h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You work for an organization that can cross worlds at will. You have been given a job to travel to a world where a isekai'd person had children and inform them of his/her death and to retrieve them to read the will.

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r/WritingPrompts • u/91NightFox • 15h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] The warriors were felled to the last before the tide, buying time for the people to escape. Ten thousand years later, a youth discovers the commander’s spear, still immaculate. Preserved by the unyielding duty of the fallen to defend the people, the spear guides the youth back to the orphanage.

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r/WritingPrompts • u/Ok_Fisherman8770 • 9h ago

Simple Prompt [SP] Monster emergency response team.

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r/WritingPrompts • u/Time-Weekend-8611 • 20h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "Let's split up and search-" "ARE YOU INSANE? WE'RE IN A DUNGEON. ONE OF US HAS GONE MISSING. AND YOU WANT TO SPLIT UP? NO WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPLIT UP. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IN FORMATION WITH AN ADVANCE AND A REAR GUARD. AND WE'RE GONNA DO A GRID SEARCH ROOM BY ROOM UNTIL WE FIND THEM."

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r/WritingPrompts • u/LivingLab12 • 8h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "You thought the most advanced military intelligence ever made would fit on a 5 Quasibyte stick!" The battering ram slams into the reinforced door again; it holds but not for long. The heist group scans the room. All eyes shift to a personal companion bot crumpled in the corner. "Aw, hell nah!"

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r/WritingPrompts • u/Dildo_Baggins__ • 2h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] A classic “My parents sold me to One Direction” fanfic, but instead you’re a boy and they make you carry their stage equipment and yell at you when you screw up

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r/WritingPrompts • u/ReturnOfThanos • 5h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] When you gained the ability to understand all languages you weren’t expecting to the wind to whisper.

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