The Best Romance Writing Prompts to Inspire Passion

So, now that you understand the origins of the romance genre and its conventions, let’s practice. Writing prompts are a great way to expand your own creative writing skillset.

Set a timer for fifteen to twenty minutes, grab a prompt for inspiration, and get writing. After the timer goes off, read through what you came up with and ask yourself:

1. Did I have fun?
2. Will I continue this story?
3. What did I learn from this exercise about my writing voice?
4. Will I try out another prompt?

The Writing Prompts

1. I smelled that familiar musk tickle my nose as I turned the corner at the party.
2. Out of the corner of his eye, he realized she was being approached by another man while his pounding heart paralyzed him to the wall.
3. He grabbed his hat and tipped it back. “May I have this dance?” He asked, already pulling him by the waist toward the dance floor. 
4. Under his breath, he said, “You’re perfect. You’re so perfect. Let me have you tonight.”
5. She picked up her fork, feeling his foot start to graze her ankle and start climbing up her leg.
6. Their child ran around chasing the fireflies as they started singing the song they claimed as theirs since the wedding.
7. No one was around now, she decided she could make her escape, but the voice in her head told her she needed to look upon her handsome kidnapper once more. 
8. The velvet voice warmed the room and defrosted his heart. At once, his anger vanished, and he became determined to find the owner. 
9. As he touched the robotic face, its humanity was mesmerizing. He felt himself lean in a little closer once it repeated his name. 
10. Despite being betrothed days before, the memory of the knight bowing to her with chivalrous grace replayed in her head again and again. 
11. Walking toward the carriage, her face froze, realizing the silhouette of the man she swore was dead years ago. 
12. Her kiss tasted sweet, and he had to resist the urge to pull her face towards him again when her friend walked out to join them on the balcony.
13. “I know what you are,” she whispered to her under their blanket-made fort. “And I think I am one too.” 
14. “If they come in here and we die, I just want you to know that he meant nothing to me. I’ve missed you every day since you moved away.”
15. Their texts slowly became more infrequent, and the deep, drowning melancholy started to silence any other thought, any other intention, any motivation to leave their room. 
16. They turned off the lights. It was no or never. Even with the loud music playing, their deep, anxious breathing was all they could hear. 
17. After years of age craved in their face, they laughed like they did when they were mine. 
18. She felt their footing fall under her on the ice. Simultaneously, she felt a strong grasp catch her before her descent. 
19. With glowing skin and large wings, he flew towards him, carrying the hat they dropped moments before. 
20. The sheep spoke to one another as she walked toward the stable’s bedroom, holding the rose she left her just hours ago.
21. Once her head rested on him, he could feel his heart pound in her ear as he whispered, “I’ve missed you.”
22. Time had healed the past they knew so well. Suddenly, he stood as handsome as he was forty years ago. 
23. Could this alien really be so different from other women? Couldn’t she still feel his admiring looks and hear his longing sighs?
24. Too long had she been alone. Determined, she put on the dress she swore she would never wear and left for the ball. 
25. This monster wasn’t evil. Didn’t she just want to be loved like her?
26. After the school bus slowed down, she turned to find a pair of warm brown eyes smiling up at her.
27. The dragon blew a ring of fire, and he felt its large body wrap around him. 
28. She planned on asking him to tutor her. She would find out later if he was, in fact, single like her. 
29. While being escorted to the ambulance, her only mumblings were, “Tell her I’m okay. Tell her. Tell her.”
30. His group of friends laughed and passed the photograph around. He looked over and saw it was his before angrily pinning the man who held his love to the ground.