Writing prompt #8

It has been quite a few months since I gave my last writing prompt, so it’s time for another one.

This time I thought I’d do something different. Instead of just one idea, I’m going to give a list of writing ideas. Use these ideas however you want. You might get an idea for a story, or a magazine article or a blog post. Or you might just use it as a warmup activity before the main writing project for the day.

20 Writing Prompts:

1. Write about the Teddy Bears’ Picnic from the ant’s point of view.
2. Write a list of things that are white.
3. Explain why your character is afraid to go into the shadows.
4. Write about a librarian who discourages people from borrowing books.
5. Describe the most vivid dream you ever had.
6. Make a list of things that make you laugh.
7. Describe the last time you had a really good cry.
8. Write about the joys of moving house.
9. Write a conversation between a tree and a bird.
10. Describe the most exotic place you’ve ever visited.
11. Write the transcript of an interview you did with the character of a book.
12. Make a list of the ten major events in your life.
13. Write about the worst smell you have ever experienced.
14. List the attributes of the most evil character you can imagine.
15. Tell your life story in 50 words or less.
16. Write a story about a cat in exactly 50 words. It must have a beginning, middle and end.
17. What would you most like to change about your life – either in the past or the present.
18. Imagine what it would be like living in a palace and write about it.
19. Write a list of the ten things you would never do.
20. Imagine being in your mother’s womb. Write about your feelings.

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• Writing prompts – an archives of articles in this series of articles.