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Writing Prompts

Our site has over 3500 writing prompts and is growing. Writing prompts are an essential way of helping writers create, stay creative, and teach writing. There are many kinds of writing prompts. If you want to know more about the kinds of writing prompts see our article Types of Writing Prompts.

Writing Prompts are Outstanding Tools

Writing prompts and story starters are easy ways to get you writing even if you are stuck. Journal prompts are easy ways to get students to write about personal issues that will help you get to know them. There are so many ways writing prompts can help teachers and writers create and inspire; we have dedicated this part of our site to making lists of writing prompts in many categories. All of these writing prompts are useful and fun. So please enjoy them.

Creative Writing

There are many reasons prompts and story starters are important in creative writing—inspiration, trying something new, and ending writer's block are just a few reasons. Every writer needs help sometimes, and writing prompts and story starters can play a significant role.

Inspiration: Story Starters

There can be a lull when you finish your work in progress (WIP). Emotionally, you might be exhausted or just searching for a new idea for your next WIP. You may need another story arc in your current WIP. Writing prompts and story starters can inspire new ideas. You are welcome to take any idea from these prompts and make them your own. We will be thrilled if one of these prompts inspires your megahit novel! Look through our list. It's growing daily, and see if you can find something you love.

Writer's Block

Creative writing can be difficult sometimes, even for seasoned writers. Writer's block is genuine, and when it comes, you need help to start writing. Writing prompts and story starters can end writer's block. If you are stuck on a project or can't get the words out, a fun and imaginative writing prompt can get you writing. Try it! People can't believe the results. Writer's block is about something other than writing. It's about inspiration and losing sight of the fun you have while writing. A fun, funny, or exciting writing prompt can make you feel your writing in a new way. It can open a door you forgot was there and reopened old passions about writing. If you have writer's block, find a prompt list you like and then a prompt you like and start writing. It will work wonders.

New Directions: Writing Prompts

We have writing prompts for zombies, pirates, cyberpunk, paranormal romance, horror, and every season! The ideas are here if you want to write in an unfamiliar genre. These prompts can get you writing on concepts already deep in a genre you might never have heard of. If you want to try a new direction for your writing, pick a list of writing prompts you have not tried before. Let them take you to a new place in your writing.

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Teaching Writing

There are many ways writing prompts can help you teach writing. Journal writing prompts can get students to open up about their passions or inspire them to explore parts of their emotions they have not thought of before. As a teacher, you can find out new things about your students. Giving students writing prompts can illuminate their experiences, and then they share those unique experiences with you. It also helps them develop their writing on a different level. We have daily writing prompts for students. We have monthly writing prompt lists (one for every day of the month), and of course, we have 1000s of creative writing prompts to get them writing. You can even find some writing prompts benefits to students on the Department of Education's website and at the Centers for Excellent in Teaching and Learning.

Emotional Writing Prompts

Writing prompts can be a gateway to social and emotional learning. As a Trauma Certified Educator, I have seen firsthand the impact writing prompts can have on students and teachers. Writing prompts can be one avenue if you are looking for a way to better connect with your students.

Daily Writing Prompts

Daily writing prompts can get students to write every day. This practice can eliminate apprehensiveness about writing in students. It will also, with a little guidance, improve their writing significantly. Writing a little bit every day can give many students the tools they need to face bigger writing assignments with more skill and confidence.

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Writing Prompt Posts

Below are our writing prompt posts. We add a new one almost everyday. They are on the lists above, but you might want to browse them in their more beatified state below.

50 writing prompts from the North Pole

December 4, 2023 by Richard Leave a Comment

50 writing prompts from the North Pole

Here are 50 writing prompts from the North Pole: ‘Twas the night before Christmas and creativity was stirring at the North Pole writing workshop – well actually, it’s only November – but with 50 new writing prompt about Santa, the elves, reindeer and the whole Arctic crew, I’ve got that jolly holiday spirit. As a […]

50 Bigfoot writing prompts

December 4, 2023 by Richard Leave a Comment

50 bigfoot writing prompt

Here are 50 Bigfoot writing prompts: whether you think Bigfoot is real or imaginary, the legendary hairy hominid of the Pacific Northwest makes for great fiction fodder. I recently came across a list of 50 varied writing prompts featuring our friend Sasquatch at the center of stories across genres from science fiction to personal narrative […]

100 Steampunk Writing Prompts

December 3, 2023 by Richard Leave a Comment

00 steampunk writing prompts

Here are 100 steampunk writing prompts to ignite your creativity; the gears are turning and the imaginative pistons are pumping as we prepare

Daily Writing Prompts for December

December 1, 2023 by Richard Leave a Comment

December daily writing prompts

Here are 31 daily writing prompts for December, one for each day. The holidays are an introspective time of year when we reflect on fond memories, time-honored traditions, goals for the future, and personal growth. To celebrate and spark this season of reflection, I’m challenging myself to 31 days of daily writing centered around thoughtful […]

50 paranormal romance story starters

November 30, 2023 by Richard Leave a Comment

50 paranormal romance story starters

The 50 paranormal romance story starters are love stories with a supernatural twist never seem to go out of style. Whether it’s vampires,

50 Cyberpunk Writing Prompts

November 29, 2023 by Richard Leave a Comment

a picture of a cyberpunk girl with cyberpunk writing prompts on it

Finding Inspiration in the Future: 50 Cyberpunk Fiction Writing Prompts, if you enjoy speculative sci-fi focusing on high-tech dystopian

100 gothic fiction writing prompts

November 28, 2023 by Richard Leave a Comment

Here are 100 gothic fiction writing prompts that go bump in the night. Shadowy figures are lurking in crumbling mansions. Ominous family curses and disturbing secrets.

100 crime fiction writing prompts

November 26, 2023 by Richard Leave a Comment

100 Crime Fiction Writing Prompts: Have you ever wanted to write a thrilling crime story but struggled to come up with an intriguing plot or nail-biting scenario?

100 mystery writing prompts

November 25, 2023 by Richard Leave a Comment

100 mystery writing prompts Unexplained events, complex puzzles, suspicious characters, hidden clues… A compelling mystery grabs

100 Western Writing Prompts

November 25, 2023 by Richard Leave a Comment

Wrangled 100 western writing prompts, Looking for story ideas with plenty of cowboy action, high noon showdowns, and wild frontier adventure? Saddle up partners

Spellbinding 100 Magical Realism Prompts

November 24, 2023 by Richard Leave a Comment

Discover enchanting tales waiting to unfold as imagination mingles with reality across spellbinding 100 magical realism prompts

50 psychological thriller writing prompts

November 24, 2023 by Richard Leave a Comment

Here are 50 psychological thriller writing prompts, strap in for a thrilling descent into the chilling shadows of the human psyche

100 dystopian writing prompts

November 23, 2023 by Richard Leave a Comment

nature is walled-off, and totalitarian regimes control everything from relationships to the weather. Welcome to our 100 dystopian writing prompts.

100 UFO Writing Prompts: They’re Here!

November 22, 2023 by Richard Leave a Comment

if we truly are alone in the universe? If so, then get ready to unleash your imagination with these out-of-this-world 100 UFO Writing Prompts!

50 Pirate Writing Prompts to Inspire Your Next Tale

November 21, 2023 by Richard Leave a Comment

Avast ye scallywags! Prepare to set sail on a journey across the high seas with 50 Pirate Writing Prompts to Inspire Your Next Tale.

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