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10 Best Creative Writing Prompts
by Joe Bunting
You get better at any skill through practice. Prompts are a great way to practice writing (as you might imagine, we’re really into practice here), and in this post, I have ten of our best creative writing prompts.
If you’re ready to take the next step in your writing, try using two or three of these creative writing prompts in your writing today. Who knows, you might even begin something that becomes your next novel to write or short story!
My 3 Favorite Writing Prompts
- Write about a time you felt out of place, awkward, and uncomfortable. Try not to focus on your feelings, but project your feelings onto the things around you.
- Write about a ghost. How do they feel about the world? What do they see and hear? How did they become a ghost?
- Your characters haven’t gotten any sleep. Write about why, and how they respond to being sleepless.
1. Grandfathers
Write about a grandfather, maybe your grandfather or your character’s grandfather.
What memories do you/does your character associate with him.
2. Sleepless
Your characters haven’t gotten any sleep.
Write about it.
3. Out of Place
Write about a time you felt out of place, awkward, and uncomfortable.
Try not to focus on your feelings, but project your feelings onto the things around you.
4. Longing
Write about longing.
How does it feel to go about a normal day when your character wants something else?
5. Discover Yourself
Write about yourself.
Go deep as you reflect on an experience.
What was your reaction to what happened?
How did it affect you?
How does it continue to affect you?
6. Ghosts
Write about a ghost.
How do they feel about the world?
What do they see and hear?
How did they become a ghost?
7. Road Trip
Write about a roadtrip.
Is your character escaping something?
Is your character looking for something?
Hint at the thing without telling us while describing what the character sees.
8. Morning
Write about the morning.
What are your character’s morning routines?
What is special about this morning?
9. The Beach
Write about the beach.Is your character reflecting on something important that has happened to them?Describe the memory while overlaying the sights, sounds, and smells of the beach onto them.
10. Autumn
Write about autumn.Natural surroundings can bring up old memories and odd feelings.Describe what your character sees, feels, and most of all does.
Do you use writing prompts in your writing?
Joe Bunting