Over 2,198 Writing Prompts

Detail the experience of volunteering for a political campaign. Reflect on the interpersonal interactions, the challenges faced, and the lessons learned about the political process.

Non-Fiction
Politics & Political Science

Describe the journey of returning to physical activity after a significant interruption—such as injury, pregnancy, or a long sedentary period. Focus on the emotional and physical sensations experienced during the process.

Non-Fiction
Diet, Health, & Fitness

Write an instructional post on how to repurpose everyday household items into creative and functional crafts. Provide readers with unique ideas, required tools, and step-by-step instructions, encouraging sustainability and creativity in crafts.

Non-Fiction
Crafts & Hobbies

Select an object that has been passed down through your family or a friend’s family. Write a series of vignettes or essays centered around each owner of the object and the different historical periods in which they lived, how the object's meaning and importance evolved along with the family's fortunes and dynamics.

Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs

After a meteor shower, a group of high school friends find a crashed alien ship in their small town. With government agents and unknown creatures on the hunt, these friends must work together, using a mysterious technology from the ship that grants them superhuman abilities.

Kids & YA Fiction
Teen and YA Fiction
Fantasy and Adventure

Write a story set in a future where memories can be bought and sold. Your protagonist is a memory detective who must recover a stolen, highly classified memory before it's sold on the black market.

Fiction
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Science Fiction

Your protagonist is a midwife who not only has to battle the plague but also the superstitions and fears of the villagers who believe her medicines could be witchcraft. Dive into the dynamics of the village, medieval medicine, and human emotion in times of crisis.

Fiction
Historical Fiction
European

Write a reflective essay about a wedding tradition from your culture that has been passed down through generations. Explain its historical significance, personal meaning, and your thoughts on its relevance today.

Non-Fiction
Weddings

Interview three married couples about their wedding day mishaps and the lessons they learned through those challenges. Compile their stories into a reflective piece that offers wisdom to future brides and grooms.

Non-Fiction
Weddings

Write a tale about a magical zoo where the animals talk and have their own cities and jobs inside their habitats. What happens when you visit for the first time?

Kids & YA Fiction
Kids
Ages 6-8

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