Over 161 "Teen and YA Fiction" Writing Prompts
Imagine a world where your career is determined by a test taken at age
Kids & YA Fiction
Teen and YA Fiction
Coming of Age
Imagine you are the middle child in a family of geniuses. Struggling to find your own special talent, you decide to enter the school’s talent show. Your preparation for the show leads to unexpected friendships and a surprising discovery about what really makes you unique.
Kids & YA Fiction
Teen and YA Fiction
Life & Relationships
Every year, on their birthday, a teen receives a postcard from an unknown place around the world with a cryptic message. On their sixteenth birthday, they decide to follow the clues from the postcards, leading them to a journey that reveals their family’s adventurous past.
Kids & YA Fiction
Teen and YA Fiction
Describe a character who is the first in their family to attend college. Detail their struggles with balancing family expectations, new friendships, and finding their own path, culminating in a pivotal decision that defines their coming of age.
Kids & YA Fiction
Teen and YA Fiction
Coming of Age
After sneaking into the attic of his old family home, a teenage boy discovers a dusty, intricate map labeled "The Pathway to Paragon". With nothing but summer freedom ahead, he and his friends decide to follow the map, leading them into a world that mirrors their own – but with magic at every turn. They quickly find out they are expected: as the chosen ones to save this parallel world from a darkness only they can vanquish.
Kids & YA Fiction
Teen and YA Fiction
Fantasy and Adventure
In your story, a school trip to a foreign country leads to an accidental swap of a student's backpack with a stranger's. This mix-up pulls the student into a mystery that reveals hidden aspects of their personality and tests their relationships back home.
Kids & YA Fiction
Teen and YA Fiction
Life & Relationships
After receiving a mysterious letter on their 16th birthday, a teenager discovers they are the heir to a throne in a parallel universe. Write about their first week in a world where mythic creatures are allies and magic is reality.
Kids & YA Fiction
Teen and YA Fiction
Fantasy and Adventure
Every year on the anniversary of an unsolved town mystery, the local teens gather to recount the tale and explore the supposedly haunted site related to the event. This year, however, they find new clues that suggest the story they’ve been told is not only incomplete but was fabricated to cover up the truth.
Kids & YA Fiction
Teen and YA Fiction
Mystery & Thrillers
Imagine a teenager during the American Civil War who finds a wounded soldier from the opposing side hiding in their barn. Explore the moral dilemmas they face, the bond they form, and the secrets they must keep from their own family.
Kids & YA Fiction
Teen and YA Fiction
Historical Fiction
Craft a narrative around a group of teenagers who start a grassroots campaign to combat environmental injustice in their small town. As they face corporate giants and local skepticism, they learn the true value of persistence and teamwork.
Kids & YA Fiction
Teen and YA Fiction
Drama
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