Writing Prompts

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Writing 1

  • What’s the last book you read? Would you recommend?
  • What is something you have always wanted to do or try? What holds you back?
  • Write about a topic that you have to write about.

Writing 2

  • Think of something difficult or painful you’ve experienced—homelessness, sickness, mental illness, grief, addiction, etc—and write some jokes or funny anecdotes about it.
  • Write about if your life was a movie right now, what genre would it be? (Comedy, Drama, Horror, etc.) Explain why and share some plot elements that match that genre.

Writing 3

  • Ain’t nothin’ wrong with a big ole ________. Write about it.

Writing 4

  • What would you do if the world took away music and art?
  • Write about if you had a twin doppelganger whose personality was different from “your true self,” what would that doppelganger’s personality be like?