40 Writing Prompts
You are welcome to all of them.
2 min readMay 5, 2022
It’s been a while! My last writing prompt list was published over a year ago. I’ve been working, but I’ve been keeping a list of writing prompts for me that I’ve still not gotten around to.
- Write a short story with yourself as the main character.
- Write about the history of an object in your home — where does gum come from?
- Write about your commute, or lack of.
- Write about forbidden love.
- Write about your family secret.
- Write about what makes you angry.
- Write about what would happen if your favourite fictional character lived in your world.
- Review a show or a book you wouldn’t normally watch or read.
- Go to church and write about your experience.
- Write about what was totally acceptable when you were a child that isn’t now.
- Write about your family’s culture.
- Write about your party trick.
- Explore the theory of being addicted to placebos.
- Explain Crypto and how it works.
- Write about your favourite book to film or television adaptation.
- Write about the history…