Journal Prompts

What is your witch name? What are your powers?

What kind of writer am I? What kind of writer do I want to be?

If you could choose one superpower, what would it be?

If you were a fruit in a grocery store, which fruit would you want to be and why should the customer choose you?

What is your favorite breakfast food? Would you rather be forced to eat it every day, or to never eat it again? Why?

Think of a place you love

• List things that you see...

• List things that you hear...

• List things that you smell...

• List things that you taste...

• List things that you feel...

If you could be in your favorite movie, would you be yourself or replace a character? Why?

If you could be in your favorite movie, would you be yourself or replace a character? Why?

What is your biggest fear and why?

Someone puts a large black box on your doorstep. A note on the front reads: "Caution: may bite."

(Finish the story)

You are legally allowed to commit murder once, but you must fill out the proper paperwork and your proposed victim will be notified of your intentions. What crime are you committing?

You realize that you have fallen out of love with your new spouse while you're on the honeymoon. How do you tell them you're leaving? Or how do you make it work and stay?

You come into possession of a ring that can change the weather to whatever you decide. What would you choose?

You go to a Chinese restaurant and open a fortune cookie that says that you only have 10 days left to live. What do you do?

You're sitting in a room when suddenly someone barges in and says they are you from the future and you shouldn't go to school today. Are you in danger?? What do you do?

A new candy has been invented that allows the person who eats it to relive any memory they want. What memory do you pick and why?

What was the strangest thing you have ever seen in public?

What's your dream vacation?

Which of the three horror comics (The Enigma of Amigara Fault, His Face All Red, The Groom) was your favorite? Why?

If you could replace any part of your body with a machine, what would it be?

If you could switch places with any teacher for a day, who would it be and why?

What animal superpowers would you want?

If you lived in a fantasy world, what kind of creature would you be? Why?

You lie on your resume and say you're overqualified to get any job you want. What are you applying for and why?

Quick!

You’re faced with a monster that turns into what you’re afraid of!

How do you defeat it?

Your favorite actor comes up to you and says they want you to star with them in their next movie!

Who is the actor and what kind of movie are you starring in?

What are your plans for election day?

You own a tiny mom and pops-type store that you run with your family. What are you selling? What is your demographic?

A famous shoe designer asks you to quit your job and be his latest model. What company are you working for, and which shoe do you get to take home?

Write in the first person narrative of any Disney character, and put them in another movie.

Ten years from now, scientists figure out how to stop human aging and extend life indefinitely—but every time someone qualifies for that boost, someone else has to die to keep the surplus population in check. (Oh, it’s all very humane; one’s descendants get a huge paycheck.) Write from the perspective of someone who just got a letter in the mail saying they’re the one who has to die.

The year is 2200. What does the world look like to you?

(Explain in DETAIL)

You have the power to build one separate planet. How do you build it? What’s the planet’s name? Who gets to live there? Where is it/How do you get there?

(Explain in DETAIL)

Write a short story in which the main “character” is the setting: for example, a house.

Bobby the Bunny wants to make friends with a fox pup who recently lost its family.

What form do you think the afterlife will take, if you believe that it exists? What kind of afterlife are you looking forward to?

Think about what you are most proud of. Follow the story of how you got to that point.

Think about what you are most proud of. Follow the story of how you got to that point.

Using only dialogue, write a short story about: a first date, a reunion between old friends, an argument that gets heated, an adult explaining something to a child, OR the reveal of a long-hidden secret.

Write your own obituary.

Ex: “It pains me to admit it, but apparently, I have passed away. Everyone told me it would happen one day but that’s simply not something I wanted to hear, much less experience. Once again I didn’t get things my way! That’s been the story of my life all my life.”

Create a story in which the following line makes sense:

“… and that’s why dividing by three is illegal.”

Describe the best show you have ever attended.

The aliens come to Earth and show up at your front door demanding you to take them to your “leader.” Who do you take them to and what happens next?

Take a Disney film and turn it into an action movie!

If you went to space, which planet would you go to and why? EXTRA CREDIT: Turn your response into a haiku.

Take anything we find normal today (shopping malls, infomercials, products to remove facial hair, etc.) and write a story from the perspective of an archeologist five thousand years in the future who just unearthed this stuff, has NO idea what any of it was for, and has to give a speech in an hour explaining the historical/religious/sociological significance.

Write a fake advertisement. Choose a random word from a nearby book or paper and write a mock ad for it. Write one advertisement in a formal, abbreviated newspaper classified format which will force you to pay close attention to your word choice to sell the object. Then write one for an online marketplace, like Craigslist, that allows for longer, more casual text. In each one, describe the object and convince the reader why they should buy it.

You receive a ticket for an all-expense paid trip to anywhere in the world for an entire week! Where do you go? Plan your itinerary.

(an itinerary is is a schedule of events relating to planned travel)