Like writing? Here are some ideas to get your started. Feel free to create a Google doc, copy one of the prompts, and draft away. Please share anything you create!
Creative writing prompts
If you found a treasure chest buried in your garden, what would you most like to discover inside?
Invent an imaginary sport. What are the rules? How does the scoring work? Who typically plays it?
If you had three wishes, what would you use them for … and what might go wrong?
Where would you go, if you could go anywhere in the world? Who would you want to go there with?
If you were invisible for a day, where would you go and what would you do?
A child from the year 2300 travels back to our time. How and why? What do they find surprising (or even horrifying) about our daily lives?
Start a story with this line of dialog: “I won’t do it, and you can’t make me!”
Two friends send secret messages to one another through a hiding place that only they know about. One day, a message in someone else’s handwriting appears in the hideout. What does it say? How do the friends react?
An argument breaks out at a restaurant, where one person is clearly in the wrong. Do they back down or do they keep arguing? What happens next?
A small child loses their favorite toy while on a trip to a park a long way from their home. What is the toy? Do they get it back again – if so, how?
Tell this story: “Well, I thought it was going to be a regular summer doing all our regular things…”
A guitar pick, a red balloon, and a wicker basket. Write a scene or a poem that includes these three objects.
Prompts borrowed from: http://smallworldathome.blogspot.com/2014/12/100-not-boring-writing-prompts-for.html
Non-Fiction Writing Prompts
What do you see as the biggest problem facing people your age today?
Write about the most recent book you read. What was good about it (and what wasn’t)? Who would you recommend it to?
Who do you admire most in history … and why?
What’s more important: being healthy or having lots of money? Explain why you think so.
How should cyber-bullying be tackled?
What does your name mean? Free write about names: names you like, names you don’t, how a name can affect a person’s life, how you feel about your own name, why your parents chose your name, etc.