-Creative Prompts-

This prompt will be our last prompt for the 2020-2021 school year as it is the second to last day! Write a poem that reflects your feelings about today and/or the school year!

Imagine that you are traveling back in time. What year would you travel to? Write a story describing your experience with time travel!

Write a poem that describes the outdoor noises in summer!

What do you think are in the depths of the ocean? Write a poem describing the ocean dwellers!

Turn a dream that you saw in your sleep into a story!

If you could only have one picture frame for the rest of your life, what picture would you place in it? Write a poem or vignette describing the picture.

Write a story, poem, or vignette that describes how some of the objects here ended up together! Or write a poem that gives clues to how you could find one of the objects of your choice!

What does spring look like where you live? Write about this—it can be a story, poem, vignette, whatever you choose!

Write a poem about your favorite childhood memory and how it influenced you today!

Incorporate another language into something you write. This can be a language you know, or a language you make up. Use our previous creative prompts for inspiration on what the topic of your writing is.

Think about the classical fairy-tale beginning- “Once upon a time...”. Write your own story with this fairy-tale beginning, but with a twisted ending.

Write a poem about your favorite book, TV show, or movie.

Write a poem that describes your feelings about this article and the first picture? What does the first picture remind you of? Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/31/business/crayon-dandelion-crayola.html

Write a poem that is utter nonsense. Here is one example of a nonsensical poem (Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll): https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42916/jabberwocky

If you could change your name, would you do it or keep it? Write a poem on how your name shapes your identity!

Write a story in less than 300 words; this is called flash fiction! Your story can focus on a big topic—or it can simply be a description of a moment in time, perhaps when you scored a winning goal, or finished an important test.

Write a story, poem, or vignette describing noise to someone who cannot hear.

Happy February break! This week, check out the New York Times’ picture prompts for inspiration! You can find them on our Writing Tips page, or right here.

Write a poem inspired by this painting by French artist Paul Cezanne (1839–1906), Château Noir:

https://www.moma.org/collection/works/87099?artist_id=1053&page=1&sov_referrer=artist

Write a story, or poem, about someone being snowed in. What happens to them on this snowy day?

Write something beginning with this classic sentence : "It was a dark and stormy night."

Write about your favorite place to be; this can be a story, a poem, a vignette, or whatever you want!

Write a story that takes place in the future. This future can be whatever you like: dystopian, high-tech, with aliens, with other planets… You choose!

Create a poem inspired by a family tradition.