Getting stuck as a writer isn’t a matter of if, but when. Use these creative writing prompts to break out of the slump and get that creativity flowing once more.

For Fun

• It was said there was an island far away where all lost things ended up. And you had just found it.
• You’ve discovered a planet, describe what you see.
• You are looking out over the ocean and there is a vessel before you. Describe the setting and the vessel.
• Wait, I Like You? Create a scene where two friends are taking a walk outside. They begin flirting and realize they like each other.
• You are a chicken. Cross the road
• You are the last surviving pilgrim in the colony of Jamestown
• Write a romance between two trees
• Your sister disappears, no one else notices except you. You’re stuck in a wheelchair. Find her.
• Character is a bank robber and the getaway car is haunted.
• Create a children’s story that happens in a graveyard at night.
• There is a fast river in front of your character, get across it.
• Your character’s greatest fear comes alive. What happens next?
• Your character is dying, write their final moments.

Story Development

• Take a current scene from your novel and tell it from the perspective of a different character.
• Take a current scene from your novel and tell it from the perspective of a different character.  Before writing, think about how a different viewpoint character will change the way the scene is written.
• Take a scene from your novel and write it so the secondary character is the opposite gender
• Create 4 new aspects of a world. They have to be new and of your own design. Try to give a description, and what its purpose might be/how it fits into a world.
• Tell a “historical” story from your world, it could be a myth, legend, etc.

Random Words:

• Gold, bird, tear (crying), steel, fire
• Train, turtle, poison, mountain, bell
• Grin, hat, stone, friend, torn
• Smell, mug, magic, log, cat

Continue the Story:

• “Oh, one more thing, if you need any help, just let me know.”
• Jaren bent down till he was only a foot or so above the water but couldn’t tell what he was supposed to be looking at.
• He bellowed in rage, all the hatred, anger, and frustration he had felt while he lived came crashing down on him at once.
• He strode past the sentries into the King’s counsel chamber, a small bundle wrapped in nondescript cloth tucked safely under his arm.
• An unholy cry, filled with rage and pain, echoed around the room.
• The edge of his vision started to go black as realization hit him. “We’re doomed.”
• He rolled over. Above him, hanging in the air, was a man with giant wings coming out of his back.
• “Dude you remember Jenna from high school right? Well she just moved up here last month and when I told her that you were in town she wanted to catch up with you.”
• His sword fell from his grasp, its point sinking into the mud.
• “Prepare for landing.” Siri’s voice came in over the coms.
• I had been warned they would be coming. I had been told, time and time again, that on this day they would arrive. 

Character Sheet

1. Choose three Characters
2. Choose two Characters