Every writer or blogger has moments when they feel
completely void of ideas and drained of inspiration. This
explains why the search engines get bombarded with key
phrases like 'creative writing prompts', 'creative writing
ideas', 'creative writing topics' etc. The Internet seems
to promise solutions for everything. It doesn't always
provide them but it can be a great place to find
inspiration, if you know where to look for it. This list
of creative writing prompts and tips does not claim to be
the ultimate cure for writer's block. It is nothing but a
taster and its purpose is to stimulate your appetite and
make you crave for more. Creativity is like a virus. It
can be addictive. God launched it and we continue to
become infected with it every day. -
1. Invent a new species of aliens. Give them a name and
write a detailed description of their appearance and
habits, of their planet and its position in the universe,
of their language, history, values, thinking patterns,
ultimate goal, etc.
2. Go through a list of phobias and choose the most
interesting and unusual ones. Create a few imaginary
characters and make them suffer from those phobias. Pick
your favourite one and write a story about him/her. -
3. Explore the concept of synchronicity. Follow two or
more threads at the same time. Reveal the strong
connections between people who don't appear to be directly
linked and disclose the set of coincidences that brings
them together. -
4. One morning you wake up with a radio station in your
head. Describe it in detail and emphasize the impact it
has on your life. -
5. One morning you look in the mirror and realize you've
grown a pair of horns. Write a story in which you depict
your struggles to cope with people's prejudices and your
efforts to adapt to this new situation. -
6. You join a religious denomination that sends its
members back in time to convert the bloodiest and most
cruel figures in history. Pick your own historical
character and give him a chance to choose another path. -
7. You go swimming in the sea and you are kidnapped by a
lonely mermaid who wants a friend/lover. -
8. A nice quiet weekend in the countryside. Nothing can go
wrong. Or can it?
9. Your house turns into a palace over night. Any logical
explanation?
10. A spider suggests you switch places for one day. Don't
you like spiders? How about a bat then?
11. Rewrite Snow White from one of the seven dwarfs'
perspective. -
12. The most unpopular girl/boy in your school becomes
obsessed with you. -
13. You eat a raw egg (they've been telling you it's good
for your voice) and three weeks later you discover you've
got a chicken growing inside your tummy. -
14. Explore the butterfly effect and how making different
choices can alter the course of the future. -
15. If I were an inventor, the first thing I would invent
would be...
16. Write a story that starts like this: 'All I've ever
wanted from life is...'
17. Write a story that starts with the following sentence:
'I knew somebody had been secretly reading my
manuscripts.'
18. Write a story that ends with the words: 'I promised
myself I would never tell anyone about this.'
19. Check out the weird news section of the online
newspapers to get ideas for new stories. -
20. Start a contest for the most fascinating character.
Create a few characters and make each of them write a
letter to expose the reasons why they think they should
win the competition. Pick up the winner and reward him/her
with a leading role in your new story. -
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About the AuthorMariana Wilson is the author of Eliza's Writing Jug, a blog that gives creative writing prompts and tips to writers and bloggers who find themselves in a crisis of inspiration or go through writer's block.