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Light Writing Prompts

1. A person finds themselves stranded on a seemingly deserted island after a shipwreck. The person soon realizes the island was not always deserted when they see an abandoned, run down village with a light house way in the distance. The person knows that walking to the village will be the best chance of getting off the island. What does the person find when they make it there?

2. Write a poem about your favorite dessert.

3. Use all of the following words in a poem:  Spring, frustrated, ice-blue, wild, animated, itch, crumbly, wobbly, goofy, somber, cowboy, spotlight, cold, July

4. Write a creative how-to article about how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich

5. Choose an animal. Give it a name.  Give it human characteristics. Write a story about a day in their life.

6. Write a story or poem that starts with the word “hello” and ends with “goodbye”

7. You are standing on a street corner trying to look across the road but a dense, dark fog is making it hard to see the other side. Slowly, the fog begins to life. What do you see?

8. Write the opening scene for a movie or play.

9. Describe the days of the weeks as though they were people.

10. One day, you walk down the hall of your home and see a door that wasn’t there the night before. Do you open the door? If so, what is behind the door?

11. You wake up one day with the ability to time travel. Where do you go?

12. Write a short story that begins at the beach and ends at a coffee shop

13. A movie producer approaches you about making a film about your life. They want to know what actors/actresses will play you and all the important people in your life.

14. If you could chose to be raised be raised by robots, dinosaurs, or aliens which would you pick and why?

15. You open up a book from the library and there is a letter inside. What does the letter say?

16. Write a story about what it’s like to be a veterinarian for dragons or other mystical creatures.

17. Write a short scene between two characters who are lost in a strange city for some reason. Try to include a variety of “sensory” details in this scene to help readers feel as though they are with the characters, not simply reading about them.

18. Write a short story or poem inspired by this statement: “Take it away. Even the smell is disgusting”

19. Through a government mix up, you have been declared dead. Now what?

20. Write about a ship or other vehicle that can take you somewhere different from where you are now.

21. The Found Poem: Using a book, circle 10-15 words at random. Use those words to make a poem.

22. Write about someone you admire and you believe to have a beautiful mind.

23. If my life was a cartoon....

24. Write a short story of poem inspired by the following: “Surreal it was, two maybe three years ago. I walked out the door and down the stoop only to meet a kindred soul, all smiles. I said hello and you asked me if I wanted to go take in the sunrise with you.”

25. Write a short story of poem inspired by the following: “This may seem harsh, but you need someone to be real and honest with you...”

26. Write a short story of poem inspired by the following: “I saw you for the first time in about a year last week, I would never in a million years have expected to be there”

27. Write a short story or poem with one of the following titles:

“The year 2050” “The Getaway” “House Made of Sand”

“The Poor Sport” “Second Sunday of the Month” “The Invention”

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