Our Weekly Creativity prompts challenge you to make a piece of writing (a poem, a journal entry, a story outline, a review) or art, or music, or a spoken word recording, or other piece of creative work. All the prompts we have written are brought together on this page – see below. The first prompt of the month is also a Flash Contest!
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Creativity Prompts
Write about a vacation you’d like to take. Describe the sights you see, scents you smell, things you touch, noises you hear, etc ...
Draw or paint a scene that takes place high in the mountains ...
Write a dialogue between three friends going on a picnic ...
Write a poem about your favorite place to be ...
Write a vivid description of a pleasant smell. It could be freshly baked cookies, an herb garden, a character’s perfume or anything else that comes to mind ...
Choose one of these photos from the collection of street photographer Vivian Maier. Imagine the context behind the photo and write a short story that captures the scene in words ...
Write a story about someone stranded on an island. How did they get there? How do they survive? What few items do they have with them? Invent the circumstances and a way for your character to escape ...
Take a photograph that captures a mundane domestic scene, but with one detail amiss. Maybe it’s the inside of your refrigerator, but with a book in it. Whatever you can think of that would make the viewer look twice. Think carefully about the composition of the piece and stage the ...
What song have you had on repeat lately? Write a poem that incorporates the song ...
Brew some tea or coffee and splatter it on a piece of paper. Draw something using the stains as your guide ...
