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 a story where the main character isn’t a human ...
Write a love story/poem. It could be any kind of love: romantic, platonic, familial, etc., but love should be the focus ...
Take a series of self-portraits where you dress up as different characters ...
Write the same scene from different characters’ points of view. ...
Write a how-to article about something you don't know how to do. This could be something real that you just haven't done before (e.g. writing a dissertation) or something made-up (e.g. riding a dragon) ...
Write an alternative history story ...
Write a story/poem in which the protagonist/speaker struggles with their New Year’s resolutions ...
Take a photo where you can only see a person’s shadow or reflection. ...
Write a theatrical monologue from the point of view of your pet ...
Do half of a drawing/painting and have your friend do the other half ...
