245+ Category: Daily Writing Prompts
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Dreamland Autobiography
Write an autobiography detailing the dream you remember best, and delve into the emotions it stirred.
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Flavour of the Day
Associate your mood with a taste – sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, etc. and elaborates on why this taste is suggestive of your mood.
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Mood Spectrum
Write about your mood at the start of the day and at the end, detailing the potential causes for any changes.
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The Moment of Success
Describe a moment of great achievement, a pinnacle of success in your career or personal life.
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Entering the Golden Years
Reflect on your experiences and emotions when you first acknowledged entering your elder years.
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Documenting the Big Move
Write about the first time you packed up your life and moved to a brand new place.
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Reflections of Achievement
Using reflections, detail how an achievement affected your relationships.
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Transformative Triumphs
Write about an achievement that has transformed your life in a profound way.
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Achievements Unraveled
Write about the achievement you’re most proud of and how it has influenced your life.
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Defeating Future Anxieties
Imagine a worry you have about the future, then write a story where you successfully overcome it.
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Emotional Archiving
Write about a moment when you felt an emotion particularly strongly, whether it be happiness, anger, sadness, or any other emotion.
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Ideas Made Visible
Imagine a concept or subject you find difficult has been turned into a visual art piece. Describe it in detail.
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Classroom Energizers
Write about an innovative warm-up activity to start off class and spark student’s interest.
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Journaling Crossroads
Write about a decision in your life that changed your course or affected you deeply.
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The Path Less Traveled
Write about a time you strayed from your travel plan and stumbled upon an unexpected adventure.
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Time-Travelling Souvenirs
Describe an object you’ve collected from your travels and imagine what it would say if it could narrate its own journey.
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Off-Beaten Prompt Paths
Challenge yourself to create prompts based on abstract concepts or emotions.
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Mining Life’s Milestones
Reflect on significant life events and how they can generate meaningful writing prompts.
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Stoke the Curiosity Fire
Delve into areas of interest or obsessions and explore how they can provide substantial writing prompts.
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Finding Inspiration Around You
Write about how common, everyday items or events can inspire writing topics.
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The Forgotten Memory
You suddenly recall a forgotten childhood memory which reveals a shocking truth.
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Anonymous Tip
As a detective, you come across a life-altering piece of evidence in an unsolved case.
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The Lost Tourist
You’re lost in a foreign city with no means of communication or navigation, and someone is following you.
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Mysterious Stranger
Your character starts receiving anonymous letters containing predictions that always turn out to be accurate.
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Secrets in the Basement
Write about finding a hidden room in your basement that contains a devastating secret.
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Significance of Challenge
Consider the challenges daily writing prompts pose and explain why they are important for growth.
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Tool of Tackling Writer’s Block
Describe personal experiences where writing prompts have helped overcome writer’s block.
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Transformation Through Prompts
Write a fictional story about a character whose life changes drastically because of daily writing prompts.
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Fruitful Routine
Explain a scenario where daily writing prompts would have a major positive impact on someone’s life.
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Importance of Prompting
Explain why writing prompts are significant for writers, especially ones who are just starting.
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Rapid Resolution
Identify a problem in your life and describe how you would solve it if time, money, and resources weren’t an issue.
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The Last Page
Someone finds a partially completed romance novel in a second-hand bookshop and decides to finish the story.
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Standing Ovation for Love
Write about a dashing stage actor falling in love with a woman who is deaf.
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Love in Letters
Envision a man and woman courting solely through handwritten letters in the pre-digital era.
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Architect Of Dreams
Rewrite a recurring dream you’ve had as a vivid narrative, trying to find hidden meanings or messages.
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Role Reversal
Revisit a memory where you had a misunderstanding or argument with someone. Now, rewrite the same scenario from the other person’s perspective.
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Forgotten Spaces
Write about a memorable place from your past that you no longer visit. Resurrect it through vivid descriptions.
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Transformational Journey
Pick a memory that substantially transformed you as an individual and write a detailed account of it.
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Reverse The Pain
Choose a difficult memory from your past, and creatively write it as a story with a pleasing outcome.
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Material Impressions
Choose an object you use every day. Write in detail about its appearance and its significance in your life.
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Emotional Check-ins
Write about your emotional state at different points in the day. How did your emotions evolve and what caused these changes?
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Pause and Ponder
Every night before bed, write about the best and worst part of your day, and what you learned from them.
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Reflections on Conversations
Describe a conversation you had today in vivid detail. Write about your thoughts, feelings, and impressions during and after the discussion.
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Breaking Down the Day
Write a summary of your day down to the minutest details, even activities that seem mundane or routine.
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The Emotion Behind the Mask
Write about an emotion you often hide from others and explore why you keep it hidden.
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The Emotional Spectrum
Write a short story or real-life event from the perspective of each of the five primary emotions: happiness, sadness, fear, disgust, and anger.
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The Emotional Timeline
Create a timeline of your life, marking down significant emotional moments. Explain why these moments had such an emotional impact.
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Highs and Lows
Think of the happiest and saddest moments in your life. Write about them, detailing the feelings and thoughts associated with each.
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Emotional Whirlwind
Write down three key emotions you felt today and detail a situation where you experienced each.
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Write Interviews
Create an imaginary interview with a character of your choice. Ask questions and answer them as if you were the character.
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Sensory Impressions
Compose a piece that focuses primarily on describing a place using the five senses.
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Complexity of Emotion
Describe a simple activity like making tea or walking to the store, but fill it with deep emotional significance.
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The Meaning of Prayer
Write about your personal practice of prayer or meditation, if applicable, and its significance for you.
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Faith Through the Ages
Reflect on how your faith or belief system has evolved as you’ve grown older.
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The Sacred Texts
Choose an excerpt from a religious or spiritual text that resonates significantly with you, and expound upon why.
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Religious Rituals and You
Write about a religious practice or ritual that is a part of your life and its significance to you.
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In The Author’s Studio
Describe what an ideal writing space looks like for a successful professional author.
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Writing Under a Pseudonym
Create a scenario where you, as a professional author, decide to write under a pseudonym.
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That Crucial First Draft
Delve into the mind of a professional author as they compose their first draft.
