117+ ‘Anger’ Writing Prompts
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Conversations with Grief
Pen a dialogue between yourself and your grief, attempting to understand its power and the role it plays in your life.
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The Android’s Grief
What happens when an AI goes through the process of grieving? Write a short story illustrating this phenomenon.
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Pathway to Anger
Describe your journey through different stages of anger, from irritation to outright fury.
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The White Whale’s Revenge
Write a personal journal for Moby Dick in Herman Melville’s novel, describing his encounters with Captain Ahab.
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Vengeance Served Cold
What grave injustice has your villain suffered that ignited their desire for revenge?
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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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Window to the Heart
Write a letter to a loved one expressing your feelings towards them, whether it’s love, anger, or confusion.
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Unveiling Emotions
Write a letter to your favorite fictional character expressing how they make you feel.
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The Feelings Behind My Tears
Write about a time when you cried, detailing the emotions that caused the tears.
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Inside Out Emotions
Write a poem describing a time you felt a strong emotion, like excitement or anger.
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Eclipse of Emotion
Conjure a world where emotions are considered dangerous and suppressed by a strict regime.
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Bullying from the Outside
Write about a time you witnessed bullying taking place and describe how it made you feel.
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Whimsical Wavy World
Write a story set in a world where natural laws bend according to one’s emotions.
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Powerful Emotions
Write about a time when you felt a strong emotion, such as happiness, sadness, or anger.
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Spectrum of Emotions
Choose five emotions and describe a situation in which you strongly experienced each one.
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The Emotion Color Palette
Assign colors to your different feelings and write about why you think each emotion matches that color.
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Musical Language
Create a story where communication is solely through music – melodies, rhythms and harmonies replace words.
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The Freudian Slip
Narrate an instance where you experienced a ‘Freudian slip’ and analyze its possible causes.
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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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Emotional Landscapes
Describe a strong emotion you’ve felt, such as anger, joy, fear, or love, using metaphors and similes derived from the natural environment.
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Emotion Code Breaker
Write a conversation purely in dialogue, but without mentioning any emotions directly, let the conversation express the emotional intensity.
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Apology Accepted
Write about a time when you wronged someone else and had to apologize. Discuss the circumstances, your feelings, and the aftermath.
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Stages of Sorrow
Write a journal entry for each stage of your grief, capturing your thoughts, emotions, and moments of surrender and acceptance.
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Galactic Giggles
Imagine an alien race that communicates through laughter. Write a story about your first encounter with them.
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Opening Up about Anger
Identify something that makes you angry and develop a plan to manage that anger.
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ThreeJourney of Emotion
Describe a time you experienced a strong emotion and how you worked through it.
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Resisting the Dark Side
Write a self-conversation that a Jedi might have to resist the lure of the Dark Side.
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Loss and Regeneration
Write about a character who experiences a devastating loss and how they piece their life back together.
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Acceptance and Forgiveness
Write a letter to your broken heart, acknowledging its hurt and voicing forgiveness.
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Transmutation of a Gentle Soul
Write a poignant account of a virtuous character transforming into a villain driven by revenge.
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Unfaithful Discovery
Create a story where the protagonist stumbles upon clues of infidelity and confronts the partner.
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Adventures in Anger
Share a story about a time that you became very angry. What made you mad and how did you handle your anger?
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Venting Anger
Express a moment where you felt the most angry and detail the reasons behind the anger.
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The Dark Forest’s Guardian
Create a story about a menacing creature that lives in a haunted forest, protecting an ancient and dangerous secret.
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Paint Palette of Emotions
Imagine you could paint each of your emotions a different color, describe both the color and the emotion.
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The Mask We Wear
Imagine and describe an emotion as if it were a mask you could put on and take off.
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Balloon of Anger
Imagine your anger as a balloon. Describe its size, color, and what happens when it bursts.
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Dance of Anger
Think about a time when you felt really angry. Write a scene to express this emotion without using the word “angry”.
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The Color of Emotions
Imagine if every emotion had a color. Write a story where characters only communicate through these colors.
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Anger Busters
Draw a picture of something that made you very angry and write about what you did to calm down.
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Experiencing Anger
Describe a situation where you felt really angry. What triggered it and how did you calm down?
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Jigsaw of Emotions
Choose an emotion and write a narrative woven around it, using different viewpoints.
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The Vengeful Victim
Craft a character who lost everything in the early days of the apocalypse and is fueled by a thirst for vengeance.
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Anger in Action
Detail an incident when you experienced anger and then channeled it into something useful.
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Living With Emotions
Write a personal narrative about a time you felt a strong emotion- it could be joy, anger, sadness, fear, surprise- anything at all.
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Romance in Shadows
Write a love story that unfolds between Dracula and, unexpectedly, a vampire huntress.
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The Phantom of the Past
Build a villain from a rejected past love-interest who sabotages the protagonist’s current relationship.
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Emotional Range Testing
Choose a prompt and write different versions of a story, each evoking a distinct emotion such as happiness, anger, hope, or despair.
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Twisted Truths
Record a situation that made you angry and examine if your anger was justified or misplaced.
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Anger’s Afterglow
Reflect on a recent situation where you felt angry and whether the anger has completely subsided or lingered.
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Disentangling Anger
Write a letter to your anger, giving it a voice and accepting it as a part of you.
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Echo Chamber
Write about a situation when you tried to suppress a negative emotion and ended up making it worse.
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Journey of Emotions
Describe a single emotion as a journey, including its high and low points, obstacles and rewards.
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Faces Behind the Anger
Describe a time you felt angry and try to pinpoint the underlying emotions behind this anger.
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Emotional Inventory
Choose one emotion and write about several occasions when you have felt it intensely.
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Emotional Landscape
Translate your emotions into a landscape. What does your emotional pain look like? What about your happiness, your fear, your anger?
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Epistolary Therapy
Write a letter to someone who caused you emotional pain without the intention of ever sending it.
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Exploring the Volcano
Describe an event that made you extremely angry. Write about the event and the rage that built up in you, alongside how it eventually exploded or was diffused.
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Healing from Betrayal
Write a letter to the person who broke your trust, expressing your feelings and how you wish to move on.
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Shadow Emotions
Pen down an emotion that often resides in your shadow – an emotion you feel but NEVER express.
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The Heart of Forgiveness
Document an instance in the past where you didn’t forgive someone and how this has affected your relationship with them.
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The Journey of Emotions
Describe the most intense emotions you’ve ever experienced and elaborate on how they have shaped you.
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The Gift of Forgiveness
Describe a time when you forgave someone and how it affected your relationship.
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Healing Letters
Write a letter to someone who has hurt you, describing your feelings, but that you never intend to send.
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Empowered Emotion Inventory
Document your recent emotional highs and lows and analyze what influenced these feelings.
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The Unsent Letter
Write a letter to someone who caused your traumatic event. You are not obligated to send it, it is only for catharsis.
