412+ ‘Comfort’ Writing Prompts
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Bonding in Their Badness
Craft a scenario where two villains find a common ground and form an alliance.
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Easter’s Hope in Modern Times
Addressing the power of hope that Easter brings, especially in challenging times.
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A Special Meal
Write about a meal that is particularly memorable because of the place, the people, or the event that transpired.
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Winter Solitude
Create a piece of writing that explores the feeling of solitude that can often accompany the winter season.
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The Popular One
Write a story about a student who falls in love with the most popular boy/girl in high school.
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The Accidental Time Traveler
Create a fantasy world where a normal person accidentally stumbles upon a time-traveling device.
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Comfort Food Chronicles
Describe your favorite winter comfort food, its preparation, and why you love it.
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Comfort in Childhood Sounds
Recall sounds from your childhood that evoke comfort and warmth, and incorporate them into your inner sanctuary.
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Cryogenic Valentines
Write a romantic story about two individuals who find love after being cryogenically preserved for hundreds of years.
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Lonely Valentine’s
Your pet notices that you’re spending Valentine’s Day alone. How do they comfort you?
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Prompt Revision
Choose a fiction prompt you didn’t like or found hard to write. Rewrite this prompt and develop a story around it.
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Language of Love
Write about how love was communicated in your family when you were a child and how it influenced your perception of comfort.
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Harmony in Sounds
Explore memories related to music or sounds from your childhood that made you feel comfortable and safe.
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Superheroes and Role Models
Reflect on the fictional characters or role models from your childhood that made you feel safe and protected.
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Recipe of Relaxation
Write about an activity or hobby in your childhood that made you feel most relaxed and why.
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Shelter of Solitude
Describe the places you found solace in as a child, whether a specific room, a treehouse, or even a favorite blanket.
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Comforting Lullabies
Write about a specific song, rhyme, or lullaby from your childhood that provided comfort in difficult times.
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The Meaning Behind the Blessings
Write about the interpretation and significance of a specific Irish Blessing.
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Understanding Gratitude
Write an entry appreciating five simple things in your life and elaborate on why you’re grateful for them.
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Empathy Exercise
Write a story from the point of view of someone who is feeling an emotion you don’t understand.
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Journey to an Unknown Land
Write about a character who decides to leave their comfort zone and embark on an unplanned journey.
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Adventure Anticipation
Create a list of adventurous activities you’d like to experience in the next year.
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Last Stand in a Library
As the apocalypse ravages outside, you discover relative safety in an old library jam-packed with both knowledge and danger.
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Places of Serenity
Describe a place you’re particularly thankful for, explain why it’s important to you.
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Warmth Beyond The Blankets
Describe the non-physical actions or objects in your home that create a feeling of warmth.
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Comfort Foods and Family Recipes
Write about a specific meal or recipe that brings a sense of comfort and warmth to your home in December.
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Crystal Silence
Imagine waking up to a world where all noise has been replaced by silence due to an unending snowfall.
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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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The Art of Solace
Imagine a quiet place that provides you comfort, now describe how it feels to let go there.
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Embracing Unfamiliar Paths
Write about the first big change in your life that you can remember from your childhood.
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The Missing Magic
Write about a world where magic is a mundane, everyday part of life and a character who realises they’d rather live without it.
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The Warm Hearth
Describe your ideal winter, cozy nook at home and write about the activities you enjoy doing there.
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Fall Comforts
Describe your favorite comforts associated with the chill of October. Are they old traditions, or new practices you’ve cultivated?
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Unlikely Comfort
Describe a painful moment where you found comfort or solace in something unexpected.
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Fall Friends
Write about a new friend you made during the fall season and how this friendship helped you protect and care for each other.
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Warm Up
Dive into a story where the turning point comes with the character warming up to sweater weather.
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Comfort Closeness
Craft a tale around an old, cherished sweater and what it means to the protagonist.
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Summer Bucket List Fulfilled
Write about completing an exciting activity from your summer bucket list.
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A Fearful Feast
Come up with a detailed account of a meal that starts off pleasant but ends in creating dread.
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Ancestral Assurances
An ancestral spirit returns to provide comfort during combatting an unknown illness.
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Lost in Words
Recount an experience where you found solace in books or literature during a tough time.
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Unexplored Pathways
Write about an unexplored pathway you intend to venture in your life in the upcoming year.
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Seeking Guidance
Compose a letter to your higher power, deity, or spiritual self asking for guidance on a problem or decision.
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Indelible Taste Memories
Narrate the story of a meal or a food item from your childhood that still resonates with you.
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Hot Chocolate Memories
Recount a memorable or significant moment from the past when you enjoyed a cup of hot chocolate.
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The First Leap
Write a story about a character overcoming their fear of heights by deciding to skydive.
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Light Up The Season
Write about a time when holiday decorations helped uplift spirits during tough times.
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Reverse Rags-To-Riches
Write a rags-to-riches success story in which the main character realizes that wealth and fame aren’t all they’re cracked up to be.
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Avalanche Love
Write about two individuals trapped by an avalanche who fall in love while waiting to be rescued.
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Discovering New Academic Territories
Choose an area of study you know little or nothing about and spend some time researching it. Write about your findings and what you learned through this exploration.
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Comfort Space
Write about a place in your childhood where you felt safe and how that space looks to you now.
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Upon Reflection
Think of a childhood situation when you felt misunderstood, and compose a letter to your younger self.
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Post-Apocalyptic North Pole
Imagine a scenario where a global calamity has turned the North Pole into ruins and Santa is trying to restore hope.
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The Comfort Bubble
Write about a place or situation that makes you feel most secure and comfortable.
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Home Sweet Home
Describe your favorite place in your home where you feel safe and happy, and tell us why it’s your favorite spot.
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The Outbound Migration
Write about watching birds flying south for the winter and relate it to your own instance of leaving home or something familiar.
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Warmth in the Winter
Imagine sharing a quiet winter evening with a loved one. Write about the comfort, the warmth, the whispered conversations.
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Grateful Gatherings
Write about a particular family or friend gathering that fills you with a sense of gratitude.
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Imagine Empathy
Create a story centered around an imaginary friend who’s going through a tough time.
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Nurturing the Inner Child
Consider what your inner child needs right now, and write about how you’re going to meet those needs.
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Hot Chocolate Memories
Write about a fond memory you have that involves drinking hot chocolate during winter time.
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Love Letters from the Afterlife
Imagine a widow getting love letters, posthumously penned by her departed husband.
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The Final Farewell
Create a narrative where a main character communicates with their deceased loved one through dreams.
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Rekindled Romance, Ruined World
Write a romance tale set against the backdrop of a post-apocalyptic world.
