73+ ‘Dinner’ Writing Prompts
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A Day as an Adult
Write about a day when you took up an adult responsibility and how it made you feel.
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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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Meeting Your Heroes
Visualize a dinner party where your greatest heroes are guests. Describe the evening.
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Disastrous Valentine Date
Write a story of a Valentine’s date that doesn’t go as planned due to a series of unfortunate events.
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The Non-Materialistic Proposal
Imagine a Valentine’s Day proposal without any materialistic elements like a ring or fancy dinner.
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A Christmas Reunion
Write about an old friend or relative who surprisingly turns up at your Christmas dinner after years of absence.
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Feasting on Memories
Write about a memorable November meal you’ve shared with loved ones, and how it changed or marked a transition for…
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Family Gathering Dynamics
Describe a Thanksgiving dinner where each family member represents a different aspect of the holiday.
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Harvest Table Tensions
Describe a Thanksgiving dinner where a heated discussion or argument broke out.
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The After Dinner Game
Present a playful yet suspenseful scenario where a group of friends take part in a seemingly benign game that slowly…
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Whodunit With Wit
Write a suspenseful murder mystery at a comedic dinner theater where the actors are suspects.
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Superhero’s Day Off
Report a news story about a day in the life of a local superhero, during their day off.
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Dinner Table Debate
Write a dialogue in which characters are debating about their favorite food while using new vocabulary words.
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Japan’s KFC Christmas
Explore a character’s first Christmas in Japan, experiencing the popular tradition of a KFC Christmas dinner.
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“The Missing Thanksgiving Dinner”
Solve a case about a small town’s highly anticipated community Thanksgiving dinner that goes missing.
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Opera in the Ordinary
Send your imaginary opera character on a completely normal day – go to school, make dinner, clean the house. What…
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‘Dinner Party Gone Wrong’
Imagine attending a dinner party where each guest begins dying one by one.
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Nostalgic Flavor
Write about a meal or a particular food that takes you back to a specific moment in your past.
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Magic in Mundanity
Imagine a world where magic is a routine part of everyday life, then write a story set in this world.
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Through The Hourglass
Write creatively about a typical day in your childhood, detailing your routines, favorite pastimes, and daily encounters.
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Dancing for Dinner
Imagine the lives of dance marathon participants during the Great Depression, an era of poverty, and desperation.
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Feast of Love
Meticulously describe your family’s traditional Christmas meal, focusing on the preparation and the emotions that unfold at the dinner table.
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Romance is in the Air
Imagine Valentine’s Day dinner. Describing the smells and tastes that you associate with this special day.
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After School Escapades
Discuss what happens after school each day. Include your routines, after-school activities, homework, and dinner.
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Time Traveling Turkey
Imagine you’re hosting the first Thanksgiving dinner ever. How would you plan it and whom would you invite?
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Thanksgiving from a Turkey’s Perspective
Write a story about Thanksgiving dinner from the perspective of the turkey.
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Romantic Dinner Revamp
Describe the ideal Valentine’s day dinner and evening you would love to share with your spouse.
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Thanksgiving Under the Magic Cloak
Write a story about a magical Thanksgiving dinner where an invisibility cloak brings forth unforeseen circumstances.
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Master Chef
Describe a Thanksgiving where you or a family member took charge of the cooking for the first time.
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Thanksgiving Table Debates
Write about the most memorable debate or conversation that took place during a Thanksgiving dinner.
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The Secret Ingredient
Write about a secret ingredient you found out about in your family’s signature Thanksgiving dish.
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Celebrating Chinese New Year
Write about how you or someone else celebrates Chinese New Year in your culture.
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Christmas Dinner at Belle’s
Write about the dinner Belle hosts as Scrooge’s fiancée in Christmas Carol and the atmosphere around that particular event.
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The Empty Chair
Detail a conversation you’d have with a missing person or pet at your Thanksgiving dinner.
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Magical Christmas Dinner
Imagine your ideal Christmas dinner, detailing all the people present, the food, decorations, and feelings.
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Insidious Invitation
Compose a tale where an innocent dinner invitation conceals a threatening mystery.
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Happily Ever After Inc.
Create an ad for a company that promises to turn any ordinary date into a fairytale-level romantic event.
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Thanksgiving Dinnertime
Imagine hosting a Thanksgiving dinner where you invite five people (living, dead, or fictional) you are thankful for.
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Dinner Date Disaster
Recount a date or social gathering where the food was a disaster but the company made up for it.
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Dinner Party Time Machine
Pick three people from history and imagine hosting a dinner party in their honor. Write about what you might discuss,…
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“Dinner Disasters”
Write a hilarious narrative about the worst dinner party you could possibly imagine.
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The Sound of Childhood
Try to capture, through poetry, the sounds you associated most with your childhood.
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Dinner Table Confessions
Craft a scene where a family secret is revealed during a dinner conversation.
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The Dissociative Dinner Party
Write a script where a character who suffers from dissociative identity disorder hosts a dinner party.
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Sequencing Serendipity
Imagine that the sequence of a usual day drastically changes. Mundane activities like brushing teeth, bathing and eating all happen…
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A Dinner Date to Remember
You’re on a dinner date with the last book you read. Write how the conversation would go.
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Dinner Table Tales
Capture an important family discussion or argument that happened around the dinner table.
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Lessons from the Family Kitchen
Reflect on the lessons you absorbed from your family kitchen, be it about cooking, relationships, or life in general.
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Dinner Table Disaster
Write about an embarrassing family dinner incident that still makes you cringe when you recall it.
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The Family Bond
Write about a specific event or experience during the vacation that brought your family closer.
