1792+ ‘Experience’ Writing Prompts
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Healthcare Heroes
Narrate an instance where a healthcare professional made a significant impact on your life.
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Chronicling Illness
Write how a disease or illness has impacted your life or the life of someone close to you.
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Journey to Fitness
Recall a time you participated in a physical activity or sports for the first time.
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Taboo Ties
Imagine a world where love is strictly regulated and falling for the ‘wrong’ person leads to grave consequences. Write about a pair who defies these rules.
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Adventures of a Show
Write about an adventure from your favorite show that you wish you could be a part of.
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Fall Harvest
Write about your experience or a fictional character’s experience harvesting the fall fruits and vegetables.
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Through the Eyes of a Friend
Describe a best friend’s perspective on the aftermath of your character’s breakup.
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Lights Out Disaster
Write about a Christmas shopping spree which abruptly ends due to a massive power cut.
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Unexpected Cart Challenge
Illustrate an experience where you’re confronted with someone else’s deserted shopping cart.
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Hope Blooms at Christmas
Pen down an experience where you witnessed or experienced hope during a tough Christmas season.
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Holiday Healing
Describe a Christmas where conflict or any past bitterness was resolved, bringing peace to yourself or your family.
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Pause and Reflect
Write about your first travel experience after lockdown restrictions were relaxed.
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Heroes Behind the Desk
Write a profile piece interviewing a beloved teacher about their career and experience in education.
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The Gift Exchange
Write a tale about a secret Santa gift exchange where two individuals, who don’t realize they have feelings for each other, receive deeply personal gifts from one another.
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Snowbound Serenity
Create a descriptive piece around the tranquil experience of looking out the window on a snowy morning.
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Northern Lights Phenomenon
Describe the experience of witnessing the Northern Lights for the first time.
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Journey to the North Star
Write a story where your character embarks on a journey guided by the North Star during the winter solstice.
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Sunset and Sunrise Contemplations
Write a story about someone who witnesses both the sunset of the shortest day, and sunrise of the longest night.
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Birdsong Dawn
Write about waking up to the orchestra of bird songs bathing your early April morning.
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Digging the Depths of Experience
Write about an event where you took a meaningful risk, and explore the impact it had.
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Witch’s Peculiar Potluck
Describe a day in a life of a culinary witch whose food recipes don’t just taste good but convey emotions or perceptions.
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The Unforgotten Recipe
Write about an unforgettable meal weaved with family traditions that you prepared or tasted over the weekend.
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Time-Traveling Weekend
Write about a weekend where you find a time machine, and you decide to explore a different era.
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Alien Weekend Getaway
Imagine you were picked up by friendly aliens for a weekend visit to their planet. What do you see, experience, and learn?
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Letters to Your Past Self
Write a letter to your past self giving them the advice they needed to avoid the heartbreak.
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Journey of Self-Discovery
Write about a solo adventure or journey that you always wanted to embark upon.
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Grateful for Challenges
Pick a difficult period or challenge in your life that you are now thankful for.
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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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Scars of Childhood
Write about a villain character whose evil deeds stem from a traumatic childhood experience.
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Dying Sun
Write about a vampire who desires to experience the sun one last time before their eternal slumber.
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Sorrow of the Undead
Write about a vampire who begins to experience regret for the things he can never have – a normal life, a family, growing old.
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A Blood Feast for the Heart
Write about your first experience feeding on a human and the ethical struggles you’ve faced since.
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A Symphony of the Night
Describe what the darkness means to you as a vampire, from your first night experience to your current nightly ritual.
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The Dawn of Immortality
Write about the night you were turned into a vampire, describing your emotions, environment and the person who changed you.
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Expressing Emotions
Describe a time when you found it difficult to express your feelings to someone you cared about.
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Classroom Valentine’s
Narrate the experience of distributing Valentine’s Day cards in class and the accompanying emotions.
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The Five Languages of Love
Describe how you would express love in each of “The Five Love Languages”.
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Journeying with Emerson’s Wisdom
Reflect on the quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Life is a journey, not a destination.” and write about how it relates to an aspect of your own life.
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The Rickety Ouija
Pull together a tale where a harmless game with a Ouija board spirals into a frenzy of terrifying paranormal activity, with the ancient spirit refusing to go back.
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Classroom Confessions
Revisit a character’s high school experience, exploring a pivotal or transformative confession that happened during those years.
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Easter Eggs: Symbols of New Beginnings
Consider the symbolism of the Easter egg as a new beginning or the start of a new chapter in life. Create a personal narrative about a ‘new beginning’ you have experienced.
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The Inner Monologue
Write about your thoughts during a usual school day, from morning until you go to bed.
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The Lost Playground
Describe an eerie experience at your favorite childhood playground that changed the way you perceived playtime.
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The Healing Path
Contemplate and write about how would you cope with the pain associated with unrequited love.
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The Gritty Core
Write about an experience that was remarkably difficult, focusing on how this experience shaped your character.
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Fanning the Whimsy Flame
Write a short fantasy story featuring your childhood self as the main character.
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A Werepire’s Dilemma
Consider a unique scenario wherein a person is cursed with being both a vampire and a werewolf.
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Elusive Wish List
You are the only person who knows where everyone’s lost wish lists end up – tell their stories.
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The Misinterpreted Deal
Your character books a vacation advertised as an “exhilarating and thrilling journey” only to find it’s actually a tour for extreme couponers.
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A Trip with the Almighty
Your main character suddenly discovers their travel partner is the one and only – God. And this God loves a good, light-hearted time.
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Backwards Trip
Your characters decide to have their entire trip backwards, starting with goodbye at the airport and ending with an excited planning session.
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Time Lapse Tryst
The protagonist begins to experience lapses in time and discovers their future self is coming back to change the course of events.
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Hopping Around the Neighborhood
Describe a walking tour of your neighborhood and detail the things you see and experience throughout the journey.
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Lessons from Childhood
Remember a key life lesson that you have learned as a child and how you apply it even today.
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Labyrinth of Fear
Weave a story about an amusement park based on people’s deepest fears, where guests confront and overcome their fear.
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Puberty Perspectives
Write about your experience of puberty and how it has affected your emotions, relationships, and self-perception.
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Dear Diary: The Fall Transition
Keep a journal from a leaf’s perspective about the change in season from summer to fall.
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From Hate to Love
Describe a character who starts off disliking someone or something, but slowly starts cherishing it.
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Autism in Familial Relationships
Pen a story exploring the experience of a family member whose loved one has been recently diagnosed with Autism.
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Personal Narrative Creativity
Write a personal narrative illustrating an event that changed your outlook on life.
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Classroom Dynamics
Write about your favorite and least favorite teachers in 7th grade and how they influenced your educational journey.
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Animal Astronauts
Write a story about an unlikely animal sent to space. How does it adapt to zero-gravity and what adventures does it experience?