460+ ‘Friends’ Writing Prompts
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Toy’s Adventure
Imagine your favorite toy going on an epic adventure. Where would they go? What would they do?
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Friendship with Droids
Imagine being young Anakin and having your best friend as a droid, how would that friendship influence his feelings towards machines.
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5. From Ordinary to Executive
Overnight, your high school protagonist finds themselves promoted to a high-stakes executive position.
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Haunted Past
A teen discovers that their new home is haunted by a ghost. Rather than being afraid, they become best friends.
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Friends in Low Places
Write a backstory for your villain where they form a treasured friendship that influences their nefarious behavior.
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Finnish Friendship Day
Discuss how Finland shines a spotlight on friendship instead of romantic love on Valentine’s Day.
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Actually, Just Friends
Narrate a story about two best friends who plan to spend Valentine’s Day together as singles, but unexpectedly end up falling for each other.
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Best Friends Forever
Write a descriptive piece about your best friend, focusing on personality traits, shared experiences and why they are so important to you.
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Colonial Kid’s Quest
Imagine you’re a child living in colonial America and are sent on a special mission.
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Thankful Reflections
List three things you’re extremely grateful for at this moment and explore why.
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Cocooned in a Startup
You and your closest friends decided to build a startup. Share your journey—what would your product or service be, and how would you assign everyone’s roles to be most productive?
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Extraterrestrial Pen Friends
Create an imaginary extraterrestrial friend from another planet and describe a day in their life.
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Living Room Chronicles
Narrate a day you spent entirely in the living room and the different activities you engaged in.
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The Hobby Swap
Write about switching hobbies with a friend for a day. What would you choose to learn, and what would you teach them?
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Choosing Pathways
Write about the time you had to make a big decision regarding your high school path—academics, electives, activities, or friends.
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Friendship Trouble
Write about a time when you and your friend disagreed on something and how you resolved it.
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Friendship Garden
Describe what kind of plants would represent each of your friends in a ‘Friendship Garden’.
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The Importance of Friendship
Write about a time when a friend helped you through a particularly difficult situation.
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New to Town
Imagine a new student joins your class. Write about how you would make them feel welcome.
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Teacher’s Pet
Let’s imagine you are a teacher for a day. What would you teach your classmates and how?
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Monstrous Revelations
Draft a tale about being friends with an individual who is revealed to be a horrifying monster.
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Reality Splitters
Write a story about a group of friends who accidentally split their town into multiple quantum realities.
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The Magic of Friendship
Write about a day when your friend did something that made you feel unique and special.
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Childhood Loyalties
Write a narrative about two best friends from childhood navigating through adulthood.
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Once upon a Christmas Eve
Narrate a story of two old friends who become more than just that after they get stranded in a cabin on a snowy Christmas Eve.
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Icebound Echoes
Imagine a campfire story about a group of friends who hear eerie voices echoing through the frozen forest at night.
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Dwindling Connections
Write about your relationship with the people you knew before becoming a vampire, detailing feelings of connection and disconnection.
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Viral Love Confession
Imagine that you accidentally sent a snap meant for your best friend confessing your love to your crush and it goes viral.
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Classroom Cupid
Write about a time you played cupid in school to help a friend deliver their Valentine’s message anonymously.
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Valentine’s Workshop
Write a story centered around a group of friends who spend the day before Valentine’s making gifts for their loved ones.
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True Friends with Pooh
Reflect on the quote by A.A. Milne: “A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside.” and write about the importance of friendships in your life.
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First Day Feelings
Write about your first day at kindergarten, with insight on how you felt and who you met.
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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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Starcrossed Lovers
Begin a tale of a relationship between two people, destined to fall in love, yet doomed from the start.
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Chrono-Apparition
Think of a story where a group of ghost friends go on time-traveling adventures to witness history’s greatest mysteries unfold.
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Hidden Time Capsule
Describe a group of friends who find a time capsule, but as they unravel its contents, they start suspecting it’s from the future.
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The Abandoned Amusement Park
Craft a thrilling story about a group of friends who sneak into an abandoned amusement park at night.
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Realm of Rusting Emotions
Narrate your tale as a zombie, not as a mindless brain-eating creature, but an entity that is cognizant of its former self and feelings.
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Loner’s Journey
The superhero is cut-off from their support system, friends, and allies, write about their journey of surviving alienation, and possibly, finding new allies.
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Sacrifice of Normalcy
Imagine a superhero who yearns for an ordinary life, but their powers and responsibilities prevent them from having it.
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The Forgotten Side Character
Tell a fairytale from the perspective of a minor or overlooked character.
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Surprise Reunion
Write about two high school friends who reunite after many years and discover romantic feelings for each other.
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Letters from the Iron Curtain
Write a series of letters from a person living behind the Iron Curtain to a loved one in the West.
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Reviving Frozen Memories
Bring back a happy winter memory from your past and analyze how it influences your current wellness perspective.
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A Day in Green
Describe the most memorable St. Patrick’s Day parade you attended or would like to attend.
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Two-sided Life
Explore the child superhero’s struggle to balance a normal childhood with the secrets and responsibilities of their superhuman life.
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Training Trials
Write about a day in your young superhero’s rigorous training routine, as they learn to control their newfound powers.
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Historical Sandcastles
Announce a sandcastle-building competition amongst friends, family or strangers, make it historically accurate.
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If Animals Could Talk
Write a conversation that you would have with your pet or favorite animal if they could talk.
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Identity Swap
Write a story where two characters unknowingly trade places in life while everyone else around them is aware.
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A Session with the Unknown
Pen a story where a group of friends start a common Ouija Board game that unexpectedly turns dramatic.
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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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Walk in Their Shoes
Think about a time when a friend was upset and write about how you think they felt.
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Reclaiming Your Happiness
Write about the simple things that used to bring you joy and how you can introduce them back into your life.
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Puppy Love Confessions
Write a story where two best friends from childhood realize they’re in love with each other.
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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 turns into a grave matter.
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When Powers Awaken
Write about a day in the life of a teenager who has just discovered their superhuman abilities.
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Emotional Payload
Write a fight scene between a superhero and villain who share a deep emotional connection.
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A Day in Superhero School
Imagine a day in a special school that trains superheroes. Share your experiences.
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Blooming Friendship
Imagine two friends reuniting at a sunny park after a year of separation, and write about their afternoon picnic.
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Cryptic Seance
Write a thriller about a group of friends who inadvertently awaken a vengeful spirit during an innocent game of ‘Ouija’.
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Slasher Story
Craft a narrative involving a group of friends who are hunted down one by one by an unknown assailant.
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Unsettling Omen
Write a scene where an unsettling phenomenon is taken as an ill omen, building dread into the community.
