54+ ‘Good’ Writing Prompts
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Healing Through Gratitude
List out things you are thankful for and describe how they have contributed to your wellbeing.
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Sensory Focus
Choose a photograph and describe it so vividly that a reader can imagine seeing, smelling, touching, hearing and tasting the scene.
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Underdog Story
Write about a time when you or a team you were part of defied expectations to achieve a sports victory.
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Our Shared Laughter
Describe a hilarious incident or a funny memory that involves your whole family.
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Gratitude Journaling
List down five things you are grateful for and expound on why they matter to you.
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Positive Glimmers
Write about a small, seemingly insignificant moment that brought you joy or peace during a period of depression.
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Nutrition as Emotional Well-being
Write about what meals and nutrition choices make you feel more or less anxious.
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Balancing Life
Write about a day in your life that was well-balanced and made you feel content and at peace.
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Gratitude Against Anxiety
List five things you are grateful for today and detail why they matter to you.
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From Villain’s Perspective
Write a well-known movie or TV storyline from the villain’s perspective, humanizing their motives.
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Heroes Among Us
Implement the ideas of Joseph Campbell’s quote – “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.”
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World in Pages
Write a brief introduction about a fictional world that you would want to set your book in.
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Rise of The Everyman
Imagine a scenario where an ordinary person acquires superpowers and must navigate the sudden change.
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The Grey Area
Revise the tale of Snow White depicting the Evil Queen as a nuanced character rather than an outright villain.
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Reinvented Redemption
Reimagine Cinderella where the evil stepmother and stepsisters seek redemption.
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Revisiting an Old Habit
Reflect on an old habit or hobby that you left behind and how it has shaped you.
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The Hero’s Foe
Create a formidable adversary who pushes our hero to his limits, bringing out his true heroic qualities.
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The Forbidden Love
Your protagonist is deeply in love with a character, who in the traditional fantasy world is considered ‘evil’, painting an unconventional love story.
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Rogue Experiment
Narrate the story of a good-hearted scientist who turns into a villain after a science experiment goes awry.
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Unexpectedly Given Powers
Describe a moment where an ordinary person suddenly gains extraordinary powers.
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Paradoxical Echo
Imagine a scenario where a character is moving back and forth between two parallel universes, one where their actions reflect positive outcomes, and the other with negative outcomes.
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Apocalyptic Aftermath
Imagine a world post-global disaster and describe the daily life of someone trying to survive.
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The Human Nature Conundrum
Write a story that delves into what you believe are the intrinsic characteristics of human nature.
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Race Against Time
Imagine a scenario where your protagonist is running out of time and must act quickly.
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Cobblestone Crime
Write a story on an out-of-luck detective, navigating through the gritty cobblestone streets of a vintage city, hunting for a serial killer.
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The Watcher
Your protagonist realizes they’re being followed, but the person always disappears before they get a good look.
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Morals in Question
Write a story where the dichotomy between good and evil becomes blurred as the protagonist questions their definition of what makes a villain.
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Enemy Within
Write about a protagonist who is forced to face the fact that the villain they’ve been battling is a part of themselves.
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Using Words’ Stresses Naturally
Write a poem in iambic pentameter without using the common ‘thee’, ‘thou’ and ‘be’, instead bring in modern everyday speech.
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The Morality of Choice
Formulate a poem dealing with the choices we make and their moral implications.
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Shadowy Secrets
Write about a character who stumbles upon a room full of secret files with names of people he/she knows.
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Mirror Image
Write a scene where your protagonist and antagonist meet for the first time, but neither of them realizes who the other is.
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Maze of Deceptions
You are the protagonist caught in a web of secrets and lies. Write a story involving uncovering truths.
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Speaking the Ancient Language
Imagine if you suddenly found you could speak an ancient, magical language.
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Wheels within Wheels
Create a writing prompt about creating writing prompts and describe why you chose it.
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The Opposite Rebellion
Write about a dystopian society where the Rebels are the antagonists and the ruling party is surprisingly good.
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Unlikely Sources of Joy
Write about a small, everyday thing or experience for which you are deeply thankful.
