173+ ‘LiVES’ Writing Prompts
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Love Letter to My Future Self
Write a letter to your future self, 5 years from now, overflowing with self love and acceptance.
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Story of Surprise
Pen down an instance when someone did something unexpected for you and how it made you feel.
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Acknowledging the Everyday
Write about something seemingly mundane that you would miss greatly if it wasn’t there.
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Emotional Turning Points
Write about a moment of emotional epiphany that changed your perspective or led to personal growth.
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Facing Fear
Write about a time when fear held you back from doing something and how it affected your self-growth.
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Tete-a-Tete with Emotions
Pick one emotion you’ve experienced recently and explore it in detail. What triggered it? How did you react?
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Through My Window
Describe what you see outside your window and imagine a story for a stranger you see.
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Gifts of Change
Reflect on a life-changing event that you weren’t initially grateful for, but have since come to appreciate.
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The Creative Strength
Identify a particular challenge in your life and fashion an artistic symbol to represent overcoming it.
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Appreciating Your Influences
Reflect upon the people who have positively influenced your life and how they have shaped you.
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Mapping Your Growth Pillars
Identify five areas in your life you want to improve and detail how you plan to achieve it.
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Climbing Your Mountain
Describe a difficult situation you have overcome and explain what inner strength helped you through it.
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Debugging Life Code
Treat your life like a code and look for ‘bugs’. Write about a few bugs you discovered and how you debugged it.
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Exploring Timelessness
Describe a memory that feels like it happened yesterday, even if years have passed.
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The Burning Bridge
Write about an emotional burden or regret that you want to let go of. What would your life look like without this weight on your shoulders?
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Driven by Dreams
Write down a dream or goal that you’ve been striving towards. How does this goal contribute to your sense of purpose in life?
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Anchor of Strength
Write about your ‘anchor’, someone or something that gives you strength during tough times.
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Manifesting Happiness
Create a list of things that you believe would bring more joy and contentment into your life.
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The Mood Spectrum
Compare an instance when you felt very low with a moment when you felt incredibly happy.
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Random Acts of Kindness
Journal about a time you were the giver or recipient of a random act of kindness.
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Voicing Silent Struggles
Write a conversation you would have with your depression, what would you ask it and what would it say back to you?
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Future Self Correspondence
Imagine writing to your future self a year from now—who has successfully managed his/her depression. What advice, reminders, or words of encouragement did they have for you?
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Letting Go of Inherited Fears
Explore an irrational fear that you inherited from a family member or a cultural belief. How is it affecting your current life and how would you benefit from letting it go?
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Breaking the Chains of Tradition
Write about a tradition that your family has upheld for generations, but doesn’t resonate with you.
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Balancing Priorities
Describe a situation where you had to balance your priorities and the impact it had on your personal growth.
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Channeling Gratitude
Write a thank-you note to something or someone we often overlook or take for granted.
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Unsung Heroes
Write about a person who helped you during a challenging time, and how they influenced your life.
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Gratitude Galore
Identify and express gratitude for five aspects of your life, leading to a sense of happiness and fulfillment.
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A Day in Their Life
Choose a person you know and write about their daily routine, challenges, and triumphs.
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Metamorphosis Moment
Explore a moment in your life when you felt that you drastically changed as a person.
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An Act of Kindness
Explore and reflect on an act of kindness you showed to someone or someone showed to you.
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Time-Travelling Gratitude
Imagine you could time-travel back to a pivotal moment in your life, pick a moment where you felt immense gratitude and describe it in detail.
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Turning Point Birthday
Imagine the age you are turning this year is a key turning point in your life. What changes would you like to experience starting from this birthday?
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The Power of Fun
Write about a time when having fun was the most important aspect in your life and how it positively changed your life.
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Exploring Therapeutic Activities
Write about five activities that can facilitate emotional healing and suggest how to introduce them to a depressed friend.
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Depression’s Evolution
Compare and contrast the manifestation of depression symptoms across different stages of your life.
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Living Lightly
Write about a moment or a set of moments where you have felt the lightest emotionally.
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Personal Depressive Experiences
Write about instances in your life when you feel you may have experienced depression, even if you didn’t realize it at the time.
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Anxiety Thunderstorm
Write about a time where you felt like you were stuck in a storm of anxiety and detail how you navigated through it.
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Breaking Anxiety Patterns
Detail a moment when you broke free from a pattern that usually triggers your anxiety.
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Journey of an Antique Diamond
Recount the journey of a diamond as it transforms from a piece of raw mineral to an adored piece of jewelry.
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Reincarnation Revelation
Imagine that you have been reincarnated as an object in your current home. Write about a day in your life.
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An Ode to a Mountain
Write a tribute to a mountain exploring its significance in providing a shelter and regulating the climate.
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Inhabitant Of Another Era
Create a character who lives in a historical period of your choice. How does the era’s context shape their lifestyle, beliefs and decisions?
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Building A World
Create a unique setting for a fictional story, detailing its landscape, climate, culture, and history.
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Post-war Reconciliation
Write about two soldiers from opposing sides of a war who meet years later and form an unexpected bond.
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Double-Crossed Double Agent
Pen down a narrative where the protagonist, a double agent, has been betrayed by their own agency.
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Revolutionary War Correspondences
Compose a story of two best friends separated by the Revolutionary War, communicating through letters.
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The Extravagant Automaton Circus
Tell a story about a spectacular traveling circus populated entirely by automatons.
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An Unforgettable Voyage
Write about a remarkable journey you’ve taken that altered your life, no matter how big or small.
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Twisted Technocracy
Write about a dystopia in which unchecked technological advances have led to horrifying consequences.
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Past Lives
Write a story about a character who remembers all their past lives, and uses that wisdom to shape their current life.
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Hidden City
Create a city located beneath the earth’s surface, describing its inhabitants, customs and way of life.
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Echoes from a Lost Society
In a world where internet no longer exists, stumble upon an intact computer with a window to the world before the apocalypse.
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Recipe with a Story
Choose a recipe that holds a special place in your heart and has a story attached to it.
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Divine Encounter
Construct a story where the protagonist encounters a divine entity which transforms their understanding of existence.
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Requiem of a Rockstar
Write a fictional biography of a rock legend, from their first brush with music to their rise and fall.
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Symphony of Emotions
Write a story that revolves around a piece of music, where each note, chord, or rhythmic pattern represents a different emotion.
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Ballet Shoes and Dreams
Describe the journey of a pair of ballet shoes from the hands of the maker to the feet of an aspiring ballerina.
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The Unsung Hero
Write a well-known event from the point of view of a minor character or a background figure.
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Reflections Reversed
Imagine a character who lives in a universe where everything is opposites – right is left, up is down, happiness is sadness.
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Ghostly Possessions
Write about an innocent child’s toy that inexplicably starts displaying disturbing, paranormal activities.
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Historical Figure’s Secret Life
Detail the secret life of a historical figure, making it believable to the timeframe they lived in.
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Turn of the Century
Write about the lives of citizens during the turn from the 19th to the 20th century, in a bustling city.
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Hidden Critter Companion
Write about a protagonist who discovers their pet holds a unique ability which could potentially save the day.
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Flash of Memory
In your writing, your protagonist suddenly remembers a crucial piece of information from their past that alters the course of their journey.
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Under Ashen Skies
Write about a future dystopian city that is constantly under the shower of a volcanic ash.
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Faded Love Letters
Imagine unearthing a batch of old love letters from a previous lifetime and how they rekindle old affections.
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Strangers in a Cafe
The story starts with “He had seen her often, in the crowded café, a stranger yet so familiar.”
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The Sole Survivor
Traumatizing experiences often stay with survivors and continually impact their lives. Write about ‘the sole survivor’ of an horrific event.
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Frozen in Guilt
A narrative involving a character that lives with an enormous sense of guilt and its baneful consequences.
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Destiny Thread’s Weaver
Craft a story about an old seamstress who finds that she can alter people’s destinies by changing the patterns she sews onto their clothes.
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Portal in Pictures
Your protagonist discovers that they can step into any painting or photograph they own and live within its depicted scene.
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Meet the Grumbling Gadget
Imagine that your cell phone or another tech gadget could talk, what would it say?
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Reversing Fortune
In a single day, your character, an underdog accustomed to struggles, wins the lottery.
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The Weight of Kindness
Write about a random act of kindness you witnessed or experienced, and why it still inspires you.
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The Hidden Hero
Write about a faceless hero, someone in your everyday life whose small actions make a large difference.
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Echoes from Another Life
Write about a character who can remember their past lives and uses these memories to navigate present challenges.
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Rekindled Love
Write about a couple who, after many years apart, find their way back to one another.
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Time-Warped City
Devise a story taking place in a city where time moves differently compared to the outside world.
