14+ ‘period’ Writing Prompts
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Evolving through Experience
Choose a significant event or period in your life and explore how it changed you.
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Renaissance Ruminations
A famous artist during the Italian Renaissance disappears without a trace. Write from the perspective of a friend trying to find them.
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The Secret Diary of a Pharaoh’s Servant
Write a diary entry from the perspective of a servant to an Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh.
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Window Into the Past
Research a historical event that interests you and write about it from a personal perspective—like a diary entry or a series of letters.
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Mystery Character Study
Choose a character from a book you have recently read and write about who they could have been if placed in a completely different situation or reality.
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Symphony of Life
Write about how a particular piece of music or song has connected with a significant event or period in your life.
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The Threads of Time
Write about an unusual historical period, and the details that make you feel an unexplained connection with it.
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Shared Sorrow
Describe a loss that deeply affected your family and how you collectively dealt with it.
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Archive of Recovery
Write about how the healing process after a family loss or illness looked for you and your family.
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Penned Progress
Choose a period of significant growth within your family, detailing the struggles, the growth, and how this now features in your family’s identity.
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Tales of Triumph & Trial
Pen down a challenging situation your family has faced and how your family values played a role in overcoming it.
