18+ ‘Solid’ Writing Prompts
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Friendship Evolution
Describe a friendship journey that you’ve had through different phases of life.
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Mysterious Mansion of Malice
Describe a dilapidated mansion where a wealthy family mysteriously vanished, leaving it haunted.
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Exploring Literature
Select a controversial novel and argue for or against its inclusion in a middle school curriculum.
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Melting Ice Cycle
Document the freezing and melting cycle – the transformation of water from liquid to solid form and back.
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Constructing Personal Fortresses
Create a list of non-negotiable boundaries for your personal and professional life.
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Facing the Monster
Write about your greatest fear. Describe it as if you’re taking inventory of it for the first time.
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The Anxiety Web
Create a web of interconnected anxieties, trace the links and note how they feed off each other.
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Discovering Strengths and Weaknesses
Write about your personal strengths and areas of improvements. What forces within you propel you towards success and what needs…
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Building Trust
Devise an action plan on rebuilding trust in a relationship that’s suffering due to your depression.
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Post-Divorce Commitments
Write down a list of commitments to yourself that you would like to focus on in this phase of your…
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Closure Through a Letter
Write a story ending with the main character sending or receiving a deeply emotional letter.
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Stolen Glances in a Bookstore
Construct a tale about burgeoning love between two avid readers who frequent the same bookstore.
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Scholarly Misconceptions
Identify a common misconception in your academic field and debunk it with factual evidence.
