25+ ‘Spectrum’ Writing Prompts
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Mood Spectrum
Write about your mood at the start of the day and at the end, detailing the potential causes for any…
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A Memorable Holiday Celebration
Recount a specific holiday that you remember vividly for a good or bad reason.
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Happy Hippo or Sad Seal
Write a story about a hippo who is always happy or a seal who is always sad.
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Rainbow Across my Window
Let your imagination soar as you create a St. Patrick’s Day inspired rainbow craft. What does this spectrum of colors…
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Terra Incognita
Devise a whole new world, away from Earth, with its geographies, creatures, civilizations, and peculiar laws.
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Emotional Range Testing
Choose a prompt and write different versions of a story, each evoking a distinct emotion such as happiness, anger, hope,…
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Palate of Personalities
Consider using a fanfic generator to cycle through an array of character personalities, even those opposite to the original.
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The Unseen Games
Write about a Hunger Games edition not covered in the books, describing the arena, challenges, and characters.
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Shadow Emotions
Pen down an emotion that often resides in your shadow – an emotion you feel but NEVER express.
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Tune Into Yourself
Create a playlist of 10 songs that touch varying aspects of your emotional spectrum.
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Palette of Emotions
Create a color palette for your emotions and explain why you chose each color for each specific emotion.
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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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The Impact Quadrant
Map your four most impactful fun journal prompts onto a quadrant – one for each – fun, introspective, surprising and…
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Mapping Your Reaction Spectrum
Describe an event and detail how your reaction to it might differ on different days.
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Emotional Spectrum Haiku
Write a Haiku that captures your complex emotions towards a personal situation.
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Silver Screen Reflection
Write a poem from the perspective of a movie character in a defining moment of their journey.
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Emotive Imagery
Compose a free verse poem centered around an emotion using primarily color and nature imagery.
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Rising Autism Diagnoses
Offer your perspective on the rising diagnosis of Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in recent years.
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Political Philosophy Exploration
Identify a political ideology, detail its basics, and examine its application in society.
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Strangers in a Capsule
Write about two strangers who meet on a spaceship sent on a long voyage to colonize a new planet.
