216+ ‘Structure’ Writing Prompts
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Establishing the Habit
Write about your daily routines and how writing can be incorporated into them.
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Torturous Time Loop
Develop a story where the protagonist is trapped in a time loop repeating their worst fears and nightmarish experiences over and over again.
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Titanic’s Unknown Sailor
You’re a historian and you’ve just made an astounding revelation about an unidentified sailor on the Titanic. What is his story?
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Curator of the Intangible
An old museum curator discovers a new exhibit every night, courtesy of a secretive ghost.
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Animal Council Meeting
Create a comic strip dialogue of a council meeting between animals as they discuss humans.
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The Birth of a Faction
Write about the formation of your own superhero faction, detailing the ideologies, mission and power dynamics among the members.
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Unpacking Emotions
Select an emotion and write a sentence describing that feeling to someone who doesn’t understand it.
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Character Shift
Write a story in which the narrator’s voice, tone or perspective changes drastically in the middle.
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Shrink or Grow
What if you could shrink down to the size of an ant or grow as tall as a tower? Write down your adventure.
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Living Through a Fairy Tale
Pick your favorite fairy tale but imagine that you’re the lead character and you can change the story. How would it unfold differently?
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Conflict & Resolution
Write a story in which the main character faces conflict with a perceptually ‘insignificant’ aspect of their routine life, and how it escalates and finally resolves.
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Detective on a Mission
Pretend you are a detective trying to solve a big case. Describe your adventure.
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The Rivalry Within
Create a scenario where two family members are up against each other in a high stakes competition.
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Afterlife Realities
Imagine a realistic afterlife, where the souls maintain the structure and routines present in their earthly life.
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Fantastic Imaginary Friend
Write about an imaginary friend or pet and describe your adventures with them.
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Defying Expectations
Write about a moment when your character defies what is expected of them, leading to life-changing consequences.
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The Songbird Symphony
Draw inspiration from the morning chorus of songbirds and write a fictitious piece.
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Folklore and Legends
Choose a folklore or legend from a foreign culture that fascinates you, and narrate it in your words.
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Shadow in the Spotlight
Write a story about a stage-inspired mystery where a performer disappears in the middle of a highly-anticipated show.
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Ultimate Utopia Creation
Craft a Utopian world, highlighting its societal structure, technologies, and the wellbeing of its inhabitants.
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Parallel Universe City
In a parallel universe setting, re-create your own city or town to reflect the human emotions and principles you wish to amplify.
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Express in Pictures
A visual-based prompt where you create a visual structure of your thoughts before writing.
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Designing Your Prompts
Write about the type of prompts you would like to create for your future journal sessions.
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My Ideal Day
If you could design a perfect day from the moment you wake up to when you go to bed, how would it look?
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The One-Sided Dialogue
Write a significant conversation between two characters using only one character’s dialogue.
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Deciphering Alien Codes
Imagine you’re a linguist tasked with deciphering an alien language from an artifact found in a distant galaxy.
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Alphabet of Affection
Write an alphabetic acrostic poem, where each letter begins a new line expressing a different facet of love.
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Inventing a Word
Create a new, original word and provide its meaning, usage and a short story where it’s being used.
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Sentences from Scratch
Choose three vocabulary words you do not typically use. Write three separate sentences using these words.
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Love in Liquid Form
An alien species survives and communicates through a liquid medium, like water, instead of air.
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Improving Literary Skills
Reflect on how using journal prompts in fifth grade could enhance your writing and thinking skills.
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Unseen Passenger
Craft a story around an unseen entity on board an aircraft, creating havoc and uncertainty.
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Post-Apocalyptic Nomads
Imagine a world where the surface of the earth is no longer habitable, and the remaining humanity has to keep moving, living their lives in mobile shelters.
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The Magical Forest Adventure
Imagine you discovered a magical forest filled with extraordinary creatures and fantastical happenings. Narrate your journey.
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
Imagine you’ve found a secret passageway that leads to the center of the earth. What do you see, hear, feel, and discover?
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Galactic Rescue Mission
Imagine being a kid astronaut sent on a mission in space to save the lost explorer from an alien planet.
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Unplanned Journey Deep Underground
Your main character, an explorer, stumbles upon an ancient labyrinth beneath the city.
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Mapping Life’s Milestones
Create a timeline of your life so far, marking the most significant events and changes.
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Parallel Worlds
Write a story about a parallel Pokemon universe where the roles of Pokemon and people are reversed.
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A World Without Pokemon League
How would the world of Pokemon change if Pokemon Leagues were suddenly banned?
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Founding a New Pokemon League
Imagine you’ve been entrusted with the task of establishing a new Pokemon League. Who are your gym leaders? What is the League Challenge?
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Alternate House
Write a story about a fifth Hogwarts house and create its qualities and the types of students it would attract.
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Cliché Challenges
Embrace the task of completely rewriting the most overused, cliché fanfiction storylines in a unique, fresh way.
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Alternative Timeline
Write a story with your favorite film or TV show, but modify the timeline or sequence of events.
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Reality Reimagining
Write a story where elements from your chosen fandom universe have become part of real-world society.
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Writing Constraints as Catalysts
How does the constraint in a fanfiction prompt generator spark your creativity?
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Survival Games
Write a story set in a dystopian society where survival games are part of the societal structure
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Qunari Philosophy & Politics
Delve into the Qunari’s unique societal structure and its political impact.
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Circle of Magi: Necessity or Curse?
Initiate a debate on whether the Circle of Magi is a necessity for the safety of the realm or a curse hampering mages’ freedom.
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Rushing Stream of Consciousness
Let your thoughts flow without inhibition or structure for a set period of time.
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Shadows and Light Self-Portrayal
Draw a symbolic representation of your perceived inner shadows and lights, then write a piece explaining what you’ve depicted.
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Time Map
Graph out the hours of your day and allocate time blocks for each task, then describe how you feel about this layout.
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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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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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Parallel Universe
Imagine if there was another world that existed simultaneously with ours which only selected people can access.
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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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Birth of a Villain
Write the backstory of an antagonist, focusing on the motives behind their sinister actions.
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Climate Impact
Establish a fictional world and then present a climate or environmental catastrophe. Explore how this crisis alters the world and its inhabitants.
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Exploring the Villanelle
Write a villanelle, a nineteen-line poem with two repeating rhymes and two refrains.
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Emotional Spectrum Haiku
Write a Haiku that captures your complex emotions towards a personal situation.
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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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Overturning Patterns
Write a poem where you start with iambic pentameter and gradually shift away from the pattern.
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Rooms of the Mind
Imagine your mind as a home with different rooms representing different aspects of your personality, emotions, or memories. Pick a room and describe it in detail.
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Poetic Undertones
Write a short story imbued with the rhythm and style of a specific type of poetry.