119+ ‘unique’ Writing Prompts
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‘Forgotten Victims’
Your protagonist is a lawyer wrestling with a decade-old cold case that no one seems to care about anymore.
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Imaginary Worlds
Develop a fictional setting, complete with its unique rules, reality laws, and cultures.
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Quirks and Habits
Give your character a unique quirk or habit, and explore how it impacts their interactions.
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Time Capsule Untouched
What would a 100-year-old time capsule buried in your backyard reveal about the past?
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Cosmic Calendar
Invent a unique celestial system for your world and explore its implications on time, seasons, and festivals.
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Creation of Cultures
Describe an entirely unique and distinctive culture or society that could exist in a world of your own design.
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The Protagonist’s Quirk
Describe a special or unique trait of your protagonist that sets them apart from others.
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Navigated Through Crisis
Reflect on and document how you navigated a recent crisis or major current event.
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Behind the Scenes of Nonfiction
Write a step-by-step account of your process of writing a piece of nonfiction.
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The Special Someone
Narrate your relationship with a person who has significantly influenced your life.
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Hometown Reflections
Write about your hometown: its unique characteristics, people, and personal significance.
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Cultural Connection
Describe a tradition or custom from your culture which you feel profoundly connected to.
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Firsthand Feminism
Interview a female figure in your life about their experiences with gender inequality and write from their perspective.
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A Day in Their Shoes
Interview someone in a profession dramatically different from yours and write about their average day.
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Food Tales from Far Away
Create a narrative revolving around unique food experiences during your travels.
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Magical Career: Professional Elf in Lapland
Write about the role of a professional Elf in Santa’s Lapland, the unique experiences they face and the challenges they overcome daily.
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Secrets of a Celebrity Bodyguard
Write about a day in the life of a celebrity bodyguard, detailing the unique experiences and challenges they face.
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Birth of a New Chapter
Write about the moment you first held your child, or if you do not have children, a moment when a new life entered your world.
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The Wisdom of Life Lessons
Write about a lesson life has taught you, the circumstances around it, and how it has influenced your later decisions.
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Hallow Ground
Narrate an experience, event, or ritual that significantly marks your cultural or family heritage.
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Culinary Adventures
Recount an experience where you tried an exotic or unusual food for the first time.
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Local Delights
Describe in vivid detail a local food market or festival that you experienced in your community.
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Unfolding Creative Process
Explore your unique creative process and discuss how it influences your blog.
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The Intersection of Subjects
Write about two seemingly unrelated subjects and explore their intersection.
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The Silent Spectator
Write about a significant event in history or in your personal life from the perspective of an inanimate object.
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Tourist in Your Own Town
Take on the mindset of a tourist and describe your town, city, or neighborhood as if you’re seeing it for the first time.
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Portrait of a Neighborhood
Write about the neighborhood you grew up in, its unique specifics, and how it shaped your worldview.
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Unraveling Inherited Recipes
Record a cherished family recipe and discuss the memories associated with it.
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Culinary Journey
Narrate your experience in exploring a cuisine that was completely new to you during your travels.
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Into the Culinary Past
Write about a recipe or food item that is deeply connected with your past and explore how it is linked with your memories.
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Family Folklore
Write a narrative based on a family legend or fascinating historical incident in your lineage.
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Faces of Nonfiction
Choose three nonfiction genres and compare their writing styles and methodologies.
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Forgotten Languages
Pen a timeline of your life with the inclusion of words or phrases you no longer use.
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Empathy in Echoes
Create a song that encapsulates the emotions and feelings of a character from a book or movie.
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Strategic Business Proposal
Choose an industry and write a business proposal for a new start-up company.
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Future Classroom Vision
Imagine you are the Education Minister, describe your ideal learning environment.
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Confluences of Culture
Envision two distinct cultures coming into contact in your created world for the first time.
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Inhabiting a New Planet
Describe a newly discovered planet and its unique features and characteristics.
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Banquet of the Gods
Describe a banquet attended by all the gods from various mythologies and detail the discussions that ensue.
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The Unnoticed Observer
Create a play where an ‘invisible’ character observes others, providing an outsider’s perspective on unfolding events.
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Song of the Heart
Write a play where a character communicates their deepest feelings and emotions through songs.
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Surviving in a Post-Apocalyptic World
Write a graphic novel script set in a dystopian world that has survived an unknown apocalypse.
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Art in action
Mold an artistic concept into a narrative centered around a painter who uses their art in unconventional ways.
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Performing Rain
Imagine being a slow, drizzling raindrop dancing through the sky and write about your journey from cloud to ground.
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Inter-Dimensional Travel Journal
You’ve invented a machine that can travel across different dimensions. Narrate your journey through five drastically different dimensions.
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Prompts for Different Genres
Choose a genre you’re familiar with and create a perfect writing prompt for it.
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Whirlwind of a Wedding
Recall your wedding day, the swirl of emotions, the faces, the moments that made your day special.
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Shifted Shadows
What if your own shadow was a sentient being living in a parallel reality? Write about a day from its perspective.
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Subtext of Silence
Write a story about two people who are in love but have never said more than a few words to each other.
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Unseen Friend
Reflect upon an imaginary friend, if you had one, from your childhood, and discuss how they impacted your growing years.
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Taste of Memory
Describe a food item or a dish that was part of your childhood, detailing the flavors, context, and the emotional strings attached.
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Solo Operator
Write about the solitary life of an animal that prefers solitude, like a tiger or an octopus.
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Reality vs Imagination
Write about a world existing entirely within your mind. How does it differ from the ‘real’ world?
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Journey Through A Healing Process
Pen down a journey of healing you have been through, from the initial hurt to your transformation and healing.
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A New Perspective
Take a notable event from literature and retell it from an unusual perspective, perhaps an inanimate object or a minor character.
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World of Inanimate Commotion
Give voice to the unvoiced and write from the perspective of an inanimate object in your home.
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Melting Pot
Reflect on an experience where you were exposed to a culture radically different from yours.
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Dance of Gratitude
Write about people, experiences or things for which you’re thankful, and how they enhance your life.
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In Conversation With My Reflection
Describe a surreal encounter of engaging in deep conversation with your reflection.
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Life From A Bird’s View
Imagine observing the world from the perspective of a bird, and write about the adventures such timescale would allow.
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Dream Motivations
Write a fictional short story based on a dream you’ve had in which you explore the motivations of the dream character that is ‘you’.
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Chapters Within
Write about a book that unfolds within you, each chapter revealing more about your inner world.
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A Different Life
Write about your life if it took a completely divergent path from the one you know now.
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The Mandala of Mind
Describe your mind as a work of art, like a painting, a sculpture, or a mandala.
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Colorful Chronicles
Choose a color and write about your day as if everything around you was tinted in this hue.
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Cultural Tapestry
Write about a unique cultural tradition your family has and how it has shaped your identity.
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Bonding Moments
Write about memorable moments when the bond between the adopted child and the family solidified.
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Roots and Routes
Write about your family’s geographical journey, how it impacted your family history and what it means for you.
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Lessons from the Family Kitchen
Reflect on the lessons you absorbed from your family kitchen, be it about cooking, relationships, or life in general.
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Parental Legacy
Write about the traditions, values, or practices passed down from your parents that you cherish most.
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Learning from the Young
Narrate an incident where your child/children taught you a critical life lesson.
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Chronicles of Family Trips
Write about a memorable family trip or holiday that involved your large extended family.
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Sibling Frenzy
Describe an experience or moment that perfectly captures the essence of growing up in a large family.
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Family Rituals
Reflect on a recurring tradition or ritual in your family and explain how it’s impacted your life.
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Money Attitudes
Explore your family’s attitudes towards money and how it has shaped your own perspective.
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Generational Gap
Write about a time when the generational gap between you and your parents or grandparents became apparent.
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Growing Together
Write about how you see your relationship with your spouse/partner evolving as you both age.
