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Wednesday 2 January 2013

15 Creative Writing Prompts to Use Anywhere Anytime

By Ron Wilson


Writing creatively is a good way to communicate yourself and get in touch with fictional characters and events. Numerous people have the wish to write creatively for either fun or profit, but how can we improve at being creative? Sometimes we open up to the blank page and instantly suffer writer's block.

The next time this happens to you, think about how much easier things would be if you had an inventory of creative writing prompts to get you through-- an effective list of things that can trigger your imagination, and generate ideas when you most need them.

Imaginative writing prompts are used anywhere and anytime. They could be used repeatedly, or they might be adapted and modified to prompt new ideas. The most effective aspect of creative writing prompts is that they might be as crazy or as sensible as you like, they are just a way of opening your creative mind to more possibilities.

Take the sentence and finish it off, then continue writing for 200 words without thinking about it. Just write the very first thing that come to mind and see where it takes you. So, save these creative writing exercises to your desktop, or print them out and put them up at your writing desk, so you have no more excuses not to write! These are prompts which serve as story starters.

1. I bent over to collect my wallet when I heard the sound of ripping...

2. The sound of the siren was ear piercing. I looked in my rear vision mirror and saw ...

3. The traffic jam brought me eye to eye with the man in the car next to mine, and I started to laugh when I noticed...

4. Three or four children ran towards the water without looking, so I yelled...

5. The weather forecast was clearly wrong that day. I stared up to the clouds to discover ...

6. The scar on my thigh told the story of the childhood misadventure...

7. After turning the shower off, I realised the towels were hanging outside to dry...

8. I marched into the darkness and switched the flick on my flashlight. Nothing happened ...

9. When I'd entered the corner store that morning, in the clothes I'd worn since the day before, I never knew I'd be stuck there for 4 hours...

10. I looked up after hearing a sound above me, just to realise that was a bad idea...

11. The wind blew the hat off my head. As I turned to chase it I noticed a gray haired man had caught it ...

12. The piano removalist loaded my piano onto the truck, ready to take to my new house. That was the last time I ever saw it...

13. The smell of his feet engulfed the room, until the other smell arose...

14. I got home to see the police had enclosed the entrance to my house ...

15. Driving in the dark I barely saw the dog that jumped out in front of my car...




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