Writing prompts for young writers
August 30, 2025
Many of you will have heard of Julia Cameron and her book The Artist’s Way, which is essentially a twelve-week course to help recover your creativity. Although there is much more to the book, two of the key practices Cameron encourages is the idea of morning pages and artist dates. Morning pages are three hand-written pages […]
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August 2, 2025
Creative Writing Prompts: August
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“Making art is the ultimate human act. The impulse to create is instinctual, untaught, innate to us as a species,” says Amie McNee in the introduction to her book We need Your Art. Maybe you already have a project you’re working on (or struggling to work on), or you want to create something new but […]
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March 31, 2025
Creative Writing Prompts: April
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April is one of my favourite months of the year. In Australia, April represents a cooler change in the weather (hopefully!), as well as moments of pause and reflection for Anzac Day and Easter. I look forward to spending more time in my garden instead of hiding inside trying to escape the heat, as well […]
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February 4, 2025
For many people, February is the month of love. For me, it has a significance of a different kind, albeit still heart-related – because February is also International CHD Awareness Month, with 14 February being Sweetheart Day. I’ve put together a set of prompts that riff off all of this. While Valentine’s Day brings with […]
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January 7, 2025
I love words. I love reading them and I love writing them. But I’m also a great procrastinator. For me, the hardest part of writing is getting started. I find myriad ways to not turn up to the page. I wondered whether having a set of prompts that were simple but open to interpretation might […]
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September 30, 2024
I recently had a friend tell me her son had created an imaginary world, but was worried about not being able to get his creative ideas out of his head. I love encouraging and supporting into young writers, so I’m developing a series of prompts to help him share the world he’s creating. Maybe these […]
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