creative writing prompts
March 31, 2025
Creative Writing Prompts: April
premium
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 […]
premium
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 […]
premium
December 3, 2024
Contemplating beginnings and endings can help provoke memories and create fascinating stories when writing about our own lives or the lives of those who came before us. Here’s a few prompts to get you started … 1. Leaving Write about a time you or an ancestor left one place and moved to another, whether that […]
premium
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 […]
premium
June 3, 2024
After what has been a long dry summer in my part of the world, and a seemingly short warm autumn, we have been inundated with a deluge of rain as if Winter wanted us to sit up and take notice of her arrival. It has certainly made me think about the changing seasons, both physically […]
premium
July 4, 2023
Creative Writing Prompts: Winter
premium
It’s been pretty wet and cold where I live – and so dark in the mornings. I’m usually a morning person, with a walk around a nearby lake almost every day, even when my walking partner cancels on me at the last minute. But even I haven’t been forcing myself out of bed the last […]
premium