Writing prompts are short paragraphs, only a few sentences, describing something for you to write. These prompts are for several different genres, and can add some challenges, such as a time limit, or a number of words, or a certain style. The prompts are for writers of all ages. And they are not limited to writers only. Anyone interested can enjoy thinking and talking about these things. Enjoy!

1. A boy is lost in the woods, with nothing to help him get back except one item.
2. The police have called it a seemingly natural death, but a former detective is not so certain. Write a scene about this in 10 minutes.
3. What is your favorite season? Why?
4. Describe a world where certain animals can talk, but some cannot. Write it in 1000 words.
5. You have just received the news that a close family member has passed away. What is your initial response? What are your best memories about this person?
6. Write an in-depth description of a character you have not filled out, describing his/her looks, personality, strengths and weaknesses, and how where they come from, location and background, has affected them.
7. Take a character of yours, developed or not, and put them in this situation; They come to a favored place of theirs, wherever that is, and they find that someone they do not like is there. What is their reaction? How do they feel? What do they say?
8. What if one of your characters was in Aylmer’s position?
9. What would you do if you were in Aylmer’s position?
10. Write a Shakespearean Sonnet about the changing of seasons.
11. Pick three of your favorite stories, and make a list of how they are similar, and what makes them different from each other.
12. Write a short story about a baby polar bear going fishing by himself/herself for the first time.