All this time I thought he was the villain, but as I watched the blood drip from my fingertips, I realised it was all a matter of perspective...

Write a poem about unseasonable weather. e.g. A warm day in the winter, or snow in the summer.

“Only a call away!”

Write a story using this line.

Create a conversation that takes place within a human body.

It can be between cells, organs, or anything real or imagined within the body.

Write a horror story about a creature who hides in people’s walls.

Write a poem about taking a gamble.

Your interpretation can include the classic ideas associated with gambling, or something more metaphorical.

Write a short story where humans are the mythical beings.

Write a descriptive scene about a character feeling the sunlight on their face for the first time in a very long while.

Try to use as many senses as you can to capture this moment.

Write a story where people are limited to only three lies in their lifetime.

Is your protagonist about to use up their first, or maybe their last?

Write a poem that has a whimsical mood.

The word whimsical is defined as being playfully fanciful, especially in an appealing way. What kind of language would you use to portray this?

Write a story based on the worst case scenario in a classic fairy tale.

For example, what could have happened if one of Cinderella’s sisters became the Princes’ wife instead?

Create a dialogue scene between an artist and their muse.

“When the storm comes, my compass always points to...”

Finish the protagonist's sentence, and use it to inspire the plot.

Moonshine and Moonlight

Write a poem which centres on these words. How can you pair these similar words with very different meanings in a poem?

You come home after a long day at the office, and collapse into bed. You feel something under your pillow. You pull out bloody feathers from some kind of black bird...

Write a story, poem, or paragraph, personifying a creaky floorboard in an old house.

Remember this doesn't mean you have to write from its perspective, but give it human characteristics.

Write a story about a therapist who breaks client confidentiality.

What situation could bring them to make this decision?

'We all look the same in the dark.'

Use this line as inspiration for a story or poem.

A scientist creates a robot with near-human sentience, but realises that it is lonely...

Write a chapter of a self-help book written by the absolute worst person to receive this kind of advice from.

What kind of awful advice might be found here?