Write a poem or short story that embodies the feeling of being chosen last.

A lone, aged man wanders across the wild land searching for something.

What does he seek?

Write the climax of a murder mystery story without any reference to the victim or the crime itself.

The climax can be defined as the point in the story with the highest tension and stakes. How will you drive the story without mentioning the crime?

“If only this world had shown me a little more mercy…”

Continue the sentence and write a single scene inspired by it.

Write an anchor line poem on a topic of your choosing.

In an anchor line, the first three lines of each stanza rhyme, and the last line of every stanza shares the same rhyme. Rhyme scheme: AAAB CCCB DDDB EEEB

'Diamonds are beautiful, but they are also strong.'

Use this as a metaphor in a story or poem

Write a gossip session between two friends which suddenly turns very serious.

How can you use dialogue and speech tags to convey the change of tone?

Use this image as inspiration for a story.

In a poem, write about a love triangle between three people.

Will you write from each person's perspective with unique voices, or omnisciently tell the whole story?

Life is like a sharp stick…

Continue the sentence, and use it to inspire your story.

Write a story from the perspective of an owl at night.

How would their senses be different, and how could you describe this?

Write about story about a character who has recently been brought back after being cryogenically frozen.

The Burden of Memory

Write a poem that could have this as its title.

'We leaned up against the wall, and I had no idea what was coming next.'

Write this as the opening or closing line to your story, in any genre.

A fairy has to do something to gain their wings.

Write a story about what your protagonist has to do to receive theirs.

In another dimension, dinosaurs walk among humans, but they’re not at all like how the archeologists of our world predicted…

Write a descriptive scene about what dinosaurs are really like.

Your character throws an innocent teaparty, but serves something that causes quite a controversy.

Write a vignette about a runaway seeking shelter in an abandoned building.

A vignette is a passage that’s mainly descriptive. Try using the five senses to enhance the description of the scenario.

Write a story about a character who has a low social battery.

Write a poem or story about fog, steering away from any horror themes.

Usually when we think of fog, our minds come up with a daunting image. Try to make your story/poem beautiful.