Write from a dove’s point of view conveying how it feels about being a symbol of peace.

It was late one night. Raining. Cold. I was five. My parents said everything was going to be fine. Parents lie...

Write a poem centred around the theme of guardian angels.

What could this mean to different people?

Your character turns 16 and goes to get their dragon-riding license…

Create a short story that combines elements of both your favorite and least favorite genres.

What styles are common to the genres, and do you want to combine or juxtapose them?

‘As I heard the cry of the last wolf, I knew it was over…’

Continue the story...

Feeling Known

Write a poem that could use this as its title or central theme.

“Gosh, I have to stop getting blood all over these hardwood floors…”

Write a short story which contains this line.

Write a descriptive scene in which the protagonist must learn an unusual skill in order to stay alive.

Try to describe the skill in detail, using whatever sensory imagery makes sense for the skill. It might help if it's something you know well.

As the pair crossed the roaring river, they noticed a figure waiting for them on the other side…

Your mind is a garden, your thoughts are the seeds.

You can grow flowers, or you can grow weeds.

Write a poem that either begins or ends with this couplet.

“I broke my rules for you!”

Without writing in the romance genre, create a story surrounding this line.

Create a character who fits a stereotype in every aspect except one. Reveal this aspect of them towards the end of the story.

Sirens wailed nearby, signalling the townsfolk to take cover from a danger they had tried to convince themselves wasn’t real…

Write a poem that shows how a single moment in a person’s childhood still affects them to this day.

It does not have to be a something negative...

Create a fantasy story that begins with this scene.

In a short scene, how can your protagonist say “I won’t forget you” without literally saying the words “I won’t forget you”?

Your protagonist is at an arcade late at night. When they decide to go home, they turn around to see that every single game in the arcade says ‘game over’ in flashing red letters...

Write a thriller story beginning with this premise.

Why do roses have thorns?

Write a poem that discusses this question.

You accidentally create a potion when attempting to make a hangover cure.