Students Adventure Writing Prompts

Your character lives alone in a harsh and desolate setting...

Write a story or poem set in this futuristic city.

Write a story or poem that takes place on this arctic pier.

You open the front door to see a layer of fresh snow, with footprints leading out of your house... but you haven't been outside yet...

Continue the story.

Write a blank verse poem on a topic that's important to you.

Blank verse poetry doesn't rhyme, but has a very strict structure which builds a melody through rhythm. (One way to create this is to structure each line with the same amount of syllables, and the same syllabic stresses, like you might if you were writing the verses of a song.)

Write a poem about a physical journey that you have been on.

Explore the tangible aspects of a journey you have been on, and how these physical characteristics may have impacted mental and spiritual aspects of the journey too.