Teachers Mystery Writing Prompts
Inspire Future Detectives in Your Classroom Today
Image teachers mystery writing prompts
VISUAL PROMPT
by Florentina Amon @ deviantart.com/Tiina23

Write a story or poem inspired by this image. What themes and atmospheres come to mind?
VISUAL PROMPT
Art by Sans @ deviantart.com/Sanskarans

Write a Halloween-inspired story or poem which includes this character.
VISUAL PROMPT
by somatonic @deviantart.com/somatonic

Arriving at this fantasy location, your character must make The Ascent.
Popular teachers mystery writing prompts
STORY STARTER
Submitted by CJ
The year is 2050, and all children are bought up in a government institution.
Create a story that takes place in this setting.
STORY STARTER
While on a first date, you begin to realise that the person you’re seeing is actually someone you used to know. But now they seem very different…
WRITING OBSTACLE
How would you describe silence?
Think about which senses you can use to describe the sound, and feeling, of silence.