Young Adults Mystery Writing Prompts

Write a story inspired by this image.

To celebrate World Oceans Day, write about an adventure that begins at sea.

You are anonymously given a map for your birthday, and assume it's a joke. Until you look closely...

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.)

"Even the dead tell stories."

Using this as the opening or closing line, try writing a horror or thriller poem.