Creative Writing Prompts

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The Six Word Memoir
Hemingway was supposedly challenged to tell his life story in six words. He came up with "For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn." Write your own six word memoirs!
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- The Importance of an Object
- Focus on an object that has played a significant role in your life. Write a piece surrounding the significant of that object.
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- When You Slept Outside
- Write about a time that you slept outside.
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- Giving Life to the Inanimate
- Try and relate a scene through the perspective of an object in the room. You don't need to give the object life, but center the story around the object.
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- Capturing Your Dreams
- Why waste your time coming up with a story when your dreams will do it for you? Write a piece in which you attempt to detail a dream you've had.
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- One Page or Less
- Write a story on one piece of paper. Forcing yourself to a smaller scope enables you to not only finish the story, but focus on a shorter narrative.
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