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Writing Prompts For Beginners

The document provides 33 writing prompts for beginners to help inspire ideas for short essays, stories, poems, and reflections. The prompts cover a wide range of topics from personal experiences, values, relationships, dreams, gratitude, and hopes for the future. They are intended to get writers thinking creatively about themselves and the world around them.

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Writing Prompts For Beginners

The document provides 33 writing prompts for beginners to help inspire ideas for short essays, stories, poems, and reflections. The prompts cover a wide range of topics from personal experiences, values, relationships, dreams, gratitude, and hopes for the future. They are intended to get writers thinking creatively about themselves and the world around them.

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Writing Prompts for Beginners

1. What is something that you wish people understood better


about you? Explain how this makes you feel.
2. What is the happiest moment you’ve ever experienced?
3. Write a short 100-word biography of yourself. Be as specific as
possible.
4. Imagine that you are asked to give a speech with a list of “rules
for life.” What rules would you include? List three to five rules
and explain why you believe they matter.
5. How frequently do you use social media? How does it influence
your perspective on the world?
6. Are you excited to grow up and become an adult, or would you
rather stay the age you are now? Why?
7. What is the craziest thing you think you might see someday in
the future? How old do you think you’ll be when it happens?
8. What is the most important lesson you’ve ever learned from a
friend or classmate? How did it impact you?
9. Write a “recipe for happiness.” Be sure to include an ingredient
list, measurements, and instructions!
10. What is your favorite way to spend a rainy Saturday?
11. Write a poem about the passage of time. Include a line
that describes each year of school you have completed.
12. Write about something you think is highly underrated.
13. Write about something you think is highly overrated.
14. What current event is most interesting or engaging to
you? Explain why it has captured your attention.
15. Describe what standing in the grass with bare feet feels
like as though you were explaining it to someone who had
never experienced it before.
16. Do you believe honesty or kindness is more important? Are they the
same thing or different? Why?
17. What is your favorite word? Try not to think too hard about your
answer and go with your gut! Then explain why it appeals to you.
18. What would you do if you had the ability to communicate with
animals?
19. Write a short story about a teenager who wakes up on their
16th birthday to a magical surprise.
20. What are you most looking forward to right now?
21. Do you feel like the adults in your life understand the issues
you face? Why or why not?
22. If you had to describe your family in just three words, what
would they be? Explain why you chose each word.
23. Write a short story about the most vivid dream you have ever
had.
24. What are you thankful for? Write about one specific thing you
are grateful for or make a long list of all the things you appreciate!
25. Write a poem based on your favourite movie.
26. If you could ensure that you would remember every detail of
one memory forever, what would it be? Why?
27. If you could forget one memory forever, what would it be?
Why?
28. Imagine that you and several classmates get trapped in the
school overnight. Do you try to escape or take the opportunity to
cause a little mayhem?
29. Write a letter to your future 45-year-old self.
30. What is the first thing you notice when you meet a new person?
What do you think people notice first about you?
31. Write a short story about an eerie portal to another world.
32. Do you believe that nature or nurture has more of an impact on
a person’s development? Why?
33. Make a list of things that would be on your “bucket list.” Then
choose one and explain why you chose it.

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