Looking for some things to write about? Here are 50…
- Write about what you love about your life right now.
- Write a list of words for each of your senses.
- Write about a lifestyle you can barely imagine.
- Write about spending a day in the house of your dreams.
- Write a world with no characters.
- Write an ode to the floor.
- Write about a profession you know nothing about.
- Write an edict to your story world and nail it to a (fictional) tree.
- Write about something magical in the real world.
- Write a time system you would prefer to the current one.
- Write a plan of inaction.
- Write a letter to your favourite character.
- Write their response to you.
- Write about something new and unexciting.
- Write about a mythical creature in your garden.
- Write a spell that aids writers.
- Write a lesson plan inspired by your favourite story.
- Write out the opening passage of a book, verbatim.
- Write about the last thing you read or heard that amazed you.
- Write a meeting between two friends, who’ve never met.
- Write an elegy to someone eligible.
- Write a dictionary entry for 3 items on your desk, combined.
- Write about what you love about the world right now.
- Write an abstract for a fictional non-fiction article.
- Write about a story decision as though it were a board meeting.
- Write a strange maintenance log entry.
- Write a conversation with the dead.
- Write a case study documenting your character’s success.
- Write about tidying up a mess.
- Write about things you learned as a child, then forgot.
- Write a shopping list for a character’s relative.
- Write, in detail, about the edge of an organic object.
- Write around a central issue without addressing it.
- Write about a story that is perfectly round.
- Write about changing your mind on an important subject.
- Write a writing guide to a story you haven’t written yet.
- Write about the beginning of recorded history.
- Write a long-overdue apology.
- Write about a shift in the weather.
- Write about a conversation that annoyed you.
- Write about 3 types of “gold”.
- Rewrite your least favourite fairytale, in reverse.
- Write about something you know nothing about, as if you’re an expert.
- Write a schedule for a leader.
- Write about why your pet peeve doesn’t matter.
- Write about an unheard kind of music.
- Write about some bad advice you gave.
- Write about need.
- Write an itinerary for visiting a theme park based on your story world.
- Write directions for using this list.