Your daily creative writing prompts, for young people and everyone else ✏ Supporting creativity during #COVID-19. Curated by: @gothlit_chloe / @bennosaurus
After a month of lockdown writing activities over on our tumblr, we're taking a bit of a break to focus on other commitments. Do take a look at our archive and think about submitting some writing of your own! Thanks to everyone who has supported us so far.
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Make a map, from memory, of a place that is important to you. Use your writing to annotate, describe, or otherwise explore the place in your memory.
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An animal* of your choice is given the chance to be human for a day. Use your writing to try and see the human world through their eyes
(*or any non-human creature)
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It's been almost a month since we started writing every day? Have you been joining in? There's a lovely prompt over on our tumblr to get you started...
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With thanks to @cunningaction for the photograph!
Tricky exercise over on our tumblr today....! Think of the place you live when it is empty of people. Consider all your senses. What sounds fill your home when there are no people? What sights would you see, if you could look into your empty home?
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Morning! Our daily writing inspiration is up over on our tumblr. Another intriguing gem from @FrancesHardinge. Many thanks to all the people who have supported us so far with these awesome activities!
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Check out our tumblr for daily inspiration for creative writing and more. Today we have a deliciously mysterious story/ scene starter from @FictionFox ...
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#WriteEveryDay#Creativity#Lockdown#COVID19
A lovely gothic-inspired writing activity today from @DaleGothic96! With thanks to the Smithsonian for the cool image and Lucas for the doodle...!
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A strange craft lands on Earth with an unexpected cargo to share. What do they give us, and what can we share with them in return?
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16/04/20
What will the world be like one month from now? 6 months from now? 1 year from now? Your predictions or imaginings don’t need to be realistic.
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#WeWriteEveryDay#Covid19#Lockdown#Creativity#youngpeople
Three different people all want to to get their hands on a certain red box before the others do. Each of them has a different idea about what it contains. But perhaps all of them are wrong…
- Frances Hardinge, author of Deeplight and The Lie Tree
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We ended up taking a break after all over the weekend. We hope you did, too! Here's today's prompt to get you writing again... with many thanks to our friend, @mydigression for the words and image.
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10/04/20
We're still here writing every day over the Easter weekend. Enjoy today's spooky inspiration from @TracyFahey over on our Tumblr. Thank you, Tracy!
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09/04/20
“Upon turning the corner, through a small gap in the shrubs, she saw a garden: secret, well-tended, and yet completely abandoned. Who was caring for this hidden garden?”
- L.E. Ludtke host of the LitSci Podcast
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Let's think up a character. Ask yourself some questions - How are they feeling right now? How are they dressed? What is their favourite food? Are they human? Now, let's imagine they find a lost creature of some kind.... How does this change their life? - @kidlit4climate