What do you see in the clouds? Describe it. Now try to look at the clouds as someone else might see them. What do they see? Describe it.
creative writing prompts
Weekly Photo Writing Prompt
It may be hard to see in this picture, but there is bird poo on this bench. Write a scene where your character (or a new character), sits down on this bench. Do they notice the poo first or no? What happens? How do they feel about it? How do they react?
Weekly Photo Writing Prompt
Write a conversation between these two fish. How do they feel? What do they see, hear, experience? Write two pages.
Weekly Photo Writing Prompt
Write about someone smashing this video tape, destroying it, why? Try to explain it without explicitly stating what was on the tape (ie. make the reader read between the lines).
Weekly Photo Writing Prompt
Write about either a witch or a mad scientist who is brewing up something they shouldn’t. How do they convince themselves they are doing the right thing?
Weekly Photo Writing Prompt
Write about two characters standing before the fence, one who wants to trespass, and another who does not. Begin with, “The danger sign was clear…”
Weekly Photo Writing Prompt
Write about a character on thin ice, both literally and figuratively.
Weekly Photo Writing Prompt
What a pre-dinner conversation where two characters are discussing the menu, but really they are talking about their relationship. Begin with the line, “I don’t like the look of the special.”
Weekly Photo Writing Prompt
Your character has been asked to meet someone shady at this location. Describe their arrival. What is waiting for them here?
Weekly Photo Writing Prompt
Describe one texture and then the other. Find ways to contrast the two. Use the textures to compare old and new.
