Printable creative writing prompts

If you want to become a better writer, the best thing you can do is practice writing every single day. Writing prompts are useful because we know sometimes it can be hard to think of what to write about! To help you brainstorm, we put together this list of 365 creative writing prompts to give you something to write about daily.

Encourage your child to take a nature walk, using the prompts on this worksheet to write and draw their observations of plants, animals, sounds, and more. Use this picture prompt to provoke creativity in student writing. Encourage your students to use imagery - visually descriptive language that paints a picture.

In this fun brainstorming activity, budding writers will use the format to start generating a story of their own! Writers will practice crafting a story around setting with this open-ended writing prompt. Encourage young writers to create a story using tools like figurative language, adverbs, and adjectives.

I had a fortunate conversation with a teacher friend many years ago who told me that she was always looking for interesting printable writing prompts (or story starters) for her students. Ever since then, we’ve added writing prompt worksheets for nearly every holiday and season of the year!