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Everywhere You Look There are Creative Writing Prompts
As glamorous as creative writing prompt sounds, it is nothing more than they start of an idea for your writings. A
prompt could be virtually anything from a picture to a dream, whatever gives you that “Oh that would be a great
story” feeling is your prompt. Like a movie preview it gives you a taste of what is to come or a sample at a store
that makes you want to buy the product. It could be a single word or a collaboration of words. Whatever it takes to
get the story into your head and then onto the paper would be considered a creative writing prompt.
The need of finding creative writing prompts often stems from having writers block. If coming up with your own
prompts has become difficult don’t worry. There a literally millions of prompts out there. You just need to find
the right ones for you. Take the Internet for example. Do a search for creative writing prompts. You now have pages
and pages of story starter’s right at your fingertips. You have many options available while searching for prompts.
From one or two words starters to a brief synopsis of an idea they are available to you. Some sites offer daily
prompts. They will even email them to you. There are many books available with nothing but lists of prompts just
waiting to be turned into great stories from your mind.
There are a lot of writers that feel that using lists of prewritten prompts by someone else is cheating. They feel
that all prompts used must be their own. But truth be told, there is not a creative writing prompt that has not
been wrote about. It is the creation that comes after the prompt that makes the writing your own. The prompt is not
what your creative writing is all about, but a springboard for your imagination. It is merely what opens the portal
to your imagination, to your passion, and to your thoughts.
Sitting at your computer and staring at the blank page will most likely give you a headache before a great idea. Go
outside, close you eyes, and clear your mind. Listen to the sounds around you. What do you hear? Children’s
laughter, neighbors chatting, or ever the birds chirping. Let those sounds drift away and your mind float. Slowly
letting things come back into your mind, your last trip to the beach, your kids at the playground, your spouse
cooking dinner any of these can be an idea jogger that gets the creative writing flowing. These thoughts alone
could spark a hundred ideas just waiting to be words on your canvas. It also may help to keep a notebook with you
at all times. That way whenever you have a great idea you can jot it down before it escapes you.
Many writers only use creative writing prompts from outside sources. They are given to them by editors and
publishers telling the writer what they want you to write about. Some writers work better this way being given the
idea and running with it. Others prefer using their own. Creative writing prompts not only help initiate ideas,
they also help spark your memory for you to write about your own past experiences and adventures. You can use them
for writings on your website or blog.
Whether you use outside sources for your inspiration or use your own it does not affect the integrity of the words
that complete the idea. The story behind the prompt is the vision of your creative abilities, not the prompt
itself.
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