As a writer I know that deep down each of us has stories worth telling. The writing prompts offered here will help you find your own special voice. Read them, let your mind wander freely and listen carefully to the voice within. Then begin writing. Don’t be afraid. Just write what you want to say. Amaze yourself!...
Sing the Song of Yourself
After reading his soaring poetry, you are encouraged by the great American poet Walt Whitman to write a ”song” of yourself. It celebrates all that is special about you, about your life and your unique consciousness. It may even include your dreams and hopes. What are some of the lines in your song or poem of yourself?
What Is the Message You Would Carry Back to Civilization?
You are walking in the wilderness and meet a wise person who gives you a message to deliver to the world after you return to civilization. What is this message you receive? Will people understand your words? How will your special message change the world?
Writing about the year 3014
It is the year 3014. Civilization and its people have evolved, some things for the better, some things worse. People have devised new ways to communicate with one another. Their lives are strikingly different in some respects from ours today. One evening while watching television a time warp suddenly thrusts you into this new world.
Describe a day in the life of someone living in the future. Would they be living in a new dimension that we know nothing about?
What is your ‘impossible’ dream?
This is an ”impossible” dream that I can make come true in my imagination: