Creative Writing Prompts About Feelings

BEAUTIFUL GIRL DISSATISFIED
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For today's creative writing prompts, I would like everyone to look at the picture and write down what you think the girl might be feeling, and/or what she might be thinking in her head. (Examples:  I can't believe she did that to me! OR What am I going to do now?) Write for about two minutes. 

Creative Writing Prompts

1.  Creative Nonfiction Prompt:

Have you ever felt any of the emotions from the list?  Write about it.


2.  Fiction Writing Prompt:  Write the scene about what happened to the girl before the picture.

OR

Dialogue Practice:  Write a scene about the girl and someone else coming into the picture to ask her, "What's wrong?"  Use one of the phrases from your list to get you started.  Write about a page of dialogue for writing practice. 

3.  Poetry Writing Prompts: 

Pick an emotion or phrase from your list and write a poem of 15 lines or less with that theme.

OR

Write a poem of 15 lines or less about how you are feeling right now.

Random Words Writing Prompt

CARIBBEAN ISLAND
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Today we will combine the picture with random words (or any version of the random words) for our creative writing prompts.  You will find the random words below. 

1.  Use 4 of the words below to write an opening sentence that connects with the picture.  Then write for 5 minutes without stopping use that sentence as your starting point.

2.  Poetry Writing:  Write a poem about the picture in 10 lines or less.  Choose a word from the list to be your title. 

3.  Use either the picture OR the some of the words to to write about whatever you want.  Write for 10 minutes without stopping. 

Random Words:
wonderment, struggle, lemon drop, ridge, burnish, vein, sweetness, 24, mouth, choose, twin, primitive, banish, glaze, up, hand print, gaze, recall, auction, chicken, future, city, tree, forget, melody, solo, bead, fly, unwind, stone, change, drum, cymbal