Young Adults Adventure Writing Prompts

Your character signs up for an exciting new activity that promises to help them make friends...

Think about who this character is and what this kind of person might have signed up for.

Write a descriptive passage about the feeling of comfort or escape that can be found when reading a story.

Maybe you remember getting lost in a good book - try to describe this unique feeling!

Your character works in this shop, and one day makes a very important sale.

Your character hikes to this abandoned but beautiful quarry. Describe their day here.

Write a story where your shadow comes to life.

You can consider writing from the perspective of the shadow as well as the main character.

Everyone is born with a best friend – you, however, have yet to find the mark indicating who yours is.

How does this character feel about being without their other half, and what will they do about it?

Write a short story about two characters who grow up together.

Describe your dream candy shop.

This doesn’t have to be written from the perspective of a child, but it may be fun to use the language of wonderment and glee typical of astonished children.

Write a short story that follows an archaeologist excavating a city 500 years from now.

What has lasted 500 years, and what hasn’t? What do they discover, and what goes unfound?

Your character lives alone in a harsh and desolate setting...

‘I had never been so close to giving up, and yet still managed to keep on fighting.’

Write a short story that includes this line.

You live in a world where you are assigned a pet animal since birth.

It is not necessary to include mythical animals but don’t feel limited to just domesticated pets!