College Students Writing Prompts

Blood Pact

Write a poem which could have this as the title.

She didn't look up from the cracks in the sidewalk, nor did she turn down her street to go home. Instead, she just kept walking.

Write a story about a character attempting to vanish.

Write a poem or story that reads as if it is beautiful, but is actually about something rather tragic.

For example, you might write about a beautiful sunset in an apocalyptic world, or a poem about the good things about heartbreak.

Write a story about a character who is being haunted by a song.

Describe an ancient torture device and the way your character escapes it.

“Take your shot, stranger. You’ll only get one.”

Start or end a scene with this line of speech.

Write a fictional story or poem that revolves around the question: are we truly unique, or are we mosaics of every person we’ve ever known?

'It’s hard to be inconspicuous when you’re hanging upside down.'

Write a story that starts with that line.

The only answer is arson.

Show how a character slowly comes to this conclusion throughout the course of the story.

'Yet'

Use this single word as an inspiration for a story or poem.

Write a dialogue scene which starts with a confession of love and ends with a confession of a crime.

'The key they'd given me still fit the lock, but the house no longer felt like home'

Write a poem which closes with this line.