Books and Life as Art Writing Prompts


Writing 1

What’s the last book you read? Would you recommend?

What is something you have always wanted to do or try? What holds you back?

Write about a topic that you have to write about.

Writing 2

Think of something difficult or painful you’ve experienced—homelessness, sickness, mental illness, grief, addiction, etc—and write some jokes or funny anecdotes about it.

Write about if your life was a movie right now, what genre would it be? (Comedy, Drama, Horror, etc.) Explain why and share some plot elements that match that genre.

Writing 3

Ain’t nothin’ wrong with a big ole ________. Write about it.

Writing 4

What would you do if the world took away music and art?

Write about if you had a twin doppelganger whose personality was different from “your true self,” what would that doppelganger’s personality be like?