Speak Up Writing Prompts

Week of February 2, 2026

Writing 1

  • Write about games. Do you like playing games? Don’t like playing games?
  • What’s your favorite—or most essential—piece of clothing?
  • Write about finding lost things.

Writing 2

  • Think about something you were sad to have lost, but now you are grateful that lost thing is gone.
  • Have you ever been burned? (By the sun or a flame or a person.) Write about it.
  • If you could have any superpower, what would it be? How would you use it?

Writing 3

  • Respond to this quote by George Bernard Shaw: “A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
  • Are you intensely passionate about something? Is there something you could talk about for hours? Bring us into that world. 
  • Do you think it would be valuable for others to experience homelessness? Or generally life in your shoes? Why or why not? Do you have anyone in mind that it would especially benefit?

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