Writer's inspiration

 

✨ Quick Prompts for Inspiration

🪞Personal/Emotional

• Write about a memory you’ve never shared.

• "The letter I never sent..."

• Describe a feeling without naming it (e.g. jealousy, nostalgia).

🌍 World-Building

• A city where memories are currency.

• Everyone has a visible aura that changes color — one day, yours disappears.

• A forest where trees whisper secrets only to those who dare sleep beneath them.

📖 Character Sparks

• A person who remembers every dream — and each one comes true.

• A child who grows up speaking a forgotten language no one else understands.

• An old man on a train, carrying a locked box. He won’t let it out of his sight.

🔄 Twists and Questions

• What if the villain is right?

• What’s the price of a wish, and who collects it?

• Write a story backwards — starting with the ending.

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🧠 Exercises to Boost Creativity

• "What if" Game: Ask wild “what if” questions and follow them to logical or absurd conclusions.

• Switch POV: Rewrite a classic tale from a side character’s point of view.

• Word Collage: Pick 5 random words (e.g. velvet, clock, ocean, regret, firefly) — write a story or poem using them all.

• Set a timer (10 mins): Write without stopping or editing — let raw ideas flow.

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📚 Sources of Inspiration

• Dream journals – Write down strange dream fragments.

• Music without lyrics – Let the emotion of the sound lead you.

• Old photos – Imagine what happened before or after the picture was taken.

• Overheard conversations – One sentence can become a whole plot.