Use creative writing skills to come up with 10 creative writing prompts for adults. Most creative writing prompts are geared toward children. These should be imaginative and creative.


1. In three paragraphs, describe the first time that you ever felt the following intense emotions: love, envy, and dread. Be creative and detailed to make readers feel what you felt in those moments.  

2. You’re going on a road trip. What snacks are you bringing so that you don’t spend a ton of money on fast food? 

3. Write a lengthy, rhyming poem about your favorite sweets without using the words “candy,” “chocolate,” or “yummy.” 

4. Write a short story about a magical creature that’s missing a key feature that makes them known as a magical creature. For instance, a unicorn without a horn, a dragon that can’t breathe fire, or a banshee that can only whisper. 

5. Pick your favorite room in your home and write an advertisement that would entice people to want to see your favorite room in your home. Use whimsical, engaging vocabulary that paints a mental picture of the room. 

6. What’s been your worst impulse purchase? Tell the world about it in an acrostic poem that uses the name of whatever you bought. Each ending word should rhyme with the next line’s ending word. 

7. Your spouse gets turned into a vampire, and they say that if you love them, you’ll let them suck your blood and turn you into a vampire too. Narrate a conversation where you explain your decision to them. 

8. In a debate with Willy Wonka, explain to him why an everlasting sweet would be horrible for someone’s teeth, especially if that person had poor impulse control. Use persuasive points to argue your case. 

9. You’re an arachnophobe, trying to overcome your fear and view spiders as necessary creatures to the ecosystem of the planet. Write an inner monologue where you try to convince yourself that spiders aren’t so bad.  

10. Create a four-course pop-up restaurant menu to showcase your talents as a new chef. Include meals that you know how to make in real life, regardless of how simple or “microwaved” they may be. 