Creative Writing Prompts Part One [1-50]

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If you could change one event in your life, what would it be and why?

Would you ever buy a drink for a desperate, homeless alcoholic?

What is your biggest achievement?

If you were a superhero, what would be your kryptonite?

If you won the lottery, what would you do on the first day you got your money?

If you could learn one musical instrument, what would it be?

Would you turn in a family member if they had committed a murder?

If you could have your ideal job, what would it be and why?

Imagine you were given a free wish, but you had to wish something for somebody else.

If you could have one day repeat over and over again for the rest of your life, which day would it be?

What if you were only allowed to receive one type of gift (such as books, computer games, clothes) for Christmas for the rest of your life?

If you could have one superpower, what would it be?

What if scientists found that an asteroid was going to destroy the planet in one month?

If you were a type of sauce, which sauce would you be?

Imagine you get robbed at knifepoint and then the thief gets hit by a car.

If you were a two-dimensional shape, what shape would you be?

If you could smash one thing in your house with no repercussions, what would it be?

If you could spend 24 hours locked in a room with any person throughout history, who would it be?

What is the worst thing you’ve ever done in your life?

If you could freeze time whenever you wanted, what would you do?

If you were a drink, which drink would you be?

If you could change or invent one law that had to be implemented across the world, what would it be and why?

Imagine that you could choose one type of weather for the rest of your life.

Who is the wisest person you have ever met?

If you could be attractive and stupid or intelligent and ugly, which would you prefer?

If you had to listen to the same song ten times every day or never listen to music at all, which would you choose?

Imagine you found evidence that humans were created as an experiment by an ancient alien race.

If you could make one animal extinct, which would it be and why?

If you were allowed to erase one book from existence, in the past, present or future, which would it be?

Imagine you could program a robot to perform one day-to-day task for you for the rest of your life.

If you could choose between having no emotions or no capacity for logical thought, which would you prefer?

If you were a god, from any mythology, which one would you be?

If your husband or wife told you that you had to get a divorce if you didn’t stop seeing your best friend, what would you do?

If you could only stay in contact with one of your friends, who would it be?

What if you were offered a choice between a short life with a peaceful death and a long life with a horrific death?

If you were a cartoon character, who would you be?

Imagine you were able to instantly master any academic subject, which subject would it be?

If you were bitten by a vampire, would you live with the blood-lust or ask somebody to kill you before you turned?

If you had one chance to showcase any talent of yours live on TV, which talent would it be and why?

If you could have a personal portrait done by any artist throughout history, who would you choose and why?