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Easy prompts to begin
Invent a new holiday. How would people celebrate it?
What is the best thing about being your age?
Imagine your backpack could talk. What stories would it tell?
Describe the perfect rainy day.
What would you do with one extra hour every day?
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Imaginative story starters
A package arrives with your name on it, but you did not order it.
You wake up and discover that animals can understand you.
There is a staircase behind the library shelves.
Your shadow decides to go on its own adventure.
A cloud follows you home from school.
How to use these prompts
- Choose a prompt that creates a question or picture in your mind.
- Spend two minutes listing details before writing a first sentence.
- Write without editing for five to ten minutes, then read your work aloud.