What is a creative prompt?
Writing prompts are an invitation to craft a story about a particular topic—a suggestion to get the creative wheels turning. Whether they’re from your own life or from your imagination, there are so many options out there for stories, so prompts can help guide your plot and characters. Writing prompts are neither frauds nor time-wasters. They can help you develop your craft, inspire short stories and novels, and even win you awards. Beyond all that, they are just plain fun. Writing prompts can be: Descriptive: Asks students to create or describe an image or experience; Narrative: Describes a real or fictitious scenario and invites students to tell a story about it; Expository: Asks students to provide information about a topic. or.