You guys wanted some prompts and I thought this might give you some fun ideas. Some of these challenges can apply to every kind of writer, so I suggest skimming them all 🙂
Songwriters
- Produce an album with each song touching on a different social issue
- compose a movie score
- write 1 song a month about the events in that time and visit those songs in a year
- write a song about wherever you are right now
- rewrite the lyrics of your favorite song
- compose a new melody for your favorite song
- write a song where the lyrics contradict the melody
- make a mashup of completely different songs
Authors
- write a story from the point of view of a character you hate
- write a story based off a song
- write a story from a deity’s point of view
- write a story that takes place somewhere you’ve never been
- write a story with no dialogue
- write a story from the point of view of a piece of technology
- turn a poem into a story
- write a story with only 140 characters
Poets
- write a positive poem about something you hate
- condense your favorite song/movie into a haiku
- write a poem about what you wish you knew when you were younger
- write a poem completely out of YouTube comments
- write a poem with song lyrics only
- write a poem about a photo from over 50 years ago
- write a poem about your favorite love story
- write about an experience you’ve never had
Journalists
- write an article from a perspective that is the opposite of yours
- write an article based on a picture from the 1900′s
- write about an interview with a dead person
- report a story based on a poem or song
- report the events in your favorite book
- report a murder that nobody knows you committed
- you’re a travel columnist. Write about where you are now.
- write a fake news article about a world leader