Fun in the sun and on the page! Break your writer’s block with these prompts and playlists designed to get your creative juices flowing.
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Playlist and Prompt: Forgotten Places
Curated by Sally Familia, Community Coordinator
Prompt: Write a poem or story inspired by the concept of forgotten places and lost memories. Imagine a deserted location—a once-bustling town square, an overgrown garden, or an abandoned house. Use vivid imagery to evoke the atmosphere of this place and explore the lingering echoes of its past. Reflect on the memories that haunt the space and the stories that still whisper in the silence.
Playlist and Prompt: Changes, Changes, Changes
Curated by Sally Familia, Community Coordinator
Prompt: Reflect on a specific moment in your life when you experienced a significant change or transition. This could be a change in your personal life, a shift in your beliefs or values, or a major decision that altered your path. Write about the ways in which this change influenced your perspective on life or yourself. How did it shape your behavior or choices moving forward?
Playlist and Prompt: Summer So Far
Curated by Sally Familia, Community Coordinator
Prompt: Just because school is slowly coming back in session doesn’t mean that summer is over! Write a poem or story memorializing the summer you have had so far.
Playlist and Prompt: A Passing Conversation
Curated by Sally Familia, Community Coordinator
Prompt: Start the first line of your poem or story with a word or phrase from a recent passing conversation between you and someone you don’t know.
Playlist and Prompt: If I Could Be
Curated by Sally Familia, Community Coordinator
Prompt: Write a piece inspired by the person you want to be five years from now. What has changed? What has remained the same?
Playlist and Prompt: Think about your favorite scent.
Curated by Sally Familia, Community Coordinator
Prompt: Think about your favorite scent. What does it conjure up? Write an ode to this scent using as many details as you can.
Playlist and Prompt: Here’s What They Said…
Curated by Sally Familia, Community Coordinator
Prompt: Write a piece from the perspective of your favorite garden, whether that be a tiny patch in a nearby park or the miracle in your backyard.
Playlist and Prompt: The Whole World Was Ready to Return
Curated by Sally Familia, Community Coordinator
Prompt: Write a piece inspired by the phrase, “the whole world was ready to return”. Allow the first song of the playlist to inspire you.
Playlist and Prompt: How Do You Talk To Yourself?
Curated by Sally Familia, Community Coordinator
Prompt: Take some time to write a piece infused with the affirmations that you need to hear right now. Use the playlist to inspire how you choose to talk to yourself.
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