100 Days of Writing Prompts

Nicole Zhu

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Jul 15, 2015

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A complete list of my writing prompts from The Hundred Day Project. I collected some prompts from extensive Googling, while others are original prompts, personal musings on random topics, subjects for blog posts, or suggestions by friends. Some entries have been published in their entirety on Medium.

1. female role models/teamwork
2. taking an experience and writing about it (the “Medium” effect)
3. on drinking
4. #sndmakes: moving pictures that are less shitty than GIFs
5. the perpetual feeling of “being behind”
6. what would you change about yourself?
7. my parents’ immigrant experience
8. on keeping in touch
9. what’s wrong with “chill”
10. describe, in detail, your morning routine
11. feeling overwhelmed
12. write about a scar
13. answering the question “where are you from?”
14. write about a song that you associate closely with a specific moment
15. three things you want in a relationship
16. cut the garbage out of your life
17. a place you enjoyed visiting
18. urgent vs. important
19. write about your favorite article of clothing
20. types of friendships
21. Leslie Knope vs. Liz Lemon
22. thoughts on imposter syndrome
23. airports and travel
24. accepting your body
25. where are you right now?
26. on bookstores
27. my parents’ relationship
28. why i love television
29. in retrospect
30. what we learned building a student media startup
31. on activism
32. family recipes
33. what was your favorite toy?
34. on running
35. my relationship with my mother
36. on Chipotle
37. advice you’d give your high school self
38. write about one of your most-visited websites
39. on politeness/niceness
40. your biggest fears
41. coffee or tea
42. my relationship with my sister
43. a book that you reread
44. on concerts
45. on the language of social media
46. a movie you rewatch
47. what’s the dominant emotion in your life right now?
48. the great outdoors
49. on undergraduate research
50. write about your first week in college
51. picking a box (inspired by the New York Magazine article “Can Racism Be Stopped in the Third Grade?”)
52. transitional objects
53. on meditation
54. combatting imposter syndrome with community
55. a time you were drunk
56. write an email you will never send
57. on student journalism
58. on milestones
59. a private prompt
60. do you miss anyone?
61. what’s delivered to my inbox
62. as a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
63. your favorite museum
64. on mental health
65. on perseverance
66. the end of the school year
67. write about a game you played as a child
68. family time
69. your summer plans
70. what makes you nervous
71. why i read
72. waiting at the DMV
73. on snake people (aka millennials)
74. on suburbia
75. how do you pack?
76. write about an imagined connection between random people
77. my relationship with my father
78. what are you more comfortable with — routine or spontaneity?
79. describe your relationship with your phone
80. five pet peeves
81. if you could erase one incident from you past, what would it be?
82. on history
83. a rainy day
84. things that can always make you laugh
85. early bird or night owl
86. write about your favorite quote
87. casual life goals
88. define adulthood
89. why i write
90. America!
91. being alone
92. what was the last book you read?
93. things i learned in college that i didn’t earn a degree for
94. how do you stay organized?
95. describe your teenage hangout spot
96. something that makes you uncomfortable
97. what have you changed your mind about?
98. on FOMO
99. what have you learned about process?
100. what i learned writing 750 words every day for 100 days

If you have any prompts you think others might enjoy, leave them in a comment!