100 Days of Writing Prompts
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3 min readJul 15, 2015
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.
- female role models/teamwork
- taking an experience and writing about it (the “Medium” effect)
- on drinking
- #sndmakes: moving pictures that are less shitty than GIFs
- the perpetual feeling of “being behind”
- what would you change about yourself?
- my parents’ immigrant experience
- on keeping in touch
- what’s wrong with “chill”
- describe, in detail, your morning routine
- feeling overwhelmed
- write about a scar
- answering the question “where are you from?”
- write about a song that you associate closely with a specific moment
- three things you want in a relationship
- cut the garbage out of your life
- a place you enjoyed visiting
- urgent vs. important
- write about your favorite article of clothing
- types of friendships
- Leslie Knope vs. Liz Lemon
- thoughts on imposter syndrome
- airports and travel
- accepting your body
- where are you right now?
- on bookstores
- my parents’ relationship
- why i love television
- in retrospect
- what we learned building a student media startup
- on activism
- family recipes
- what was your favorite toy?
- on running
- my relationship with my mother
- on Chipotle
- advice you’d give your high school self
- write about one of your most-visited websites
- on politeness/niceness
- your biggest fears
- coffee or tea
- my relationship with my sister
- a book that you reread
- on concerts
- on the language of social media
- a movie you rewatch
- what’s the dominant emotion in your life right now?
- the great outdoors
- on undergraduate research
- write about your first week in college
- picking a box (inspired by the New York Magazine article “Can Racism Be Stopped in the Third Grade?”)
- transitional objects
- on meditation
- combatting imposter syndrome with community
- a time you were drunk
- write an email you will never send
- on student journalism
- on milestones
- a private prompt
- do you miss anyone?
- what’s delivered to my inbox
- as a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
- your favorite museum
- on mental health
- on perseverance
- the end of the school year
- write about a game you played as a child
- family time
- your summer plans
- what makes you nervous
- why i read
- waiting at the DMV
- on snake people (aka millennials)
- on suburbia
- how do you pack?
- write about an imagined connection between random people
- my relationship with my father
- what are you more comfortable with — routine or spontaneity?
- describe your relationship with your phone
- five pet peeves
- if you could erase one incident from you past, what would it be?
- on history
- a rainy day
- things that can always make you laugh
- early bird or night owl
- write about your favorite quote
- casual life goals
- define adulthood
- why i write
- America!
- being alone
- what was the last book you read?
- things i learned in college that i didn’t earn a degree for
- how do you stay organized?
- describe your teenage hangout spot
- something that makes you uncomfortable
- what have you changed your mind about?
- on FOMO
- what have you learned about process?
- 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!