Here you will find free/wild writing prompts to spark off ideas if you need them.
Free-writing, sometimes known as wild-writing, is a terrific writing tool for many reasons! It can wake up your brain and get the writing muscles working. It can help generate ideas. It aids you in rejecting too much perfectionism in your writing at the first draft stage and it is fantastic for mental health – allowing you to offload and release your thoughts, feelings and emotions. Write without rules and allow the words to flow!
- In my dreams I…
- I am NOT…
- I just need to say that…
- If you think you know me…
- write about the wildest thing that has ever happened to you
- write about the wildest thing you have ever done (was it outside of your usual comfort zone? What happened?)
- write about the wildest creature you have ever encountered (was it a pet or a truly wild animal? What happened?
- write about the wildest story someone has ever told you (did you believe it?)
- write about the wildest place you have ever been to
- What are your personal fears and phobias? Can you trace them back to a specific memory or incident? How does it affect your life?
- Have you ever faced up to a fear? If so, what happened?
- Do we get through life because we know that bad things end and nightmares are something we can always wake up from? What if we couldn’t?
- Are bad dreams and nightmares manifestations of things we are worried about in real life? Have you ever had a recurring dream or nightmare? What do you think it meant?
