Creative Writing Prompts from Far-Off Places
Creative writing prompts for travelers and dreamers
Travel and adventure are the themes behind some of the greatest poems ever written and best stories ever told.
Blockbuster movies like Star Wars and the Indiana Jones franchise, TV shows like Lost, and books such as the Narnia series or The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn all use adventure as a premise to telling a riveting tale.
Today’s creative writing prompts are designed to get you out of the house and away to a far-off place. You can go anywhere you want — some of these places are fantastical while others can be found on any map.
Creative Writing Prompts
You can use these creative writing prompts any way you see fit. Write a poem, a story, an article about a similar experience you’ve had, or just draft an entry in your journal. Change these writing prompts as much as you need to so that they work for you. And have fun!
- You have a chance to take an all-expense paid trip to anywhere in the world, but you’ll have to spend three months there. Where do you go and why?
- You’re flying somewhere — anywhere — but when your plane lands, you and the other passengers quickly realize you didn’t reach your intended destination. In fact, you’ve arrived in a strange, wondrous (or terrible) world that you never knew existed.
- Sometimes, to go someplace, you don’t even need to leave your home. Some people travel far and wide in their dreams. Or, maybe you discover a portal to another world right on your property.
Again, you can use these creative writing prompts to write anything at all — poetry, fiction, essays, or just sit down and start freewriting.
Do you ever use creative writing prompts to spark writing sessions? Have you found them helpful? Got any writing prompts of your own to share? Leave a comment!
Melissa Donovan is a website designer and copywriter. She writes fiction and poetry and is the founder and editor of Writing Forward, a blog packed with creative writing tips and ideas.
