Music-Inspired Writing Prompts
Writing prompts for music lovers
At some point in their lives, all artistic people run into creative walls. Writers lose inspiration so frequently, they have their own special term for it: writer’s block.
Luckily, writing ideas don’t have to magically appear in order for creativity to start flowing. There are numerous tricks that we writers can use to lure the muse out of hiding.
Writing prompts are an ideal way to ignite a writing session when you’re feeling uninspired. Today’s writing prompts are all about music, and since pretty much everybody loves music, you should find at least one prompt among these that motivates you to write something.
Before you get started, you might want to go put a little of your favorite writing music on. You know, to set the mood.
Writing Prompts
You can use these writing prompts in any way you see fit. Compose a poem, a short story, a personal essay, or write a song (that would be rather fitting). Use the prompt as-is or change it to suit your needs. Most importantly, have fun!
- Almost every year, there’s a song that defines the time as an era, an anthem.
- If you had to learn how to play an instrument, which one would you choose and why?
- An old man who has been playing guitar all his life finds out he has severe arthritis.
- A young girl dreams of becoming a musician in an orchestra but her parents will not hear of it.
- Everybody wants to be a rock star. Or do they?
- Did you know that learning music at an early age promotes discipline and kids who study music get higher scores in math and language arts, among other things?
- While driving, you turn on the radio and that song comes on. The one that reminds you of you-know-who.
- Why do we get songs stuck in our heads? Does it mean something?
- There are many things one can do while music is playing – dance, drive, exercise, clean, make out, and…?
- Music has the power to…
Remember, choose the writing prompts that click for you. Write anything you want and change the prompt if you want to. Have fun and once you’re done, come back and tell us how it worked out for you.
Do you ever use 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.
