There are several times when students get stuck in the middle of an assignment. It might happen for several different reasons. Sometimes you can think of no creative writing ideas to start your essay. You find yourself at a loss of inspiration to form the briefest piece. These mishaps are not unusual and can happen to anyone who is new at writing.

In such circumstance, teachers help their students by providing interesting writing prompts. This gets our imaginative juices flowing and we can craft a framework for our essay. The prompt can be anything from an instruction or question that helps capture the purpose of the assignment. Here we will explore 19 creative writing prompts for high school, which can assist teachers and students alike.

1. Create a fantastic creature

This is first on our list of fun writing prompts for students. Pick an animal and a mythical creature of your choice. Write a short story in which this fantastic beast is the lead character. It can be as crazy as you need it to be to make it interesting.

2. Make up your own TED talk

TED talks are quite popular among students and there are many amazing experiences to listen to. Observe carefully any of the talks which inspires you the most. Think about the elements that make it powerful. Then choose a wise and life changing insight of your own life and write a TED talk.

3. Personify a color

What if your favorite color has taste or sound? What would it be like? Write how it would move and what are things it would want and be frightened of. If it had any powers what would they be?

4. Write a graduation speech

Accelerate time to when you will be graduating high school. Write a speech addressing all your schoolmates. Infuse it with inspiring thoughts, humor and memorable experiences of school years.

5. Imagine the future with your own robot

A futuristic piece can be one of the most enjoyable creative writing topics, as you can give free rein to your imagination. Think how future life would be if you had a robot servant to do everything for you. Describe the features it would possess and its means of interacting with you. Write about all the extraordinary tasks it could do and any flaws it might have.

6. Invent a brand-new holiday

If there was a completely new holiday, what would it be celebrated for? Explain in detail, the food, festivals and traditions connected to it. Try to make it as unique as possible.

7. Write a list blog

There is a variety of blog types on the internet. Choose one that you find really interesting and the blog about it. A blog with a list form will be quick to write such as “Top 10 things I wish I didn’t know” or anything else along similar lines.

8. Worst family vacation

Describe the worst family outing you have ever had. Make it even more enjoyable by narrating from the view of a fly. Keep in mind the details about the difference of perspective when it comes to insects.

9. Words that begin with your favorite letter

Make a list of any words that come to your mind that begins with your favorite alphabet. Take it up a notch by including words from other languages.

10. Describe a dream you have

Dreaming is a process we all go through without giving it much thought. There is one or multiple dreams sometimes though, which we remember even after waking up. Describe one such dream. Use words that create a vivid sensory image for the reader.

11. Social justice issues

This is one of the more serious high school writing prompts, that we have on our list. There are social justice problems that are hurting a lot of people around us. You can choose one that you have experience or have seen happening to someone else. Write as a victim and think up a practical solution for the issue.

12. Perspective of an object

Think what kind of feelings and desires an inanimate object can have. Whether it is a chair, pencil or your bed, how would it look at the world. Write from their view point.

13. Letter to a foreign land

Write a letter to someone living in a country unfamiliar to you. Ask them things you’d want to know about their nation. Describe yours in return.

14. Time Capsule

Imagine that you are invited to put five items in a time capsule. It will be opened after fifty years. Write about the things and the purpose behind placing them in the capsule.

15. Your favorite word

Brainstorm about your favorite word and the reasons you like it.

16. What if you had a different middle name?

If you could choose your own name what changes would make? Do you think your life would be different from now if you had another name?

17. What new subject would you want to be taught in schools?

Come up with an entirely new subject that you think should be taught in school. State the reasons behind it. Also describe the type of person you would want to teach that subject.

18. A song that got stuck in your mind

There are times when we listen to song and we just can’t stop humming it. Even if we aren’t doing it aloud it is happening internally. Write about a song tat made you feel that way with reasons.

19. What do you do to relieve stress?

Everyone has different ways to relieve stress. Dancing, working out, music, yoga, reading, hanging out with loved ones and many more. Write about how you blow off steam when things get rough.

This completes our list of all types of writing prompts for high school students. Some of these are based on light topics, while others are more in depth and personal. In creative writing it is essential to be open to different ways of expression. Hence these prompts will be excellent to develop and enhance writing skills in students.