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Challenges For Writers II

The first edition of this post is one of my most popular posts yet, so I decided to make another one with a whole new set of challenges for songwriters, authors, poets, and journalists. Enjoy! x

Songwriters

  • Write a song about a memory that once was happy but now hurts to think about.
  • Write a song about being loved by someone you hate.
  • Pick up the nearest book and turn to page 27. Write a song based on the first line.
  • Write a song that inspires you to work
  • Write a song about a silent conflict
  • Write a song titled “it gets easier”
  • Write a song about yourself but through somebody else’s eyes
  • Write a song titled “For (insert name of someone who inspires you)”
  • Write a song giving yourself the advice you need right now
  • Write a song about the first person that comes to mind when you read the word “enemy”

Authors

  • Mimic the events of either WWI or WWII, but replace the world leaders, groups, countries, etc. with your own fictional details. Also, bonus points if there’s magic involved.
  • You are the AI of a self driving car. You have to make a morally difficult decision while driving.
  • Something terrible is about to happen, and there’s nothing we can do about it. We just have to wait for it.
  • Neither God nor Satan is quite sure how they ended being posed as opposites - they’re good friends, actually.
  • It is discovered that the deep ocean is really proving grounds for gods “Experimental Creatures” after the latest dive, you’ve found a pig with wings.
  • People are a lot more frugal with their souls nowadays. To help business, competing demons have been hiring human advertising executives in an all-out marketing war.
  • After searching through the black market you discover someone selling the admin login for the simulation you are unknowingly living in.
  • Humans gain personality traits directly from foods.
  • You always thought it was strange that your brother wasn’t in any family photos. Today you figured out why
  • On a journey to find yourself, you really do find yourself. An exact clone of you.

Poets

  • Write a poem about a bad habit you have.
  • Write a poem based on a lesson you’ve learned the hard way.
  • Write a poem about the promises you’ve made to yourself.
  • Write a poem about your biggest “flaw”.
  • Write a poem about your best friend(s).
  • Write a poem giving advice to your younger self.
  • Describe love to someone who doesn’t believe in such a thing.
  • Write a poem in which each line describes a color without using the actual name of it.
  • Write a poem from the point of view of a raindrop in the middle of a massive storm.
  • Write a poem about how the feeling you get when looking back on certain memories has changed over time.

Journalists

  • Write an article based on the events depicted in a song, only adding as much detail as the song provides
  • Write an article about “upcoming fashion trends” that you know are completely ridiculous, just to see how many people will take your word as gospel.
  • Write a persuasive article about why people should spend their next vacation in Antarctica.
  • Write an article about why parents should encourage their children to use curse-words.
  • Write an article about how graffiti differs in style in different parts of the world.
  • Write an article arguing that it’s okay for men to catcall women in the streets.
  • Write an article instructing people on how to survive the impending nuclear war.
  • Write a review for a piece of technology that hasn’t been invented yet.
  • Write a glowing review of a movie you’ve never seen before.
  • Write an article titled “Should Middle-School Students Be Drug Tested?”

If you use one or more of these prompts, please don’t hesitate to use #wordsnstuff so I can read your writing! I love reading your guys’ responses to my prompts:)

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