How To Rejuvenate Your Creative Writing With Writing Prompts

At times when you struggle to write fluently, you might wonder not where the next chapter of your novel or poem in your anthology will come from, but where your next SENTENCE will come from.

Creative writing prompts are a great tool to rejuvenate your creative writing and get it flowing once more. A prompt is simply a phrase or idea you can use as a starting point from which to write.

It’s like being a food lover and getting a lift to an “All You Can Eat” restaurant for your favorite food. The writing prompt isn’t the food itself -- it’s simply the ride to get you there. Once you’re inside, you need no encouragement in how to eat! Here then are 5 of the top ways that writing prompts can rejuvenate YOUR creative writing:

1. All of your energy is channeled into creative writing. When you’re struggling to find ideas or worrying that you’re not as creative as you used to be, this takes a lot of energy and momentum away from just writing. By using prompts, you get back to feeling that flow of energy rush through your writing. The more you do this, the more easily it comes, whatever you’re writing.
2. You invite your creativity to come out to play. When you’ve struggled to write fluently for some time, it’s easy to lose touch with the enjoyment and pleasure of writing. Writing prompts get straight to the essence of writing, and reconnect you with the fun and pleasure in writing that you can’t get from any other experience in life.
3. With prompts, you explore new techniques. However gifted a writer you are, there will always be new techniques you can learn, to add to your writer’s toolbox. Use writing prompts to introduce yourself to new writing techniques you may not have been aware of. They may turn into some of your favorite ways of writing.
4. You rediscover motivation to write. If you've found it difficult to write anything recently, your motivation will have drained away and it will have been harder each time to try to come up with anything like your best writing. Using writing prompts instantly gives you motivation, as you pick prompts that pique your interest and stimulate your creative imagination in ways you may not have felt for some time.
5. You find the writing styles you most enjoy. It may be that you’ve been writing romantic fiction, say, and enjoy it very much. Then you try a writing prompt around haiku poems and absolutely love them! The more you try, the more likely you’ll find other styles and forms you enjoy. All of this can only add to the overall richness and depth of your creative writing.

These are just 5 of the ways creative writing prompts breathe fresh life into your writing.