Would you know descriptive writing prompts if you read them?

If you said yes, you have likely used descriptive writing prompts before to spur your writing along. If you said no, please do not be discouraged. You are one of many people who may be under the impression that you need to think of your own creative writing topics and descriptive writing ideas in order that your writing is just that - creative.

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Just because you use someone else's ideas or descriptive writing prompts to get your writing flowing, you are not cheating yourself out of your own creativity.

You are most definitely entitled to put your own unique spin on the writing that you choose to do, no matter whose topic or prompt you choose to write.

Descriptive writing prompts can be as simple as a list of questions that get you thinking about your life, where you've been, who you've met, how long you've lived at a certain location, etc.

They can be creative writing topics that have you thinking about what style of writing suits you best. Answer some questions that you ask yourself about these specific topics.

Short stories and triple decker writing prompts may pique your interest. This link also contains prompts to stimulate your thought process.

Creative writing quotes can also be helpful. Use them to enhance the ideas you've already come across and discovered as you've searched through the questions and contemplated their answers.

There is also something called a teaser. It used to be that sitcoms would use this idea to get you a little bit more anticipatory about what laid ahead in the show youwere about to spend 30 minutes watching.

Usually a joke was told or something leading up to the plot of the show was revealed. It sort of whet your appetite for what was yet to come. Sometimes the teasers related to the remainder of the show, and sometimes they didn't, but whichever way it went, you always looked forward to that first minute or two of the new episode you had waited a whole week to see.

Descriptive writing prompts and creative writing topics are based on the same principle.

Whatever writing it is that you choose to do, you want to tease your readers so that they will most definitely want to read on, see what happens, and look for more of your writing.

You also want your own appetite to be satiated as you read through all of the descriptive writing ideas that there are to offer, and find the one that satisfies you the most.

So notice when you watch TV shows or movies, and see how the first minute or two is more often than not a teaser for the rest of the show/movie.

If there is no "teaser," see if the show/movie seemed to be as good to you as one that did have one of these descriptive writing ideas I'm talking about.

After all, TV and movie writers are exactly that - writers. They get writer's block too. They get past it.

You can, too! Just pick the right prompt, and write, write, write!

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