Home › Language Arts & Disciplines › 1200 Creative Writing Prompts
  • 1200 Creative Writing Prompts by Melissa Donovan book cover
1 1

1200 Creative Writing Prompts

by Melissa Donovan

Be the first to review this book

A broad prompt bank for fiction, poetry, and personal writing

$13.05 USD
$17.41 USD $13.05 USD
Save 25%

Paperback New English

Delivery to your door
In stock·Dispatches in 1–2 business days
Standard shipping* from $4.35
Standard shipping transit* 5–8 business days after dispatch

Faster options are available.

Rates and delivery estimates depend on your destination and item quantity. Estimates are informational only; the final shipping method and rate are selected at checkout.
Secure checkout
American Express Apple Pay DiscoverGoogle Pay Mastercard PayPalVisa
30-day eligible returns Returns & refunds policy

AlbakiReads Editorial

A broad prompt bank for fiction, poetry, and personal writing

Organized around 1,200 starting points, this workbook supplies material for several forms of creative practice rather than directing writers through a fixed set of lessons. Fiction exercises span genres from mystery and romance to science fiction, fantasy, horror, historical writing, humor, and work for children and young adults. Poetry sections include starters, subjects, word lists, and images, while the creative nonfiction material supports journals, memoir, personal essays, and reflection on writing habits and goals. Its open-ended setup encourages prompts to be adapted, combined, or used across forms.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Writers seeking a large supply of ideas for fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction
  • Journal writers and aspiring memoir or personal-essay writers
  • Writers who prefer flexible exercises over rule-based instruction

Themes

Creative practiceWriting promptsGenre fictionPoetryCreative nonfiction

Based on publisher information and book metadata.

Book overview

If you're looking for writing ideas, you've come to the right place.

Perfect for writers who are feeling uninspired or who simply want to tackle a new writing challenge, 1200 Creative Writing Prompts has something for everyone. Whether you write fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction, you'll find plenty of fresh ideas inside this book.
  • The fiction prompts cover a range of genres, including literary, mystery, thriller, suspense, science fiction, fantasy, paranormal, horror, romance, historical, humor, satire, children's and young adult.
  • Poetry prompts offer poem starters, subject matter, word lists, and imagery.
  • The creative nonfiction prompts will inspire journal sessions as well as ideas for writing memoir pieces, personal essays, and a bunch of prompts to help you explore your own writing goals and practices.

This book doesn't come with rules. Use a fiction prompt to inspire a personal essay. Use a creative nonfiction prompt to inspire a poem. Combine prompts to come up with interesting and unique story ideas. As long as you engage your imagination and have fun, it's all good!
Shipping & returnsShipping options, delivery timing, and our return policy.

In-stock items normally dispatch within 1–2 business days. The ZIP-code estimator on this page is informational only; the final shipping method, price, and availability are confirmed at checkout for your full order.

For the initial delivery estimate we use these transit windows after dispatch: Standard 5–8 business days, Expedited 2–4 business days, and Priority 1–2 business days. Holiday delays are not included.

Eligible items can be returned within 30 days in accordance with our return policy.

Customer reviews

You may also like

View all