Poetry Writing Prompts — Week Forty-Eight

Writing prompts for November 24th to 30th

Welcome to Week Forty-Eight of our 2024 Writing Prompt Journey!

We have three new prompts awaiting you, and two words/concepts for each that you can try to include in your poems (if you crave a challenge).

Also, if any of these prompts fail to inspire, but the images take you in an entirely different direction, please feel free to follow where your muse leads!

Your poems may be in any form and use any poetic devices, but here are a few different ideas of poetic forms to get you started:

• haiku trio: a group of 3 haiku: 3-line poems with the syllable structure 5/7/5 which usually relate to nature. They generally focus on hyperfocused, short snapshots of time. In a haiku trio, you can focus on three items within a snapshot of time, look at the same item in different seasons, etc. Have fun with it!
• blackout poem: a poem created from another written text. Generally, writers will take a black felt pen and block out 50% or more of the original written text to create a poem from the remaining words. As a best practice, I would recommend always providing a reference and link to the original text in your poem post.
• sonnet: (English/Shakespearean form) a 14-line poem with three quatrains and an ending couplet. The rhyme scheme pattern is abab cdcd efef gg. Each line is generally 10 syllables long and is written in iambic pentameter (alternating unstressed and stressed syllables throughout each line).

The simple rules for this Journey:

1. Pick a prompt (or two or three!) and get writing.
2. Post in our Publication, or post anywhere! Make sure to share a link in your post back to this Prompt post.
3. Share a link to your prompted writing in the comments (or tag me in your post so I can find your writing to enjoy and share with others on this Journey).
4. Tag your post with “Writing Prompt Journey” and “Poetry”.

Prompt 1

candied

For an extra challenge, try to work these two words or ideas into your poem:
crunchy | sweet

Prompt 2

conifers

Challenge words/ideas:
evergreen | pine

Prompt 3

turtleneck

Challenge words/ideas:
snug | warm

Remember to check out the Non-Fiction and Fiction Prompts for Week Forty-Eight for more inspiration. You can also go back to see the previous weeks’ prompts here.

And please don’t forget to post links to your prompted poetry in the comments, and link back to this post in your writing so more people can join the journey. I can’t wait to see what you come up with!

If you’re enjoying my prompts, and want to help keep me caffeinated and energized… please feel free to buy me a coffee. Your support is so very much appreciated!

Chelsea Marie is a writer by night and a graphic designer by day. She is a West Coast Canadian with a bad case of wanderlust and a dream to travel the world with her severely airplane-phobic partner. Why do things the easy way when a complicated route makes a much more exciting story? Visit my other socials here: https://linktr.ee/c.the.storyteller

Poetry Writing Prompts — Week Forty-Eight was originally published in The Storyteller’s Vault on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Poetry Writing Prompts — Week Forty-Seven

Writing prompts for November 17th to 23rd

Welcome to Week Forty-Seven of our 2024 Writing Prompt Journey!

We have three new prompts awaiting you, and two words/concepts for each that you can try to include in your poems (if you crave a challenge).

Also, if any of these prompts fail to inspire, but the images take you in an entirely different direction, please feel free to follow where your muse leads!

Your poems may be in any form and use any poetic devices, but here are a few different ideas of poetic forms to get you started:

• rhyming ballad (in trochaic octameter): a poem in the style of Edgar Allan Poe in The Raven. Don’t feel that you have to make your poem as long or tick all the same boxes, but The Raven contains eighteen stanzas of six lines each. Each line is eight “feet” long, or sixteen syllables of alternating stressed and unstressed syllables. The end rhyme is ABCBBB. Good luck!
• sedoka: a poem with two three-line stanzas (called katauta). Each katauta has a syllable count of 5/7/7, and they generally will look at the same subject from opposite viewpoints. Think of it almost as a conversation between two different people about the same topic. Sedoka traditionally does not rhyme.
• monorhyme: a poem where the end rhyme is the same for every line.

The simple rules for this Journey:

1. Pick a prompt (or two or three!) and get writing.
2. Post in our Publication, or post anywhere! Make sure to share a link in your post back to this Prompt post.
3. Share a link to your prompted writing in the comments (or tag me in your post so I can find your writing to enjoy and share with others on this Journey).
4. Tag your post with “Writing Prompt Journey” and “Poetry”.

Prompt 1

cranberry sauce

For an extra challenge, try to work these two words or ideas into your poem:
tart | ruby

Prompt 2

woodsmoke

Challenge words/ideas:
fragrant | drifting

Prompt 3

toffee

Challenge words/ideas:
buttery | sticky

Remember to check out the Non-Fiction and Fiction Prompts for Week Forty-Seven for more inspiration. You can also go back to see the previous weeks’ prompts here.

And please don’t forget to post links to your prompted poetry in the comments, and link back to this post in your writing so more people can join the journey. I can’t wait to see what you come up with!

If you’re enjoying my prompts, and want to help keep me caffeinated and energized… please feel free to buy me a coffee. Your support is so very much appreciated!

Chelsea Marie is a writer by night and a graphic designer by day. She is a West Coast Canadian with a bad case of wanderlust and a dream to travel the world with her severely airplane-phobic partner. Why do things the easy way when a complicated route makes a much more exciting story? Visit my other socials here: https://linktr.ee/c.the.storyteller

Poetry Writing Prompts — Week Forty-Seven was originally published in The Storyteller’s Vault on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Fiction Writing Prompts — Week Forty-Seven

Writing prompts for November 17th to 23rd

Welcome to Week Forty-Seven of our 2024 Writing Prompt Journey!

I can’t wait to see your responses to this week’s three new fiction prompts! Check out the extra writing challenge this week as well, and see if it helps inspire your imagination in interesting new directions…

Writing Challenge:

Challenge yourself to write a story where every word in a sentence begins with the same letter.

The simple rules for this Journey:

1. Pick a prompt (or two or three!) every week or as often as you have time, and get writing.

2. Post on your own page or in any publication (including this one!), and share a link in your post back to the original Prompt post.

3. Share a link to your post in the comments of the weekly Prompt post (or tag me in your post so I can find your work and share it with others on the Journey).

4. Finally, tag your post with “Writing Prompt Journey” and “Fiction”.

Prompt 1

Start your story with the line: “The first frost of November coated the window as I read the final line of the letter.”

Prompt 2

A local legend tells of a mysterious figure who appears every November to collect the last of the harvest — this year, they’re coming for something more.

Prompt 3

Write a story using these three items/concepts: candlelight, quiet snowfall, forgotten promise.

Remember to check out the Non-Fiction and Poetry Prompts for Week Forty-Seven, which will also be going up very shortly. You can also go back to see the previous weeks’ prompts here.

And please don’t forget to post links to your prompted fiction in the comments, and link back to this post in your writing so more people can join the journey. I can’t wait to see what you come up with!

If you’re enjoying my prompts, and want to help keep me caffeinated and energized… please feel free to buy me a coffee. Your support is so very much appreciated!

Chelsea Marie is a writer by night and a graphic designer by day. She is a West Coast Canadian with a bad case of wanderlust and a dream to travel the world with her severely airplane-phobic partner. Why do things the easy way when a complicated route makes a much more exciting story? Visit my other socials here: https://linktr.ee/c.the.storyteller

Fiction Writing Prompts — Week Forty-Seven was originally published in The Storyteller’s Vault on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Non-Fiction Writing Prompts — Week Forty-Six

Writing prompts for November 10th to 16th

Welcome to Week Forty-Six of our 2024 Writing Prompt Journey!

Without further ado, your three new non-fiction writing prompts await you below to provoke your creativity and guide your journal writing, blog posts, or random literary creations! Enjoy!

The simple rules for this Journey:

1. Pick a prompt (or two or three!) and get writing.
2. Post in our Publication, or post anywhere! Make sure to share a link in your post back to this Prompt post.
3. Share a link to your prompted writing in the comments (or tag me in the post so I can find your prompted responses and help others find and support them too).
4. Tag your post with “Writing Prompt Journey” and “Nonfiction”.

Prompt 1

November 15th is Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day! What mental or physical clutter do you need to clear out?

Prompt 2

Reflect on a lesson learned this year, and share your reflection with us.

Prompt 3

List things you’re grateful for, and explain what each means to you.

Remember to check out the Poetry and Fiction Prompts for Week Forty-Six for more inspiration. You can also go back to see the previous weeks’ prompts here.

And please don’t forget to put links to your prompted posts in the comments, and link back to this post in your writing so more people can join the journey. I can’t wait to see what you come up with!

If you’re enjoying my prompts, and want to help keep me caffeinated and energized… please feel free to buy me a coffee. Your support is so very much appreciated!

Chelsea Marie is a writer by night and a graphic designer by day. She is a West Coast Canadian with a bad case of wanderlust and a dream to travel the world with her severely airplane-phobic partner. Why do things the easy way when a complicated route makes a much more exciting story? Visit my other socials here: https://linktr.ee/c.the.storyteller

Non-Fiction Writing Prompts — Week Forty-Six was originally published in The Storyteller’s Vault on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Poetry Writing Prompts — Week Forty-Six

Writing prompts for November 10th to 16th

Welcome to Week Forty-Six of our 2024 Writing Prompt Journey!

We have three new prompts awaiting you, and two words/concepts for each that you can try to include in your poems (if you crave a challenge).

Also, if any of these prompts fail to inspire, but the images take you in an entirely different direction, please feel free to follow where your muse leads!

Your poems may be in any form and use any poetic devices, but here are a few different ideas of poetic forms to get you started:

• tanka: a 5-line poem with the syllable structure 5/7/5/7/7
• magnetic poem: a poem created from random words and phrases, rearranged into a coherent piece. If you don’t have a magnetic poetry set, try using a random word generator and writing the words onto small scraps of paper. Rearrange these words until a poem is formed.
• one-line poem: short but sweet, these poems are generally 30 words or less and share one complete thought, image, or emotion

The simple rules for this Journey:

1. Pick a prompt (or two or three!) and get writing.
2. Post in our Publication, or post anywhere! Make sure to share a link in your post back to this Prompt post.
3. Share a link to your prompted writing in the comments (or tag me in your post so I can find your writing to enjoy and share with others on this Journey).
4. Tag your post with “Writing Prompt Journey” and “Poetry”.

Prompt 1

crisp air

For an extra challenge, try to work these two words or ideas into your poem:
cooling | biting

Prompt 2

pinecones

Challenge words/ideas:
prickly | brown

Prompt 3

cobbled street

Challenge words/ideas:
historic | uneven

Remember to check out the Non-Fiction and Fiction Prompts for Week Forty-Six for more inspiration. You can also go back to see the previous weeks’ prompts here.

And please don’t forget to post links to your prompted poetry in the comments, and link back to this post in your writing so more people can join the journey. I can’t wait to see what you come up with!

If you’re enjoying my prompts, and want to help keep me caffeinated and energized… please feel free to buy me a coffee. Your support is so very much appreciated!

Chelsea Marie is a writer by night and a graphic designer by day. She is a West Coast Canadian with a bad case of wanderlust and a dream to travel the world with her severely airplane-phobic partner. Why do things the easy way when a complicated route makes a much more exciting story? Visit my other socials here: https://linktr.ee/c.the.storyteller

Poetry Writing Prompts — Week Forty-Six was originally published in The Storyteller’s Vault on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Fiction Writing Prompts — Week Forty-Six

Writing prompts for November 10th to 16th

Welcome to Week Forty-Six of our 2024 Writing Prompt Journey!

I can’t wait to see your responses to this week’s three new fiction prompts! Check out the extra writing challenge this week as well, and see if it helps inspire your imagination in interesting new directions…

Writing Challenge:

Create a scene where the weather reflects the emotions of the characters.

The simple rules for this Journey:

1. Pick a prompt (or two or three!) every week or as often as you have time, and get writing.

2. Post on your own page or in any publication (including this one!), and share a link in your post back to the original Prompt post.

3. Share a link to your post in the comments of the weekly Prompt post (or tag me in your post so I can find your work and share it with others on the Journey).

4. Finally, tag your post with “Writing Prompt Journey” and “Fiction”.

Prompt 1

Write a story using these three items/concepts: fireplace, frost, lost letter.

Prompt 2

A long-distance traveler seeks shelter in your character’s home as a November storm rolls in, bringing with them an unusual tale.

Prompt 3

As the clocks fall back and the days become shorter, your character starts losing chunks of time they can’t account for.

Remember to check out the Non-Fiction and Poetry Prompts for Week Forty-Six, which will also be going up very shortly. You can also go back to see the previous weeks’ prompts here.

And please don’t forget to post links to your prompted fiction in the comments, and link back to this post in your writing so more people can join the journey. I can’t wait to see what you come up with!

If you’re enjoying my prompts, and want to help keep me caffeinated and energized… please feel free to buy me a coffee. Your support is so very much appreciated!

Chelsea Marie is a writer by night and a graphic designer by day. She is a West Coast Canadian with a bad case of wanderlust and a dream to travel the world with her severely airplane-phobic partner. Why do things the easy way when a complicated route makes a much more exciting story? Visit my other socials here: https://linktr.ee/c.the.storyteller

Fiction Writing Prompts — Week Forty-Six was originally published in The Storyteller’s Vault on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Fiction, non-fiction, and poetry prompts for November 3rd to 9th

Welcome to Week Forty-Five of our 2024 Writing Prompt Journey!

This week, we have three new prompts for fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. If this week’s prompts don’t inspire, please feel free to explore our previous prompts for ideas. I can’t wait to read your fantastic writing!

If you’d like more info on this Writing Journey, including the few simple rules, click here. And if you would like to read some of the wonderful writing in response to our prompts so far, check out the links at the bottom of this newsletter!

(If I have missed adding any of your prompt responses to the links, please let me know!)

The Storyteller’s Vault on Medium publishes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction works that are written in response to prompts from the Writing Prompt Journey.

If you would like to be a writer, please comment on this post and include your Medium @username so we can add you.

The Aim of The Storyteller’s Vault on Medium

• To create a supportive community of writers and readers! Please spend some time reading, sharing, and supporting each other’s work, as that will help all of us to grow while doing what we love.
• To create a safe space where we all feel encouraged to write more. It’s what we love doing, so I hope this publication makes spending more time doing what we love easier. I will be highlighting, clapping, and commenting as much as possible to show my support for all the talent and hard work!

The Goal of the 2024 Writing Prompt Journey

Write as much as you can this year. Write weekly. Write three times weekly (there are three prompts a week each for Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Poetry). Go all out and try writing every day!

With these prompts as your inspiration, you can just sit down and start writing.

How to Get Started

Subscribe to my Substack newsletter and/or subscribe to The Storyteller’s Vault publication on Medium, and every week we will send out links so you can access all the prompt posts for FREE on Medium (whether you are a paid member on that platform or not).

Week Forty-Five’s Prompt Links:

Fiction

Poetry

Non-Fiction

Writing Prompt Journey Responses

Show your support, reading, clapping, and responding to these talented writers who’ve joined the journey! I’ve made some reading lists below to help us all find and support each other’s works (organized by writing category).

Poetry Responses

Fiction Responses

Non-Fiction Responses

If you’re enjoying my prompts, and want to help keep me caffeinated and energized… please feel free to buy me a coffee. Your support is so very much appreciated!

See you back here for Week Forty-Six!

Week Forty-Five Writing Prompts was originally published in The Storyteller’s Vault on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Non-Fiction Writing Prompts — Week Forty-Five

Writing prompts for November 3rd to 9th

Welcome to Week Forty-Five of our 2024 Writing Prompt Journey!

Without further ado, your three new non-fiction writing prompts await you below to provoke your creativity and guide your journal writing, blog posts, or random literary creations! Enjoy!

The simple rules for this Journey:

1. Pick a prompt (or two or three!) and get writing.
2. Post in our Publication, or post anywhere! Make sure to share a link in your post back to this Prompt post.
3. Share a link to your prompted writing in the comments (or tag me in the post so I can find your prompted responses and help others find and support them too).
4. Tag your post with “Writing Prompt Journey” and “Nonfiction”.

Prompt 1

November 8th is National STEM/STEAM Day! If you could invent something new, what would it be or what problem would it solve?

Prompt 2

If you could spend November anywhere in the world, where would it be?

Prompt 3

How do shorter daylight hours affect your mood or habits?

Remember to check out the Poetry and Fiction Prompts for Week Forty-Five for more inspiration. You can also go back to see the previous weeks’ prompts here.

And please don’t forget to put links to your prompted posts in the comments, and link back to this post in your writing so more people can join the journey. I can’t wait to see what you come up with!

If you’re enjoying my prompts, and want to help keep me caffeinated and energized… please feel free to buy me a coffee. Your support is so very much appreciated!

Chelsea Marie is a writer by night and a graphic designer by day. She is a West Coast Canadian with a bad case of wanderlust and a dream to travel the world with her severely airplane-phobic partner. Why do things the easy way when a complicated route makes a much more exciting story? Visit my other socials here: https://linktr.ee/c.the.storyteller

Non-Fiction Writing Prompts — Week Forty-Five was originally published in The Storyteller’s Vault on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Poetry Writing Prompts — Week Forty-Five

Writing prompts for November 3rd to 9th

Welcome to Week Forty-Five of our 2024 Writing Prompt Journey!

We have three new prompts awaiting you, and two words/concepts for each that you can try to include in your poems (if you crave a challenge).

Also, if any of these prompts fail to inspire, but the images take you in an entirely different direction, please feel free to follow where your muse leads!

Your poems may be in any form and use any poetic devices, but here are a few different ideas of poetic forms to get you started:

• double-etheree: a poem that is 20 lines long, and the syllable count is 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1.
• limerick: a 5-line poem with an aabba rhyme scheme that usually tells a short, comedic story. The first two lines and last line are usually 8 or 9 syllables long, and the third and fourth lines are five or six syllables long. The meter within each line should look like this (where u stands for unstressed syllables, and S stands for stressed syllables): Line 1: u S u u S u u S | Line 2: u S u u S u u S | Line 3: u S u u S | Line 4: u S u u S | Line 5: u S u u S u u S
• diamante: a poem with seven lines that form a diamond shape, and deal with two opposite or similar subjects. The first line is the initial subject of your poem, the second line is two adjectives that describe the initial subject, and line three is three words that end with -ing (again, describing the initial subject). Line four starts with two descriptive words about the initial subject, but then ends with two words that describe the ending line’s subject, which is usually an antonym or synonym of the starting subject. Line five is three -ing words that describe the ending subject, line six is two adjectives that describe the ending subject, and line seven, finally, contains just the ending subject/word. This complicated-sounding poem is best explained with a sample, so I highly recommend clicking on the diamante link to see my attempt at one.

The simple rules for this Journey:

1. Pick a prompt (or two or three!) and get writing.
2. Post in our Publication, or post anywhere! Make sure to share a link in your post back to this Prompt post.
3. Share a link to your prompted writing in the comments (or tag me in your post so I can find your writing to enjoy and share with others on this Journey).
4. Tag your post with “Writing Prompt Journey” and “Poetry”.

Prompt 1

plaid

For an extra challenge, try to work these two words or ideas into your poem:
cozy | patterned

Prompt 2

frost

Challenge words/ideas:
shimmering | delicate

Prompt 3

pumpkin pie

Challenge words/ideas:
spiced | warming

Remember to check out the Non-Fiction and Fiction Prompts for Week Forty-Five for more inspiration. You can also go back to see the previous weeks’ prompts here.

And please don’t forget to post links to your prompted poetry in the comments, and link back to this post in your writing so more people can join the journey. I can’t wait to see what you come up with!

If you’re enjoying my prompts, and want to help keep me caffeinated and energized… please feel free to buy me a coffee. Your support is so very much appreciated!

Chelsea Marie is a writer by night and a graphic designer by day. She is a West Coast Canadian with a bad case of wanderlust and a dream to travel the world with her severely airplane-phobic partner. Why do things the easy way when a complicated route makes a much more exciting story? Visit my other socials here: https://linktr.ee/c.the.storyteller

Poetry Writing Prompts — Week Forty-Five was originally published in The Storyteller’s Vault on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Fiction, non-fiction, and poetry prompts for October 27th to November 2nd

Welcome to Week Forty-Four of our 2024 Writing Prompt Journey!

This week, we have three new prompts for fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. If this week’s prompts don’t inspire, please feel free to explore our previous prompts for ideas. I can’t wait to read your fantastic writing!

If you’d like more info on this Writing Journey, including the few simple rules, click here. And if you would like to read some of the wonderful writing in response to our prompts so far, check out the links at the bottom of this newsletter!

(If I have missed adding any of your prompt responses to the links, please let me know!)

The Storyteller’s Vault on Medium publishes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction works that are written in response to prompts from the Writing Prompt Journey.

If you would like to be a writer, please comment on this post and include your Medium @username so we can add you.

The Aim of The Storyteller’s Vault on Medium

• To create a supportive community of writers and readers! Please spend some time reading, sharing, and supporting each other’s work, as that will help all of us to grow while doing what we love.
• To create a safe space where we all feel encouraged to write more. It’s what we love doing, so I hope this publication makes spending more time doing what we love easier. I will be highlighting, clapping, and commenting as much as possible to show my support for all the talent and hard work!

The Goal of the 2024 Writing Prompt Journey

Write as much as you can this year. Write weekly. Write three times weekly (there are three prompts a week each for Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Poetry). Go all out and try writing every day!

With these prompts as your inspiration, you can just sit down and start writing.

How to Get Started

Subscribe to my Substack newsletter and/or subscribe to The Storyteller’s Vault publication on Medium, and every week we will send out links so you can access all the prompt posts for FREE on Medium (whether you are a paid member on that platform or not).

Week Forty-Four’s Prompt Links:

Fiction

Poetry

Non-Fiction

Writing Prompt Journey Responses

Show your support, reading, clapping, and responding to these talented writers who’ve joined the journey! I’ve made some reading lists below to help us all find and support each other’s works (organized by writing category).

Poetry Responses

Fiction Responses

Non-Fiction Responses

If you’re enjoying my prompts, and want to help keep me caffeinated and energized… please feel free to buy me a coffee. Your support is so very much appreciated!

See you back here for Week Forty-Five!

Week Forty-Four Writing Prompts was originally published in The Storyteller’s Vault on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.