Write from one (or more than one) of these prompts):

• Mark is a thief, but after his third burglary, he is caught by police. Write his story in first person (from Mark’s point of view), omniscient point of view (the all knowing, all seeing “God-like” voice), from limited third person, switching between Mark and one of the police officers who arrest him.
• Here is a classic creative writing prompt that can be found in almost every writing workshop. Describe a building from the point of view of a man who just lost his only son in war. Do it without mentioning death, war, his son, or himself. Describe that same building at the same time of day and weather conditions, from the point of view of a man who has just discovered he’s going to be a father. The same rules apply however, don’t mention birth, or babies. (If you feel more comfortable change it to a woman’s point of view.) The point of this is to challenge yourself to see through a character’s eyes. What is ugly and brutal to one person, in one frame of mind, may not be to another.
• Your character comes upon a fork in a road and has no idea where to go. How does he feel? Which road does he take and why? What’s at the end of the road?
• Being in touch with the things you are passionate about help you write deeper more meaningful stories. Create a list of five things you love, now pick one thing. Now, write a list of ten things you hate. Have one of your characters like that thing you hate. Write a narrative regarding duality, centering one of each of these.
• Three characters enter a room; an old embittered woman, angry at life and full of regret, a young idealistic boy, and a mother of a newborn baby. How does each character describe the room?