Make Your Own Writing Prompt Game

Have a go at making your own writing prompt game

Our writing prompt game can be played with a group to liven up a dinner party, or you can play alone as a writing exercise. 

You will need:

5 paper cups (or bowls or anything that can hold scraps of paper)

Pen and paper for each player

A regular six sided dice (optional)

You might want to make your own board like the one shown below (optional, and feel free to print this one)

Preparation:

Each player should write down 6 prompts for each of the following categories on scraps of paper:

Keywords
Objects
Characters
Settings
Names

For inspiration, why not take a look at our Daily Writing Prompt page?


Fold up each prompt and put them in a corresponding cup, giving the cup a good shake to mix them up. Label the cups, or stand them on the correct spot on the board. 

How to play:

Each player takes it in turn to randomly pick either a pre-agreed set number of prompts from each cup, or you can roll a dice to determine how many to take from each cup.
Once each player has selected from every cup they attempt to write a short story incorporating all of their prompts. 

Share your stories with each other and have a good laugh at the inventive ways the prompts have been introduced.