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70 Winter Writing Prompts for Teens: Story Starters, Characters, Settings & Visual Ideas

70 Winter Writing Prompts for Teens: Story Starters, Characters, Settings & Visual Ideas

Winter is more than just cold weather — it’s a season of stark beauty, hidden dangers, and powerful contrasts. From frozen forests and snowbound trains to icy queens and weary travelers, these prompts invite teen writers to explore survival, mystery, fantasy, and gothic tales shaped by winter’s grip. This collection of 70 prompts includes story starters, titles, characters, settings, and picture prompts, perfect for classrooms or independent writing.

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70 Steampunk Writing Prompts for Teens: Story Starters, Characters, Settings & Visual Ideas

70 Steampunk Writing Prompts for Teens: Story Starters, Characters, Settings & Visual Ideas

Steampunk is a genre where Victorian elegance collides with brass gears, steam engines, and strange inventions. It’s a world of daring skyship captains, masked vigilantes, rebellious inventors, and cities powered by impossible machines. For teen writers, steampunk opens the door to adventure, rebellion, and discovery in settings that feel both historical and futuristic. These 70 prompts include story starters, titles, characters, settings, and picture prompts to spark imagination in classrooms or independent writing.

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31 Daily Writing Prompts for December: The Longest Night
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31 Daily Writing Prompts for December: The Longest Night

Step into the hush of winter with The Longest Night — 31 daily writing prompts inspired by folklore, solstice myths, and snowbound magic. From lanterns in the storm to masquerades at midnight, these prompts capture the eerie beauty of the darkest month and the stories that burn brightest against the cold.

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70 Dark Fantasy Writing Prompts for Teens: Story Starters, Characters, Settings & Visual Ideas

70 Dark Fantasy Writing Prompts for Teens: Story Starters, Characters, Settings & Visual Ideas

Dark fantasy blends wonder with menace—cursed kingdoms, perilous magic, and choices that always carry a cost. These prompts invite teen writers to craft atmospheric, morally complex stories with eerie plot hooks, striking titles, opening and closing lines, characters, settings, and picture prompts. Perfect for classrooms, clubs, or solo writing when you want fantasy with sharper teeth.

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70 Fantasy Writing Prompts for Teens

70 Fantasy Writing Prompts for Teens

Let students build magical worlds and unforgettable characters with these 70 fantasy writing prompts for teens. From enchanted forests and forgotten prophecies to mysterious maps and celestial mirrors, this collection includes story starters, titles, character ideas, setting inspiration, and stunning visual prompts to spark imagination in any classroom.

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