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70 Horror Creative Writing Prompts for Teens: Story Starters, Titles, Characters, Settings & Visual Ideas

70 Horror Creative Writing Prompts for Teens: Story Starters, Titles, Characters, Settings & Visual Ideas

Explore 70 horror creative writing prompts for teens designed to build atmosphere, tension, and unsettling storytelling. This collection of horror writing prompts includes story starters, title ideas, eerie opening and closing lines, character concepts, unsettling settings, and image-based inspiration focused on psychological dread rather than jump scares. Ideal for classroom writing prompts, creative warm-ups, independent writing, or full horror writing units, these prompts help students practise voice, mood, and descriptive writing while exploring fear in a safe, creative way.

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