Start the Juices Flowing

Things to help your creative writing juices get flowing. You can use these as journal starters or dinner conversation starters. Hope you enjoy.

What is one thing that you are grateful for and why?
What was your favorite thing about today (or yesterday)?
What do you want to do tomorrow?
Tell us about a favorite scripture story and tell why it is your favorite?
Say why you love the person next to you.
Tell us one good thing you did today?
What was your least favorite thing about today?
Name one thing you can do better at tomorrow.
Tell us what your favorite Primary son or Hymn is and why.
Tell mom something nice.
Tell dad something nice.
Tell your brother something nice.
Tell your sister something nice.
What was one thing you learned today?
Share a brief testimony about a gospel topic.
What is your favorite sport and why?
If you could take a trip anywhere in the world, where would you go?
If you could change into any animal, what would you be and why?
Tell about something that makes you happy.
What is your favorite color and why? Write three things that color means to you.
Tell about something that makes you angry.
If you could have any animal for a pet, what would you choose?
What are your favorite academic subject? Name three and tell why?
What is your favorite season and why?
Tell us one nice thing that happened to you today?
If you could give your friend any present, what would you choose?
If someone gave you $1,000, what would you do with it?
What are three things you like about your family?
what do you want to be when you grow up?
Tell about something that makes you happy.
What would you do if your friend seemed sad?
What is your favorite book and why?
What is your favorite movie and why?
What would you do if you got lost at a store?
What do you suppose is the heaviest animal?
What do you suppose is the lightest animal?
What occupations do you suppose use lots of math?
What is one thing that you are really good at?
Name one skill you would like to acquire and why?
Where would you like to live when you grow up? and why?
Who is one person that you admire? Why?
How many children do you think you want to have?
Name your favorite food.
What would you do if you got hurt and no one else was home?
What would you do if a stranger wanted to talk to you?
What would you do if a friend asks you to smoke a cigarette?
What would you do if a stranger wants you to get in their car?
What would you do if your friend started using bad words?
What would you do if accidentally broke a neighbor's window?
Name one of the planets and why you want to visit it.
Name 3 countries and tell us what you know about them.
Name 3 states and tell us what you know about them.
Name 3 towns that are 200 miles or more from your home and tell what you know about them.
Name 3 people from the bible and what happened to them.
Name 3 people from the Book of Mormon and what happened to them.
Name 3 people from history and what happened to them.
Describer your favorite animal without naming it.
What is your favorite holiday and what do you like to do on that day?
What is your favorite thing to do with your Grandpa? Why?
What is your favorite thing to do with Grandma? Why?
What is your favorite thing to do with Daddy? Why?
What is your favorite thing to do with Mommy? Why?
What is your favorite thing to do with the family? Why?
Where would you like to go on vacation? Why?
what was your favorite vacation? What did you like doing?
If you had 3 wishes, what would you wish for? Why?
who is your best friend? What do you like to do together?
What is something funny that you've done?
What are you afraid of? How come?
If someone makes you sad, what do you do?
If someone makes you angry, what do you do?
Describe something that makes you really happy.
What is your favorite food? Can you describe how it tastes?
Who is your favorite cousin? What do you like to do together?
Where would you like to get called on a mission? Why?
Who is your favorite Primary or Sunday School teacher? Why are they your favorite?
What is your favorite thing to learn about at church? Why?
What would you like to learn more about? How could you learn more about it?
What is your favorite sport? Tell about a time that you played it.
What is your earliest memory? How old do you think you were?
What do you like to do outside?
In our house, what is your favorite room? What do you like to do there?
What is your favorite game to play? Who do you like to play it with?
If you could have a car, what would it look like?
What story do you like to hear about from the scriptures?
Do you like sunny days or rainy day? what do you do on these day?
Would you rather stay up late, or go to bed early? How come?
Would you rather go camping or stay in a hotel? How come?
Write about a time when you were sick. Describe how you felt.
If you had a choice to live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
What would be in your perfect world?
Where would you go if you could take a trip anywhere?
What kind of movie would you star in?
what would you do if you were invisible for a day?
If you could spend a day with anyone in history, who would it be and why?
If you could live in any other time period in history, when would it be and why?
If you could invent something to help mankind, what would it be?
What is your favorite activity to do? Describe it.
What would you do if you were President.
What do you like to do in the summer?
What are 3 things that you do really well?
What are 3 thing you like the most? Why?
What are 3 things that you don't like? Why?
What school subject do you enjoy the most and why?
What is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to you?
If you could change something about yourself, what would it be?
If you were going to die and had only a month to live, what would you do?
Who is your favorite person to be with? Why?
If you could meet a famous person, who would it be? What would you ask him or her?
What do you think your life will be like in 10 years? Where will you live? What will you be doing?
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? who would you want to live with you?
If you could have 2 famous people over for the day, who would it be and what would you do with them?
Describe your bedroom. What do you like to do in your bedroom?
what is your favorite thing to wear? what does it look like? Why do you like to wear it?
What chore do you hate to do? Why?
What is your favorite chore to do? Why? How do you do it?
What is your favorite book to read? Why?
What is your favorite song? Why?
Tell about yourself and describe what you look like.
Explain what it means to have a testimony of the gospel.
How could you be a missionary now? What could you do?
If you could have a pet of your very own, what would you choose? Describe it.
Write a 30 second commercial selling YOU.

Last updated: November, 2006

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