101 Writing Prompts for High School

Improve your writing skills with this prompt book from a teacher with over 20 years of classroom experience! 

Put on your thinking cap and dust off your pen, because this book of writing prompts is jam-packed with fun and engaging ideas for teens. Inside, you’ll find prompts for fiction, essays, opinions, descriptive writing, and more. Use them for assignments, daily writing warm-ups, or just for fun.

This book was created with teenagers in mind, and the topics reflect that. There are prompts about everyday life, school, friendships, family, and embarrassing moments. And for teens who love wild and wacky scenarios, there are plenty of prompts for them, too.

Here are a few prompts you’ll find in this book:

• What is the most embarrassing thing you have ever said out loud?
• What was the best advice anyone ever gave you?
• Compose a post-apocalyptic story about the last two people on Earth. Who are they, and how do they survive?
• What if you had to spend the next 60 days living alone in a treehouse in your backyard?
• What issues are “deal breakers” for you in a relationship?

Each prompt is followed by several thought-provoking questions to jump-start your creativity. It’s the most fun you’ll ever have writing a story or essay. Whether you want funny story starters, journal ideas, or persuasive writing prompts, this book has it all. Let the writing begin! 

This book is in line with Common Core standards and has prompts for narrative, descriptive, expository, and persuasive writing.