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The Journal Buddies Story Starters collection offers you thousands of FREE writing prompts to use with your student writers.

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Kids Descriptive Writing Ideas

Descriptive Writing Prompts and Ideas to Teach Kids about Storytelling— Storytelling is a…

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Story Prompts for All Ages

Short Story Ideas for Elementary, Middle, High School and All Age Writers…

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Journal Prompts for Kids

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Storytelling Writing Ideas for Students

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Narrative Writing Ideas for Grade 1

Narrative writing prompts for 1st grade students— As young students begin reading…

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Story Writing for Young Writers

Story writing prompts and ideas for young writers — Stories fuel us…

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Plot Twist Ideas for Writing

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Journal Starters for Grade 1 through Grade 5

See & Discover 34 List of Prompts for Grades 1, 2, 3,…

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High School Fiction Writing Prompts

Let’s explore some fantastic fictional story ideas. Yes! When students write fictional…

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Kids Storytelling Writing Ideas

Power of Storytelling Prompts & Information on how to use it as…

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Story Writing Sentence Starters

Story Starter Sentences to Ignite Your Mind— We’ve made it easy for…

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Super Creative Writing Topics

In August of 2022, this blog post went from 61 creative writing…

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Creative Writing Practice Ideas and Prompts

Creative Writing Practice with Bonus Prompts & Tips Creative writing practice is…

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Creative Writing Tips and Prompts

Tips on Creative Writing + 15 Prompt Ideas Hello and welcome. If…

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Mermaid Writing Prompts

Looking for fun, creative writing Mermaid writing prompts? We have some excellent…

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Random Writing Ideas for Kids

16 Random Writing Prompts + 5 Bonus Benefits & 6 Tips— Getting…

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Kids Free Writing Ideas

Free writing is a form of creative writing in which the emphasis…

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Creative Writing Ideas

Daily Creative Writing Prompts, Short Stories, Poems, Memoirs, and More!— Your journal…

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Creative Writing Prompts for College Students

Whether you’re writing to polish your skills or for personal enjoyment, you’ll…

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Creative Writing Prompts about Birds

If you’re looking for creative writing prompts about birds, you’ve come to…

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Reasons to Love Writing Creatively

Love creative writing? Ou guest blogger Betty Sims does. Read on to…

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Sci-Fi Themed Writing Ideas for Students

Sci-Fi writing prompt ideas for student writers. Science fiction — which may…

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Writing Activities for Creativity

Creative Writing Activities for Students— Whether you’ve been teaching creative writing for…

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Kids Writing Tips and Prompts

Write Your Own Story Tips + 12 Bonus Prompts — Writing stories…

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Story Writing Prompts

Story Prompts to Ignite Your Imagination and Creativity— If you are looking for…

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Short Story Writing Ideas

Short Story Ideas + 20 Writing Prompts and 3 Tips— Writing is…

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Kids Creative Writing Activites

Creative Writing Activities for Elementary and Middle School Aged Kids— Creative writing…

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Rainy Day Writing Prompts

Creative Writing Rainy Day Writing Prompts to Inspire You — Oh yes,…

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Story Starting Ideas for Middle School Writers

Oh yeah! We have some wonderful story starters for middle school students…

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1K+ Creative Writing Ideas

Creative Writing Ideas and Prompts For Kids and All Writers — Oh…

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Playful Story Sentence Starters

Playful, Fun, and Good Sentence Starters— Do you want to take some…

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Food Themed Creative Writing Ideas for Kids

Creative Writing about Food Prompts for Kids — Food! Who does not…

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Descriptive Writing Activites and Prompts

Teacher’s Guide: Help Students Take Their Creativity to the Next Level with…

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Scary Story Writing Prompts for Students

Welcome. We have a frighteningly wonderful list of scary story starters for…

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Creative Writing About Art

27 Ideas for Creative Writing About Art — What better way to…

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Mystery Story Ideas

If you have ever wanted to write mysteries but didn’t know how…

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Kids Fictional Story Ideas

Fictional Story Prompt Ideas for All Ages— Prompts are a great way…

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Creative Writing Ideas for All Students

Boost Writing Skills, Imagination, and More with Creative Writing Prompts—Creative writing is…

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Elementary Kids Fiction Writing Topics

Hooray for Fiction Writing for Elementary School Students — By introducing fiction…

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Short Story Writing Ideas for Kids

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Plot Twist Ideas for Writing

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Short Story Writing Topics for Every Age

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Creative Writing Topics for Grade 3

Third Grade Creative Writing Topics List — Writing prompts are a wonderful…

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Creating Writing Ideas for Teens

Creative Writing Prompts for Teens — It’s well known that the awesome power…

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Writing Worksheet Printables for Grade 6

You asked and we listened. Printable 6th grade writing worksheets are here….

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Fantasy Story Ideas

Fantasy Story Ideas to ignite your imagination or that of your writers—…

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Creative Writing Lesson Plan for Grade 3

Free Creative Writing Lesson Plan— Storytelling has been an important part of…

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Prompts to Boost Creative Writing Skills

Creative Writing Skills Prompts and Tips to Improve Creative Writing — Writing…

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Creative Writing Topics for High School Students

A wonderful list of Creative Writing Prompts High School students will love—…

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Journal Writing Ideas and Activities for Kids

Journal Writing Examples and Activities— Journaling is one of the most effective…

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Creative Writing Ideas for Adults

When you are faced with a blank page or screen, it can…

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Creative Writing Prompts and Assignments for Students

Creative Writing Assignments Inspire Imagination and Teach Valuable Skills — Whether you’ve…

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Pirate Writing Prompts

21 Fun and Creative Pirate Writing Prompts — Pirates have a reputation…

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Creative Writing Prompts and Starters for Kids

Creative Writing Ideas for Kids— Energize your students’ writing with these new…

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Summer Writing Topics for Third Grade

Yes, we have Summer writing prompts for 3rd grade for you and…

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Beginning Songwriting Ideas

Songwriting Ideas for Beginners— Ignite more imagination and creativity than you ever…

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2nd Grade Creative Writing Ideas

Creative Writing Topics for Grade 2 Students— Enjoy and use this excellent…

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Creative Writing Ideas for Kids

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