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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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Journal Starters for Grade 1 through Grade 5

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

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

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Kids Storytelling Writing Ideas

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High School Fiction Writing Prompts

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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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Kids Descriptive Writing Ideas

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

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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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Descriptive Writing Activites and Prompts

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Creative Writing Ideas

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Pumpkin Writing Prompts

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Star Wars Writing Prompts

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

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Facts about Cinco de Mayo

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Writing Tips and Inspiring Prompts

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Imaginative Creative Writing Exercises

Creative Writing Exercises to Help to Unlock Your Imagination— Whether you’re suffering…

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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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Every great story needs a hero, but a hero needs a great…

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OTP Writing Prompts

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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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Writing Prompts to Improve Writing Skills (age 8 -80!)

Writing Prompts to Improve Writing Skills — Writing is a craft and…

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Empowering Women Quotes to Inspire Your Writing— Take a look at the…

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See these Writing Prompts for Students to Inspire Creativity— Oh yeah. As…

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Short Story Writing Ideas

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

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Story Writing Prompts

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

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Terrific Time Travel Prompts

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Mystery Story Ideas

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

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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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Writing Worksheet Printables for Grade 6

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

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Vampire Story Ideas

Sink Your Teeth into These Vampire Story Ideas— Whether you’re just starting…

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Creative Writing Ideas for Kids

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Short Story Writing Ideas for Kids

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

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Tuesday Writing Prompts

Tuesday Writing Prompts to Sharpen Your Writing Skills— Whether you’re a student writer, teacher,…

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What Happens Next Prompts

Unleash Your Writers’ Creativity with These ‘What Happens Next’ Prompts— Oh yeah. What…

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

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While this list is entitled Daily Creative Writing Prompts for Adults, the…

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Random Writing Ideas for Kids

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

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Homeschool Creative Writing Ideas

It is time to sit down to write something for fun, but…

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

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If you are looking for great narrative essay topics and ideas for…

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Creative Writing for High School Students

7 Creative Writing Techniques for High School Students + 15 Bonus Writing…

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Creative Writing Tips and Prompts

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

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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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Whether you’re a dog lover or a writing enthusiast, we have prepared…

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Creative Writing about Food

Creative Writing about Food Prompts for Kids — Food fight – but…

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