January 2025 Prompts
Adapt these prompts as you like. The assumption is that you can add things like, "Explain," "What happened?" or "How do you feel about it?" Similarly, if you aren't interested in pursuing the topic, don't. These prompts are meant to be helpful and not feel restrictive or prescriptive! Also, if you want to use these as character development exercises rather than general journal prompts, that would work! Replace "you" with any of your characters. These are adaptable to all kinds of forms--poetry, drama, etc. Stretch to what feels best for you (or feels challenging). Birthday prompt: On the day that it is your birthday (or you can adapt this to someone you love), write X number of things for the year that you (or they) are turning. So, if it is your 21st birthday, write twenty-one random facts about yourself. If it is your son's 14th birthday, write fourteen facts about your son. Before we start the new year, on December 31, this is the ...