Halloween Writing Prompts

It’s Tuesday. The day that’s traditionally known as the most boring day of the week. The day when restaurants have amazing happy hour and date night deals and video stores (back when those existed) gave you five movies for the price of one…all as encouragement to get people out of the house on a Tuesday.

Sorry, Tuesday. It’s nothing personal. As a population we just tend to shut down on your day–the weekend still seems far away and we don’t have the same energy we did on Monday.

So, let’s snap out of our lethargy! Let’s get our minds cranking and our creative juices flowing. Let’s write!

P.S. One of the best holidays is coming up, so these are meant to be a little spooky, but by all means, turn them into stories about warm, fuzzy kittens and petunias. It’s your writing.

Prompt #1:
My flashlight flickered weakly and my damp tennis shoes chilled my toes to the bone as we rounded a corner in the heart of Swanson’s cave. I waved my light across the wide room that opened in front of us until my beam caught movement in the corner. I froze.

Prompt #2:

Everyone assumed Maggie was long dead. How could anyone survive an accident as gruesome as hers? But now I’m not so sure.

Prompt #3:
Wind shot down my spine as we stepped into the gully. I looked up at the full moon and tried to steady my heartbeat. It was coming.

Prompt #4: (borrowed from TheHolidayZone.com):
Tap, tap, tap. The sound came from inside the closet. Quietly, I crept toward the door.

Prompt #5:

I never drive anymore. I rarely leave my parents’ house. Not since Andrea and Janie disappeared last May; not since the swamp.

Happy writing!

Author: KateBitters

Kate Bitters is a Minneapolis-based author and freelance writer. She is the author of Elmer Left, Ten Thousand Lines, and He Found Me. One of her proudest/nerdiest moments was when Neil Gaiman read one of her short stories on stage at the Fitzgerald Theater.