25 Journal Writing Prompts

Sometimes we all need a little help getting started writing a journal entry.  Here are twenty five writing prompts for journals:

1. Do you remember learning how to read?
2. If you could have a robot do one task for you, what would it be?
3. Would you rather be a werewolf or a vampire?
4. If you had one snapshot that could go viral on social media, which one would it be?
5. What was the best pun that you’ve heard recently?
6. What do you like to write with?  A pen?  A pencil?  Glitter pen? Keyboard?
7. Have you self edited your social media posts?  Have you exaggerated the ‘good’ in your life or the ‘bad’?  Discuss why.
8. If you had a only an hour to pack to save yourself from zombies, what would you bring? Only weapons?  Clothes?  Perhaps a red pair of high heels that can also be a weapon?
9. What makes you want to volunteer your time to a cause?
10. Doodle instead of writing today.
11. Would you rather visit a chain coffee house, like Starbucks or visit an independent coffeehouse?  Or perhaps you would not be caught dead in one?
12. What is the first book that you remember reading?
13. Compare frozen food to home cooked food.  Which do you actually eat more often?
14. Christmas and holiday traditions that you miss.
15. How has your family changed over the years?
16. Write a paragraph about oranges that does not mention the color, name or the word orange.
17. Describe the smell of fresh spring rain.
18. If you see someone with a clothing tag hanging out, do you tell them?
19. Describe the last time that you laughed.
20. We always hear about 5 year goals and the current year goals.  What are your 2 1/2 year goals?
21. Do you always finish books or movies?  Why or why not?
22. Which food do you remember from your childhood that you never eat now?
23. If you had to start over, what would you change?
24. What are you grateful for?
25. Describe the perfect day.