With August just around the corner let’s kick it off with 31 different writing prompts to keep you journaling through the entire month. Whether you tackle a few at a time or space it out daily, I’d love to hear your progress or thoughts on them as you go along!


  1. What have you been putting off doing? Why?
  2. What completely bores you?
  3. Write a letter to your mom. Tell her something you’ve always wanted to say, but haven’t.
  4. If you could permanently ban a word from use, which one and why?
  5. Begin a story with the phrase, “And it was in that moment I knew I wouldn’t get to finish my piece of cake.
  6. Take the title of the last song you listened to and make it your post title. Write for a minimum of 10 minutes.
  7. What do you know about your family’s history and culture?
  8. What is your earliest memory about?
  9. What would you tell your younger self about if you could go back in time?
  10. What are five hobbies you’d love to get into doing, but haven’t? Why haven’t you?
  11. What’s one story that your family always tells?
  12. If you could have the perfect date with yourself, what would you do?
  13. What’s one thing about your family dynamics that you want to change?
  14. What was the best birthday present you have ever received?
  15. When was the last time you cried?
  16. Describe your favorite color without ever saying the name.
  17. What are some of your favorite characteristics of your closest friends?
  18. Write about what it would be to live a day in the life of a whale.
  19. Write about how you met your best friend or significant other.
  20. You’re in charge of creating a new museum exhibit. What will you do?
  21. Pretend space travel is commonplace and describe an average day in your life.
  22. What’s your favorite childhood memory?
  23. Three of your dad’s favorite things?
  24. Begin a story with the phrase, “I wouldn’t have gotten away with it too if it hadn’t been for…”
  25. What career would you pursue if you started everything over?
  26. Create a story that includes tacos, flamingos, and a very large cat
  27. If you were to have a “lame” superpower, what would it be and why?
  28. Describe what it’s like to eat your favorite food with as much detail as possible.
  29. If you were from the future, how would you warn yourself about this year?
  30. If you had a spirit animal that followed you around, what would it be and why?
  31. What was it like writing the previous 30 prompts?