Whimsical drawing of a hand holding a pen, which disappears into the lines of a page as if they are the ripples of water

“Write What You Don’t Know”

Prompt Archive

When we teach an in-person workshop, everybody reads what they wrote aloud. To give you a sense of community as you write solo, we’ve included this Prompt Archive, so you can hear what other people wrote to the prompts in Write What You Don’t Know.

And if you’d like more community, please join us on Zoom for the Prompt of the Week. It’s free!

These pieces were written in the same amount of time we gave you, and read aloud by the writers immediately afterward, unedited. They will give you an idea of the power generated by writing in the Imaginative Storm!

Whimsical drawing of a hand holding a pen, which disappears into the lines of a page as if they are the ripples of water


Session 1: Spin the Kaleidoscope of Your Mind

Whimsical drawing of a hand holding a pen, which disappears into the lines of a page as if they are the ripples of water


Session 2: Let Rip

Whimsical drawing of a hand holding a pen, which disappears into the lines of a page as if they are the ripples of water


Session 3: Common Senses

Whimsical drawing of a hand holding a pen, which disappears into the lines of a page as if they are the ripples of water


Session 4: Go There

Whimsical drawing of a hand holding a pen, which disappears into the lines of a page as if they are the ripples of water


Session 5: Elemental Alchemy

Whimsical drawing of a hand holding a pen, which disappears into the lines of a page as if they are the ripples of water


Session 6: Socialese

Whimsical drawing of a hand holding a pen, which disappears into the lines of a page as if they are the ripples of water


Session 7: Tender Spots

Whimsical drawing of a hand holding a pen, which disappears into the lines of a page as if they are the ripples of water


Session 8: Take Yourself Back

Whimsical drawing of a hand holding a pen, which disappears into the lines of a page as if they are the ripples of water


Session 9: There’s No Story If Nothing Changes

Whimsical drawing of a hand holding a pen, which disappears into the lines of a page as if they are the ripples of water


Session 10: The Oxymoronic Inversion