January 14, 2025 • 12 mins
50 Creative Journal Writing Prompts
What if your wildest dreams could be projected on the big screen, captivating audiences worldwide? Join us as we explore this imaginative world where dreams become cinematic masterpieces, forcing us to consider whether we would prioritize personal meaning or mass appeal. Imagine attending the Oscars for dreams, where the most vivid imaginations receive top honors for dream cinematography. We journey further into a poetic realm, visualizing a hidden garden of forgotten memories. Each flower represents a piece of your past waiting to bloom—what does your garden look like, and which memories are pushing their way to the surface?
Venturing into emotional landscapes, we tackle the intriguing question of life without anger. Envision a character who navigates conflicts without the familiar surge of frustration or indignation. Would logical explanations become the norm, leading to unexpected resolutions in everyday situations, like the infamous lunch-stealing co-worker? This episode invites you to reflect on emotions and perspectives, reshaping your understanding of personal growth and self-discovery. Tune in for a captivating conversation that embraces creativity, introspection, and the power of imagination.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey everyone and welcome to this deep dive.
Today we're going to be lookingat something really special.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Yeah, this is going to be fun.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
Yeah, we asked you all to send in some journal
prompts.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
We got a ton of them 50 of them, to be exact 50,
that's amazing.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
And we wanted to do a deep dive into some of the ones
that really stood out to us.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Yeah, some of these are pretty incredible.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Like honestly, some of them could spark a whole
novel.
Like honestly some of themcould spark a whole novel, oh
easily, or a screenplay, or just, at the very least, a really
good afternoon of just thinkingand writing.
Yeah, like some seriousself-discovery.
Exactly, yeah, so this firstcategory we want to look at is
called Unlocking Imagination.
Yeah, and I think this firstone is so interesting.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Like, just imagine pitching to Netflix your wildest
dream, because in this world,dreams are recorded and traded
like movies oh, okay, okay sowhat would your dream look like
on the big screen?
Speaker 2 (00:55):
oh, that's a good one , right?
It makes you think about likeyeah what genre would it even be
?
Yeah would it be like apsychological thriller?
or it could be like super artsyand weird and yeah, nobody would
get it, but like apsychological thriller or it'd
be like super artsy and weirdand yeah nobody would get it,
but like three people would loveit exactly that's what I'm
saying, right like, would youtry to make it a blockbuster or
would you make it like thissuper niche indie film?
It's like you're creating thiswhole new genre of storytelling.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Yeah, it's like way beyond inception, you know it
makes you wonder like in thatworld would we all be like
chasing blockbuster dreams, likewe chase blockbuster movies now
?
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Would we sacrifice, like the personal meaning, for
Mass Appeal?
Oh, totally.
Like could you imagine theOscars for dreams?
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Oh my.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
God, and the award for best dream cinematography
goes to yeah, I love it.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Oh, that's so good.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Okay, so this next one is a little different.
It's, it's um, it's almost alittle more poetic okay, it asks
you to imagine this hiddengarden yeah where every flower
represents a forgotten memory ohwhat happens when one starts to
bloom oh, that one'sinteresting right that one kind
of gives me chills.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Yeah, it's like this beautiful metaphor for like
rediscovering lost parts ofyourself, totally.
You listening right now.
Yeah, what kind of garden areyou picturing?
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Is it overgrown and wild, or is it really carefully
manicured and what's the memory?
Speaker 2 (02:16):
that's like pushing its way back into your
consciousness.
It's just, it uses the languageof nature to explore something
so deeply personal, you know.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Totally.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Like gardens, have always been these, like symbolic
spaces, you know, like theGarden of Eden.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Or even just like a little window box in a city
apartment.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
They represent growth renewal and, in this case, like
a reclaiming of your own past.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Okay, get ready.
Okay, because we're going intoexploring emotions territory now
.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Ooh, this is where it gets good.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Yeah, and things are about to get real introspective.
Okay.
So this first one asks you toimagine a character who never
feels anger.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Never, never, ever Like zero zip zilch.
How do they even function?
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Right like how do they deal with conflict?
Do they even know what conflictis, Do they?
Speaker 2 (03:05):
even recognize it yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Right, it's so clever because it makes you realize
how much.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Like we rely on anger .
Yeah, even if we see it as likea negative emotion.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Right, exactly.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Like imagine you the listener.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Trying to navigate a world without ever feeling that
surge of frustration or likerighteous indignation.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
How would you deal with like that co-worker who
steals your lunch from thefridge every day?
Oh man, yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Would you even recognize that as like something
to be upset about?
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Right.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Or would you just like logically explain to them
the concept of personal property?
Speaker 2 (03:38):
And they'd be like, oh, interesting Huh.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Never thought about it that way Exactly.
Thanks for letting me know.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Yeah, this prompt isn't just about, like, the
absence of anger.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Right.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
It's about challenging our assumptions
about, like healthy emotionalexpression.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Are there other ways?
To be assertive, to setboundaries to like, even fight
for what you believe in withoutever feeling that anger flare up
Totally, yeah, okay, this nextone is a total mind bender Hit
me.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Picture this up, totally yeah, okay, this next
one is a total mind bender.
Hit me.
Picture this you stumble upon abox, okay, filled with photos
of moments you've neverexperienced like you're there in
the pictures okay but you haveabsolutely no memory of it
happening okay what do thosephotos even mean?
Speaker 2 (04:20):
oh, I love this one right, it's like a mystery box
of your own life.
Like are these glimpses into apast life?
Speaker 1 (04:27):
yeah, alternate reality must someone mess it
with you?
Speaker 2 (04:30):
or like is somebody like creating this elaborate
false narrative for you?
Oh, that's creepy right it'slike those, like mandela effect
moments yes, exactly but on adeeply personal it makes you
question the very nature of likememory and identity Totally.
What if our memories aren't asreliable as we think they are?
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Right.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
What if, like, our sense of self is built on this
foundation of experiences thatwe don't even remember?
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Oh, that's giving me existential chills.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
It's heavy, right, and that's just the beginning, I
know right.
We've got so many more promptsto go.
I'm excited.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
From building entire universes to creating characters
so real they practically jumpoff the page.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
But before we move on , you listening what's
resonating with you so far.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Are you drawn to the fantastical or the deeply
personal?
Speaker 1 (05:19):
What's got your creative gears turning?
Speaker 2 (05:21):
Let us know.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
All right, so let's move into something a little bit
different.
Okay, let's know.
All right, so let's move intosomething a little bit different
.
Okay, let's talk world building.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
This is where you get to like play, god, you know.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Creating entire civilizations from scratch.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
I love this.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Like this one prompt asks you to imagine a city built
on giant floating islands.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
That drift with the wind.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Like a mobile city.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Forget buses and subways.
We the drift with the wind Likea mobile city.
Forget buses and subways, we'retalking airships, maybe even
giant train birds, that's cool.
How would people even getaround?
Right yeah what would theculture be like?
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Yeah, I mean are they nomadic.
Yeah, are they followingancient wind patterns?
Speaker 1 (05:57):
Do they have like ceremonies for when islands
collide?
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Oh, it's so cool.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Or drift apart it, oh , yeah.
Would buildings be lightweightand flexible to withstand the
constant movement?
Yeah.
Or would they, like, anchorthemselves to bedrock deep below
the clouds?
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Oh, that's a good question.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Like taking all those fantasy floating cities we see
in movies and actually thinkingthrough the practicalities.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
This prompt is like a goldmine for detail-oriented
world building Totally Okay.
This next one totally flips thescript on how we think about
information and storytelling.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Imagine a society where books are forbidden.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
What, what.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
Banned Whoa, but stories still exist.
Okay, they're just passed downin different ways.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Right, how does that work?
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Right, right Like.
Think about it.
You, the listener, imagine aworld without books.
Yeah, what replaces them?
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Right.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Elaborate oral traditions.
Ooh interesting Secretsocieties dedicated to
memorizing entire epics.
Okay, maybe stories are woveninto tapestries or carved into
stone.
Oh wow, suddenly storytellingbecomes this high stakes, almost
subversive act.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
How would that affect the stories themselves?
Speaker 2 (07:10):
That's what I'm wondering.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
Yeah, would they become more symbolic?
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Would they be more reliant on, like visual imagery?
Speaker 1 (07:15):
Yeah, because they can't rely on written
descriptions.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Right, exactly.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
It really makes you realize how much power a simple
book has Totally, and howcreative humans would become in
finding other ways to sharetheir stories.
Yeah, that's a good one.
Okay, so now we're going intothe heart of every good story.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
The characters.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
Yes, the characters.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
These prompts are all about creating people.
So vivid, so complex, and youalmost forget they're just words
on a page.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
This one that I thought was really interesting
asks you to imagine a characterwho discovers their best friend
is actually their guardian angel.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Okay, whoa.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
Talk about a plot twist, right, yeah, like imagine
finding out the person you'veshared all your secrets with.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Who's been there for you through thick and thin?
Yeah Is literally a celestialbeing sent to watch over you.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Does it change the relationship?
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Right.
Is it still genuine or does itfeel kind of Manipulated?
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
Like what happens when the angel's true purpose is
revealed.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Do they have to leave ?
Speaker 1 (08:16):
Do they choose to stay?
Speaker 2 (08:17):
It's like those superhero origin stories where
the mentor is revealed to havebeen secretly guiding the hero
all along.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Totally.
It makes you think yeah.
Digs into the nature of like,friendship and trust and
sacrifice.
Yeah, would you feel betrayedif your best friend had been
keeping this huge secret fromyou.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
Right.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Or would the fact that they've been protecting you
all along make it okay it's?
Speaker 2 (08:42):
a tough one, all right.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
This next one is really going to mess with your
head.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
Late on me.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
Imagine you find out you're the villain in someone
else's story.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
Why.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
Not the hero.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
Not the sidekick.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
Okay, villain in someone else's story, why not
the hero?
Okay, not the sidekick.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
Okay, the straight up bad guy.
Oh wow, how do you?
Speaker 2 (08:58):
process that it's such a powerful concept.
Right, yeah, because itchallenges our own
self-perception totally yeah wetend to see ourselves as the
protagonist of our own lives.
Right, but what if we'recausing somebody else pain, even
unintentionally?
Yeah it forces you to considerdifferent perspectives, to
acknowledge that maybe yeahwe're not always the good guy.
Like that quote, every villainis the hero of their own story
(09:21):
yeah, I love that it makes youthink about the gray areas of
morality totally and how goodand evil aren't always so
clear-cut right how would thatknowledge change your actions?
Speaker 1 (09:32):
Yeah, would you try to redeem yourself?
Speaker 2 (09:34):
Would you try to rewrite the story?
Speaker 1 (09:35):
Or would you just lean into it?
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Embrace your villainous role Right.
It's a good reminder that ouractions have consequences, yeah,
and that even with the bestintentions, we can still hurt
others.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Okay, are you ready for this?
Hit me.
This next category is all abouttwists and turns.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
Okay, I love a good plot twist, me too.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
Let's do it.
So these prompts are all aboutthose unexpected moments.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
That leave you breathless.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Those moments where everything you thought you knew
gets flipped on its head.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Love it.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
And let me tell you, okay, some of these are
seriously mind blowing.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
All right.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
I'm ready.
So this prompt asks you toimagine a character who dreams
of events before they happen,okay, but they can't do anything
to stop them.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
Oh, that's tough.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
Talk about frustrating.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
Can you imagine like the burden of knowing what's
coming.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Right.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
But being totally powerless to intervene.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
You'd be like watching a train wreck in slow
motion.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Every day would be filled with this, like agonizing
tension, totally betweenknowing the future and being
unable to change it would youtry to warn people oh?
Speaker 1 (10:40):
yeah even knowing they probably wouldn't believe
you right?
Or would you just withdraw fromthe world entirely?
Yeah, maybe just try to avoid,like the pain of seeing it all
happen it really makes you thinkabout free will and destiny.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Yeah, Like if we know the future.
Are we truly free to make ourown choices?
Speaker 1 (10:55):
Right, are we just playing out a predetermined
script?
Speaker 2 (10:58):
It's like a philosophical dilemma wrapped up
in a creative writing exercise.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
Okay, last one Okay, and it's a doozy.
This prompt asks you to write astory where a totally ordinary
object like a pencil or a teacupcontains a hidden universe
inside it.
Whoa, who discovers it?
Okay, and what do they find?
Speaker 2 (11:17):
I'm picturing a tiny civilization living inside a
snow globe.
Oh, that's cute.
It takes something we see everyday.
Speaker 1 (11:24):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:25):
And turns it into a portal to the extraordinary.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
It's like Alice falling down the rabbit hole.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
Totally.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
But instead of Wonderland she finds like a
microcosm of bustling cities andvast landscapes.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
What if that chipped coffee mug on your desk is
actually a gateway to anotherdimension.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
Right.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
It reminds us to never take the ordinary for
granted.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
Totally.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
There might be magic hiding right under our noses.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Well, we've journeyed through a lot of prompts today.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
We have.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
From dream marketplaces to forbidden books,
to hidden universes.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
It's been a wild ride .
Speaker 1 (11:56):
I feel like we've barely scratched the surface of
what these 50 prompts have tooffer.
Speaker 2 (11:59):
I know right.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
But you know one thing's for sure what's that
these aren't just writingexercises.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
No, they're not.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
They're invitations to explore your own creativity.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
Your fears, your hopes, your unique way of seeing
the world.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
That's what makes it so exciting.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
It's not about the prompts themselves, right, it's
about what they spark in you.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Exactly.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
What stories are you itching to tell?
Speaker 2 (12:20):
What worlds are you dying to create?
Speaker 1 (12:22):
Hold on to that feeling.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
That spark.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
That curiosity.
Yeah, that's where the realmagic happens.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
Let these prompts be your guide.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
But remember your own experiences yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
Your own voice yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
That's what makes your writing truly special, so
true.
So grab your journal, a pen,maybe a comfy blanket, and dive
in Explore Experiment.
And, most importantly, have fun.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
Thanks for joining us on this deep dive.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
Until next time, keep writing.
Hey everyone and welcome to this deep dive.
Today we're going to be lookingat something really special.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Yeah, this is going to be fun.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
Yeah, we asked you all to send in some journal
prompts.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
We got a ton of them 50 of them, to be exact 50,
that's amazing.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
And we wanted to do a deep dive into some of the ones
that really stood out to us.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Yeah, some of these are pretty incredible.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Like honestly, some of them could spark a whole
novel.
Like honestly some of themcould spark a whole novel, oh
easily, or a screenplay, or just, at the very least, a really
good afternoon of just thinkingand writing.
Yeah, like some seriousself-discovery.
Exactly, yeah, so this firstcategory we want to look at is
called Unlocking Imagination.
Yeah, and I think this firstone is so interesting.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Like, just imagine pitching to Netflix your wildest
dream, because in this world,dreams are recorded and traded
like movies oh, okay, okay sowhat would your dream look like
on the big screen?
Speaker 2 (00:55):
oh, that's a good one , right?
It makes you think about likeyeah what genre would it even be
?
Yeah would it be like apsychological thriller?
or it could be like super artsyand weird and yeah, nobody would
get it, but like apsychological thriller or it'd
be like super artsy and weirdand yeah nobody would get it,
but like three people would loveit exactly that's what I'm
saying, right like, would youtry to make it a blockbuster or
would you make it like thissuper niche indie film?
It's like you're creating thiswhole new genre of storytelling.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Yeah, it's like way beyond inception, you know it
makes you wonder like in thatworld would we all be like
chasing blockbuster dreams, likewe chase blockbuster movies now
?
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Would we sacrifice, like the personal meaning, for
Mass Appeal?
Oh, totally.
Like could you imagine theOscars for dreams?
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Oh my.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
God, and the award for best dream cinematography
goes to yeah, I love it.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Oh, that's so good.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Okay, so this next one is a little different.
It's, it's um, it's almost alittle more poetic okay, it asks
you to imagine this hiddengarden yeah where every flower
represents a forgotten memory ohwhat happens when one starts to
bloom oh, that one'sinteresting right that one kind
of gives me chills.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Yeah, it's like this beautiful metaphor for like
rediscovering lost parts ofyourself, totally.
You listening right now.
Yeah, what kind of garden areyou picturing?
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Is it overgrown and wild, or is it really carefully
manicured and what's the memory?
Speaker 2 (02:16):
that's like pushing its way back into your
consciousness.
It's just, it uses the languageof nature to explore something
so deeply personal, you know.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Totally.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Like gardens, have always been these, like symbolic
spaces, you know, like theGarden of Eden.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Or even just like a little window box in a city
apartment.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
They represent growth renewal and, in this case, like
a reclaiming of your own past.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Okay, get ready.
Okay, because we're going intoexploring emotions territory now
.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Ooh, this is where it gets good.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Yeah, and things are about to get real introspective.
Okay.
So this first one asks you toimagine a character who never
feels anger.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Never, never, ever Like zero zip zilch.
How do they even function?
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Right like how do they deal with conflict?
Do they even know what conflictis, Do they?
Speaker 2 (03:05):
even recognize it yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Right, it's so clever because it makes you realize
how much.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Like we rely on anger .
Yeah, even if we see it as likea negative emotion.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Right, exactly.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Like imagine you the listener.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Trying to navigate a world without ever feeling that
surge of frustration or likerighteous indignation.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
How would you deal with like that co-worker who
steals your lunch from thefridge every day?
Oh man, yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Would you even recognize that as like something
to be upset about?
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Right.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Or would you just like logically explain to them
the concept of personal property?
Speaker 2 (03:38):
And they'd be like, oh, interesting Huh.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Never thought about it that way Exactly.
Thanks for letting me know.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Yeah, this prompt isn't just about, like, the
absence of anger.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Right.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
It's about challenging our assumptions
about, like healthy emotionalexpression.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Are there other ways?
To be assertive, to setboundaries to like, even fight
for what you believe in withoutever feeling that anger flare up
Totally, yeah, okay, this nextone is a total mind bender Hit
me.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Picture this up, totally yeah, okay, this next
one is a total mind bender.
Hit me.
Picture this you stumble upon abox, okay, filled with photos
of moments you've neverexperienced like you're there in
the pictures okay but you haveabsolutely no memory of it
happening okay what do thosephotos even mean?
Speaker 2 (04:20):
oh, I love this one right, it's like a mystery box
of your own life.
Like are these glimpses into apast life?
Speaker 1 (04:27):
yeah, alternate reality must someone mess it
with you?
Speaker 2 (04:30):
or like is somebody like creating this elaborate
false narrative for you?
Oh, that's creepy right it'slike those, like mandela effect
moments yes, exactly but on adeeply personal it makes you
question the very nature of likememory and identity Totally.
What if our memories aren't asreliable as we think they are?
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Right.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
What if, like, our sense of self is built on this
foundation of experiences thatwe don't even remember?
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Oh, that's giving me existential chills.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
It's heavy, right, and that's just the beginning, I
know right.
We've got so many more promptsto go.
I'm excited.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
From building entire universes to creating characters
so real they practically jumpoff the page.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
But before we move on , you listening what's
resonating with you so far.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Are you drawn to the fantastical or the deeply
personal?
Speaker 1 (05:19):
What's got your creative gears turning?
Speaker 2 (05:21):
Let us know.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
All right, so let's move into something a little bit
different.
Okay, let's know.
All right, so let's move intosomething a little bit different
.
Okay, let's talk world building.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
This is where you get to like play, god, you know.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Creating entire civilizations from scratch.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
I love this.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Like this one prompt asks you to imagine a city built
on giant floating islands.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
That drift with the wind.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Like a mobile city.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Forget buses and subways.
We the drift with the wind Likea mobile city.
Forget buses and subways, we'retalking airships, maybe even
giant train birds, that's cool.
How would people even getaround?
Right yeah what would theculture be like?
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Yeah, I mean are they nomadic.
Yeah, are they followingancient wind patterns?
Speaker 1 (05:57):
Do they have like ceremonies for when islands
collide?
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Oh, it's so cool.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Or drift apart it, oh , yeah.
Would buildings be lightweightand flexible to withstand the
constant movement?
Yeah.
Or would they, like, anchorthemselves to bedrock deep below
the clouds?
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Oh, that's a good question.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Like taking all those fantasy floating cities we see
in movies and actually thinkingthrough the practicalities.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
This prompt is like a goldmine for detail-oriented
world building Totally Okay.
This next one totally flips thescript on how we think about
information and storytelling.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Imagine a society where books are forbidden.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
What, what.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
Banned Whoa, but stories still exist.
Okay, they're just passed downin different ways.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Right, how does that work?
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Right, right Like.
Think about it.
You, the listener, imagine aworld without books.
Yeah, what replaces them?
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Right.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Elaborate oral traditions.
Ooh interesting Secretsocieties dedicated to
memorizing entire epics.
Okay, maybe stories are woveninto tapestries or carved into
stone.
Oh wow, suddenly storytellingbecomes this high stakes, almost
subversive act.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
How would that affect the stories themselves?
Speaker 2 (07:10):
That's what I'm wondering.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
Yeah, would they become more symbolic?
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Would they be more reliant on, like visual imagery?
Speaker 1 (07:15):
Yeah, because they can't rely on written
descriptions.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Right, exactly.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
It really makes you realize how much power a simple
book has Totally, and howcreative humans would become in
finding other ways to sharetheir stories.
Yeah, that's a good one.
Okay, so now we're going intothe heart of every good story.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
The characters.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
Yes, the characters.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
These prompts are all about creating people.
So vivid, so complex, and youalmost forget they're just words
on a page.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
This one that I thought was really interesting
asks you to imagine a characterwho discovers their best friend
is actually their guardian angel.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Okay, whoa.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
Talk about a plot twist, right, yeah, like imagine
finding out the person you'veshared all your secrets with.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Who's been there for you through thick and thin?
Yeah Is literally a celestialbeing sent to watch over you.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Does it change the relationship?
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Right.
Is it still genuine or does itfeel kind of Manipulated?
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
Like what happens when the angel's true purpose is
revealed.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Do they have to leave ?
Speaker 1 (08:16):
Do they choose to stay?
Speaker 2 (08:17):
It's like those superhero origin stories where
the mentor is revealed to havebeen secretly guiding the hero
all along.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Totally.
It makes you think yeah.
Digs into the nature of like,friendship and trust and
sacrifice.
Yeah, would you feel betrayedif your best friend had been
keeping this huge secret fromyou.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
Right.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Or would the fact that they've been protecting you
all along make it okay it's?
Speaker 2 (08:42):
a tough one, all right.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
This next one is really going to mess with your
head.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
Late on me.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
Imagine you find out you're the villain in someone
else's story.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
Why.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
Not the hero.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
Not the sidekick.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
Okay, villain in someone else's story, why not
the hero?
Okay, not the sidekick.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
Okay, the straight up bad guy.
Oh wow, how do you?
Speaker 2 (08:58):
process that it's such a powerful concept.
Right, yeah, because itchallenges our own
self-perception totally yeah wetend to see ourselves as the
protagonist of our own lives.
Right, but what if we'recausing somebody else pain, even
unintentionally?
Yeah it forces you to considerdifferent perspectives, to
acknowledge that maybe yeahwe're not always the good guy.
Like that quote, every villainis the hero of their own story
(09:21):
yeah, I love that it makes youthink about the gray areas of
morality totally and how goodand evil aren't always so
clear-cut right how would thatknowledge change your actions?
Speaker 1 (09:32):
Yeah, would you try to redeem yourself?
Speaker 2 (09:34):
Would you try to rewrite the story?
Speaker 1 (09:35):
Or would you just lean into it?
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Embrace your villainous role Right.
It's a good reminder that ouractions have consequences, yeah,
and that even with the bestintentions, we can still hurt
others.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Okay, are you ready for this?
Hit me.
This next category is all abouttwists and turns.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
Okay, I love a good plot twist, me too.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
Let's do it.
So these prompts are all aboutthose unexpected moments.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
That leave you breathless.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Those moments where everything you thought you knew
gets flipped on its head.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Love it.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
And let me tell you, okay, some of these are
seriously mind blowing.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
All right.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
I'm ready.
So this prompt asks you toimagine a character who dreams
of events before they happen,okay, but they can't do anything
to stop them.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
Oh, that's tough.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
Talk about frustrating.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
Can you imagine like the burden of knowing what's
coming.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Right.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
But being totally powerless to intervene.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
You'd be like watching a train wreck in slow
motion.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Every day would be filled with this, like agonizing
tension, totally betweenknowing the future and being
unable to change it would youtry to warn people oh?
Speaker 1 (10:40):
yeah even knowing they probably wouldn't believe
you right?
Or would you just withdraw fromthe world entirely?
Yeah, maybe just try to avoid,like the pain of seeing it all
happen it really makes you thinkabout free will and destiny.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Yeah, Like if we know the future.
Are we truly free to make ourown choices?
Speaker 1 (10:55):
Right, are we just playing out a predetermined
script?
Speaker 2 (10:58):
It's like a philosophical dilemma wrapped up
in a creative writing exercise.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
Okay, last one Okay, and it's a doozy.
This prompt asks you to write astory where a totally ordinary
object like a pencil or a teacupcontains a hidden universe
inside it.
Whoa, who discovers it?
Okay, and what do they find?
Speaker 2 (11:17):
I'm picturing a tiny civilization living inside a
snow globe.
Oh, that's cute.
It takes something we see everyday.
Speaker 1 (11:24):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:25):
And turns it into a portal to the extraordinary.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
It's like Alice falling down the rabbit hole.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
Totally.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
But instead of Wonderland she finds like a
microcosm of bustling cities andvast landscapes.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
What if that chipped coffee mug on your desk is
actually a gateway to anotherdimension.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
Right.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
It reminds us to never take the ordinary for
granted.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
Totally.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
There might be magic hiding right under our noses.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Well, we've journeyed through a lot of prompts today.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
We have.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
From dream marketplaces to forbidden books,
to hidden universes.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
It's been a wild ride .
Speaker 1 (11:56):
I feel like we've barely scratched the surface of
what these 50 prompts have tooffer.
Speaker 2 (11:59):
I know right.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
But you know one thing's for sure what's that
these aren't just writingexercises.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
No, they're not.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
They're invitations to explore your own creativity.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
Your fears, your hopes, your unique way of seeing
the world.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
That's what makes it so exciting.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
It's not about the prompts themselves, right, it's
about what they spark in you.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Exactly.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
What stories are you itching to tell?
Speaker 2 (12:20):
What worlds are you dying to create?
Speaker 1 (12:22):
Hold on to that feeling.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
That spark.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
That curiosity.
Yeah, that's where the realmagic happens.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
Let these prompts be your guide.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
But remember your own experiences yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
Your own voice yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
That's what makes your writing truly special, so
true.
So grab your journal, a pen,maybe a comfy blanket, and dive
in Explore Experiment.
And, most importantly, have fun.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
Thanks for joining us on this deep dive.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
Until next time, keep writing.
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