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Summertime! Let’s grab our journals and see where our ideas take us! Creative writing prompts for summer can help us get started. Choose one or write about anything you want. The sunshine, summer rains, heat, and our summertime adventures can inspire us. The places we want to visit or things we’d like to are great prompts for stories too. Not able to visit the beach this year, no problem. Your imagination can take you there!
Below you’ll find a bunch of creative writing prompts for summer. Choose the one that speaks to you. Some writers like to set a timer and challenge themselves to write for five or ten minutes. Writing outside can fill you with inspiration. Listening to music while you write might be helpful too. I prefer silence when I write. If you’re not sure how you like to write, try a few different settings to see which one lets you get into your writing zone.
Ten Creative Writing Prompts for Summer
Choose a prompt a day or when your muse calls. There’s no right way to follow them. Try to let your inner critic take a break. There’s no need for perfection or judgment.
5 Senses- Find a place to sit outside or by a window. Close your eyes and take a few deep breaths. When you feel ready, start to pay attention to your senses. You might write down what you observe or observe and then write.
What do you see-
What do you hear-
What do you smell-
What do you taste-
What can you feel-
Check out my free imagery printables on Creative ELA!
Picture Prompt– Use any of the pictures below to inspire your writing, or choose a picture you or a family member recently took.
Finish any of the sentences- Today I… Yesterday I… Tomorrow I…My favorite summer memory…My least favorite summer memory…Summer is… Summer isn’t…
5 Inch Square Frame– use a ruler to draw a six-inch square. On the inside of the square, draw another square that is five inches. Cut out the middle square so that you have a five-inch frame. Take this frame outside and hold it up in front of you with your arm extended. Move around and see what you can see within the frame. Once you like the view, write about what you see. Try to describe and capture all the little details within your five-inch frame.
You can also use your fingers 🙂
Finish the sentence, The summer of… with a year and tell a story about a summer in your past.
Foods of Summer– Watermelon, Lemonade, Hot dogs- choose your favorite summertime treat and write a descriptive paragraph that lets us see and taste your treat!
Summer Poetry– Write a poem about a place where every day is a summer day or a Haiku poem about what summer looks like.
For a free Haiku video minilesson, head to Creative ELA.
What if… summer took a vacation…the beach turned purple…we grew fins…
Dialogue– Write a conversation between a person who loves summer and one who loves winter, or write a dialogue between two dogs at the dog park, or create a conversation that takes place underwater.
Journal– I feel… I want… I need… I’m worried… I don’t know…
Happy Summer! Wishing you a wonderful summer full of all the things you love to do!
