Enjoy these themed writing prompts from past WFHC sessions!
Theme: Curiosity
What’s something you’re curious about right now, and why?
When has curiosity led you somewhere unexpected?
If you could instantly understand one mystery of the universe, what would it be?
Write about the beauty of not knowing.
What questions live in your body?
Theme: Pleasure
Reminisce on pleasures so small they could easily be overlooked, but that you treasure.
What kinds of pleasures have you recently desired, and why?
Explore the tension between wanting and waiting—what happens before anything happens?
Write about the satisfaction of petty revenge, and savor it like a fine wine.Describe the rush of taking up space unapologetically—physically, emotionally, or socially.
Theme: Wild Card
Write about your relationship with chance: do you chase it, fear it, avoid it, or invite it?
What could happen if you followed your wildest impulse or idea with no hesitation?
Imagine yourself as a wild animal—what are you, how do you live, and what does freedom look like from your perspective?
Describe what it feels like to stand on the edge of a choice you know could change everything.
Theme: Transitions
As the season begins to shift, do you feel called to move with it—or to hold still?
How does it feel to step into a truer version of yourself?
Visualize yourself transitioning into your dream life—what does that look and feel like?
Transitions can be difficult, and sometimes we resist them. Write about a time you resisted change and how that resistance shaped your experience.
Theme: Closets
Skeletons - What parts of your past haunt you? Do your skeletons stay trapped or come out to play?
Made of Glass - The glass closet shields and betrays—hiding parts of you, yet never fully. Write about what others glimpse through it and the gap between what is seen and what is true.
Cleaning Out - Sometimes the hardest part of cleaning out a closet is deciding what no longer belongs to you. Write about the moment of release. What new space might open if you let go?
Coming Out - Coming out is not a single step, but a journey. What doors have you opened along the way, and which ones still wait for you? Write about the ways you continue to unfold beyond the closet.
Theme: Pages Turned & Lessons Learned
What is one lesson that has reshaped the way you see yourself or the world?
How does it feel to step out of a story you no longer want to live in?
Are there lessons that keep returning to you, asking to be relearned?
You are the author of your own story. How would you describe the chapter you’re writing right now?
What wisdom do you want to carry forward into your next chapter—and what do you want to leave behind?
Theme: Time
Describe your relationship with time. Has it evolved, softened, or become more demanding?
Do you feel in control of time, or does it control you?
How do you use your free time — and how do you wish you used it?
If you could gift yourself more of one kind of time, what would it be (quiet time, creative time, healing time, etc.)?
Rewrite a memory with the ability to stretch or shrink time. What changes?
Where does time go when it leaves us?
Theme: No One Is Watching
No one is watching. Why are you still performing?
Write from the perspective of your unobserved self — how does she see you?
Describe what you long to do when no one is watching.
What emotions, thoughts, or fantasies come about when no one is watching?
Theme: Simple Moments
Write about a simple, memorable moment that has stuck with you.
What are the small, ordinary moments that you cherish most?
Describe a time when you realized something beautiful was happening — right in the middle of the mundane.
Write a love letter to the smallest joys in your life.
Imagine your life as a film made up only of small moments — which scenes make the final cut?