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200+ Cool Writing Prompts

• What are your top 20 favourite songs?
• Which song lyrics do you find to be the best, and why?
• List out the top 20 movies that you will watch with your partner.
• Which are your favourite TV shows, and why?
• What will happen to TV in the near future?
• Can watching TV too much damage your eyes?
• Write a summary of the best movie that you’ve ever watched.
• What’s your take on nepotism in the film industry?
• Did you learn anything from playing video games?
• Which are your favourite video games?
• Should video games be considered a sport?
• Do violent video games affect teens negatively?
• What do you like more: playing video games, or just watching?
• Are video games sexist?
• What are your top 5 comedy movies?
• What are your top 5 action movies?
• Who are your favourite movie stars, and why?
• Which movie have you watched multiple times, and what do you like about it?
• Are you a fan of stand up comedy? If yes, who are your favourite stand-up comedians?
• What are the sensitive topics that one should not joke about?
• Have you ever been to a live performance? How was your experience?
• Name the best books that you have ever read.
• Who is your favourite writer?
• Do you write blogs? What topics do you cover?
• Which are the websites or networks that you regularly visit to read?
• What do you prefer: eBooks, audio-books, or paper books? Why?
• What kinds of magazines do you read? What's so special about them?
• Will audio-books make paper books obsolete?
• How can writing diaries help you?
• How many types of diary writing are there?
• What kind of book would you prefer to write?
• What’s the best and memorable writing assignment that you have ever completed?
• Can you explain any photograph in 1000 words?
• Where have you seen the best graffiti? Explain it.
• Is art a necessary part of our lives?
• What are your most-used slang words?
• Should all the curse words be banned? Why?
• What’s the best reply that you’ve given to someone you don’t like?
• How do you greet your family and friends?
• Should people care about grammar and spelling while texting?
• What are some interesting words that you have learned recently?
• How often do you indulge in any kinds of arguments with your friends and family?
• Which language do you find to be the best sounding language?
• Explain the most enjoyable party or function you have been to.
• Which smartphone game do you like the most? Why?
• A night party with your friends, or 2 days without your smartphone; what would you choose?
• What do you prefer: making friends online or in-person?
• Should couples stay together before marriage?
• Which YouTube star do you find to be the best?
• Have you ever performed on stage at your school? What was it like?
• Why should people not spend too much time on social media?
• Should YouTube remove the dislike button?
• Can anyone learn anything from Facebook?
• What’s your advice for teens using social media?
• What are the 5 reasons to quit social media?
• Pros and cons comparison between Facebook and Instagram
• What’s your most embarrassing social media story?
• What have you ever posted on social media that embarrassed you?
• Do you get distracted by your smartphone?
• Can a phone addiction make relationships weaker?
• What are the side effects of digital life?
• Are teens addicted to “texting” these days?
• What are some great learning apps for smartphones?
• Do you play games on your smartphone? And, for much time each day?
• Have you ever sent any wrong message due to the auto-correct?
• Your take on iPhone and Android
• In 24 hours, for how much time do you stay away from your digital devices?
• What are some misuses of the internet?
• Are wearable technologies the future?
• Name some online tools and websites that you cannot live without.
• Do you get worried about your online privacy?
• Do you like ads on the website and inside apps?
• How can one protect their privacy online?
• Have you ever been scammed on the internet?
• What is the most dangerous scam that you’ve known about?
• Can using solar and wind energy save our planet?
• Should disposable or single-use plastic bags be banned?
• What are the 5 greatest inventions of all time?
• Do you believe that there are aliens?
• Will humans ever be able to live on Mars?
• Which is the most important invention of history, and why?
• What will you do if you get a chance to visit space?
• What are the solutions for global warming?
• Your views on different computer operating systems like Windows, Linux, and macOS.
• Should schools teach about climate change?
• How should Earth Day be celebrated?
• Which social network do you find to be the most useful and informative? Explain.
• Are computers an integral part of our lives? How would life be without them?
• What are the top 5 apps that you have on your smartphone?
• If you had to choose between a smartphone and a laptop, what would you choose and why?
• What’s your opinion on the current situation of politics?
• Which is the scariest incident in history and why?
• What’s your take on the #MeToo movement?
• How strong is your faith in a democracy?
• Should there be a death penalty for any crime?
• Should prostitution be legal?
• What should be the best age to start voting: 18 or 16?
• Have you ever taken part in any kind of protest?
• What’s more important: people’s privacy or national security?
• What event in the past do you wish you were a part of?
• Write an essay on modern Indian history.
• Are the memes related to politics dangerous?
• What’s the best way to tackle the fake news on the internet?
• Can you separate the fake news from the real ones?
• What kind of news do you mostly watch or read?
• Does history affect our present?
• Which is the most popular event in history that you remember?
• How do you get news – online, newspaper or TV?
• Have you ever argued with someone over political beliefs? What was it like?
• Which of the recent events would be remembered in the future?
• What’s your take on feminism?
• Who do you think is the most fascinating character from the past?
• Who is your favourite politician, and why?
• What new voting system would you invent to prevent electoral fraud?
• If given a chance, what would you like to ask the President or the Prime Minister?
• What comes to your mind when you hear the word politics?
• If you’re in the government, what are the issues that you’d work on?
• Which law is being misused? And, how?
• Who’s the best political leader in your opinion, and why?
• Is politics a dirty game?
• Do you ever feel left out by your friends or (and) family?
• Describe your best friend – what you like and what you don’t.
• How many friends have you had to date? Who is the best among them?
• Have you ever ended a relationship with someone? What was the reason?
• Have you ever loved someone?
• What’s the best way to teach children about puberty and sex?
• Are you allowed to date?
• What’s your take on the hookup culture?
• What’s your take on the marriage?
• Is sexting a real problem that we should deal with?
• Have you ever broken up with someone?
• What’s the best way to get over a breakup?
• What’s your favourite kind of dress to wear?
• What’s on the top of your fashion shopping list?
• Does what people wear say anything about them?
• What are the current trends that you do not like?
• Do photoshopped images of celebs on social media impact the lives of people in a bad way?
• How much pressure do girls and boys face to have a perfect body?
• Has someone ever told you that you look like someone famous? Who was it?
• How important is it to follow the current social trends?
• What’s your favourite junk food?
• Do you have any idea of managing food waste?
• Which do you think is the most important meal of the day: breakfast or lunch?
• Are you a vegetarian or a non-vegetarian, and why?
• Should everyone pay attention to the nutrition label on the food items?
• What’s your favourite food to eat?
• Do you play any outdoor sports? What are they?
• Do you watch any sports? What’s your favourite moment?
• Which game do you like the most – football (soccer), cricket or something else?
• Should a team of girls and boys compete in the same match?
• What’s your favourite sports moment?
• Who’s your favourite sports star, and why?
• Do you like travelling? Where have you travelled to date?
• What’s the craziest adventurous tour you've ever been on?
• What’s your fantasy road trip like?
• Would you like to travel to a different country or the same country?
• What’s a place that you always wanted to visit but couldn’t till now?
• Do you like your birthday to be celebrated? What does your ideal birthday celebration look like?
• What’s your favourite time-pass during holidays?
• What are your hobbies?
• Do you make new year resolutions? What was it this year?
• What’s your Sunday routine?
• How often do you go shopping? And, do you consider yourself as a heavy shopper or just a casual one?
• What do you prefer: online or offline shopping?
• Are you obsessed with branded clothes? Explain.
• Do you drive and do you have a driver’s license? Are you a good driver?
• What’s the best way to control drinking and driving?
• Is the future of the self-driving vehicle of transportation?
• What’s your take on online shopping? Should we think twice before buying something online?
• Do you think that many people are attracted by discounts?
• What if the digital camera wouldn’t have been invented?
• If someone gets you $100,000, what would you do and why?
• What would the world like without gravity?
• Imagine you are left out in a huge dessert. What would you do?
• How would our lives have been affected if the dinosaurs were alive today?
• What if you had a tree that grows money?
• What are some of your funniest jokes? Write them.
• Imagine you’re a famous person. What will you be famous for?
• Do you cook? Write some of the best recipes that you’ve ever cooked.
• If you start a YouTube channel, what topics would you cover, and why?
• What would you do if you could breathe underwater?
• Which is your weirdest dream? What happened there?
• One morning you wake up from a bad dream shouting. What was it?
• Take out any food packet from the kitchen and research about all the ingredients.
• What would you like to be: a dinosaur or a unicorn?
• If given a chance, which movie character would you like to be?
• Do you try new things? What have you recently tried?
• Write a 12 line poem about nature?
• Prepare a set of questions that you’d ask your favourite celebrity?
• Name 3 things that people should do to save the environment.
• In what kinds of clothes do you find yourself to be more comfortable at home?
• Complete the story. “I entered the house and suddenly…”
• Write a message for your future self in 30 years.
• You wake up and find yourself in a deadly jungle. What will you do?
• What are you good at? Explain.
• Name a food that you don’t like. And, explain why?
• What will be changed the most in the near future?
• You have come to earth from an alien planet. What do you find to be most amusing?
• Explain about the best moment of your life.
• If you are to be given a secret superpower, what would you ask for?
• How productive and organized are you?
• Under what conditions do you perform your best?
• Explain how procrastination prevents people from succeeding.
• Which famous person would you invite to speak at your school?
• What is something special about your hometown?
• Have you ever interacted with the police? What was it like?
• Is money the only key to happiness?
• After your death, what do you want to be known for?
• What if you’re the president for a single day? What would you do?
• Have you ever been in love? What does it feel like?