This week’s creative writing prompts are all centered around the fall harvest season.
Enjoy!
Monday’s Prompt: The Hidden Orchard
While wandering through an abandoned farm during the fall harvest, a young girl discovers an orchard of fruit trees that bear strange, glowing fruit.
Each fruit holds a memory, but the memories aren’t hers.
Write her journey to uncover whose memories these are and why they were hidden.
Tuesday’s Prompt: The Festival of Lanterns
Every year, a small village celebrates the fall harvest with a lantern festival.
This year, strange things start happening as each lantern floats into the sky, revealing a hidden message in its light.
Write about the significance of these messages and how they change the lives of the villagers.
Wednesday’s Prompt: The Harvest Moon’s Gift
Legend says that on the night of the harvest moon, a magical gift is granted to one person in need.
This year, the chosen one is a lonely farmer who’s on the verge of losing everything.
What does the moon grant him, and how does it alter the course of his life?
Thursday’s Prompt: The Last Cornfield
A community is reliant on its cornfield for survival, but as the last fall harvest approaches, strange symbols appear in the crops.
The symbols seem to be a warning, but no one can decipher their meaning.
Write about the race against time to uncover the message before the harvest begins.
Friday’s Prompt: The Harvest Dance
In a small town, a traditional harvest dance is held each fall, where each person’s dance partner is said to be chosen by fate.
This year, an unexpected pairing leads to the discovery of long-buried family secrets that change the town forever.
Write about the consequences of this dance.
Saturday’s Prompt: The Pumpkin Carver’s Secret
Every year, an eccentric old man carves the town’s pumpkins for the harvest festival, but his pumpkins always seem to come to life in unexpected ways. T
his year, a curious child follows him home to discover the secret behind his magical carvings.
Sunday’s Prompt: The Harvest of Dreams
In a world where crops grow based on people’s dreams, a harsh fall harvest season threatens the village when no one can dream of anything but fear and loss.
One child, however, dreams vividly of hope, and it’s up to them to save the harvest by inspiring others to dream again.
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