WRITING SALON @KOLLEKTIVBAR ES
TODAY’S WRITING PROMPTS
TO BOOST YOUR CREATIVE PROCESS.
TO CRAFT POETIC WORKS.
TO NOURISH MENTAL WELLBEING.
GUIDELINES
YOUR PAPER IS YOUR SECRET SPACE.
PROMPT ARE JUST ENTRYPOINTS.
REPHRASE THE PROMPT IF NEEDED.
PROMPT 1: SOUNDCOLLAGE | 7 MIN
Think back over the past few days or weeks. Collect a few sounds you enjoy when you replay them in your mind. Maybe it’s something small, like the fizz of a bottle opening. Or something bigger, like someone’s laughter, or something huge like a concert that gave you goosebumps.
You can list a whole collage of comforting sounds, small everyday noises, or meaningful melodies.
Or you can zoom in on just one—and follow what it brings up: sensations, images, memories, or shifts in your body.
(If you write fiction, let your character answer this prompt)
PROMPT 2: VISUAL DETAILS | 7 MIN
Look back at the last days or weeks. Collect striking, beautiful, or curious visual details you’ve seen: a certain light, a pattern, a gesture, the colour of a stranger’s coat, a reflection in a window.
You can list them quickly, or choose one and linger on it.
Let the image open something — maybe a memory, maybe a scene, maybe just a mood.
(If you write fiction, let your character answer this prompt)
PROMPT 3: A MOMENT OF WONDER | 9 min
Think of a moment when you felt a sense of wonder, when you were in awe. Maybe it was something seemingly small like the way sunlight hit a window or something huge like a miraculous scuba dive.
You might describe:
-- visual details, colours, types of light
-- sounds
-- scents
-- flavours
-- textures
-- vibe, mood, feel
PROMPT 4: THE ROOM | 9 min
Think of a room or place — it could be one that fascinates you, inspires you, or simply makes you feel at ease. It can be a real place, a remembered one, or one that only exists in imagination.
Look around in your mind and describe it:
What colours, shapes, and light do you notice?
What objects are present — what do they reveal about the space?
Is anyone else there? If so, what are they doing?
How does the air move, sound, or smell?
What’s the atmosphere — still, busy, quiet, buzzing, tender?
You can wander through it freely, as if you were filming it with words.
(If you’re writing fiction, let your character be the one responding — through their own senses and thoughts.)
PROMPT 5: THE TACTILE MEMORY | 7 min
Recall a moment that lives in your hands.
A moment when you touched, held, peeled, or brushed against something — maybe the skin of an orange, a door handle warm from sunlight, the curve of a cup, the roughness of stone, the edge of fabric, hair, sand, or soap bubbles.
Describe that tactile feeling as precisely as you can.
How did the texture meet your skin?
What temperature, pressure, or weight did it have?
What emotion or memory does this touch still carry?
You can stay close to the moment or let it unfold into something else — a thought, a story, or a new texture waiting behind it.
(If you’re writing fiction, let your character be the one responding — through their own senses and thoughts.)
PROMPT 6:TAKE A WALK IN YOUR MIND | 9 min
Take a walk in your mind.
It can be a real route you love — along a river, through a park, across a city street — or a completely imagined one, like a path through a dream forest, a floating island, or your own private Schlaraffenland.
Let the walk unfold as you write.
Notice what appears around you — what you see, hear, smell, touch, or taste in the air.
What kind of ground are you walking on?
Who or what crosses your way?
What thoughts move through you as you keep walking?
Don’t plan the route.
Just let the path reveal itself line by line.
(If you’re writing fiction, let your character be the one responding — through their own senses and thoughts.)
PROMPT 7: MENTAL WELLBEING TAKEAWAY | 3 MIN
Pick one thing that appeared in your writing today that you’d want to recall during tough times. Be it a certain light, a precious moment, a calming person – something that feels like an inner refuge you can mentally retreat to.
Or simply take any final note you’d like:
something you’d like to highlight from today’s session,
something you want to continue working on,
or something that surprised you.