How to Use Writing Prompts
Look no further for inspiration to get your creative juices
flowing. These adventure writing prompts will assist you in getting started on
your latest story.
What Exactly Is Adventure Writing?
Readers are taken on action-packed, high-stakes adventures
in adventure stories. The main character's story arc creates a heart-pounding,
adrenaline-pumping plotline. Writers can take readers on exciting adventures in
sci-fi, thriller, mystery, romance, and fantasy stories, so adventure writing
transcends genre.
How to Use Writing Prompts
Creative writing prompts are story ideas that can help
writers get started on their stories and hone their writing skills. You might
associate fiction writing prompts with high school creative writing courses,
but prompts can help writers of all skill levels get started. Writing prompts
can help you clear the cobwebs and generate new ideas, whether you have
writer's block, are looking for a new writing exercise, or simply want to flex
your imagination.
12 Adventure Writing Prompts
Use these story starters to get started on your
adventure-filled short story or novel.
1. A downtrodden mechanic witnesses a hot air balloon pass
over her garage. Struck with wanderlust, she embarks on her own balloon journey
to far-flung destinations she's always wanted to visit.
2. Two best friends fly to a tropical island in a small
plane. The pilot suffers a heart attack mid-flight, forcing the plane to crash
land on a remote island far from their destination.
3. A chemist falls asleep in his lab while working overtime.
He realizes the next day that he inhaled noxious vapors while sleeping. He
begins to experience severe hallucinations that blur the distinction between
reality and science fiction.
4. A reporter joins an experienced crew of astronauts on a
journey into space. Lift-off complications leave the reporter alone and adrift
in a spaceship he has no idea how to fly.
5. On her first day as an archaeologist, she gets more than
she bargained for when a pack of ravenous wolves attacks the excavation site.
Her only hope is a local guide who does not speak her language.
6. A woman boards a train and is instantly transported to
another era.
7. In a crowded amusement park, a group of teenagers becomes
separated. As they try to find each other, they discover that the park
employees have plotted to keep them apart.
8. A young boy stays up late on Christmas Eve in the hopes
of seeing Santa Claus. Instead, he witnesses a kidnapping in the next-door
house.
9. While cleaning out the house of his recently deceased
grandfather, a man discovers artifacts that paint a bleak picture of his
family's history.
10. While visiting an old estate, a woman gets lost in a
hedge maze and finds herself in a fantastic, strange world.
11. A woman rides her motorcycle across the country on a
personal discovery journey. She picks up a charming, thrill-seeking hitchhiker
along the way.
12. A man buys a seemingly innocuous old book from a used
bookstore. However, as he completes each chapter, the events described in the
book begin to unfold in his own life.