20 Autumn-Themed Writing Prompts

Autumn is my favorite season. I don't know what it is, but the chill in the air, the cozy sweaters, and the pumpkin spice are a few reasons why I love autumn. And let's not mention writing! Long days with a pen and paper, scribbling ideas down in the chilly fall air. Gotta love it.

I've put together a list of 20 autumn-themed writing prompts which you can find below. Feel free to use the ideas, edit the prompts for ideas more fitting to your WIP, or whatever you wish! These prompts are free for the taking. :)

That said, here you go! *Hands you a long list of writing prompts along with some pumpkin spice cookies*

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1. You are in a room and you can't see. One day, your sight returns. Scribbled all over the walls are the words: Don't tell them you can see.

2. "Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes but when you look back everything is different." -C.S. Lewis

3. A writer has just experienced a terrible loss and is determined to find beauty in the fall season. Tell the story through the writer's journal entries.

4. Your character picks up a fallen leaf and can't believe what they discover beneath it...

5. Your group of characters go on a fall camping trip. What happens?

6. One crisp fall day, your character finds an old, dusty book hidden in the attic. Little do they know, it holds the key to a lost world of secrets and danger.

7. "Some people carry grief like autumn leaves, baby girl; sadness can be blown away. But others let their sorrows take root, and nothing short of a hurricane will free them.

8. It was the kind of small town with not much to look at unless you knew where to look.

9. She ran through the forest, skirt catching on branches and tears streaming down her face. One thought echoed in her head, over and over again: Escape.

10. "Stop wishing for another world. You'll never find one"

    "But... I already have."

11. A pumpkin pie baking contest ends with one judge being poisoned. Was it intentional, and if so, who was guilty?

    
    

12. A small town's beloved bakery is at risk of closing down because of rain damage if they don't do something to save it.

13. Something is bothering you about the arrival of autumn, but you don't know what it is.

14. An adopted teen girl reluctantly goes on an autumn road trip with her family and ends up finding her long lost twin brother.

    
    

15. "I brought you a latte..."

16. A small town is confused when autumn doesn't arrive one year- it goes from summer to winter in a night.

17. The sunlight filtered through the attic window, landing on a dusty stack of papers. Little did the girl know, they were maps. And they led to a world... that's wasn't supposed to be real..

    
    

18. Your character finds an old library card tucked inside a used book. When they try to visit the library listed on the card, they discover it doesn't exist—at least, not in this world.

19. A small town festival brings together two families who disliked each other for years.

20. Your character is following a strange, handwritten recipe found in the back of a thrifted cookbook. But when they reach the final step, it calls for an ingredient that shouldn't exist.

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I hope these got your creativity flowing! Let me know in the comments below which was your favorite!

Until next time,

Maya