Finish this metaphor using a concrete noun: “My hometown is….” Then, use this sentence as the title or first line of a story or poem.

Write a story or poem that begins in meditation, and ends somewhere completely unexpected.

Write a story or poem in which you wake up wearing clothes that aren’t yours. What might these new clothes suggest about your identity?

Write a story or poem in which the narrator/speaker feels like they are constantly being recorded.

Write a story or poem about an incompetent demon. It can be a literal demon, or the demon can be a metaphor for something that haunts or possesses you.

Write a story or poem in which the speaker or narrator is trapped in a library. What does the library represent?

Write about light returning to a place that has been deprived of it for a long time, either literally or figuratively.

Think of a memory where the details aren’t clear. Fill in the details in a story or poem.

Write a poem or story in which the narrator convinces themselves of something they know to be false.

Write about a character coming out of a long period of hibernation, either literal or metaphorical.