10 Writing Exercises for Kids (but teenagers and adults can do these, too)

• What is your favorite thing to talk about? Write about it? Does your voice sound different on paper?
• Write a poem about yourself. It can be an acrostic poem using your name or any adjective or color you like
• Write about your idea of the best day you could have
• Make up a new game to play. Write about it and make your own rules for it
• Make up a new superhero. Write about him or her. Make sure to give details about their outfit
• Two brothers are in love with the same woman. What do they do in order to decide who marries her?
• A man comes upon a herd of cows blocking the road and he’s trying to hurry to get home
• Write from the perspective of a flower
• Write from the perspective of a bird flying over a big city
• Write A child and a hero escape story