31 October Creative Writing Prompts for 2024

Starting from scratch is difficult.

Worse when it comes to writing.

Staring at the overwhelming blank page is not what we like to experience.

This is a list of Creative Writing prompts for October. There are at least three prompts for each day.

These creative writing prompts should help get you started in practicing and creating stories every day throughout October.

You can use these prompts however you like.

Whether you want to 

• Create a poem
• Write a story
• Write a personal essay
• Etc.

You will find these prompts useful.

I tried not to be genre specific when giving the story ideas.

This means you can easily use these prompts for any genre like

• Horror
• Romance
• Scifi
• Mystery
• Thriller 
• Etc

Adapt them to suit your needs.

As long as they help you write.

Consider this blog post to be a writing prompts list you would need to use every day throughout October.

Bookmark this post for easy reference.

Each day has a word prompt and two story prompts. 

Enjoy.

October 1

1. Coffee
2. Write a story that starts with a character listening to music
3. Begin your writing with “You became everything”

October 2

1. Cap
2. Begin your story with a character changing a light bulb
3. Write a story that ends with a character naming a car. 

October 3

1. Feather
2. Write a story where the main character is an architect.
3. Write a story that starts with a character talking to her boyfriend.

October 4

1. Order
2. Write a story where a man is chasing an animal with a golf club
3. Write a story that ends with the main character eating cinnamon.

October 5

1. Yearn
2. Write a story where the main character is chasing and trying to catch balloons
3. Begin your story with a character talking to a teacher 

October 6

1. Kidnap
2. Start your story with a character giving money to their daughter
3. Write a story where the main character is a physician assistant.

October 7

1. Perfect
2. Write a story that ends with a character in a bathtub.
3. Start your story with a Character smiling at a stranger.

October 8

1. Bill
2. Begin a story with two characters playing chess
3. Write a story in which the main character is a music teacher.

October 9

1. Resolution
2. Write a story where the main character is trying to prevent a fire.
3. Write a story that ends with a character drinking milk.

October 10

1. Shame
2. Write a story where a stranger enters a town and is asking an indigene for directions.
3. Write a story about a character struggling with mental health.

October 11

1. Pizza
2. Write a story that starts with a character coming out of a place.
3. Write a story that takes place in a restaurant.

October 12

1. Sticky Note
2. Write a story with a character that is an emergency nurse.
3. Write a story where the character is looking to buy pork meat.

October 13

1. Brain
2. Write a story with a character with a chronic headache.
3. Write a story that starts with a character searching for her bra.

October 14

1. Hurt
2. Write a story in which the main character is hiding something from their boss.
3. Begin a story with the boss talking to an assistant.

October 15

1. Replace
2. Begin your story with a character sketching a mushroom.
3. Write a story where a character is buying sweets.

October 16

1. Goal
2. Write a story about two or more people eating.
3. Write a story where the main character has a sick cat.

October 17

1. Order
2. Write a story where the main character is preparing pasta.
3. Write a story that ends with ” I am ok”

October 18

1. Yearn
2. Write a story where the main character loves chocolate.
3. Write a story with the main character that stammers

October 19

1. Ambition
2. Write a story that begins with a character cleaning their guns.
3. Write a story where the character is making plans for the week.

October 20

1. Difficulty
2. Write a story where the main character is a chef who does not talk to anyone.
3. Write a story where the character is looking at their life so far.

October 21

1. Fortune
2. Write a story with the character eating an apple
3. Write a story where the character is trying to fall asleep.

October 22

1. Truth
2. Write a story where an unintended action of the main character changes the course of the story for good or bad.
3. Write a story that begins with a character trying to tighten a nut.

October 23

1. River
2. Write a story that begins with a character trying to remove dark dotted spots from their clothes.
3. Write a story that begins with a character calling another character a mole.

October 24

1. Dinner
2. Write a story where a character is eating in a restaurant.
3. Write a story where the character is very hungry.

October 25

1. Idea
2. Write a story where the character is avoiding greasy food.
3. Write a story where the character is baking a cake.

October 26

1. Drawing
2. Write a story where the main character is a chicken farmer.
3. Write a story where the character is eating a chicken steak.

October 27

1. Role
2. Write a story set in a town with superstitious beliefs about black cats.
3. Write a story that starts with a rooster crow.

October 28

1. Confine
2. Write a story where the main character is stranded in a desolate place.
3. Write a story that happens all through in a coffee with a character buried alive.

October 29

1. Dictate
2. Write a story where the character is having trouble browsing the internet.
3. Write a story where the character has dual personalities online and offline.

October 30

1. Citizen
2. Write a story where a room in the house is haunted or off-limits.
3. Write a story where a cat gives birth.

October 31

1. Concrete
2. Write a story set in a candlelight room
3. Write a story where the main character is practicing magic.

Conclusion 

You no longer have to start from scratch.

Keep in mind that these prompts can be used in any other month.

Hope you found these prompts useful.

Let me know which of the prompts inspired you. And what you created with it.

If you would like me to create a particular kind of prompt let me know in the comments section.