September’s Free Writing Prompt
A story-starter pack to download
This week in Behind Your Creative Life, where we offer tips, tricks, advice and inspiration for all things creative, we are giving away our second free writing prompt pack.
We were delightfully surprised by how many people landed on our humble page and downloaded our Writing Prompt Pack in June. We thought this would be our least popular of freebies – more niche – and that our Creative Prompt Packs would have a wider appeal. But it seems to be the other way around.
If you haven’t seen June’s pack yet, you’ll find it here. We certainly hope it got people writing or at least thinking through ideas for now.
This month we’re offering two possibilities. We have a first-line/story-starter option, and we have a ‘use the phrase in your piece’ option. That way, if one doesn’t grab you, you can try the other. For an even bigger challenge, try combining both.
If you already have the lined pages pack, you only need to download the prompt version that will give you a cover page version, or a lined story-starter version.
Want to join in? Naomi and I would love for you to take up this week’s prompt and see where it takes you. We think it could suit almost any genre — fiction, non-fiction, or even a reflective journal piece.
Below you’ll find two PDF packs.
Pack One is the writing prompt pack.
Choose from a cover-page style or a story-starter style – ideal if you like having the prompt right there on the page. Two options this month – a first-line prompt and a key phrase prompt.
WRITING PROMPT PACK: September 2026
Pack Two is the lined page pack.
Two styles to choose from. Pair them with the prompt page, and you’ll have a simple little keepsake for your writing. The lined page pack will stay the same, so if you download it once, you can keep using it with future prompts. After that, you’ll only need to download the new prompt pack each time.
WRITING PROMPT PACK: Lined Paper Pack
Which one did you choose and how did you use it? We’d love to know. You are warmly invited to share a few paragraphs of your piece or tell us where inspiration took you in the comments below.
And if you like the idea, please feel free to share the writing pack or this page with someone else. Why not start your own little writing group somewhere? Or join ours by commenting below.
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Which one did you choose, and how did you use it? Or did you take up the extra challenge of using both? We’d love to know. You are most welcome to share a few paragraphs or your ideas below. Or even if you don’t intend to use them, which one still grabbed you the most?
If you’re not into writing, you could always turn the ‘include this phrase’ one into a creative prompt instead. Emotive phrases like that send my artist’s brain off into all sorts of wonderful ideas.