Creative Writing Prompts - The Sea
Creative Writing Prompts - The Sea
Here is the third list of ideas in my series of Creative Writing prompts.
The purpose of these writing prompts is to encourage both children and adults to be more creative, get outside, be inspired by their natural surroundings and start writing about what they see and experience.
In turn, I would encourage them to write freely about what they feel, see, hear, and share those writing experiences with others. These writing opportunities should enable you to feel comfortable within your surroundings and share good content about natural elements that inspire you.
In this short post, I would like to share some more creative ideas about how you can incorporate the sea and its unique qualities into your writing style.
I live very close to the sea and spend a fair amount of time there. The sea is continually alluring, and it is an ever-changing, awe-inspiring natural landscape that can help stimulate your mind and senses in so many different ways. It motivates many people to produce imaginative pieces of writing, photography, or develop other creative outlets, whereby they capture the sea, the colours and weather conditions in so many different ways.
In my opinion, there seems nothing better than standing at the beach, looking towards the horizon and thinking about what lies beyond or beneath. Hopefully, we can all resonate with this, and by doing so, what you see can provide the perfect stimulus for you to do something new, exciting and unique.
Once again, I encourage you to look through the list of ideas below. Get outdoors, go into your local environment, hopefully to the sea, look around you at different points of the day. Make notes, take pictures about what you see, and understand the differences and how the sea changes with its waves, colours, and sounds.
Then use these natural components as a stimulus to develop your writing ideas and create something unique. Explore, Learn and Create with what you find and let us celebrate all that is wonderful about the sea.
SEA WRITING PROMPTS
If the sea was a different colour, what colour would it be?
What if your boat was marooned on an uninhabited island. Describe the craft you would build to help you sail away.
Write a story sailing across the sea.
Five items get washed up on the beach. What could they be? Describe them in detail.
Write a poem about a perfect sunset at sea.
You are visiting the sea. Tell a story describing as much as you can remember. Think about adding in information about all five senses.
You buy a submarine that can take you to the ocean's deepest depths, the ocean floor, and the trenches. Describe what the journey to the bottom would be like, and explain what you would see? What would it be like when you finally reached the bottom?
At Skagen in Denmark, two seas meet. Create a conversation between two seas meeting for the first time.
Write a story about riding a colourful seahorse in a seahorse race.
You discover the Blue Whale isn't the largest creature in the sea! Describe what the newest animal is; where did you find it? What does it look like?.
What if a school of fish was actually like a school humans go to? What would it be like? And what would the fish learn?
Tell a story about going out deep sea fishing. What fish are you trying to catch? Are there any dangers? Is it fun?
What is your favourite sea creature? Produce a fact file and describe it and explain more about it.
You find a message in a bottle washed up on the shore. What did the note say?
You find yourself in a raft in the middle of the ocean. How did you get there?
What would it be like if mermaids lived under the sea?
Sit by the sea for about an hour. Look at the sea and then write about what you see.
Describe the differences in what the sea landscape is like during sunrise and sunset.
Take a photograph, or paint a watercolour, then describe what you see.
Write a story about a winter storm at sea.
You are part of a scientific research team, and you discover a new sea creature! Describe it, where it lives, the habitat, its relationship with other sea creatures, etc.
Write a descriptive poem about the waves.
Describe in 20 words what the sand feels like on your feet.
You are a Lighthouse keeper stranded in your Lighthouse, out at sea. Describe your experiences as the roles through.
MORE INFORMATION
As a school teacher and outdoor educator, I have a wealth of knowledge, experience, and resources. You can find more of those resources available in my School Resources shop. You can also read a selection of other writing prompts here.
If you require further advice or to draw upon my experience, please get in touch and say hello@garethmate.com
Further Writing Links
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