Creative writing prompts about animals.
Today’s post includes a selection of prompts from 1200 Creative Writing Prompts. Enjoy!
Animals have played a significant role in literature throughout history.
They appear in poems and stories, and plenty of nonfiction works have been written about animals and humans’ experiences with animals.
From E.B. White’s Charlotte’s Web to Jane Goodall’s (aff links) books on primatology, authors and readers alike have delighted in writing and reading about animals.
And it’s no wonder. We humans have forged strong bonds with animals. Our pets are like family members. In fact, Americans spend billions a year on their animal companions. Billions more are donated to wildlife preservation, animal welfare advocacy, and conservation efforts.
Naturally, animals fit comfortably into the stories we tell. Today’s creative writing prompts pay homage to our animal friends by inspiring a writing session that features animals.
Creative Writing Prompts About Animals
Below, you’ll find a series of creative writing prompts. Choose one, and turn it into a short story, a poem, a play, or an essay. Write anything you want, and if you can’t decide what to write, then do a freewrite.
- Children are delighted when a mama cat gives birth to a litter of five orange tabbies and one little gray runt.
- Write a piece using the following image: a camel walking across the desert.
- A young man on his first hunting trip has a deer in his sight and suddenly remembers the day his dad took him to see Bambi.
- Write a piece using the following image: sea life dying in waters that have been poisoned with toxins or littered with dangerous waste.
- Sunlight dances on the surface of the water. Waves roll gently against the shore. Seagulls soar above, dipping and diving through the sky.
- A school of dolphins is too trusting and approaches a boat whose crew is intent on capturing the dolphins and bringing them to a theme park for a swim-with-the-dolphins attraction.
- A bird and squirrel live together in the same tree (like The Odd Couple).
- Write about hunting.
- Two children, a brother and sister, respectively capture a butterfly and a moth, then proceed to argue over which insect is superior.
- Write a piece using the following image: a bird’s nest full of eggs.
Creative Writing Prompts
If you use any of these creative writing prompts to spark a writing session, come back and tell us how they worked for you. What did you write? Did you learn anything new? Share your thoughts by leaving a comment. And keep writing.
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two puppies are seperated at birth. then reunited at the dog pound, when they are taken from their owners
That’s a great one! Thanks, James.
Why would an animal lover want to write about hunting?
Why wouldn’t they? There are animal lovers who hunt, and some animal lovers might have opinions about hunting that they want to express.
Animal lovers who hunt sort of doesn’t make sense because if they love animals, then why do they kill them?
I have known people who love their cats and dogs but go duck hunting. Most people who love animals also eat meat.
These look cool! TOTALLY using one!!
That’s awesome! Thanks, Margaret.
A person gets bit by a magicall wolf then…
That’s interesting!
I like that one!!! I used it for an assignment!! LOL
That’s great!
This is so helpful please do more of these.
There’s a whole category of prompts here: writing prompts, and you can also check out the books page, where you’ll find even more!
what about a group of wild animals are slowly being captured and taken to zoos.
I’m gonna use this is that’s ok!