Picture Writing Prompts to Inspire Narrative Stories

Picture writing prompts give students an image and a title, such as The Misunderstanding or The Long Fall, to spark an original narrative on the lined page provided.
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Updated Sep 18, 2026

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Creative Writing, Writing, ELA
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Creative Writing, Narrative Writing
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These writing prompts are perfect for students who need a little "inspiration" to get started in their writing. 15 English picture prompts with titles help get your students started and provide the spark to unleash their creativity! Use this writing task to help your students develop their creative writing skills!

15 Writing Prompts

1. The Misunderstanding

2. The Vacation

3. The Long Fall

4. The Flood

5. The Journey

6. An Unexpected Friendship

7. The Crash

8. Alive

9. The Long Walk

10. Me and my Mom

11. Don't Look Back

12. The Escape

13. Lost

14. A One-Way Trip

15. Together

I've used these with ESL students as well as with middle-school (GCSE) students in the UK to help the students develop their writing skills. For differentiation, I will just give the titles to the more confident students and the worksheet with picture prompts for the ones who need more of a helping hand.

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Learning objectives

  • Write an original story that fits a given title and image

Skills covered

  • Narrative writing — drafting a story inspired by a picture and its title

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