Consider choosing from these prompts to get started:
Medical prompts:
- Write about a time when you did or did not stand up for a patient.
- Describe a time when you had a misunderstanding.
- How has your learning in medical school affected how you view and understand your own body and being? Describe yourself.
- Would you donate your body to a medical school? Why?
- Write a short story about what you are experiencing right now as a medical student, whether it be negative or positive.
Non-medical prompts:
- Write a few lines of poetry about something you saw or felt today.
- Write a story or poem about a basket full of daffodils. (Alternatively, write a story or poem in which the word "daffodil" is used as an insult).
- You want to become a knife-thrower in the circus. Write a plea to convince your significant other to stand against the wall blindfolded for you to practice.
- You wake up to find that you have magically grown a thick, lush, curling-at-the-tips moustache overnight. Write a poem or story about your day from this point on.
