Instructions by Neil Gaiman: Writing and Healing Prompts

Each sticky note below leads to a writing prompt drawn from the poem, “Instructions,” by Neil Gaiman. You can write in the form itself–or, of course, in your own notebook.

Please feel free to use or share the writing prompts in any way that you wish.

I’ve written more about Neil Gaiman’s “Instructions” and the idea of an interactive poem here.

See also:

The full text of Neil Gaiman’s “Instructions.”

An article on the potential benefits of fiction writing from this site.

A writing prompt on “entering the tale” from this site.

The image is from Neil Gaiman’s picture book, “Instructions,” illustrated by Charles Vess