LOOKING FOR WRITING PROMPTS AND STORY IDEAS?

MakeBeliefsComix.com creator Bill Zimmerman has made it his life's work to create books, newspaper features and educational resources that help people of all ages find their writer's voice and express their deepest thoughts and feelings. Many users of MakeBeliefsComix.com have asked for more help in their writing. In response, the site offers a number of his pioneering writing prompts to help students communicate their ideas.  These include:

Special note to educators: The free writing tools are part of our many features to assist you in your efforts to help young people express their deepest ideas and thoughts. You have our permission to use the materials, including the books, and you will NOT be violating copyright in using them or their pages in your work with students. If you decide to print some of the books" pages, please credit the title of the book and state that it is published by MakeBeliefsComix.com. You also have permission to make copies for use at school, at home, and in the office, but not for sale. For commercial use, contact: billz@makebeliefscomix.com. Thank you.

NEW FEATURE! We give you the picture,
NOW WRITE THE STORY!


Not sure what to put in your comic strip story? Use the templates on this page to start making your own comics!


Create Comic Strips to Explore What’s Deep Within You; Use the templates on this page to start making your own comic journal of what you think and feel.

USE OUR NEW COMIC STARTERS TO START MAKING YOUR OWN COMICS!


Not sure what you want your comic strip to show or say? Then CLICK ON THE IMAGE ABOVE to view our NEW "Comic Strip Starters" page! It offers comic templates with interesting questions to start your comic stories.

SOMETHING TO WRITE ABOUT

Discover your writer's voice blog. These provocative writing prompts are to get you thinking and writing. Your written responses may also be published on the blog.

TRY OUR GREETING CARDS AND COLORFUL STATIONERY!

HUNDREDS OF PRINTABLES

Stir your imagination by filling in with words and art our spectacular Make Beliefs printables!

DOWNLOAD OUR
FREE E-BOOKS

These books are filled with writing prompts. You can type your responses directly on the computer screen and save what you write.

GENERATE CONVERSATIONS WITH DIGITAL ENTHUSIASTS

STORY IDEAS

Take a look here for ideas and inspiration for creating your comix!

GENERATE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR TALKING HEADS!

WRITING CATEGORY (PRINTABLES)

These printable writing prompts are to get you thinking and writing.

A BOOK OF QUESTIONS – BILINGUAL

These pages are taken from Bill Zimmerman's "A Book of Questions: A Playful Journal to Keep Thoughts & Feelings."

DAILY COMIC DIARY

This gives students many ideas for content that could be used to create comix about something they learned or read or experienced each day.

IDEA CATCHER FOR KIDS CATEGORY (PRINTABLES)

These writing prompts are from Bill Zimmerman’s book, "Idea Catcher for Kids."

FACEBOOK WRITING PROMPTS


Facebook Writing Prompts Discover new comic writing prompts at www.facebook.com/MakeBeliefs. On this page, MakeBeliefscomix creator Bill Zimmerman posts comic strip panels in which a comic character raises a provocative, interesting question, and students can write their responses by creating comic strips at MakeBeliefsComix.com, or by writing and drawing them free hand.

VISIT BILLZ TREASURE CHEST

You can also find more writing prompt ideas taken from Bill Zimmerman's many books at his other web site www.billztreasurechest.com.