Traveler's Log: 27 Writing Prompts for Wanderers

Every space has stories to tell. This journal helps writers to uncover these stories with 27 prompts that encourage them to see different details of the world around them, whether they're traveling the world or just walking around their home town. The prompts are designed to be versatile across styles and genres of writing, providing creative sparks to essayists, travel writers, and poets as well as fiction writers.

Included prompts:

1. From the beginning (Explore the location’s founding)
2. First taste (Eat a new food)
3. People watching (Be part of a crowd)
4. A beautiful day in the neighborhood (Visit a residential neighborhood)
5. Same same but different (Find the familiar in a strange place)
6. Near nature (Get familiar with local flora and fauna)
7. Another one rides the bus (Take public transportation)
8. Folk tale reboot (Modernize a local myth or legend)
9. Show time (Attend a live music performance)
10. From here to there (Take a walk)
11. Non-human residents (Inhabit a local animal)
12. There’s a museum of what? (Tour a unique museum)
13. Dark days (Investigate a local tragedy)
14. All in a day’s work (Learn about the local economy)
15. After hours (Go to a bar or nightclub)
16. Feast days and festivals (Attend a fair, carnival, or festival)
17. Learning from the masters (Attend a class or workshop)
18. Riffing (Get inspiration from a popular song)
19. Local monsters (Learn about local ghosts, cryptids, or monsters)
20. Root, root, root for the home team (Attend a sporting event)
21. B-Sides and rarities (Find an unusual landmark)
22. Unsolved mysteries (Investigate a local mystery)
23. Art imitating art (Write an ekphrastic)
24. Home cooking (Prepare a local dish)
25. Statuesque (Learn the story behind a statue)
26. Weekend getaway (Visit a day trip destination)
27. “I could live here” (Imagine your life if you moved to this place)