Rubber Ducky Copywriter - Writing Prompt Friday

Writing prompts are everywhere, like glitter only more useful. And I’ve come up with my fair share to help you stay inspired. To help you kick off the year with strong creative start, please enjoy this small collection of the top twenty prompts here on Rubber Ducky Copywriter.

Grab your favorite floaties and let’s dive on.

Top 20 Rubber Ducky Copywriter writing prompts

  • If your favorite snack could talk, what juicy secrets would it spill?
  • Write an open letter to your procrastination. Be brutally honest.
  • Your alarm clock is sentient and plotting against you—describe its dastardly plan.
  • Invent a holiday that only you celebrate. What are the rules, traditions, and its origin story?
  • Describe your creativity as a weather forecast—cloudy, sunny, or a tornado of ideas?
  • Rewrite a classic fairy tale from the perspective of the villain’s houseplant.
  • Your laptop is jealous of your smartphone. What does it do to get your attention?
  • Create an advertisement for a product that absolutely nobody needs, but everyone secretly wants.
  • Write about the funniest typo you’ve ever made—and how it changed history.
  • Your coffee mug just quit its job. What will you do without it?
  • Interview your inner critic as if it’s a celebrity guest on a talk show.
  • If your writing process had a theme song, what would it be? Describe the music video.
  • Invent an ancient proverb that only makes sense to copywriters and explain its meaning.
  • Describe a creative block as a monster under the bed. How do you tame it?
  • Your favorite punctuation mark has gone missing. Who stole it, and why?
  • Write a poem using only the language of ducks (quacks and all).
  • If your muse was a Rubber Ducky, where would it lead you?
  • Describe the strangest place you’ve ever written and how it changed your words.
  • Pitch a reality show where copywriters compete in ridiculous challenges.
  • Write a breakup letter to a cliché you’re tired of using.

Try one. Pile them all together. Discard them and write your own prompts. Whatever keeps you writing. And, as always, you’re welcome to share your own prompts and creative writing in the comments.

Stay safe. Stay sane. Keep writing. – Your Ducky

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I’m Erica Wall.

Erica Wall, Rubber Ducky Copywriter

Award-winning copywriter.
Real-world creative writer.
Multi-cup-a-day coffee drinker.

Answers to a cat.

Present and ready to write.

Resolutions for 2026

  • Block off three hours a week to write
  • Delegate more to reduce overwhelm
  • Clean up and clean out home office
  • Practice finishing what I start
  • Practice good habits and let results be whatever they’ll be

“If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
> Stephen King

“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” 
> Ernest Hemingway

“Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.” 
F. Scott Fitzgerald

“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
> Douglas Adams

“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” 
>Albert Einstein