Eight Prompts for Authentic Essays

By Julie Blair Riekse

Pragmatic Pen Writing Coach

1. My Big Failure and What I Learned From It

2. How Hardship Shaped Me

3. I Have a Servant’s Heart and Changed/Want to Change the World

4. My Innovation and How I Built It

5. I Climbed a Mountain

6. I Wasn’t Who I Thought I Was…

7. My Family is Nuts and I’m Okay with That

8. My Family is Nuts and I’m Not Okay with That