Journaling Prompts for Creative Block
Creative block is rarely about a lack of ideas—it's usually about fear. Fear that what comes out won't be good enough, that you've lost whatever made your work worthwhile, that the last good thing you made was a fluke. Or sometimes it's exhaustion masquerading as block. Or grief. Or a disconnect between the life you're living and the life your creative self needs to function. Writing about creative block—even when writing feels impossible—is one way to find the thread again. Not to force inspiration, but to understand what's actually in the way.
Journaling Prompts
When did you last feel genuinely creative and engaged in your work? Describe that experience in detail—what were the conditions, the feelings, the process? What's different now?
What are you most afraid your work will reveal about you—your limits, your taste, your relevance, something else? How much is that fear driving the block?
What would you create if you knew for certain no one would ever see it? Describe it. Why does the privacy change things, and what does that tell you about what's actually blocking you?
What is your creative self starved for right now—new input, rest, permission, community, a problem worth solving? What has your creative life been missing?
What is the smallest, most imperfect, least polished version of your creative work you could produce today? Not the vision—the draft. What would it take to make just that?