Story Seeds: 50 writing prompts to find the stories you already carry
You have stories. You just might not recognize them yet.
Maybe you've always wanted to write or someone to told you, “You should write that down.”
Maybe you know you have stories about your family, your work, your community, the things you've experienced or the world around you—but the minute you sit down to write, your mind goes blank.
Story Seeds was created to help you figure out what to write about.
Inside, you'll find 50 prompts designed to help you notice the stories already hiding in your memories, relationships, culture, everyday routines, moments of joy and the things happening around you.
But this isn't just about answering 50 questions—Lord knows we already have enough to do.
Instead, you'll learn to notice which ideas have a pull: the memory that suddenly comes rushing back, the question you can't stop thinking about, the thing that makes you laugh, the ordinary moment that somehow still matters. That's where your story may be waiting.
Inside Story Seeds
You'll explore seven areas of your life—memory and family, home and belonging, growing and changing, everyday life, joy and humour, relationships, and the world around you.
You'll also get guided reflection exercises, space to build your own Story Seed Bank, a 24-hour noticing challenge, and my Five-Question Story Test to help you begin exploring what your story might really be about.
And because not every story needs to come from pain, we'll make room for something else too:
Joy.
Not every meaningful story needs to be based in trauma. The ridiculous things, the beautiful ordinary days, the stories your friends make you tell over and over again—they matter too.
You don't have to call yourself a writer.
You don't need a degree in creative writing. You don't need an extraordinary life. And you definitely don't need to know exactly what you want to say before you begin. You just need to pay attention. You'll learn that storytelling doesn't begin when you open your laptop. It begins when you start noticing the world around you.
Story Seeds: 50 writing prompts to find the stories you already carry
Digital guide • 29 pages • $9 CAD
Start with one seed. See where it grows.