1001 Writing Prompts About Romeo and Juliet

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Romeo and Juliet are arguably the most popular and influential star-crossed lovers in literature. They are so well-known that even though it had been centuries since Shakespeare wrote the tragic play, people from around the world still make adaptations of it—from books and short stories to film and even web series. In fact, there was even a fantasy anime called Romeo x Juliet made in 2007, loosely based on the Shakesperian play. What’s more, there was also a British-American animated movie released in 2011 called Gnomeo and Juliet that portrayed the iconic couple as garden gnomes.

The characters’ popularity is no surprise though because a lot of people enjoy stories that highlight eternal love even though they end in tragedy.

If you are interested in making your own version of Romeo and Juliet, you might find these writing prompts helpful:

• What would things have been like if the 2 families were on friendly terms?
• Give Juliet a boyfriend
• How would Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet be different if they both lived?
• What if Juliet did not store the poison in her mouth?
• Who is your favorite character in romeo and juliet?
• Romeo hates Juliet’s family
• Write a novelization of what happened after the ending of the play
• Why did Romeo and Juliet fall in love with each other anyway?
• Write an alternate ending to Romeo and Juliet
• What if instead of Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio ended up married to Tybalt?
• What if their families got along?
• Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
• 1. Write Juliet’s letter to Romeo.
• Which character represents you? Write a scene that you would live out in the play from that character’s point of view.
• Write from Romeo’s perspective.
• What if others weren’t chasing Romeo and Juliet?
• Write a sequel about the next generation
• What is Juliet’s point of view?
• What if Tybalt was killed by a different person?
• Write about whether or not Juliet should’ve listened to nurse
• What would Jesus say about Romeo and Juliet?
• What if Romeo and Juliet ran off to Las Vegas instead?
• What if Juliet was a guy?
• Write a letter as Juliet to her cousin Benvolio
• What if Romeo was paralyzed?
• Write about Verona without gangs
• What if instead of Romeo and Juliet, the star-crossed lovers were Brad and Angelina Jolie-Pitt?
• Write a love story between a vampire and a human
• What if Juliet died?
• Write about what happened to Mercutio and Benvolio after the play
• What happens if Romeo and Juliet lived happily after?
• Write a Romeo and Juliet story from the point of view of a minor character
• How do you solve this eternal slang match that is to be or not to be questioned? Write a scene where they both change their minds.
• Write from the point of view of a minor character
• Write an ending where Romeo and Juliet live and they end up sitting in their home through the window watching their neighbors.
• Write a interpretation of the balcony scene
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• What if Tybalt survived and became a monster like he was before Romeo killed him?
• Use at least one of these prompts to start your essay.
• Write a happy ending for Romeo and Juliet where they live happily together
• Write a poem about the balcony scene of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
• What if Juliet had not been forced to drink the potion and had accepted her fate?
• Write an alternate ending to Romeo and Juliet.
• What if gangs fought over turf?
• Write a future Romeo and Juliet
• Write a funny version of Romeo and Juliet
• Write a love story for Juliet.
• Write a modern twist on Romeo and Juliet.
• Write a secret crush poem.
• What if Romeo and Juliet were in The Hunger Games?
• What if Romeo and Juliet were from a rival school
• Romeo dresses as Juliet for Halloween
• Write a scene in which Romeo breaks up with Juliet
• Reread Romeo and Juliet and black out all the lies. Add more lies.
• What if Romeo married Mercutio?
• What if Romeo didn’t die at the end?
• Write a moment in Romeo and Juliet in the style of an epic poem
• Where is Romeo Juliet and Paris buried?
• What does Romeo need to go on after the death of Juliet?
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• Write about a person who makes a Romeo and Juliet seem tame
• What if it was Romeo and Courgette?
• Write about trouble in paradise
• What if Romeo and Juliet had children?
• Different Families
• What if Romeo and Juliet Were Vampires?
• Write a Utopian view of romeo and juliet?
• Have Romeo and Juliet meet in a bar in the present day.
• Write a happy ending for Romeo and Juliet
• Do we ever see Romeo, alone, in the book?
• Write a sequel to Romeo and Juliet
• Anyone can edit this list to come up with guidelines for act four two, so that all know what to expect to pay a service to two, see should there be more than one attempt or should all be tried on writing the first poem.
• What if Tybalt didn’t care about his family’s feud?
• What if maybe Mercutio died in Romeo’s place?
• Write about the roles of family and friends in modern day Romeo & Juliet
• Write a sequel or prequel.
• Alfie slowly turned from the crestfallen Georges Pagot, and went for a walk above Rochegaderre to look out at the beautiful ocean. He sighed and punched a giant squid.
• Write a parody about the balcony scene or about how one of the two families convinces their child to marry someone different.
• Write a funny version of Romeo and Juliet
• Write a rap/hip-hop song about Romeo and Juliet.
• Dare your child write a paragraph about Romeo and Juliet as if the characters were real people and came to see a therapist because they just couldn’t work it out.
• Write another ending to Romeo and Juliet
• Write a short story that loosely matches the plot of Romeo and Juliet
• What if the Friar betrayed them?
• What if Romeo was Juliet?
• What if Petruchio and Kate were the star-crossed lovers?
• Do a new spin of Romeo and Juliet
• What if Romeo and Juliet went on a murder hunt?
• What if Romeo snuck in through a window?
• Write about a day in the life of Romeo and Juliet before or after the play of Romeo and Juliet occurred.
• Write a story about a sister or brother rivaling each other in love
• Write a Romeo and Juliet expanded universe where they live on. You can do whatever you want with this.
• Why didn’t they happily ever after happen the first time?
• Write an essay about how annoying you find Romeo and Juliet
• Write a modern love story that parallels Romeo and Juliet
• Write a scene that would have happened if Romeo and Juliet’s parents would have just listened to them in the first place.
• Write an alternate ending to R&J – what if Romeo was ok with the duel? Write one.
• Would Romeo fall in love with someone else? Write a short story about it. Write about Romeo and Juliet taking a road trip across America. Write a modern day Romeo and Juliet
• What if Romeo and Juliet decided to move to Nogales instead?
• What if Romeo and Juliet had owned a Blackberry and a hot English accent?
• How would Romeo have reacted if somebody told him about his relationship with Juliet?
• Romeo and Juliet fighting comically
• What if Romeo and Juliet were siblings?
• If Romeo and Juliet were siblings or first cousins?
• What if parents weren’t featured in the play?
• Write a biography as if it was Old French with iambic pentameter, speeches and all
• Who missed being an actor just before starring as Romeo and Juliet?
• Write a descriptive love scene as part of the love affair of Romeo and Juliet
• You have a choice to write a tragedy about family feuding and forbidden love, or the best Bromance ever. What do you choose and why?
• Write a Romeo and Juliet from a different point of view.
• What if instead of killing themselves, they ran away together?
• Write a sequel to the play
• Write a sequel to april twice if you are a woman script
• How did Romeo and Juliet get connected?
• Write a romeo and juliet myth
• How does this story relate to your life?
• What if Romeo was dumb?
• Write about your interpretation of the play.
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• Write a different ending to “Romeo and Juliet.”
• Write a story about the nurse, Felice
• Write about the funeral.
• How much money could both families make if they held a six month wedding that included two funerals and a wedding?
• Write a new ending for Romeo and Juliet
• What if Juliet’s nurse didn’t take a drink at the Capulet’s party?
• If Romeo had crashed into Juliet rather than the tree?
• Why do we call them “star-crossed lovers”?
• What if Juliet was stronger than Romeo?
• Write about Romeo and Juliet from somebody else’s perspective.
• What if Romeo didn’t think about avenging Mercutio’s cruel death?
• Copy the Romeo and Juliet characters into a modern setting
• What if Romeo didn’t really love Juliet?
• Explain why you want to teach Romeo and Juliet
• Write a raunchy screenplay version of ‘Romeo and Juliet’
• How would a girl react when her father forces her to become a “guest” at the Capulet’s estate?
• Write a comedy/revision of Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet” by Paking
• Write a short story about what happened after the play ends!
• Write a modern day romeo and juliet with an unfaithful lover
• Write a story from Romeo’s point of view
• Write a follow-up scene that wasn’t included in the play or movie.
• What if Romeo found out that Juliet was actually a dude?
• What if they used a double?
• What if Romeo and Juliet were teenagers now?
• Write an argument between Benvolio and Tybalt
• Write about different couples’ relationships
• Write a romantic scene with the detective in the play.
• Write a scene about the star crossed lovers overcoming a conflict.
• What if Romeo and Juliet got revenge on the Capulets and Montagues?
• What if Romeo and Juliet were played by the same person?
• One boy, One girl Apart.
• Write a modern day Mercutio story
• Imagine you’re Romeo and write a break-up letter in iambic, pentameter, to Juliet.
• Write a spin-off about one of the side-characters in Romeo and Juliet
• Write a bonus scene of romeo and juliet!
• Rewrite the play from the fathers point of view.
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• Write a love story with the same characters as Romeo and Juliet but set it in Vegas
• What if Juliet stopped eating lettuce?
• Write one of the street scuffles that happen between the rival families.
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• Add modern technology to the leads.
• How would Shelbie and Paris react if Romeo and Juliet didn’t do so?
• How have young people in the last couple decades rebelled against their parents in the same similar ways that Romeo and Juliet rebelled against theirs 500 years ago?
• While traveling through the woods their car breaks down. They start walking and come to a long winding driveway. This leads to a large house and a party going on. It is to raise scholarship funds for local students.
• Write about Romeo and Juliet as old people
• Where does Romeo and Juliet take place?
• What if Romeo was actually a werewolf?
• What if Jaques and Mercutio survived?
• What if Romeo had to win Juliet’s parents’ blessing?
• Which character is most like you?
• What if Romeo had a twin brother named Aaron and Luise had a twin sister named Olivia?
• Write about the modern orgy scene
• What if Romeo and Juliet’s first kiss wasn’t what they expected?
• What if Romeo and Juliet were brothers and sisters?
• Juliet, why did you drink the poison?
• What if Romeo and Juliet got married and lived happily ever after with a baby?
• Write about how these two met
• What if Juliet woke up?
• What if Romeo wasnít Italian, he was African American?
• Take one of the minor characters and create a story about them
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• Write a scene between Juliet and one of the parents
• Change the type of person Romeo and Juliet were
• Is there a new Romeo and Juliet in your high school?
• Write a love poem to another person in Juliet’s place.
• What if Romeo went to a different high school?
• Write a dialogue between Juliet and Romeo’s parents with each parent believing that the other is responsible for their children’s deaths.
• What if Romeo went looking for Juliet?
• Write about the first day that Romeo and Juliet met
• What would the world look like if they didn’t die?
• Describe a time when you felt so angry you weren’t sure what to do
• What if one of them went off to war – and then died?
• Write a Shakespearean version of Fight Club.
• Write a poem about their lives after the play.
• Looking more like a king than a prince!
• What if Paris killed Romeo?
• A Romeo and Juliet dream sequence
• What if one of the rival families kidnapped Juliet and asked for a ransom, but then Romeo saved her?
• Did Romeo get to go to the prom?
• Write an alternative ending to Romeo and Juliet
• What is one thing you would change about romeo and juliet?
• What if Romeo had met Juliet at the ball instead of her?
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• Write about a Romeo and Juliet you know
• What if Shakespeare was your grandpa?
• Write another ending to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
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• What if they lived happily ever after?
• What would you have done if you were in Romeo & Juliet’s place?
• Write a scene where Romeo and Juliet challenge Paris to a game of football
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• Write about Laura and Dante
• What do you think really happened between Romeo and Juliet after their deaths?
• What if Romeo and Juliet watched reality TV before they fell in love?
• Write a sequel to Romeo and Juliet.
• What if Romeo and Juliet were sworn enemies?
• Write a new ending to Romeo and Juliet
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• Write a Romeo and Juliet plot-twister
• Take the bad guy from Romeo and Juliet and rewrite it without the supernatural elements and see how differently the story will play out.
• What if Romeo and Juliet were 15-17?
• Write “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” from Mercutio’s point of view.
• What if Juliet doesn’t get to take her potion?
• What are some interesting things you notice about Romeo and Juliet?
• Write a scene in which Romeo deserts Juliet
• Write the conversation Juliet had with her mother that leads to Juliet faking her death and climbing out the window.
• What if Juliet didn’t drink the poison?
• Romeo attends cheerleader tryouts and thinks he’s going to get cut.
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• What if the Capulets and Montagues were like the Hatfields and McCoys?
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• Write a love story between Romeo and Juliet’s parents.
• What if Juliet’s dad grew marijuana and MacBeth grew cannabis?
• How could Romeo and Juliet serve in the military?
• Write a piece inspired by Inside/Out
• The fall out of their relationship
• How would Romeo and Juliet be different if they were alive today?
• Write an alternate ending.
• What if Tybalt and Juliet were secretly lovers?
• What if Romeo had decided that Juliet was a little far for him?
• If Romeo and Juliet had smartphones?
• What if Juliet killed herself?
• How would the plot differ from Shakespeare’s story?
• How would you change the ending to the play?
• Write a story about why Romeo and Juliet died.
• What if they did?
• What if Romeo and Juliet were computers?
• Write the story from another person’s point of view
• What if Romeo and Juliet were a couple of bitter old people?
• Write a love sonnet to your favorite book
• What would happen if Romeo himself killed Tybalt?
• Juliet’s dad thinks it is inappropriate for Romeo to call Juliet by her first name. Who does he think he is though, his daughter is at the crux of the entire familial conflict, she’s the one who’s been impregnated by a lothario who can barely keep his name straight. It’s to laugh.
• What if Juliet was disappointed by Romeo?
• If Romeo and Juliet are alive today, how would they plan to meet?
• Write about a moment in Romeo and Juliet.
• What if Romeo and Juliet met differently?
• Write about an alternate ending
• Write a poem about Romeo and Juliet
• What advice can Juliet give to Romeo?
• Write about the characters when they are older.
• Romeo and Juliet’s deathbed monologues
• What if Romeo never met Juliet?
• What if Romeo met Juliet after she died?
• How might things have changed if Romeo was 16 and Juliet was 14?
• What if Romeo and Juliet were still alive today?
• You have been forced to choose love as your theme for a play.
• Write about Shakespeare failing math.
• Write a verse novel…
• What if Juliet was already married to Paris?
• A woman sees her family fighting and can only take so much and escapes to Rome where she falls in love with a man whose family happens to be fighting with her family as well. The title of the movie is ” Capulet and Montague “
• Write about a character of any age from about 13 till about 16 or 17?
• Write a tragedy using modern technology/setting.
• Compare and contrast Romeo and Juliet to William Shakespeare to today’s teens
• Write a sequel to the “Romeo and Juliet”-type relationship you selected the prompt for.
• Write about “what happened next?”
• Write a story about Romeo and Juliet in middle school
• Did Romeo and Juliet have any children?
• Write the Dr. Seuss version of Romeo and Juliet
• What if Juliet woke up from “O Romeo, Romeo!”
• What if Tybalt didn’t die? Write a story imagining things from his point of view, trying to get revenge against the Capulet family.
• Write about Romeo as a homeless person
• How would things be different today if Romeo and Juliet hadn’t died?
• Break into conversation about the story of Romeo and Juliet.
• Make a short film about Romeo and Juliet
• What if Nero found out about the affair?
• How would Romeo react to Juliet Act 3, Scene 5?
• How would the story have turned out if Romeo and Juliet were alive today?
• rewrite the ending of romeo and juliet
• Write a story of why Juliet committed suicide
• Have you ever stolen anything, if so do you feel bad about it?
• Describe the theme of Romeo and Juliet in a present-day setting.
• Write about a character that has never loved anyone or anything
• How would the movie play out if it was in Modern times?
• Write a parallel play to Romeo & Juliet, so they both play it and they watch each other’s play
• What if Friar knows nothing?
• Write a tragedy where Romeo and Juliet survive
• Write a love story between two pets
• Write a story about a vampire child hungering for a sip of human blood
• You could write from a different character’s perspective
• What if Romeo returned to sing a romantic duet with Juliet? In Act 5 of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Romeo hastens to the Capulet’s tomb to visit Juliet there. Exhausted from days of travel, loneliness, and anguish … he tenderly opens the door to their resting place and walks inside. It is dark with only a little moonlight providing the only light … just enough so that Romeo can make out the two graves. Here he talks to his sweet Juliet and he hears her answers back in a sort of echoey way. He tries to embrace her, embracing only air. Then … Romeo wipes his tears and kisses Juliet’s lips … drawing blood again for himself, tasting and drinking his own love’s blood. Here the romance is not only deep but individual … Romeo talks with Juliet … he hears and sees her and feels her presence… Juliet is a real breath-of-life character here. She lives in the tomb with Romeo … reality disappears and
• What if Romeo had been fat? What if Juliet had been skinny? Would they still have gotten together in the play?
• After the balcony scene, what if Romeo and Juliet remain beneath the balcony?
• Write a monologue for Romeo to Juliet
• What if Juliet and Romeo were brother and sister?
• What if the tomb scene took place in a seedy motel today?
• What if it was all an act?
• Write a serious, epic and more traditional story in the style of the play.
• How would the lives of either Romeo or Juliet differ if they hadn’t died in each of these hypothetical scenarios?
• How would Romeo and Juliet have grown up?
• Write seven reasons why that is a stupid idea
• Write an alternate ending for Romeo and Juliet
• What if Romeo had a twin?
• What if Romeo was a jerk?
• Write about the differences between Romeo and Juliet and Emma and Mr. Knightly or Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy.
• Why do you think we still study the story of Romeo and Juliet?
• Write a summary of how Romeo and Juliet could have ended
• What did Juliet have in mind in the scene where she’s making a potion and Romeo comes in?
• Write your own ending of romeo and juliet
• Write a scene involving someone other than romeo and juliet that happened during Act 2
• What if Romeo met Juliet when they were an old married couple?
• How would you rewrite Romeo and Juliet if they were jocks?
• What if Romeo and Juliet never met?
• What if Juliet didn’t take the potion?
• Write from Romeo’s perspective
• What if Romeo and Juliet ended up together, but Daggett was kidding?
• Write about the story from one character’s point of view.
• Write about your favorite moments from Romeo and Juliet.
• What if Shakespeare didn’t write his play?
• Romeo and Juliet are modern day high school students.
• Write the missing book scene.
• Write a companion piece to Romeo and Juliet
• Write about Juliet and her parents
• Write about Romeo and Juliet’s kids meeting.
• Write a song about it
• List things that are double-edged swords
• Make it a wedding and describe how hot it was in there
• How would the world be different today if Romeo and Juliet had a happy ending?
• Is Romeo gay?
• What if Romeo was bisexual?
• What if Romeo and Juliet were superheroes?
• What if Romeo was gay?
• Have both Romeo and Juliet die at the end of your short story.
• Explain why Romeo and Juliet should still be together.
• Write a script for a play based on Romeo and Juliet.
• What if Romeo was betrayed by someone?
• How would your family react to you marrying someone already in a relationship?
• Write a fantasy story with Romeo and Juliet characters and creatures.
• Write a tale in which Juliet is “forever thirteen” and deals with the grown-up troubles first hand.
• What did they do after they got married?
• Write about a family feud
• Make up a character for Romeo to fall in love with.
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• What if Shakespeare didn’t write Romeo and Juliet?
• Write the story of Romeo and Juliet’s children
• Write a 100 word controversy
• What if Romeo and Juliet had a happy ending?
• What if Romeo and Juliet are reincarnated?
• How do you get around those pesky deaths in the prologue?
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• What if Juliet was only pretending to die?
• Write a story that starts off a day in Romeo and Juliet’s life.
• What if there was a mix up on the days it was supposed to take place? Write about the results.
• How would Juliet tell her parents about Romeo?
• Write a journal entry as someone related to someone in the story romeo and juliet
• Write a romeo and Juliet scene from a different character’s point of view.
• What if Juliet drank the potion and became immortal?
• What if Romeo and Juliet became superheroes?
• Write a sequel to Montague and Capulet
• What if Mercutio and Benvolio were Romeo and Juliet’s friends?
• Write a goodbye letter to the characters of Romeo and Juliet
• Write a better ending to Romeo and Juliet
• Write a modern day Juliet and rewrite the balcony scene.Have them meet in the parking lot and drive straight to Vegas?
• What if Romeo and Juliet was set in space?
• How would the play be different if you changed it into a musical?
• Write a multi character version of Romeo and Juliet with the Starcrossed Series characters
• What if Shakespeare wrote
• What if Romeo and Juliet fell in love with other people?
• What if Romeo was gay?
• Write a story about Jaques
• What if Romeo and Juliet were high school students?
• How does Mercutio die in the movie?
• What happens between the famous balcony scene and the end?
• Write a science fiction hijinks version of Romeo and Juliet, where everyone ends up happily ever after.
• What if Romeo didn’t smash Tybalt’s head in?
• What if Romeo discovered he was gay?
• Write a sequel to Romeo and Juliet
• What if Mercutio had lived instead?
• What if Tybalt didn’t die?
• What if Romeo and Juliet met 20 years later, how do they still feel about each other?
• What happened next?
• What if Juliet rocked it and became a Bounty Hunter and tracked down people like her and Romeo?
• What if Romeo and Juliet didn’t say anything on the balcony?
• Write a scene where Romeo and Juliet aren’t named Romeo and Juliet.
• What if the story of Romeo and Juliet was a tragedy to be recorded by Gildeon” Gloudsbard, the greatest storyteller of Ankh-Morpork and hero of his time?
• What if these families lived on the same street today?
• What if Romeo went to the Capulet party? What if Juliet had a friend like friar Lawrence?
• What if Juliet didn’t drink the poison?….
• What if Romeo was an editor at a publishing house? What happens?
• What if someone other than Romeo killed Tybalt?
• What if Lord and Lady Montague were gay?
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• Write how Romeo and Juliet met.
• Write a scene of Romeo and Juliet from Paris’ POV.
• Write a story according to what you see in Sonnet 73
• Write about the real romeo and juliet
• A Nurse’s Guide to Romeo and Juliet …
• Write a Romeo and Juliet story from a parallel universe.
• What if Romeo and Juliet were actually robots?
• What if Romeo didn’t follow Juliet into the tomb and she died all by herself?
• What if Romeo was a bitch? What if Juliet was a player?
• Write about a time on the street you could have met Romeo or Juliet
• What if Romeo and Juliet wasn’t a tragedy?
• Write a secret diary entry from Romeo or Juliet.
• Write about a sibling of Romeo and/or Juliet
• Explain to your child just what exactly what is going on with Hamlet
• What if Romeo was killed by Juliet?
• What if Romeo didn’t listen to his family and instead went with Juliet?
• Why do you think Shakespeare didn’t include Romeo’s lines during the balcony scene?
• What would you do to make Romeo and Juliet jealous?
• What if Dr. and Mrs. Capulet joined the marriage?
• Write a 30 second commercial for Romeo and Juliet just after…
• Write about a group of lovers during a time of war, or during a reign of terror
• What if there was a third Shakespearean character?
• Write an alternative ending
• Write a funny take on both families trying to decide who gets to marry their child.
• What’s the one line Shakespeare forgot to include in Juliet’s famous speech?
• What happened to Romeo and Juliet after Act 5?
• Write a scene in which Romeo and Juliet speak to one another before they actually meet.
• How about if Olivia was the one to fall for her cousin?
• What would the timeline of Romeo and Juliet have looked like had their relationship lasted?
• What if Juliet was the Prince/Princess?
• Write a twisted take on the play “Romeo and Juliet”.
• Write a scene where Romeo and Juliet take a road trip across the country?
• Write a poem or song about Romeo and Juliet
• Write a parody of Romeo and Juliet
• Why do you like or loathe the “Romeo and Juliet”?
• Where is Friar Lawrence buried?
• Are Romeo and Juliet bad people?
• Write a dating website ad about Romeo and Juliet you’d post on Craigslist
• What was a romantic tragedy like before Romeo and Juliet?
• What if Romeo and Juliet were framed?
• Write about a time in your life when you experienced first love. Add new scenes from romeo and juliet and so on.
• Write about your interpretation of what happened between Romeo and Rosaline.
• What if Juliet didn’t drink the poison and pretended to die and ended up with Romeo?
• What if Romeo and Juliet were teenagers in the 60s?
• What if Romeo and Juliet lived in different countries?
• Write a post rock epic music number
• Write a telenovela version of Romeo and Juliet
• “Juliets” is a play on the words that end the famous line in romeo and juliet
• Write the next 10 lines of Romeo and Juliet after”… and fair is foul, and foul is fair…”
• What would happen if Romeo and Juliet woke up from their death seamless slumber?
• Romeo meets Juliet’s mom
• Write a children’s version of this play
• Write about a high school version of Romeo and Juliet?
• What if Romeo decided not to commit suicide? Would he live happily with Juliet?
• Write about how Romeo and Juliet met for the first time.
• Write a story from one of the character’s viewpoints.
• What if Romeo wasn’t so sad after Juliet died?
• How would Romeo and Juliet have been different if it was set in the present?
• Write a scene about Romeo and Juliet’s parents
• Would Romeo and Juliet have survived in this current decade?
• Why was Mercutio killed? What does this reveal about sword fighting in Shakespeare’s time?
• Write about an affair between Rome and Juliet.
• Write a modern script for the play, Romeo and Juliet .
• Write a scene from a Romeo and Juliet movie
• Write a love story in six words
• What if either Romeo or Juliet had siblings? If so, what would it be like?
• What if Romeo didn’t have a driveby shooting death?
• Write a modern and/or erotic version of Romeo and Juliet.
• What’s the ending to Romeo and Juliet?
• What if Romeo was a voyeur?
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• Write about Romeo and Juliet’s children.
• What if Romeo never met Juliet?
• Write a telegram message to Juliet from Romeo
• What if Romeo didn’t drink the drug, and decided to spend his life with Juliet?
• Plot the movie Romeo and Juliet you’d make.
• Is there still such a thing as true love, and if you believe so then what can be done to achieve it?
• Jealousy is always a fun topic
• Write a novelization of an alternate ending of Romeo and Juliet
• Write a story about a supporting character from Romeo and Juliet
• What if Romeo and Juliet died peacefully in their sleep at age one hundred?
• What if Romeo and Juliet had competed for Miss/Mr. Right?
• List all the ways Juliet is smarter than Romeo.
• Write a story from Juliet’s point of view. What if Romeo wasn’t real?
• What if Romeo and Juliet as animals?
• What if Romeo and Juliet lived Happily Ever After?
• What if Romeo and Juliet went to a high-school prom?
• Write a story where William hears about what is going on behind his back!
• Write a play with two starring characters only
• Romeo and Juliet beg the prince to make them husband and wife
• Write a love story inspired by Romeo and Juliet but with different young…
• Write about Romeo and Juliet’s summer fling
• What if the play was more modern like how William Shakespeare actually wrote the play?
• What if Romeo and Juliet ended up together?
• Write from the perspective of a villager or citizen of Verona.
• What if everyone lived happily ever after?
• Write a true account of the afterlife of Juliet.
• Write a secret ending to Romeo and Juliet
• Write a link to Romeo and Juliet in this day and age.
• Write a short story beginning with “Juliet was so bored…”
• Write an angsty scene between Romeo and Juliet.
• Write a sad story. Then turn it into a happy story.
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• Write a scene from the perspective of Romeo’s cousin who wants Juliet for himself.
• What if the families never met?
• What if Romeo and Juliet were looking around the cemetery next to Friar Lawrence’s Friar’s barn?
• What if Romeo and Juliet were really vampires from across the tracks?
• Write a historical drama of Romeo and Juliet
• What was the real reason for the feud?
• What if Romeo and Juliet survived?
• When you set up your board, make sure it is interesting and enticing for the reader to pick up your book. At least be able to interest one person in your novel.
• What if Romeo and Juliet were alive today?
• After the wedding, write a short story about how Juliet feels about her new husband. Ask yourself, does she love him? Why?
• What if Romeo was gay? What if Juliet was a guy?
• Explain why the story of Romeo and Juliet has been so popular for the past 400 years.
• The Montagues and Capulets decide to start afresh. Their kids fall in love with each other. Write about that.
• What would happen if Juliet was a man?
• Write a poem about Romeo and Juliet
• What if Romeo never met Juliet?
• Write a love letter to your crush
• Write a scene where Juliet talks about Romeo’s untimely death.
• Create a resolution to their story.
• Why did Romeo choose Juliet?
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• Write a dialogue between Romeo and Juliet
• Write a story where the two main characters are perfectly happy with the circumstances of their relationship.
• Write about a modern day girl who kills herself over the lack of a guy
• What if Romeo had come first?
• Write a modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet.
• What if Mercutio didn’t die?
• Write a parody of the end of Romeo and Juliet
• Write an alternate ending
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• How would their story end?
• What would happen in a modern version of Romeo and Juliet?
• Write a story where their parents don’t die because of the feud
• What would Shakespeare say to his/her audience?
• Romeo and Juliet are time travellers. What is the future like?
• If Shakespeare had lived would he have been murdered like Romeo?
• Write a fantasy story approximately a Juliet in a modern-day setting
• Write a parallel remstar story with…
• Write a piece from one of Mercutio’s points of view.
• What if Romeo didn’t fight Tybalt?
• Write about a version of Romeo and Juliet in which Tybalt and Mercutio are the main characters
• Write a fictional story about the origins of Romeo and Juliet
• Write a short story for Valentine’s Day
• Write the reconciliation scene of Romeo and Juliet
• Someone gets stabbed and someone gets shot.
• What are other ways Romeo and Juliet’ could have ended?
• Write a love poem from Juliet’s perspective
• What if Juliet lived with her parents and Romeo with the Montague family?
• What if one of the families betrothed a child to a family that they had a feud with?
• Write an alternate ending to the play.
• Just survive a school shooting
• What if Mercutio was sleeping with Juliet all along?
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• Write a post-apocalyptic vision of Romeo and Juliet
• In what way would Romeo be used as a verb and suggest that he is a seasoned lover and great Romeo?
• Write a new ending using the text of the play, but have them kill each other
• Write a different ending to Rome…
• Was anyone else involved in the feud between the families?
• What if the nurse had brought Romeo in to see Juliet before she was pronounced dead?
• Write about Romeo and Juliet on their wedding day.
• Write your own dialogue between Romeo and Juliet
• Re-write an original story different countries use to make it modern
• Why is death so important in the two tales?
• Write about your relationship with your significant other inspired by the witty love story of Juliet and Romeo
• Write a prequel to Romeo and Juliet
• What would have happened had there never been a Romeo and Juliets?
• What would it be like to read Romeo and Juliet for the first time?
• What if Juliet was still alive?
• Write a prequel to Romeo and Juliet
• What if Romeo was killed in Paris?
• Write a love poem/song using Shakespeare’s language, but about food.
• Write about a candlelit Shakespeare recital!
• What if Mercutio was the main character for the story…
• What if it was Romeo’s birthday and Juliet came to surprise him?
• What if Juliet was actually a man?
• Write a cinderella juliet
• Romeo and Juliet was ‘a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.’ Discuss.
• Write what happened the morning after they got married, but they both woke up with a huge hangover.
• What if Romeo hadn’t been banished?
• Write a poem that could have been what Romeo said at the beginning of Act 1, scene 1, when Friar Lawrence interrupts his eight lines with “There is no time to lose.”
• Describe the relationship between Juliet and her Nurse.
• Write a love poem about someone you haven’t told you’re in love with.
• Write one true sentence.
• Who do you think did the killing?
• Create a modern day version of an antagonist in Romeo & Juliet
• What if Romeo and Juliet were preteens?
• Write about Juliet as “The Tragedy Queen Writing all Wrongs”
• Alternate endings to Romeo and Juliet
• What if Romeo kills Juliet’s cousin Tybal?
• Write a scene where Juliet says no to Romeo.
• What if there were a sequel to Romeo and Juliet?
• What if one or both of them was immortal?
• Write a romeo and juliet reenactment
• What if Romeo and Juliet still liked each other, but were from the McCarthy trial?
• Write about the star-crossed love between a geek and a cheerleader Write about the star-crossed love between a zombie and her boyfriend
• Write a modern day Romeo and Juliet story. This can be done by anyone. The requirements of the story is that Romeo and Juliets parents are both alive, the two main characters are not related in any way, they are not made for each other, there is a impediment that keeps them from their love and other than being called Romeo and Juliet, no more mention is made of Shakespeare’s characters or story .
• What if Juliet lied to Romeo?
• What if Romeo and Juliet were the happy couple?
• 9. Write a story where “Dead! Dead! Dead!” is the refrain that repeats
• What if Romeo and Juliet only got married to please their parents?
• Write about someone who commits suicide before or after the main character of Romeo and Juliet dies.
• Write about Romeo and Juliet’s first date
• Write a verse sonnet about being left over from a boy and a girl
• Write about your very own St. Valentine.
• How would you solve Romeo’s and Juliet’s problem?
• Write about the leading up to the ending, write it from another character
• What modern play is Romeo and Juliet most similar to?
• My favorite scene in Romeo and Juliet is when…
• What if the roles were reversed – Romeo was the Capulet, Juliet was the Montague?
• What if Mercutio was a vampire?
• How would the audience look at Romeo and Juliet differently if they didn’t die and were stuck together for eternity?
• Write the Romeo and Juliet sequel
• What would you name the baby that resulted from the union of Romeo and Juliet?
• Create a love triangle involving any members of the famous love duo.
• What if Romeo and Juliet lived?
• Write about what your parents would have done if you had dated someone from school out of caste?
• Introduce a new character to the tale.
• Translate Romeo’s soliloquy into Shakespeare’s native language, or any language.
• What type of job did Romeo have?
• How would the play play out if Romeo and Juliet didn’t die?
• Write a romance sequel to Romeo and Juliet
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• What if their families got along?
• Write a poem about Romeo, Juliet, and a chainsaw
• Write a modern love story about two people of different social status
• What If Romeo didn’t go to Tybalt?
• A collection of monologues that illustrates the relationships in Romeo and Juliet.
• Write Slight Romeo!
• Write a tragedy based on a pop star
• Write about a romeo and juliet you would hate to have control of you.
• Write a remake of the balcony scene but make it PG13
• Write a scene in which Romeo trips on a rock and bumps his head
• Write a sequel to Romeo and Juliet
• What if the Friar planned to rescue Romeo?
• Write an essay about how the spirits of Romeo and Juliet visited their families to correct their mistakes
• In the 1990s a BBC mini-series was done called Shakespeare’s Women. These films were all set in the time that Shakespeare’s plays were set in. In Romeo and Juliet Julia Worsley played Juliet. Fill in the Juliet from Shakespeare’s Women form to get writing today!
• Write about someone finding a diary that belonged to a rich, Renaissance teenager.
• Juliet and Romeo went into hiding after death. What was their life like?
• Write a love ballad to Julius Caesar
• Or if you just found a way around it?
• What if Juliet was killed before they could get married?
• Create a happy ending to Romeo and Juliet
• What if Romeo was still a criminal, other things have stayed the same?
• Bring a modern day character into the play
• Write a series of sonnets
• Write about love gone wrong.
• What if the prince did not soothe Juliet’s death?
• What if Romeo wasn’t Romeo? Write this version as carefully as you wrote the first
• Write a non-heterosexual version of Romeo and Juliet where most of the dialogue is lifted directly from the play…
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• Write a story in which Romeo commits suicide.
• Write a love letter using the writings of romeo and juliet
• What if Juliet and Romeo figured out a way around their families’ disapproval?
• What if Romeo was really ugly?
• What if Romeo and Juliet had twins?
• What if Romeo didn’t go to the party with his friends?
• Write a story of how Romeo … Read more
• Write a poem
• Write an alternate version of the play
• Write an Act 4 excerpt from Romeo and Juliet
• Explain how Romeo could look like a bust?
• What if Romeo and Juliet were tweens?
• What if Romeo and Juliet were older?
• Write a follow up by another character
• Write about a modern day couple who were secretly nicknamed and compare it with the relationship between Romeo and Juliet.
• In another life, Romeo would battle for Juliet
• Write about someone you know that commits suicide
• Write an AU where Romeo is the one who gets Juliet’s lips stained
• The following is a list of questions related to writing. Here are 29 questions about the romeo and juliet love theme, plus a free handout with my favorite responses. The questions are designed to get your mind thinking in a productive way about Rosemary and Grave questions related to reading, writing and literature.
• What if Romeo and Juliet turned out to be from opposing sides of a war?
• What if Romeo and Juliet had/had gotten a divorce?
• What if Romeo was gay?
• Write about a cornier than thou Romeo.
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• Explore the similarities/differences between Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet Edit Sample Edit
• What would Romeo and Juliet be like if they were from the future?
• What if Romeo and Juliet were cat lovers?
• Write another scene from Act 1 of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet that didn’t make it to the big screen.
• Write a story called More that’s not in this book
• If Shakespeare were alive today, what would he be doing?
• What if the characters of Romeo and Juliet were zombies?
• Write a star-crossed lovers story with a different ending.
• Write about your favorite Shakespeare play
• Write a poem that rolls the play inside out, so that Juliet’s the one who’s “crazy” about Romeo and Romeo’s just curious about her.
• Write about Romeo and Juliet living happily ever after.
• Write a sad holiday poem about Romeo and Juliet.
• Write an alternate ending to Romeo and Juliet
• Write about a reverse Romeo and Juliet
• What is your favorite part of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet?
• Find more Romeo and Juliet prompts at the bottom of this page.
• What if Romeo and Juliet couldn’t be together?
• What if Juliet had some magical power?
• Write a play about someone trying to rewrite Romeo and Juliet
• Write five snarky things about Romeo and Juliet.
• Write a compilation of short stories that explore the lives of Romeo and Juliet after the events of the play, what these might be would depend on how the play ended.
• Write a Christmas story where we find out that the people we want to be happy, are the people who enjoy their lives at Christmas the most?
• If Romeo and Juliet joined a sports club, which sports would they play?
• Why is Romeo jealous?
• How angry would the families of Romeo and Juliet be if they were alive today?
• Write from another character’s perspective—Mercutio’s view, Tybalt’s view
• Write about Romeo pulling a prank before Mercutio dies.
• Write a cyberpunk or future world version
• Have each student write an essay about the prompt. Make sure to discuss the importance of using actual text from the play as a reference.
• Write a romeo and juliet poem that is just one sentence
• What if they had a baby? What would that look like?
• How does Romeo and Juliet fit in a modern world?
• What if the play was more of a comedy?
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• Write a sequel to Romeo and Juliet
• Write about why you think one of the parents wouldn’t let the lovers be together?
• What if Romeo were gay and instantly fell in love with Mercutio?
• Write a scene from the play with your own take on Romeo & Juliet’s first meeting
• Write about an alternate ending to the play Romeo and Juliet
• Write an alternate ending to Romeo and Juliet
• What would you change in Romeo and Juliet?
• Write a fantasy romance involving Romeo and Juliet
• What if instead of ending with a kiss, it ended with a slap in the face?
• What if Romeo and Juliet fell in love with other people?
• What if Romeo and Juliet lived?
• Write a scene where the two lovers kiss for the first time.
• Juliet is the genius of the family, Romeo is the famous artist, who sends his paintings to museums. One painting in particular, raises eyebrows so Juliet flees her own father and turns to Romeo. Romeo accompanies her to a secret town where discoveries about possibly about her family are made.
• Write a very short story! Use only 1 – 5 sentences
• What if Romeo and Juliet had a home birth?
• Write a secret love language of Romeo and Juliet
• Write about Rebecca – the theme of a woman stuck in her father’s house
• What if Romeo was the one to die?
• Write a love triangle/quadrangle with outside factors threatening the relationship.
• If you do something creative with these prompts, leave a link in the comments section to show off what you have written.
• Use one character to describe the emotions of the other.
• Write a scene you wished had been in the play.
• What if Romeo and Juliet spoke in old English? What if they spoke in a different language?
• Write a play from the villain’s point of view
• Write about your favorite scandalous moment of the play
• What if Romeo was good with weapons
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• Write about The Capulets fighting against the Montagues
• What if Romeo and Juliet were a rock band?
• How is Romeo like you and how is he like me?
• Write about the Nurse’s death
• What if Romeo killed Tybalt instead of Mercutio? What if Juliet killed Tybalt instead of killing herself?
• What if Romeo and Juliet started in modern day?
• Write your own Romeo and Juliet sequel
• Write a story from Tybalt’s perspective. What was he actually thinking?
• Write a scene where Romeo comes to Juliet’s bedroom after the party.
• Write a disabled Romeo and Juliet
• How has modern warfare influenced the story of Romeo and Juliet?
• Write about a conversation between Romeo and Juliet
• Write a Hater version of Romeo and Juliet
• What if in the next chapter, the nurse wakes the lovers up and they look at each other and apologize, feeling like it was just a dream?
• What if the characters in Romeo and Juliet weren’t named Romeo and Juliet?
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• Write about the famous sword-fight between Romeo and Tybalt
• Write a funny poem about romeo and juliet
• Write a poem using a contemporary setting and language
• What if there wasn’t a couple named Romeo and Juliet
• List ten things you don’t know about love
• Is Romeo truly in love with Juliet, or are they just in love with the idea of love?
• and some more Romeo and Juliet related writing prompts, including a love story check out this great resource.
• Compare Romeo’s home life to Capulet’s loyalty to Rome
• Write a letter between Romeo and Juliet
• Write from the perspective of one of the parental figures
• Write a romance book featuring Romeo hiring a detective to find out if Juliet is dead or alive.
• What if Taylor Swift’s song was all about Romeo and Juliet?
• A mashup, using elements from other stories
• Write your own play – with Romeo and Juliet and funny bits!
• Write a modern day death scene
• What happened after Juliet woke up?
• Write a love story about someone else in the play
• Write a romeo and juliet short story
• Write a book of poems centred on Romeo and Juliet.
• What if Romeo killed Tybalt?
• Write about the night at the Capulet’s party.
• Detail your most memorable experience while acting out line from Romeo and Juliet
• Express yourself in ways like the Capulet and Montague did. Ideas include writing letters, poems, or composing music.
• What if Romeo was Juliet’s tutor?
• What would have happened if Romeo was killed?
• Have a talk with Romeo about Juliet
• How would past characters affect a present timeline?
• Write a story from Romeo’s point of view.
• Write an alternate ending where everything changes.
• Write a science fiction version of Romeo and Juliet Write a fantasy version of Romeo and Juliet
• Write a poem about love
• Write a sequel to Romeo & Juliet
• Insert name here and write a story about Romeo and herself.
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• What if Romeo and Juliet saved their love for marriage?
• What if everyone lived? What then? How about Juliet leaving Romeo and moving away? Or Romeo getting with the Nurse? Or Tybalt getting together with Mercutio? Or the Prince?
• What if Romeo wasn’t a Capulet?
• What has Romeo and Juliet taught you?
• Write an alternate history of romeo and juliet
• Write about a great war that has broken out, it’s called Romeo vs Juliet.
• Compare and contrast Juliets suicide to Romeo’s
• Imagine a story where Romeo is a klyntar and Juliet is a Skrull. Write the story explaining how they met, how they fell in love, and how the other person died.
• Write a story about how Romeo and Juliet met
• Write a scene from Romeo and Juliet from a different character
• Write a love story based off your horoscope
• Write about a modern Romeo and Juliet.
• Write a unique conclusion to Romeo and Juliet
• Flannery O’Connor uses character stereotypes to show that conventional prejudices aren’t always on point. In an exercise, try switching characters and personalities between the play and its characters, in an attempt to “blur” the lines between who should be paired with whom.
• What would Romeo be like as an adult?
• What does Romeo look like?
• What if Romeo got Jodie pregnant and they ran off into the night?
• What if Romeo and Juliet didn’t hate each other? How might their relationship have changed if they had become friends and less than friends?
• The Shakespeare Society Romeo and Juliet are so good at romance!
• Write your own version of romeo and juliet
• What if Romeo was Juliet’s brother and he loved her but he couldn’t tell her?
• Write a parody of Romeo and Juliet
• What if a public transit disaster occurred on the day of a Romeo and Juliet Romantic Reunion?
• What if the Prince banished Romeo from Verona?
• Imagine Romeo and Juliet if they lived in modern times.
• Write a dystopian Romeo and Juliet
• Write one of Shakespeare’s sonnets from Romeo’s point of view
• Write a speech about what Juliet did wrong and what she did right
• Write about a romantically challenged teen.
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• Write a novel from a side character’s point of view
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• Write about the happiest moment for a modern day Romeo and Juliet
• What if Romeo decided to stay with Tybalt?
• Write about how Romeo and Juliet first met
• Write a short version of romeo and juliet
• What if Romeo and Juliet lived?
• Describe the setting or surroundings where the story took place
• Write a scene which makes Simon and/or Leah seem anything other than evil
• Write about Romeo or Juliet in their late life.
• What do you say to someone you hate every time you see their face?
• Write a Shakespearean character’s obituary
• Did Romeo really love Juliet?
• Write a parent point of view about the events of Romeo and Juliet
• What if Juliet ran away from home and the rest of the tragic story in the play didn’t happen?
• Write a scene in which Romeo and Juliet are secretly in love.
• What if Romeo was a girl?
• What if Paris was the one who died?
• Write a crime thriller based on Romeo and Juliet
• Write an original scene from “Romeo and Juliet”
• What if Romeo and Juliet weren’t lovers?
• Write a scene from Romeo and Juliet that isn’t between Romeo and Juliet
• Write a comedic version of Romeo and Juliet
• What if Romeo was awful at playing games?
• Write a historical or contemporary Romeo and Juliet
• Write a poem for Romeo and Juliet
• What if Romeo and Juliet were hillbillies?
• What if Romeo never met Juliet?
• If Romeo was a swearing drug dealing thug?
• Write a serious version of Romeo and Juliet
• Write a story of a near death Juliet, and write about her transformation after the suicide attempts
• If Juliet didn’t sleep at night, what would she do?
• What if Romeo were the daughter and Juliet were the son?
• Write a zombie version of Romeo and Juliet.
• What if Tybalt lived?
• Write a shorter story about Romeo and Juliet
• What if Romeo never wanted to leave Rome?
• What if Mercutio was in love with Juliet? What about Romeo?
• Romeo and Juliet was not primarily a love story or a tragedy. Revise the piece of writing to emphasize an element of your choice.
• Write an alternate ending to Romeo and Juliet.
• In a dystopian world, the government decides that all teens have to be married or sent to a form of forced labor. Romeo and Juliet chose to rebel and have an affair in secret by pretending they’re married.
• Write a new ending for Romeo and Juliet
• Write Romeo and Juliet as a couple who love each other, but they are brothers and sisters and can’t marry
• Write about the drive-by Romeo and Juliet
• Write a story from Romeo’s point of view
• Write your own first meeting between Romeo and Juliet
• Write about poison ivy
• What if Romeo was gay?
• What if Romeo was gay?
• Write a letter to Juliet from Romeo.
• Romeo and Juliet in a different era?
• What if the houses ended up fighting instead of the lovers?
• What if Tybalt was the tragic hero?
• If Romeo and Juliet had had a dog, would the events of the play have transpired the same way?
• What if Romeo was not allowed to marry Romeo, instead he married the daughter of a wealthy Sultan? What if the two families are sworn enemies as a result of the mutual loathing between their fathers?
• Write a good Romeo and Juliet in summary form.
• think something like, ” love the haters” – making fun of haters – haters get mad or hate, and fall in love
• What type of person is Juliet? What type of person is Romeo?
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• Write a story from the point of view of a minor character.
• When you are done jotting down your ideas you might be ready to start a formal written analyze of Romeo and Juliet.
• What if Romeo and Juliet fought?
• What if Romeo and Juliet’s parents came from a country where it was customary for 16-year-olds to get married?
• What if Romeo and Juliet became friends/acquaintances in school?
• What if Mercutio didn’t die at the end?
• What was Romeo like growing up?
• Write a Romantic tragedy on a modern day setting in which it is still terrible.
• What if Romeo was not a Montague and Juliet was not a Capulet?
• What if Romeo was Romeo because Juliet was Juliet?
• What if Romeo and Juliet were actually descendants of D&D?
• What if Romeo or Juliet had to die but didn’t?
• Write a funny one-liner
• What if Romeo and Juliet hadn’t met and Romeo was in love with a different girl?
• In writing a tragedy similar to Romeo and Juliet, how would you confront the heroic quality of Romeo?
• Write how you think the story would’ve gone if Mercutio had lived.
• Write a modern day romeo and juliet short story
• Write a scene between Romeo and Juliet’s parents to show why they don’t go along with their children’s decision of marrying each other.
• What if the stars never crossed?
• Write a modern day rendition of Romeo and Juliet
• Write a modern day Romeo kissing a guy Juliet
• Write a post-apocalyptic Romeo and Juliet
• Write a story from Tybalt’s p.o.v.
• What if Paris was Juliet’s gender fluid cousin?
• Write an alternative ending for Romeo and Juliet
• What if Juliet was pregnant?
• Write an anti baby books based off of Romeo and Juliet
• Write a news report about Romeo and Juliet
• Write a short play in iambic pentameter!
• What if the Capulets and Montagues had online feuds?
• What if they were shipwrecked?
• Describe a perfect person like Romeo and Juliet
• Write a gothic Romeo and Juliet
• How would The Graduate be different?
• What if Romeo and Juliet had really cool friends who wanted to rebel with them but tried to talk them out of it?
• What if Romeo and Juliet lived?
• Write your own final scene with your own version of Romeo and Juliet
• Tell us what happened when Romeo and Juliet got married.
• Write about a surviving Romeo or Juliet
• If Romeo was her gardener, would they fall in love?
• What if Romeo survived the fight and hid?
• Write a scene from a play by William Shakespeare. Very unique in that it is noted as being written without any punctuations. We have yet found a play with a strict run-on sentence.
• Write an event in the book from Juliet’s point of view.
• Write a story set after Romeo and Juliet
• Write about Romeo’s side of the story
• Write the Romeo and Juliet story, only with two sets of parents who hate each other.
• Who were Romeo and Juliet’s parents? How did they meet?
• Write a sequel to Romeo and Juliet
• Write a Romeo and Juliet poem
• Write a different ending for Romeo and Juliet
• Write a futuristic Twilight-type love triangle
• Write about a Romeo and Juliet from a different country with different cultural customs
• What if Romeo and Juliet were alive today?
• Write about Shakespeare as one of the characters
• What if Romeo was a time lord?
• What if someone else died instead of Romeo?
• What if Romeo and Juliet lived through the night?
• Write a crime series set in Rome
• How do you feel about Romeo and Juliet’s relationship?
• Write the story of the Nurse who loved Romeo
• You’re not writing about Romeo and Juliet…
• What if Tybalt had killed Romeo?
• Write about Romeo and Juliet’s first meeting
• Write from Juliet’s point of view
• Write about why you like Shakespeare.
• Write a love story where Romeo is an android and the Capulets are the government
• Write a sequel to Romeo and Juliet set 20 years in the future
• Write a murder mystery using Romeo and Juliet.
• Write something about the bard himself – William Shakespeare.
• Write the plot of the play-Romeo and Juliet
• Imagine a Romeo and Juliet TV show
• Who was Juliet in love with?
• What if Romeo and Juliet were astronauts?
• Write an additional scene that did not make it into the final draft of Romeo and Juliet.
• What if we were able to follow along with Romeo and Juliet?
• What if Juliet had woken up Romeo instead of both of them dying?
• Juliet’s side of the story
• Write about jealousy in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
• Write a scene from Romeo and Juliet other than the balcony scene.
• Write an alternate ending to Romeo and Juliet.
• Write about your favorite line or quote from Romeo and Juliet
• What if Romeo and Juliet knew about destiny?
• Write about Romeo and Juliet doing something outrageous to get themselves together more quickly
• What if Romeo and Juliet lived in the modern world?
• What is the climax of your story?
• Is Juliet cold when she thinks of Romeo dying?
• Write fanfiction.
• What lessons can be learned from the story of Romeo and Juliet?
• Write a scene about Juliet and her nurse in Act 1 that doesn’t involve Romeo.
• Write a story about a character who thinks Romeo and Juliet are a perfect play. Hilarity ensues.
• Romeo and Juliet- by George Bernard Shaw
• Romeo absent from the first scene of the play – observed by the audience, but unseen by other characters
• What if Romeo never met Juliet?
• Who picked the name Romeo?
• Write a modern day Romeo and Juliet who have never heard of them
• of Many?
• What if Romeo and Juliet had Facebook?
• What was Juliet’s life like without Romeo?
• Write a poem about the balcony scene in romeo and juliet
• What if Romeo was smarter, or Juliet dumber? Who do you think would win the balcony scene in a battle of wits?
• Why do the Capulets hate Juliet so much?
• Write a parody of Romeo and Juliet as zombies
• These 46 Shakespeare Vocabulary Worksheets are fun to use in literacy centers or small groups. Each worksheet includes a prompt and a poem, an idiom, and other activities that require students to use and practice Shakespearean language. Useful for the new Common Core curriculum, these are a great parent-teacher helper. Learn more about the author and the book, and receive the ebook for FREE!
• Romeo and Juliet cries when he sees Tybalt killed
• Writing a logline is an exercise designed to help a writer identify the target audience, begin writing the screenplay and generally write a good, clear narrative for the movie.
• Write a modern day cave scene
• What if Romeo and Juliet were mad at each other?
• What is Romeo’s deepest fear?
• Did Romeo and Juliet need to die? Write any reason that Romeo and Juliet did or didn’t need to die.
• Marriage between Romeo’s family and Juliet’s family is into ruin. Write how they describe themselves in the first page.
• Romeo went after Tybalt. Tybalt dropped his blade. When Romeo’s blade pierced Tybalt’s chest, Tybalt died.. Watch what happens
• Write a funny scene from Romeo and Juliet.
• What if Romeo went to rehab instead of meeting Juliet?
• What if Reynardo had gotten to see Romeo and Mercutio fight Tybalt?
• What if you are Juliet and there’s another Romeo?
• How would it have ended if they were real?
• What if Romeo and Juliet were still alive, what kind of lives would they live now?

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