Spring romance writing prompts

The cold is gone, the flowers are coming, and with it comes romance. These spring romance writing prompts will warm up your romantic creativity, giving you the chance to write something new or practise your writing craft.

To me, spring romance is about observing and basking in the joy brought by fresh warmth, blooming flowers, and new beginnings. Understandably, you’ll find many prompts involving bouquets and floristry here!

Looking for something hotter? Try my summer romance writing prompts.

22 spring romance writing prompts

You can take just one prompt or combine any of the following for one story! Every prompt is entirely up to your interpretation.

You’ll find prompts for characters, words, settings, tropes, plotlines, and something sensory below.

Characters: An athlete. A florist. A grouchy baker.

Words: Abloom. Gregarious. Organise. Potential. Resemblance. Seeds.

Settings: A lake. A public garden. A stage.

Tropes: Fill It With Flowers. Happy Rain. Spring Is Late.

Plotlines:

• Speed dating goes surprisingly well… until the final switch.
• An arrangement of flowers arrives unprompted and with no card.
• The battle of a century: a beautiful picnic in the park versus every pest imaginable come to enjoy it too.
• A nail tech creates a new range of nail designs, attracting the perfect match to their business.
• Sat on the same park bench, two readers swap book recommendations and a little more.
• Two people bond over their shared love for the ducklings at their local park.

Sensory: Soft.

Spring romance character ideas

Here are some spring romance character ideas to feed your inspiration more. These could be protagonists, side characters, or even background characters. You could also use them to flesh out your characters by taking aspects of one or two and adding to your existing cast.

• A person who loves to create Easter Egg hunts for kids in their community.
• The only person in a room who can really pull off every kind of floral pattern imaginable.
• Someone who has never, ever understood why bouquets are popular.
• The local craftsperson who knows the perfect fabric to use in spring crafts.
• A good friend who always disappears during winter to avoid the cold, who in reappears with high spirits in spring.