Over 2,198 Writing Prompts
Imagine you're interviewing a pioneering engineer from the 20th century. Prepare a list of insightful questions you would ask about their greatest challenges, their most significant innovations, and the ethical considerations they had to navigate in their career.
Non-Fiction
Engineering
The new planet promised a fresh start for all; free from the Earth's turmoil and strife. However, upon arrival, settlers find the landscape strangely familiar, and start to experience shared vivid dreams about the planet’s ancient civilization. Delve into what they uncover about the planet's past and how it affects their future.
Fiction
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Space & New Horizons
In a world recovering from a near-catastrophic environmental disaster, an environmental scientist discovers a hidden ecosystem beneath the Earth's crust that could revolutionize how humans coexist with the planet. As they explore this subterranean world, they must protect it from exploitation while encouraging a new way of life above ground.
Fiction
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Science Fiction
Craft a personal essay on how a scientific phenomenon (e.g., the lifecycle of stars, evolution, or quantum mechanics) can be a metaphor for a personal experience or life phase. Detail the parallels between the science and your personal story, using scientific language to add depth to your personal narrative.
Non-Fiction
Science
In a reality where dreams are tangible and can be recorded, bought, and sold, follow a "Dream Detective" tasked with solving a mystery involving a series of shared dreams that predict real-world events. Explore the implications of shared subconscious experiences on privacy and personal autonomy.
Fiction
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Alternate Realities
Your character wakes up on a space station alone, with no memory of how they got there. The station is drifting towards a black hole. Through clues left behind, they must piece together their past and figure out a way to escape the station's dire fate.
Fiction
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Science Fiction
You wake up to headlines that scream about a major heist at the museum you visited yesterday. Things get mysterious when you discover an ancient coin in your pocket that you're certain wasn't there before. Now, you must uncover how and why you're connected.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Write a story about a young woman in Sparta who defies the traditional role expected of her, training as a warrior in secret. Explore her challenges, her motivations, and the consequences of her choices when she’s finally exposed.
Fiction
Historical Fiction
Ancient Greece
Dive into the era of the American Civil War through the eyes of a chaplain from the North who is captured as a prisoner of war. Focus on his efforts to provide spiritual comfort to fellow captives and the dynamic interactions with guards from the South, some of whom are drawn to his messages of forgiveness and redemption.
Fiction
Historical Fiction
Christian Fiction
Write a story set in a bustling outdoor market in Marrakech, where a famous antique carpet goes missing under mysterious circumstances. The protagonist, a local detective, must navigate through a colorful panorama of suspects, each with a rich back story connected to the carpet's history.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Multicultural Fiction
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