Over 20 "Sci-Fi" Writing Prompts

In a future society, emotions are considered a disease and everyone must take daily injections to suppress them. You find an old diary written by your grandmother who lived in a time when people still felt freely. Moved by her words, you decide to stop taking your injections. As emotions flood in, you start a movement among other teens, aiming to bring real feelings back into the world.

Kids & YA Fiction
Teen and YA Fiction
Sci-Fi

You're a teenager who gains the ability to jump into any book you touch and interact with its world. During one of your adventures in a sci-fi novel, the book suddenly closes, trapping you inside. Navigate this new reality, make friends, and find a way to break out of the book back into the real world.

Kids & YA Fiction
Teen and YA Fiction
Sci-Fi

You live in a world where dreams can be recorded, shared, and even edited. One day, you find a dream in your library that you don’t remember dreaming. It hints at a hidden aspect of your life and a secret that involves the very foundation of your society. Write a story uncovering the truth behind this mysterious dream.

Kids & YA Fiction
Teen and YA Fiction
Sci-Fi

In a future where dreams are recorded and sold as entertainment, a group of teenagers discovers a conspiracy. Their dreams reveal the truth about the society's leaders, and now, they must find a way to expose the secrets without becoming targets themselves.

Kids & YA Fiction
Teen and YA Fiction
Sci-Fi

Write a story about a teenager who develops the ability to communicate with machines. Initially using the power for trivial gains, they soon uncover a deep-rooted cyber plot threatening global security, and must decide whether to risk exposing their ability to save the world.

Kids & YA Fiction
Teen and YA Fiction
Sci-Fi

In a distant future, society is divided by the technology people can afford. The rich have advanced AI that can predict their every need, while the poor are left with outdated machines. You, a tech-savvy teen, stumble upon a discarded, yet highly advanced robot that only responds to you. Detail your adventures as you unravel the mysteries of this robot and how it changes your life.

Kids & YA Fiction
Teen and YA Fiction
Sci-Fi

In a future society where memories can be bought and sold, a group of teens discovers that significant historical events have been erased from everyone’s memories to keep the society under control. They embark on a quest to uncover the true past, with only a mysterious, ancient diary as their guide.

Kids & YA Fiction
Teen and YA Fiction
Sci-Fi

Imagine a future where every teenager must undergo a virtual reality test that determines their career path based on their skills and interests. You're sent into a simulation expected to last only an hour, but something goes wrong, and you're trapped inside. Narrate your journey of survival and self-discovery within a world that bends the rules of reality.

Kids & YA Fiction
Teen and YA Fiction
Sci-Fi

Write about a group of teenagers who are chosen to be part of the first human settlement on Mars. Each has a crucial role and must work together to overcome unexpected challenges on the red planet. Explore their dynamics, the personal growth each undergoes, and how they plan to establish the first successful colony off Earth.

Kids & YA Fiction
Teen and YA Fiction
Sci-Fi

Imagine waking up in a world where every teenager has the power to manipulate one of the four elements: earth, air, water, or fire. However, on your sixteenth birthday, you discover that your ability is to manipulate time. Write about your first day coming to terms with this power and the consequences it brings to your ordinary life.

Kids & YA Fiction
Teen and YA Fiction
Sci-Fi

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