11+ ‘Bureaucracy’ Writing Prompts
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Zombie Corporation
Consider a more business-structure hierarchy where there is a CEO-like zombie making decisions, with various tiers of zombies beneath them.
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Fairy Tale Government
Create a fairy tale world ruled by a government that has political structures and issues mirroring our world.
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Bureaucracy Overboard
Create an imaginary bureaucratic institution with extravagant and nonsensical rules, regulations, and procedures.
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Succeeding in a Superpowered Bureaucracy
Consider a superhero whose abilities might not traditionally be seen as “heroic” but are highly valuable in a bureaucratic structure.
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Code Breaker’s Truth
A brilliant code breaker intercepts a message revealing a threat to their country, but they are under suspicion from their own agency.
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The Real Estate Game
Dracula, spat out by time into the modern day with no castle, tries to reclaim his properties worldwide.
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Modern Mythos
Imagine a well-known mythical creature exists in the modern world. Write a short story about its struggles to adapt to the new environment.
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Alternate History Reimagination
Pick a significant historical event and retell it as if it had happened in an alternate universe.
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Intergalactic Tourism Bureaucracy
Write about a space tourism agency dealing with the administrative hassles of a multigalactic attraction.
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Stolen Identity
Write a story about a character who wakes up one day to discover that their identity has been stolen.
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“Intergalactic IR”
Write about intergalactic nations dealing with trivial bureaucratic red tape and interstellar regulations to make space travel possible.
