198+ ‘Civilization’ Writing Prompts
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Chronicles of Survival
Write a series of journal entries from the perspective of a survivalist in a zombie apocalypse.
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Yearning for the Past
Narrate the sentiment of longing for the lost civilization through the perspective of a character.
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The Forgotten Arts
Write about the revival of forgotten skills or arts in the face of a collapsed civilization.
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Last Standing Structures
Depict the known landmarks or monuments and how they still stand in your narrated post-apocalypse world.
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Collapse Chronicles
Illustrate what life is like after the fall of civilization, focusing on day-to-day survival and emotions.
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Time-Traveling to Ancient Egypt
Suppose you’ve been magically transported back to ancient Egypt during the reign of Pharaohs.
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Dragon Riders of Elorim
Create a narrative based on a civilization co-existing with dragons and the select few chosen as their riders.
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Post-Apocalyptic Untouched Nature
Imagine a civilization so advanced that it fails and falls only to give way to nature’s reemergence and dominance. Write a story set in this backdrop.
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Enigma of the Lost Civilization
Write about an archaeologist uncovering clues pointing towards an unknown, vanished civilization.
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Rekindling Lost Flames
Create a story of a supernatural being, previously believed to be a myth or a tale, who reappears in a modern city.
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Mystical Cavern Civilization
Write about an exploration into a mystical underground civilization, deep beneath the Earth’s surface.
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Expedition into the Lost Jungle City
Craft an exploration tale centered around a lost city hidden in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.
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Echo of a Fallen Empire
Create a story based on the explorer finding the ruins of a civilization on a distant planet.
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Jellyfish Overlords
What would society look like if the dominating species wasn’t humans but jellyfish?
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Fall of the Starlight Empire
Write about the fall of a great intergalactic empire due to an unexpected enemy attack.
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Lunar Lore
Imagine that the moon has a secret civilization thriving on it. Write about this lunar society, their customs, cultures, and beliefs.
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Beneath the Ice
Narrate a story about an expedition team that uncovers an ancient civilization trapped under Antarctic ice.
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The Lost Jungle Civilization
Write about an explorer who encounters an untouched human civilization, hidden deep within a vast jungle.
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Forgotten Kingdom
Create a tale about an adventurer who stumbles upon an ancient and forgotten kingdom.
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The Ocean’s Balance
Imagine a world where underwater and surface civilizations have pivotal roles in maintaining world balance. Write from the perspective of a liaison tasked with maintaining this balance.
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Diving Deep into Language
Imagine creating a new language for an underwater civilization that includes non-auditory forms of communication.
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Reef Metropolis
Describe a sprawling city built within a coral reef in a future underwater civilization.
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Deciphering the Unseen Society
Craft a story about a hidden civilization of survivors in a zombie apocalypse.
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Dwarven Deliberations
Write about a significant event in the life of a dwarf king, set against the backdrop of his underground kingdom.
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Forgotten Artifacts
Write about an archaeologist finding a strange artifact underneath a layer of frost and snow.
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Buried Civilizations
Imagine a civilization buried under the snow for thousands of years and detail its discovery.
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Quest for the Lost City
You are an adventurer on a journey to uncover a lost ancient civilization. Write about what you find and how it changes your understanding of history.
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Dystopian Future
Imagine you arrived 100 years into the future and it’s a dystopia: Portray your journey through returning civilization back to its glory.
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Unseen Witness
You’re a zombie, endlessly wandering through destroyed remnants of civilization, a silent observer of poignantly human scenes.
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Echoes of the Past
Place yourself in the rotting shoes of a former leader figure, now a zombie, surveying the rubble of the city that was once under your care.
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Solar Flare’s Whispers
As a scientist studying the Northern Lights, you’ve discovered they’re a symptom of an impending cosmic event.
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Civilization Rebuilt
Write about how humanity rebuilds civilization in the wake of the zombie apocalypse.
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Historical Sandcastles
Announce a sandcastle-building competition amongst friends, family or strangers, make it historically accurate.
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The Lost Civilization
Envision a time traveler who gets stuck in a past civillization and tries to fit in.
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The Revival of Civilization
Imagine the first community that manages to rebuild after an apocalypse and the challenges they face in their journey.
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Lost Civilization
Write about an expedition that finds an unknown civilization in a remote part of the world.
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Quest for Survival
Write about a character who is stranded in uncharted wilderness and has to find a way back to civilization.
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Time-Stranded Wilderness
Narrate a story about a modern individual who surprisingly wakes up in a prehistoric era.
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Unexpected Companionship
Create a narrative about a person stranded in the wilderness who befriends a wild animal.
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Galactic Hero
Write about a superhero who lives on a distant planet and has to deal with threats both on their planet and from others.
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The Reluctant Savior
An ordinary person in a post-apocalyptic world discovers they have superpowers. How do they decide to use them?
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Time-Traveling Diary
Write a story about a diary that allows you to time travel whenever you write in it.
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The Forgotten Civilization
Weave a tale about archaeologists discovering an ancient, advanced civilization hidden in a cavern system.
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Magnetic Anomaly
Pen an adventure about a sprawling underground cavern where normal laws of physics do not apply.
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Reverse Discovery
Imagine a world where humans are a primitive species and get discovered by a technologically superior alien race.
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Alien Civilization’s Social Structure
Imagine an alien society and describe their social structure from a human anthropologist’s perspective.
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Arctic Adventures
Write about a thrilling journey traversing a frozen tundra to retrieve a valuable artifact.
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Hidden Ruins
Write a story about an archaeologist stumbling upon an ancient civilization in a wholly unexpected location.
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Abandoned City
Describe an abandoned city that your character must journey through on their adventure.
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Underwater Civilization
Imagine discovering an advanced underwater civilization. What does it look like and how does it function?
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Rise from the Ashes
Craft a scenario wherein remnants of a fallen galactic empire endeavor to rebuild from the rubble.
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The Golden Age
Describe the zenith of a galactic empire, when it’s at the peak of its power, influence, and prosperity.
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Last Bastions of Knowledge
Imagine you are tasked with preserving knowledge in a Zombie Apocalypse. What books do you save and why?
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A New Constellation
Create a civilization that survives in space, not on a foreign planet, but within their own constructed space stations.
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Discovering Lost Civilizations
Imagine you are an archaeologist who has unearthed a completely unknown ancient civilization. Describe your explorations and findings.
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Lost City
Tell the tale of a vibrant, thriving city that experiences a devastating cataclysmic event causing its downfall.
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Lost Civilization
Imagine a space exploration team stumbling upon an ancient alien civilization. However, this civilization is long lost, and only its ruins remain.
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Fragile Silk Threads
Craft a narrative involving the discovery of silk during the Han Dynasty and its impact on society.
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Life in Snowglobes
Write about a group discovering a collection of pre-apocalyptic snowglobes, each presenting a snapshot of the world that was.
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The Forgotten Monuments
In a world leveled by unknown catastrophe, write about survivors finding the remnants of famous monuments and interpreting their meanings without context.
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Untouched Wilderness
Describe a wild, untouched paradise thriving amidst the apocalyptic destruction.
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Forgotten Memories of Civilization
The character stumbles upon remnants of a once thriving city. What memories do these remnants trigger and what story unfolds from there?
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Descendants of Doomsday
Create a story showcasing the evolution and growth of a new civilization, post-apocalypse.
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Revolution Rewritten
Picture a group of aliens that have successfully overthrown an oppressive regime and are now rewriting their cultural history.
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Lost in Ascendance
Imagine if an ambitious alien politician misuses a rare, sacred artifact to gain power, disturbing the spiritual balance of their civilization.
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The Ice Age Relics
Narrate an adventure where a polar expedition team discovers remnants of a lost civilization frozen in time.
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Unspeakable Discovery
A mission lands on a planer previously thought to be uninhabited, only to discover a monument that suggests advanced civilization used to live there.
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Island of Lost Civilizations
Weave a narrative about an island that was once home to a highly advanced but now extinct civilization.
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The Post-Apocalyptic Travelogue
Create a narrative where your character documents life and travels in a post-apocalyptic world.
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Lost Legends
Imagine discovering a neglected piece of folklore from an extinct civilization. Bring it to life through your narrative.
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Creation of a New Myth
Write your own myth explaining a natural phenomenon, or the origin of something.
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Intergalactic Pranksters
Write a tale about a group of young aliens who use advanced technology to pull off the most elaborate prank in their galaxy’s history.
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Fight or Flight
Create a civilization where humans have evolved into two distinct species – one relying on strength and aggression (fight) and the other on cunning and speed (flight).
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Hyper-evolved Humanity
In an alternate timeline, a pandemic accelerates human evolution, creating a society of highly evolved meta-humans.
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Monarchy’s Blueprint
Write about a young ruler responsible for designing and overseeing the construction of their magical kingdom.
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Desert Mirage
You wake up stranded in the middle of a desert with only a day’s water supply and no sense of direction. Write about what you would do to survive and find civilization.
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Lost in the Jungle
Imagine waking up one day and suddenly finding yourself alone and lost in a thick jungle. Describe your efforts to survive and find a way back to civilization.
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The Age of Extinction
Envision you have to inform an alien civilization about a species on Earth that has gone extinct due to human activities.
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Interstellar Ethics
Imagine a scenario in which Earth receives a distress signal from an alien civilization. How do world leaders respond?
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The Silent Town
Set a story in an abandoned town where all residents mysteriously disappeared many years ago.
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First Contact
An interstellar explorer makes the first contact with a highly intelligent alien civilization.
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The Artful Explorer
Imagine that you are an explorer visiting an alien planet, describe the art forms you encounter among the extraterrestrial population.
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Secrets of a Long-lost Tribe
Imagine discovering evidence of a long-lost jungle tribe and write about your quest to uncover its secrets.
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5. My Imaginary Water-world
Create a water-themed imaginary world with its own unique rules and inhabitants.
