544+ ‘Earth’ Writing Prompts
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Embracing the Downpour
Write about a time when it was raining a lot and you found something comforting in it.
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Reflecting on the Relationship
Write about your relationship, highlighting its highs and lows, and discuss what you learned from it.
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Alien Pen Pal
Compose a series of letters to an extraterrestrial, explaining human culture, habits, and peculiarities.
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Alien Anthropologist
Imagine you are an alien tasked with studying Earth and its inhabitants. What are your observations and impressions?
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Lost in Space
Narrate an unexpected galactic adventure after your spaceship veers off its planned trajectory.
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Alien Interaction
Imagine meeting an alien. Describe what they look like, how they communicate, and what they share about their home planet.
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Year 2050: Return from Mars
A team of astronauts return from an exploratory mission to Mars to find the Earth post-apocalyptic.
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Building A World
Create a unique setting for a fictional story, detailing its landscape, climate, culture, and history.
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Hidden City
Create a city located beneath the earth’s surface, describing its inhabitants, customs and way of life.
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Alien Anthropologist
Write a story about human society from an alien’s perspective studying Earth as a culturally diverse planet.
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The Forgotten Earth
In the future, humanity has abandoned Earth for life in space. Write about an expedition that returns to the abandoned planet.
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The Elemental Artisan
Write a short story about a craftsman who can control the basic elements of nature with their art.
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Inhuman Encounter
Travelling forward in time, you discover that humanity has died out and the Earth is now inhabited by an entirely new species.
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Cosmic Crusade
Write about a galactic quest across alien planets in search for a priceless artifact.
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Galactic Storyteller
Write a story set hundreds of years into the future where humanity has colonized other galaxies.
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Worldly Wonder
Imagine you’re a traveller from a parallel universe and you’ve just discovered Earth. Write about your experiences, observations and interactions.
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Land of Five Elements
Imagine a world where the inhabitants can only use one of five elements: Earth, Water, Fire, Air, or Spirit.
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Post-Human Earth
Imagine Earth after humanity and explore the stories of the artificial or evolved lifeforms that now dominate the planet.
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Alien Encounters
Envision a future where a radical first encounter with an alien species changes life on Earth.
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Elemental Bonds
Consider a world where every human is connected to a certain element (Fire, Water, Earth, Air). How does this affect society, politics and interpersonal relationships?
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Dire Revelations
Compose a scene where a tightly held secret is devastatingly revealed just before the climax.
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Opposite Day on a Different Planet
How would an average day look like if you were living on a planet where day is night and night is day.
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Jumping Through Time
Imagine you had the power to travel through time: where would you go, who would you meet and why?
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Unpacking Sci-Fi
Tell a tale of an alien species that has just landed on Earth and is figuring out how to cohabit with humans harmoniously.
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“Alien Anthropologists”
Write about alien anthropologists studying Earth and being bewildered by our customs.
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Embark on a Space Colony
You are selected as one of the pioneers to inhabit a space colony on a distant planet.
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The Alien’s Guide to Earth
Write a humorous guide to living on Earth from the perspective of an alien.