1482+ ‘Future’ Writing Prompts
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Peering Through The Fear
Describe a time when you were terrified, the outcome, and how you dealt with fear afterwards.
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Newborn Bloodsucker
Create a short story focusing on a newly transitioned vampire trying to come to terms with their vampiric nature and traditions.
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Sci-Fi Scribe
Adopt the persona of a science fiction writer from the future, looking back on our present time.
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Conversation with Your Future Self
Write a letter to your future self in which you reflect on your current challenges and express your hopes for how you’ll have managed them.
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Voices of the Future
Write a story from the perspective of young Jedi apprentices witnessing the fall and dealing with its aftermath.
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Gratitude Vision Board
Imagine your life five years from now in a perfect scenario. Now, express gratitude as though you’ve already achieved it.
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Futuristic Choices
Envisage a future where you could live forever due to technological advancements. Would you choose this option? Why or why not?
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Triumph Over Trials
Describe a time when you overcame a significant challenge in your life, detailing the process and emotions you experienced.
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Humbling Experiences
Reflect on a moment when you felt truly humbled, and detail the lessons you learned from it.
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Crowning Achievement
Write about a goal you have already successfully achieved, how you did it, and how did it feel?
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Mapping Future Goals
Write about a big goal you wish to achieve within the next year and what steps you plan to take to reach this.
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Time Travel Dilemma
You invent a time machine but it only makes one round trip. Where and when would you go and why?
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Reflective Endeavors
Write about an endeavor or project you began with high hopes and how it turned out.
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Entering the Golden Years
Reflect on your experiences and emotions when you first acknowledged entering your elder years.
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Time Capsule
Write a letter to your future self five years from now. What do you hope to achieve, remember, or be thankful for?
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Technological Time Capsule
You are tasked with creating a time capsule to be opened 500 years in the future. What items would you choose to represent our current relationship with technology?
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Planetary Pioneer
Imagine you are part of a team pioneering to inhabit a new planet. Describe your first day on this new world.
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Dystopian Future
Imagine a dystopian future where a certain contemporary issue has drastically worsened.
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My Letter to Future Me
Write a letter to your future self detailing the changes and personal growth you hope to see.
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Mapping Your Future
Write about your biggest personal goal for the future and the steps you think you’ll need to take to achieve it.
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Discovering New Hobbies
Write about a hobby you would like to start and why you find it interesting.
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City Planner
Imagine designing your own city of the future. What would it look like, and how would it be different from cities today?
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Future Travel Adventures
Imagine you have the ability to travel anywhere in the world. Where would you go and why?
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Climate Change Chronicles
Write a document from the perspective of a climate change survivor 50 years from now.
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My Secret Superpower
Describe a hidden talent or unique quality you possess and how it impacts your day-to-day life, from ordinary situations to extraordinary challenges.
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Envisioning Climate Change
Imagine what the world will look like in 50 years if the current rate of climate change continues.
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Climate Change and Future Generations
Write about your concerns for future generations in the face of ongoing climate change.
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Climate Change and Responsibility
Reflect on the issue of climate change, your personal feelings about it, and about ways in which individuals, communities, and governments can become more responsible.
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Echoes of First Love
Recount your first love experience and how it affected your perception of love and relationships.
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Letters to the Future
Pen a letter to your future descendants explaining the current state of the environment.
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Unveiling the Past
Imagine a character with a past that they are determined to leave behind, but it continues to resurface in unexpected ways.
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Say Goodbye to December
Write a farewell letter to December discussing the hardships and the blessings, and express your gratitude.
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The New Virus
Write about a dystopian future where a new virus has plunged the world into a state of constant fear and precariousness.
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Job Application Letter
Write a business letter applying for a job that you dream of having in the future.
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The Ancient Pact
Pen a tale about an age-old pact between witches/warlocks and a powerful entity, and the implications when the pact is broken.
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Fateful Love Knitting
Construct a story around the Valentine’s Day superstition of a woman silently knitting while waiting for her suitor.
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Heart-shaped Bay Leaves
Craft a story about the superstition of sleeping with bay leaves under your pillow on Valentine’s Day for dreams of future partners.
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Whispers of the Love Birds
Write about a Valentine’s Day superstition where birds predict your future love.
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An Eco-friendly Revolution
Write about designing a future super yacht that is the epitome of luxury, while also being environmentally friendly.
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Human AI Integration
Write about a world where humans and AI live as equals and explore technological symbiosis.
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The AI Rebellion
Describe a scenario where Artificial Intelligence machines have successfully rebelled against their human creators.
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Future Echoes
An adventurer finds a device that can show the future but cannot change it. Write about their journey coping with this power.
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The Accidental Time Traveler
Create a fantasy world where a normal person accidentally stumbles upon a time-traveling device.
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Sustainability Summit
Create a fictional summit of world leaders focused on sustainability. Describe the summit and the outcomes.
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Cryogenically Frozen City
A city decides to cryogenically freeze itself to escape a looming disaster and emerges thousands of years in the future.
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Ice Age Future
Imagine a new Ice Age is approaching in the near future, how would humans adapt to survive?
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Letter to My Future Self
Pen a letter to your future self, one year from now, talking about your hopes, fears, and expectations for the upcoming year.
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Robot Horse Roundup
In a dystopian future where the old West is a theme park filled with robotic animals, narrate the tale of an ageing cowboy taming a rebellious robot horse for a big rodeo event.
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Fight with the Time Machine
Discover a time machine on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Where do you decide to go and why?
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Time-Traveling Weekend
Write about a weekend where you find a time machine, and you decide to explore a different era.
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Celebration of Strength
Write about the strength that you found within yourself after the heartbreak.
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Letters From The Heart
Write a letter to your significant other expressing your love, even if they’ve heard it a thousand times before.
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Temporal Space Standoff
Write about a war in which both sides have access to time-travel technology.
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Battle of the Bound
Write a story about a war between witches and humans where the outcome of the war determines the future of magic.
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Future Echoes
Picture yourself five years into the future. Detail what you’re doing, where you are, and who is there with you.
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Transcendent Tyranny
Write about a villain who aims to harness time travel, potentially altering history to favor their reign.
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Automotive Evolution
Share your thoughts on the growth and development of the automobile industry over the years.
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Cybernetic Vampirism
Imagine a future where vampires have integrated with technology to enhance their abilities.
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The Valentine’s Day Fight
Narrate a fictional Valentine’s Day argument with your partner and explore how you would resolve it.
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Futuristic Love Tale
Write a love story set in the year 2100, focusing on how Gen Z love stories might evolve in the future.
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Valentine’s Day in the Future
Imagine writing a love letter to your significant other next Valentine’s Day. How has your love grown?
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Love Letters from the Frontline
Write a series of love letters sent between a soldier and their significant other during wartime.
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Cryogenic Valentines
Write a romantic story about two individuals who find love after being cryogenically preserved for hundreds of years.
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Signs of Destiny
Pen down a story where a character’s future is foretold by a itinerant seer, using symbolic objects.
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The Broken Mirror
Pen down a narrative where an unusual event is a harbinger of a tumultuous future.
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Defeating Future Anxieties
Imagine a worry you have about the future, then write a story where you successfully overcome it.
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Time Capsule Wonders
Imagine you found a Time Capsule from the past. Detail what items you find in it and tell the story of the person who buried it.
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Fantastic Future
Imagine you can see into the future. Write a detailed story about what your life looks like 10 years from now.
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Visions of Future Fear
Imagine a ‘ghost’ from your future, something you fear may come to haunt you.
