1482+ ‘Future’ Writing Prompts
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Roots and Blooming Days
Create your life timeline highlighting 10 most significant moments that define you.
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Time Turner’s Tale
Write a travelogue detailing your adventures across different time periods in history and future.
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Sentimental Recipe
Write about a family recipe that’s been passed down through generations and its significance to you.
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Letter to Your Future Self
Write a letter to your future self, detailing your current day-to-day life and your hopes and dreams
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Past & Future Self on Birthday
Write a letter from your past self to your current self on your birthday and then a letter from your…
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Turning Point Birthday
Imagine the age you are turning this year is a key turning point in your life. What changes would you…
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Christmas Past, Present, and Future
Reflect on how your Christmas celebrations have evolved from your childhood to now and speculate how they might change in…
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Letters To The Future
Write a letter to a future member of your family, introducing yourself and sharing significant family values, stories and wisdom.
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Family Traditions
Write about a special family tradition that has been passed down through generations.
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Ultimate Vacation Day
If you could plan out the perfect vacation day, from dawn to dusk, what would it look like?
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Tomorrowland Time Travel
If you could time travel to any event in the future, when would you go and what would you experience…
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Post-Depression Reflections
Reflect on your feelings and emotions once a depressive episode has ended.
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Analyzing Trends
Explain the significance of the increasing or decreasing trends in depression statistics.
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Flashlight Memories
Highlight a moment from your past when you successfully managed a depressive episode and came out stronger.
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Overcoming the Shadows
Document a moment when you felt triumphant over your depression, no matter how big or small.
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Future Scenario Analysis
Visualize a future situation that could cause anxiety and explore possible responses and outcomes.
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Outlining Anxiety Triggers
Create a list of events, situations, or actions that trigger your anxiety.
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The Letter of Reassurance
Compose a letter to your future self aimed at providing comfort and reassurance during anxious times.
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Future Emotional Self
Write a letter to your future self about the emotional challenges you are facing today.
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Feeling Dissect
Describe an intense emotional moment you have experienced and dissect it into separate elements.
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Nutrition as Emotional Well-being
Write about what meals and nutrition choices make you feel more or less anxious.
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Blueprint for Victory
Describe a detailed plan to tackle an upcoming event or situation that is causing you anxiety.
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Letters to Anxiety
Write a letter to your anxiety, either to confront it, comfort it, or express how it affects you.
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Reality vs. Perception
Jot down your worst-case scenario about an anxiety-inducing situation and then trace what actually happened.
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Positivity Future Letter
Compose a letter to your future self outlining your hopes for a less anxious future.
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Unraveling Anxiety Triggers
Write about an incident or event that triggers your anxiety and discuss how you feel before, during, and after the…
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Riding the Wave
Describe a difficult situation you’ve overcome and the self-loving affirmations it led you to discover.
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Crafting Confidence
Pen down the moments you felt most confident and the positive affirmations related to those moments.
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Future Reflections
Write a letter to your future self about how you’re feeling right now and ask questions.
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The Letter of Reassurance
Compose a letter to your future self providing advice on navigating an anxious period.
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Time Capsule Conversation
Write a letter addressing your anxiety. Seal it, date it for a year ahead, and reply to future yourself.
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Unraveling the Threads
Write about a situation which causes anxiety and try to identify the root causes.
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Future Forecasting
Imagine an upcoming event in your life and write about any possible scenarios that make you feel anxious.
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Anxiety vs Reality
Write about a situation where your anxiety made you view a situation differently than it truly was.
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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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The Innocent Sculpted by War
Write a story about a child growing up in a war-ravaged country and how these violent circumstances shape their worldview.
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Time-Traveling Steampunk Inventor
Write a story about a steampunk inventor who accidentally creates a time-travelling device.
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Melting Polar Paradise
Write about a society that survives on the last piece of untouched land in a world ravaged by global warming.
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Time-Travelling Chronicles
You find a time machine, write about the era you visit, whether past or future.
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Mechanised Heaven
Imagine a world in which artificial intelligence has transcended human intelligence.
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The Quarantine Chronicle
Document your daily routine during quarantine and share how it has affected you.
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Future Self Visualization
Imagine a day in your life five years from now and write about it in great detail.
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Past Lives
Write a story about a character who remembers all their past lives, and uses that wisdom to shape their current…
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Analog Rebellion
Envision a world where analog technology is being overridden by futuristic digital innovations, and the marginalized crew that strives to…
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Mystic Prophecies and Destiny
“A cryptic prophecy comes to light, setting your protagonist on their adventurous quest.”
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Data Warlords
Explore the world of cyber warfare – where conglomerates and factions fight for control over the internet.
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Curious Keepsakes
Write about a character who collects items from different places around the world, and each item has magical properties.
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The Other Side of the Mirror
Craft a tale about an antique mirror that reveals grim reflections of the future.
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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…
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Cybernetic Serial Killer
Craft a thrilling narrative about a detective hunting down a serial killer who uses advanced tech to commit horrific crimes.
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Under Ashen Skies
Write about a future dystopian city that is constantly under the shower of a volcanic ash.
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Discarded Taboos
Write a narrative set in the future where what is considered taboo today is commonplace.
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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…
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A Letter From The Future
You receive a letter from your future self, warning you about an imminent event.
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Interface Detective
Imagine a future where crime scenes are digitized and detectives solve cases in a virtual reality (VR) interface.
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Midnight Murmurs
Create a narrative where the protagonist begins to hear voices at midnight that provide eerie predictions.
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Echoes from Another Life
Write about a character who can remember their past lives and uses these memories to navigate present challenges.
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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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A Letter to your Future Self
Write a letter to future you, detailing your current struggles, hopes, fears, dreams, or goals.
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Paradox Pathway
Concoct a sci-fi story involving time travel where the plot twist reveals a paradox.
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Time Traveler’s Journal
You have the ability to travel time, but can only observe. Write a journal entry from a day in your…
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Temporal Shifts
Generate three random words representing a past, present and future. Write a poem that weaves through these three different time…
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Combat Climate Change
Use the power of poetry to voice your opinion on climate change and the role the young generation can play…
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Echo of Echoes
Write a poetry capturing the essence of your conversations with your past and future self.
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Childhood’s End
Write about the moment you realized your childhood had ended and adulthood had begun.
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A Letter to Future Me
Compose a letter to your future self, detailing your current hopes, fears, dreams and ambitions.