40+ ‘Hierarchy’ 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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Zombie Monarchy
Explore the possibility of a royal monarchy, complete with a king, queen, and court, within a zombie apocalypse.
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Apex Predators
Write about humans evolving a new set of skills to hunt and kill the zombies, now that they are the apex predators.
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Eternal Society
Explore the societal structure in a vampire community, detailing the rules, traditions, ceremonies, and rites that bind them.
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The Popular One
Write a story about a student who falls in love with the most popular boy/girl in high school.
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Blood Feud
Narrate a story where vampires are divided into factions based on their feeding habits – those who consume human blood and those who feed off animals.
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Secret Society
Write a story set in a high-profile school, influential across the world, controlled by vampires behind the scenes.
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The Vampire Hierarchy
Consider a vampire society with a rigid class system based on age and lineage.
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The Ascending Monarch
Pen a tale about a vampire who rises to become the ruler of all supernatural creatures.
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Ghoul Anthropology
Create a narrative that explores the classes, behaviour patterns, and society structures of zombies.
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Rewriting the Ghost Code
Write a story where the protagonists devise, decode or discover a set of rules that the spirits in their world must follow.
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Ethereal Ethos
Compose a story about a society where everybody has different kinds of superhuman abilities.
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Power Balance in Teams
Develop a story around the power dynamics and hierarchy within a superhero group, and how it affects their operations.
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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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Building a Kingdom
Each group develops and describes a kingdom built around a unique magical object and imagines the roles each of them plays.
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“Hidden Hierarchy”
Create a universe where the political leaders are hidden and their identities are a secret even from each other.
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Aftermath Fracturing
Write about the conflict of interest between different military factions over resources and the survival strategy amidst the zombie apocalypse.
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Pack Hierarchy
Write about a werewolf who is born into the lowest rank of a pack but has bigger ambitions.
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Untold Love in the Titan’s Shadow
Develop a forbidden love story between two passengers of different classes on board the Titanic.
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The Great Debate: Art vs. Craft
Argue for or against the separation of art and craft in terms of hierarchy and value.
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Vampire Anarchy
Imagine a realm where the traditional hierarchy of vampire society is overthrown, leading to a state of anarchy.
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Immersive World Building
Create a conversation between two inhabitants of a fictional world, conveying the rules and culture of their society through dialogue.
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AI Totalitarian Regime
In your story, artificial intelligence has taken over the world and has established a strict hierarchy based on IQ level.
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Utopia or Dystopia?
Describe a world transformed by superhero leadership, where superpowers determine status and political control.
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Code of Shadows
Create a society of assassins with codes, hierarchy, and traditions, which gets destabilized by a rebellious member.
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Scrutiny Scavengers
Raconteur the experiences of a scavenger in the wild, possibly a vulture or a hyena, sharing its perceptive lens of life.
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Deteriorating Ark
Write about a failing massive spaceship that’s humanity’s last hope, describe the conflicts, the scramble for survival and decision-making process.
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Unexpected Heir to the Fortune
Imagine if a seemingly unimportant character turns out to be the secret heir to the family fortune. Create a story around it.
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Path to Power
Imagine you’re a mage striving to climb the ranks within the hierarchy of the Imperium’s magocracy.
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The Castless: Underbelly of Orzammar
A dwarf is cast out of society becoming casteless. Tell the story from their perspective.
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Creation of Cultures
Describe an entirely unique and distinctive culture or society that could exist in a world of your own design.
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High School Dynamics
Describe your high school experience through the lens of social structures and hierarchies.
