109+ ‘New World’ Writing Prompts
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Land of Mistle-Twist
Imagine a world where holiday rules and customs are completely opposite to the ones in our world. Write a story from the perspective of a character who travels from our world to this alternative holiday world.
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Alice’s Fourth Adventure
Consider yourself in Alice’s shoes after her adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.
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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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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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Terra Incognita
Devise a whole new world, away from Earth, with its geographies, creatures, civilizations, and peculiar laws.
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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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Inside the Prompt
Imagine you’re right inside a fiction writing prompt: Describe your surroundings, and narrate how you interact with the elements in this new world.
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The Unpredictable Heir
The least likely person becomes the heir to a major corporation, stirring tumult in the company.
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A Whole New World
Imagine you suddenly got transported to a fantastical parallel universe. Write about this new world and your adventures there.
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The Itchy New World
Write a story about a young child experiencing fall allergies for the first time.
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Waking from the Sleep
Narrate a story about an animal waking up from hibernation and facing a new world.
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Realm of Rusting Emotions
Narrate your tale as a zombie, not as a mindless brain-eating creature, but an entity that is cognizant of its former self and feelings.
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Voices of the Departed
Imagine you’re a ghost from the Irish Potato Famine era, narrate your journey into America.
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Disintegration of Morals
Delve into the transformation of a character who, in order to survive, has to abandon their moral principles.
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Creating a New World
Imagine a world where the physics of light dispersion works differently and rainbows behave in an unexpected way. How would this change your world?
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Meeting of Two Worlds
Write a story about the first encounter between Europeans and indigenous people of the New World.
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Pilgrims’ Perseverance
Write a story from the perspective of one of the Pilgrims during their first year in the New World.
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Call of the New World
Write a story about a common Tudor person’s decision to join the risky voyage to the New World.
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Alien Encounter
Consider a story where the first human encounter with extraterrestrial life takes an unexpected turn.
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Haunted by Choices
Your protagonist is forced to make a life-altering decision that causes others’ deaths.
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In a Galaxy Far, Far Away
Imagine and describe a new planet in the Star Wars universe including its inhabitants, culture, and landscape.
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Green Transformation
If everything turned green on St Patrick’s Day, how would your world look like and how would you adapt?
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Invent a Land
Create a fictional world and describe the rules, customs, landscapes, and inhabitants.
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Sleeping Beauty and Time Travel
Sleeping Beauty wakes up not 100 years later from her own time, but in the 21st century after a scientific experiment goes wrong.
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Sleeping Beauty’s December Awakening
Pen a tale where Sleeping Beauty wakes up in the middle of December and experiences modern holiday celebrations.
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An Old Tale, A New World
Translocate a classic Easter tradition into a futuristic, technologically advanced setting.
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Planetary GuideBook
Assume you are the first human to set foot on a newly discovered planet. Write a travelers guide that describes your experiences and explorable sites.
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Post-Apocalyptic Cartographer
Describe a journey through the forsaken world, mapping the new landscapes.
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Navigating Alien ecologies
Your ship has crash-landed on an unknown alien world filled with unknown biomes and species.
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Uninhabitable Homeworld
Imagine Earth has become uninhabitable and humanity has to select and explore a potentially livable planet.
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4. The Great Backyard Expedition
Pretend your backyard is a strange new world. Write about discovering this world for the first time.
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Mystic Gateway
Develop a narrative in which your character stumbles upon a hidden portal to an unknown world.
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Under-bed Universe
When Max, the not-so ordinary boy, finds out that there is an entire universe under his bed, his curiosity takes a flight of imagination.
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Galactic Giggles
Imagine an alien race that communicates through laughter. Write a story about your first encounter with them.
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Time Portal to Fairy World
Write a story about accidentally stumbling into a portal that takes you to a world of fairies.
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Fantastic Worlds
Imagine a magical land full of mythical creatures and adventures. Write a story set in this world.
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My Magical Journey
Imagine if you found a hidden door leading to a magical world. Describe your journey in this new world.
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The First Day of Power
Write about a character waking up one day to realize they now have a superpower.
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Fabled Fantasy Land
Imagine a brand new world for a children’s book. Describe it in vivid detail and enumerate what makes it different from our world.
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Planet Exploration
Imagine you have landed on a new planet – what does it look like and who lives there?
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New Regime
Rumors of a vampire apocalypse turn out to be true and the world is now ruled by vampire royalty.
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Revolution Repelled
Spin a tale in a reality where the American Revolution was crushed, and the New World remains under British governance.
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Zombies on a Diet
Write a story in which zombies have taken over the world but they’ve decided to go vegan.
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Life in the Colonial Times
Create a fictional character and describe their everyday life in the New World during the Colonial period.
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Journey on the Mayflower
Write a diary entry about being a child on the Mayflower heading towards the New World.
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Tiny Tales from the Thumbelina
Create a new adventure for Thumbelina after her story ended, illuminating her character’s growth and newfound agency.
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Land of New Words
Imagine a new planet where each landform is named with a new word you’ve learned. Describe this planet.
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Rise of the Eco-Cities
Visualize and describe a future where all cities are eco-friendly. Discuss the functioning, infrastructure, and societal norms in this new world.
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Fantastic Future World
Create a futuristic world, and discuss a day in your life in this new reality.
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Transatlantic Letters
Craft a series of letters between an Irish immigrant in America and a loved one left behind in Ireland.
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Mind’s Creation
Describe a fantastical world that originates from your imagination, including its geography, cultures, and inhabitants.
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Whisked Away to Candyland
Imagine a new world made entirely of your favorite sweets. Describe what it looks like and tastes like.
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Journey to Another Realm
Write a story where your main character, a 6th grader, stumbles into a magical, parallel universe.
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Lost in the Supermarket
Imagine you are a kid who gets lost in a gigantic supermarket, which is a new world altogether.
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Destination: Elfland
You win a travel ticket, not to an exotic beach or a serene hill station but to the mystical world of Elfs.
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The Waking of the Ancient Beast
Create a tale where a mythical creature, one that has been asleep for thousands of years, wakes up in present day.
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Sailing to New Lands
Imagine you are an explorer like Christopher Columbus, embarking on a voyage to discover a new world.
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Emerald Isle Ancestry
Describe the traditions your Irish ancestors brought with them when they left their homeland.
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Exploring The New World
Tell the tale of an Elizabethan explorer discovering uncharted lands during the Age of Discovery.
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Dive Into the Unknown
What if the depths of the ocean led to an entirely new universe? Write a micro story about this first exploration.
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Wondrous Whimsical Worlds
Imagine and describe a magical world today. How does it look, smell, or even taste?
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The Religion of Tomorrow
Imagine a future where there is a new world religion; your protagonist is a key player – either a defender or an enemy.
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Parallel Universe
Develop a narrative that ends in a completely different universe where everything, but the protagonist, is dramatically altered.
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Independence and a New World
Write a story that captures the anticipation and excitement of a citizen witnessing the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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Journey to Unknown Lands
Imagine yourself as an explorer setting out to discover a new country or planet. Describe your journey and discoveries.
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New Beginnings in Ravaged Worlds
Describe a group of survivors deciding to build a new world amidst the ruins.
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Escape from Toyland
Imagine all your toys come alive at night – and you got swallowed into their world!
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Living Amongst Pokémon
In a foreseeable future, humans have moved to a secluded village to live harmoniously with various Pokémon species. Write a diary entry as one of those humans.
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Parallel Universe Switch
Imagine if the main character in your favorite anime suddenly switched places with their parallel universe self.
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Collision of Worlds
Write about characters from different universes suddenly finding themselves sharing a common reality.
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“Dystopian Remix”
Create a crossover between George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World.
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Neverwhere Reimagined
Imagine a ‘Neverwhere’-like journey for a character stepping into an unseen society existing just beneath the ordinary world.
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Journey of an Isekai Protagonist
Consider the story of a normal person transported to a fantasy anime world and having to become a hero.
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Inception of a New World
Introduce an entirely new anime universe. Describe its various aspects in detail.
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Immersed in Another World
Imagine waking up one day in a completely new world, where magic and mythical creatures are real. Write about your first few days there.
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Dark Secrets of School
Construct a narrative around a group of students discovering a subterranean world beneath their school.
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Parallel Universe
Imagine you woke up in a parallel universe where everyone speaks the language you’re learning, write about your day.
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The Remaining Monarch
Imagine a world post-apocalypse, where royalty still exists and reigns supreme.
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World in Pages
Write a brief introduction about a fictional world that you would want to set your book in.
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Apocalyptic Aftermath
Imagine a world post-global disaster and describe the daily life of someone trying to survive.
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Inventing New Worlds
Create a detailed description of an alternative world, with distinct geography, biology, culture, and political systems.
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Lost In a New World
In the style of science fiction, craft a tale about waking up on another planet and trying to survive.
