610+ ‘Space’ Writing Prompts
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Mysteries of Space
Imagine you are an astronaut exploring a never-before-seen planet. Write a diary entry about your first day on this planet.
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Space Race: The Starry Frontier
Write an opinion piece about the Space Race and its impact on science and society.
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Symbolic Souvenirs
Choose a tangible souvenir from a past travel and explore its personal significance.
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Coexisting Zombies
Create a circumstance where humans and zombies learn to coexist in an apocalypse.
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Comic Time Travel Hypothesis
Compose a tale about a scientific experiment gone hilariously wrong, leading to an unintentional time travel mishap.
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Spacecraft Takeoff
Describe the feelings, thoughts and actions as your character takes off in their spacecraft to a new galaxy.
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Space Explorer
Narrate your adventure into outer space to find a new planet suitable for human living.
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Room of Memories
Write about a room that contains tangible manifestations of a person’s weaknesses and failures.
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Caring for our Blue Planet
Write a narrative about your journey as an astronaut who witnessed the fragility of our planet from space.
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Cosmic Climate Change
Imagine a world where excessive interstellar travel leads to a sort of ‘cosmic climate change’.
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Space Junk
Imagine a future where Earth’s orbit becomes so filled with space junk that missions to outer space must navigate an ‘orbital landfill’.
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Alien Ecosystem Disruption
Write about a space mission that unintentionally wreaks havoc on an alien ecosystem.
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Dazzling Space Adventure
Describe a journey through space, based on a picture of various celestial bodies – galaxies, stars, planets etc.
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Discovering The Happy Place
Write about a place, real or imagined, where you feel happiest and most at peace.
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A Virtual Vacation
Imagine you can use virtual reality to travel anywhere in the world or universe. Describe your ideal trip.
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Spaceship Adventure
Describe what it would be like to command your own spaceship to explore new galaxies.
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Lost Technology
Write a narrative where you are a scavenger on a planet like Jakku, unearthing ancient Star Wars technology.
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The Midnight Excavation
You have been sent on an assignment to gather photos and information about an unexplored medieval dungeon rumored to be haunted. Share your experience venturing alone in the dark, shifting corridors.
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The Time-Slipping City
Describe a city that exists in dreams and slips through different times and dimensions.
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Alternate Dimensions
Conceptualize an afterlife that is part of an alternate dimension, where the laws of physics and reality are different than on Earth could be.
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Intergalactic Tourism Bureaucracy
Write about a space tourism agency dealing with the administrative hassles of a multigalactic attraction.
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The Lone Astronaut
You’re an astronaut who got detached from your spaceship and now floating alone in the vast emptiness of space.
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“Journey to the Moon”
Think about what it would be like if you took a trip to the moon. Write about what you see and experience while on this journey.
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The Void
Describe the empty space left by this lost love. How does it affect your daily life?
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Intergalactic Encounter
Picture an astronaut who encounters an unknown alien civilization while on a solo space mission.
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Otherworldly Oasis
Write about a team discovering a lush, vibrant planet in a previously uncharted sector of deep space.
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Celestial Symphony
Imagine a space explorer encounters a celestial phenomenon that can only be perceived as music.
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Starless Journey
Imagine an area of deep space that is utterly devoid of stars or any celestial bodies. Crew members of a spacecraft have lost their way navigating through it.
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Space vs Ocean Exploration
Put forth an argument supporting why we should invest more in exploring space or our oceans.
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The Healing Room
Imagine a space where you go to heal from heartbreak. What does it look like? What happens there?
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Primordial Soup Stir
Imagine the conditions under which life first originated on Earth and describe this event.
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Enchanted Onyx Mirror
Compose a narrative about an enigmatic mirror, crafted from mystical onyx, that shows reflections from a different world.
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Adventures in Space
Imagine you are an astronaut and detail a day in your life on a space station.
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An Imaginary Journey
Imagine you’re a space explorer, describe what you might encounter on your extraordinary journey.
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Future Heroes
Think about what you want to be when you grow up. Why do you want to be this and what steps will you take to achieve it?
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Life As An Astronaut
You’re an astronaut traveling through galaxies. Write a diary entry detailing your daily life, the wonders of space, and your journey so far.
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Space-Camp Letter
Pretend you’re a first-grader attending a science-oriented space camp on Mars. Write a letter home, detailing your exciting experiences and observations.
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Global Earth Day Impacts
Given that Earth Day is celebrated in April, write a story that explores this day from the perspective of different characters living in different parts of the world.
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Winter Wonderland Dreams
Imagine yourself waking up in a perfect winter scene outside your window; describe everything you see.
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Planet Exploration
Imagine that you could explore any planet in our solar system. Choose a planet and describe your adventure.
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Grateful Gourmet
Compose a narrative about your most appreciated comfort food and unpack the aspects that make you grateful for it.
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Unlocking Creative Spaces
Write about your favorite spot for unlocking creativity and why it inspires you.
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Creative Catalyst
Use an abstract concept like ‘time’ or ‘space’ as your starting point and create a narrative around it.
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Gardeners of the Commons
Write a character study of several individuals or groups who frequent the community garden.
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Community Garden Revival
Describe a community garden that has been abandoned and neglected but is now being revived by local residents.
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Intergalactic Planet Hop
Create a comic strip about a space journey, jumping from one planet to another.
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Silent Planet
In a future where Earth receives a signal from a supposedly life-bearing planet, write about the tense journey of the crew sent to explore it.
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Enclosed Disturbances
Conceive a story about an individual being trapped alone in a haunted house overnight.
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Capsule Dilemma
Create a tale of astronauts trapped in a malfunctioning space pod, with limited resources.
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Abandoned Subway Carafe
Describe a scene where a group of strangers are stuck on an abandoned subway car.
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Vault of Secrets
Write about a group of people locked in a vault, and as time goes by, they start revealing dark secrets.
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Surviving the Alien Landscape
Your spaceship has crashed in an alien world, and the journey to survival unfolds in this exotic, unexplored landscape.
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Interstellar Dogfights
Put your readers in the pilot seat by diving into the chaos and thrill of a space dogfight.
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Cryogenic Curses
You awake from a thousand year cryosleep, only to find that your spaceship is being haunted by the phantoms of your fellow crew members.
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Alien Plague
Your main characters are on a space station when a strange disease starts spreading among the crew.
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The Velvet Black
Write a story where space explorers encounter an alien species that can only be perceived in complete darkness.
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Fictional Morality Check
Conjure up a fictional world and an accompanying moral dilemma within it. Write about the character grappling with this dilemma.
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The Forgotten Legend
Imagine stumbling upon an ancient Irish tale that unveils the true story behind St. Patrick’s Day.
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Space Alien Friendship
Imagine befriending an alien from outer space. Write a comic strip story about a day you spend together.
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Thread of Terror
The protagonist can foresee horrific future events each time they touch someone else’s Halloween costume.
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Character Complexity
Draft a story from mainstream fiction where the character develops over time, before condensing it into a flash fiction where the character’s complexity has to be shown quickly and sharply.
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Wandering Space Nomad
Conceptualize an original nomadic character who chose to live in solitude, separated from both the galaxies’ political proceedings.
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Astronaut’s Astrophobia
An astronaut develops an irrational fear of stars – imagine their comical attempts to navigate the cosmos.
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Cosmic Office Politics
Imagine an office space, but on a cosmic scale. Every solar system is a department, every planet an office cubicle.
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Nova’s First Christmas
In a space station far from Earth, a human child named Nova experiences their very first Christmas.
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Journey to the Stars
Imagine a child’s trip to space encountering alien creatures, planets and galaxies.
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Journey of a Space Traveler
Develop a character who’s a space traveler and write about their intergalactic journey.
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Exploring Beyond Stars
Your character is an astronaut exploring the outer space, describe the journey they undertake. How does the journey change them?
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Kindness Chronicles
Write a story about a time when you showed kindness to someone else. How did it make you feel?
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Loveletter to a Ghost
Write a love letter to someone who has left, making sure to express all unresolved feelings and unanswered questions.
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Virtual Reality, Actual Consequences
In an imagined world where virtual reality completely mirrors real-life outcomes, discuss how society would change.