216+ ‘Structure’ 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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Eternal Society
Explore the societal structure in a vampire community, detailing the rules, traditions, ceremonies, and rites that bind them.
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Scaling the Eiffel Tower
Write a detailed story about climbing up the Eiffel Tower, including the sights, sounds, and emotions you might experience.
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Dive Into the Unknown
Write a story about an intrepid deep sea explorer who makes an unexpected discovery during an expedition.
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Journey to Fitness
Recall a time you participated in a physical activity or sports for the first time.
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Rule of Rodents
Imagine a world, much like ours, but run exclusively by intelligent and humanoid mice.
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Noble Nemesis
Consider a villain who, despite their nefarious deeds, maintains a code of ethics or a set of principles.
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Trace Your Day
Start with the sentence “When I wake up, I…” and repeatedly add lines to explain the rest of your day.
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The Arc of prompts
Choose 5 different prompts and use them to create a long narrative where each prompt represents a different event or phase in the story.
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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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Ethereal Metro
Write a story where the spirit world coexists with the humans in a bustling metropolis.
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Vampire Chronicles
Write a story from the perspective of a vampire historian explaining the evolution of vampire laws and customs.
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Hero’s Journey
Write a prologue about a common, nondescript character becoming a hero in a world of magic and mythical creatures.
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Dissecting a Climax
Choose a favorite book or movie and write about its climactic scene from your perspective.
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Lucid Dreams Unfolding
Incorporate elements of a lucid dream into a short story where the line between reality and subconscious become blurred.
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Subway Catastrophe
You’re trapped in a stopped subway train as zombies close in from both directions.
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Hero’s Journey
Narrate a fantasy story about an ordinary teenager who suddenly learns of their extraordinary destiny.
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The Wacky Wizard School
Create a story about a strange school only for wizards, and their bizarre, magical classes.
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Your Own Fairy Tale
Write out your own original fairy tale, complete with a mystical creature, a daring quest, and a moral at the end.
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Underwater Cities
Imagine a bustling underwater city and describe the day-to-day life of its inhabitants.
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Unexpected Reversal
Write about a character who has everything going for them and then, in a mere sentence, everything changes.
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The Unheard Verse
Your all-time favorite Christmas song has a long-lost verse. What are the lyrics and how do they change the story?
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Super Sentence Superheroes
Invent a superhero and write at least ten sentences about this hero using complex sentences.
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Into the Fishbowl
Imagine a world where fish rule the land and humanity is confined to small, water-filled bowls.
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Succeeding in a Superpowered Bureaucracy
Consider a superhero whose abilities might not traditionally be seen as “heroic” but are highly valuable in a bureaucratic structure.
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Gratitude Ladder
Jot down ten people or things that you feel grateful for, ranging from the small to large in importance.
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Galactic Politics
Analyze the politics and power structures in the Star Wars universe, focusing on the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire.
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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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My Kingdom, My Rules
Describe a kingdom where you are the ruler. What are the rules? What is the culture like?
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The dictatorship of Data Privacy
Write a story set in a world where those who protect their data are the rulers.
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Invent a Land
Create a fictional world and describe the rules, customs, landscapes, and inhabitants.
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Warping Time
Imagine a world where time flows backwards and create a day in the life of a character living in it.
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Authentic Autobiography
Write a short autobiographical account of a significant moment in your life, using correct verb tenses consistently.
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Wondrous World Traveler
Write a travelogue of a trip to your dream destination, focusing on the use of prepositions in your descriptions.
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Intricate Time Machine
If you could design your own time machine, how would it be? Write about it using simple, compound, and complex sentences.
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Crafting Perfect Paragraphs
Write a paragraph describing a meal that you recently had, in a way that stimulates all the senses.
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Animalistic Society
Inspired by George Orwell’s Animal Farm, use animals to represent different groups of people in a particular setting, and examine the power dynamics, conflict, and cooperation that exist.
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Lost City of the Dead
An archaeologist discovers an entrance to an ancient underground city that’s cursed by its deceased inhabitants.
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Defying Gravity
Consider how the principles of buoyancy allow a massive structure like a ship to float.
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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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Creating a Storyboard
Write about your favorite movie or book, presenting it in the formof a storyboard.
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Navigating Future Societies
Write about how you envision the societal structure changing after the pandemic.
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Letter to the President
Write a formal letter to the President of your country expressing your ideas and opinions.
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The Unorthodox Peace Treaty
Detail the negotiation and signing of a peace treaty between human leaders and the zombies.
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Formatting Fiasco: A Comedy of Errors
Write a comedic dialogue where two characters cannot understand each other because of poor writing formatting.
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Clarity Through Structure
Write a narrative piece about a day in your life, using clear paragraphing and formatting to help convey your message.
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The Power of Effective Formatting
Write an argumentative essay on the importance of proper formatting in writing.
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Creation of an Alternate World
Create a world different from ours by scrapping one major societal norm and detailing the effects.
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The Library Structure
Imagine designing your dream library, bringing in the most exciting features and comfortable atmospheres. Detail your vision.
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First Day of School
Write about the day you first went to kindergarten, describe your feelings that day.
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The Pantser versus the Planner
Explore the pros and cons of spontaneous writing versus planned writing.
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Rise of the Zombie Gods
Write a tale where Greek, Roman, Egyptian or any other gods are believed to be the cause of the zombie apocalypse.
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In The Shadow Of The Giants
Describe a day in the life of a small creature living in the imposing shadow of a mountain range.
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The Missing Heiress Scandal
Write a story about an enigmatic young heiress who mysteriously disappears overnight leaving behind a wealth of clues.
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The Hero’s Journey
Draw parallels between your past year’s story and the popular literary structure known as “The Hero’s Journey”.
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Sunburned Sonnets
Compose a sonnet capturing the beauty and loss associated with the close of summer.
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Paranormal Particle
Envision a world where the unveiling of a paranormal particle brings forth an age of superpowers and supernatural abilities.
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Winter’s Hidden Realm
A hidden realm exists within each snowflake’s crystal structure, describe a journey into one.
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Interrupted Story Arcs
Choose a narrative that deviates from the traditional plot structure, analyzing how it changes the impact on the reader.
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The Unsuspected Present
You found a surprise present in your home. Detail the sequence of events from that moment.
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The Missing Cookie Mystery
You found the cookie jar empty! Write a detective story on how this happened, from start to finish.
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Monumental Significance
Pick a historical monument and write as if you’re a tour guide explaining its history and importance.
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The End is the Beginning
Write a flash fiction story that ends on the same note or line as it started.
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Characters from Books
Create a short story including your favorite characters from the books you have read.
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Power of Choices
Write a fairy tale based on choices and consequences, underlining the importance of making right decisions.
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Shapes Of The City
Sketch an urban landscape using only basic shapes, then describe how each shape contributes to the city.
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Lost Civilization
Write a detailed account of an undiscovered civilization found in an unknown part of your imaginary world.
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Mastering the Structure
Describe the typical structure of a well-written journal entry and why it’s crucial to follow it.
