3319+ ‘Time’ Writing Prompts
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Snow-Painted Memories
Experiment with a narrative where memory is represented as snow – covering everything with an ethereal beauty.
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Northern Lights Phenomenon
Describe the experience of witnessing the Northern Lights for the first time.
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Lush Solstice
Imagine a version of Earth where Winter Solstice instead ushers in a wave of intense plant growth overnight.
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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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Frozen in Time
Write a poem illustrating a frozen landscape, and unravel the metaphors housed within it.
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Snowman’s Diary
Pen a diary entry from a snowman who has come to life, witnessing the world around him for the first…
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Comfort Food Chronicles
Describe your favorite winter comfort food, its preparation, and why you love it.
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Holiday Travellers
Describe a scenario of late-night travelers as viewed from your window on a cold Christmas night.
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Birdsong Dawn
Write about waking up to the orchestra of bird songs bathing your early April morning.
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The Art of Solitude
Describe a time when you were alone, how it felt, and what you learned about yourself.
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Understanding Emotional Trajectory
Chronicle a timeline of your emotional growth from childhood to the present day.
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Flight of the Snoozing Snail
Imagine a story about a docile snail that dreams of being a swift, fearless dragon, and somehow, miraculously transforms into…
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Power of Kindness
Write a story involving a time when someone showed kindness to you or when you showed kindness to others.
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Understanding Emotions
Write about a time when you felt really happy or sad, capturing in words the emotions you experienced.
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Robot Horse Roundup
In a dystopian future where the old West is a theme park filled with robotic animals, narrate the tale of…
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Time-Traveling Cowboy
A cowboy accidentally falls into a time portal and lands in modern times, trying to make sense of city life…
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Fight with the Time Machine
Discover a time machine on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Where do you decide to go and why?
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Time-Traveling Weekend
Write about a weekend where you find a time machine, and you decide to explore a different era.
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Nurture and Nature
Write about a time when you found healing in nature, or imagine a place in nature where you could bring…
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Revitalizing Loved Skills
List down skills or hobbies which you’ve loved doing in the past but currently don’t have time for.
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Grateful for Challenges
Pick a difficult period or challenge in your life that you are now thankful for.
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Midnight Operation
During wartime, you are a top-secret operative tasked to sabotage a critical enemy infrastructure without being detected.
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The Unseen Patriot
Imagine you are a double agent in World War II, working to mislead enemy forces while all along being true…
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Temporal Space Standoff
Write about a war in which both sides have access to time-travel technology.
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Quaking Quandary
Write a journal entry as a Geologist on the verge of predicting a massive earthquake.
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Whispers of the Classroom
Recall a time in your childhood when you felt afraid or anxious because you didn’t understand something in school.
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The Time Pocket
Write about a time in your childhood that you’d want to relive or visit. Embed this moment in your sanctuary.
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Balancing Act
Delve into how you balanced virtual learning with your other responsibilities or hobbies.
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Transcendent Tyranny
Write about a villain who aims to harness time travel, potentially altering history to favor their reign.
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Evolution of Evil
Dive into the transformation of a minor villain into a fearsome antagonist, outlining the experiences that escalate their villainy.
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Dying Sun
Write about a vampire who desires to experience the sun one last time before their eternal slumber.
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Lover’s Sunset
Craft a narrative about a vampire in-love with a mortal, knowing their time is limited.
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Face of the Monster
A vampire, once a considerate human, has to battle with his new monstrous identity against his residual human conscience.
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Sorrow of the Undead
Write about a vampire who begins to experience regret for the things he can never have – a normal life,…
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Searching for Purpose
A centuries-old vampire begins to question the purpose of his eternal existence.
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Eternal Loneliness
The vampire grapples with the despair of living forever while everyone around him ages and passes away.
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The Taste of Time
Write about the shifts in history you’ve experienced as an immortal being, focusing on significant events and trends.
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Time-Travelling Bloodlust
In a world where time travel is possible, a vampire is chasing victims through different eras.
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Enduring Eternity
Write about a vampire who is grappling with the weight of watching the world progress over centuries.
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Revolution’s Fangs
Set a story in a time of great socio-political upheaval where a vampire must choose sides.
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Love at First Sight
Compose a Valentine’s Day Haiku that captures the magic and mystery of love at first sight.
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Expressing Emotions
Describe a time when you found it difficult to express your feelings to someone you cared about.
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Cryogenic Valentines
Write a romantic story about two individuals who find love after being cryogenically preserved for hundreds of years.
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A Valentine for Mom and Dad
Write about the time when you decided to surprise your parents with Valentine’s day cards.
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Love’s First Flutter
Capture the moment when you noticed a classmate in a different light on Valentine’s Day.
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Sparks in the Stars
Imagine having to declare your love to your secret crush during a town’s famous Valentine’s Day star-gazing event.
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The Five Languages of Love
Describe how you would express love in each of “The Five Love Languages”.
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Love Lost in Time
Write a tale about a love letter lost in time, discovered many years later on Valentine’s Day.
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Temporal Dialogues
Write a conversation between two people in the same place but different time periods.
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Reality Altered
Imagine waking up in the same place but a different time, how will your normal routine be affected?
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Fictitious City
Create a city that exists in a different dimension and time. Describe a day in the life of a resident.
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Historic Encounter
Imagine a day in your life swapped with a day in the life of someone from another era. Detail the…
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Emotional Archiving
Write about a moment when you felt an emotion particularly strongly, whether it be happiness, anger, sadness, or any other…
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Facing Fears
Write about a time you were truly frightened, describe the emotions you felt and how you dealt with that fear.
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Sun’s Long Day
Write a journal entry as the sun, describing the different parts of the earth you’ve seen all day.
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Time Capsule Wonders
Imagine you found a Time Capsule from the past. Detail what items you find in it and tell the story…
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Once Upon a Time in a Land Far Away
Create a completely new land and write a tale taking place there.
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A Christmas Awakening
Narrate an account of Christmas morning from your Christmas tree’s perspective.
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Childhood Dreams Revisited
Capture your childhood dreams, both literal and metaphorical, and their particularities.
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Parallels in Time
Describe a situation where your protagonist simultaneously exists in two parallel realities, experiencing different lives.
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The Healing Path
Contemplate and write about how would you cope with the pain associated with unrequited love.
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Twists of Time
There is a magic watch that can manipulate time according to the wearer’s will, but every action has unexpected ripple…
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Journey to the Center of Your Strength
Write about a time when you had to tap into an unknown strength or skill to overcome a challenge.
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The World in a Snow Globe
Write a story from the perspective of a figure trapped inside a snow globe.
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The Hidden Borough
Imagine a hidden borough in your city which can only be accessed through a magical portal.
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Whispers of All Hallows’ Eve
Recount an unforgettable Halloween night, focusing on the emotions it brought forth and why it was significant.
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Unseen Santa Claus
Imagine you are Santa Claus, what are your challenges and adventures on Christmas Eve?
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Unexpected White Christmas
Write about a time when you experienced snow for the first time or in a place where it usually doesn’t…
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A Trip with the Almighty
Your main character suddenly discovers their travel partner is the one and only – God. And this God loves a…
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Time Lapse Tryst
The protagonist begins to experience lapses in time and discovers their future self is coming back to change the course…
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A Christmas Reunion
Write about an old friend or relative who surprisingly turns up at your Christmas dinner after years of absence.
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Beneath the Ice
Narrate a story about an expedition team that uncovers an ancient civilization trapped under Antarctic ice.
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5 Love Languages
Identify your primary love language and describe how this influences your relationships.