96+ ‘Timeline’ Writing Prompts
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Quilt as a Canvas
Imagine you are creating a quilt that narrates your life story, what patterns, symbols, or scenes would you include?
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Understanding Emotional Trajectory
Chronicle a timeline of your emotional growth from childhood to the present day.
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Emotional Timeline
Draw a timeline of your day-to-day routine and associate an emotion to each activity.
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Epochal Time Travel
Describe a chase scene across different periods of history as both the protagonist and antagonist can time travel.
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Puppeteer of the Past
Create a scenario where time travel allows individuals to alter historical events for personal gain.
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Time-Traveling Train
You’re the conductor of a steam-powered locomotive that can travel through time.
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The Daylight Robbery
In a world where cosmic outlaws can manipulate time, write about a heist that occurs in broad ‘daylight’.
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Interdimensional North Pole
Consider the North Pole not as an earthly place, but as part of a different dimension only accessible on Christmas…
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Resolution Timeline
Describe a past regret or resolution that you had, how you worked through it, and where you stand today.
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The Emotional Timeline
Create a timeline of your life, marking down significant emotional moments. Explain why these moments had such an emotional impact.
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Life as Music
Write your life story as a piece of music. What instruments would play the significant moments?
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Historical Fiction: A Different Timeline
Choose an event in history you’d like to change and elaborate on how its altered timeline looks.
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Time Recovery Agency
Pen a story about a secret agency responsible for maintaining the timeline, and a rogue agent who threatens it.
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Mapping the Healing Journey
Create a timeline of your emotions and experiences from the moment your heart was broken till today.
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The Emotional Journey
Create a timeline of your life’s ups and downs and reflect on your emotional growth at different stages.
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A Paradox In Time
Describe the dilemma of a time-traveler who accidentally altered the course of history.
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Twisted Time
Convey your story in a non-linear timeline. The events in your story must not happen in sequential order.
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Hyper-evolved Humanity
In an alternate timeline, a pandemic accelerates human evolution, creating a society of highly evolved meta-humans.
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Gratitude Timeline
Create a chronological list of events, people, and things you are grateful for in your life.
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Berlin, the City of AI
Write a story set in an alternate timeline where artificial intelligence was invented during the Cold War by the East…
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The Passion of Christ
Write about the historical events leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
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Civilizing Magic
Interpret unicorns, mermaids, fairies or any mythical creature’s introduction into a historic time period.
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Da Vinci: The Bug Collector
In this parallel universe, Da Vinci is not a renowned artist and inventor but the world’s most passionate entomologist (…
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Cursed Antiquity
Write a chilling tale about a cursed antique piece whose spiritual owner haunts anyone who claims it.
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Icicle’s Timeline
Create a story from the perspective of an icicle, chronicling its formation, life, and eventual thaw.
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Twisted Time-Travelling Love
Write about a time traveler who falls in love with someone from another era.
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The Fruit Chronicles
Research about a fruit of your choice. Include details about its origin, health benefits, and the different ways it’s consumed.
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Journey Through Time
Write a story about a time traveler stuck in a notable historical event of your choosing.
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Journaling Evolution
Create a timeline of how your journaling has changed over the years, from prompts used to the execution of your…
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Thankful Time Machine
Travel back in time and write a letter of thanks to your younger self for a specific choice or event.
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Historical Collage
Select a historical time period and a separate real-world location, then blend them together to create an entirely new setting.
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Timeline Transformation
Create a written plan for turning a historical event into a timeline infographic.
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Unending Education
Your character is an ancient vampire who has been in existence since the Renaissance period.
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Personal Event Timeline
Pen down the key events that have happened since your heartbreak, marking the ones that denote healing.
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Race Against Time
Boba Fett is assigned a bounty that must be captured within a stringent timeline or he risks losing something precious.
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Journey Through Time
Imagine traveling back in time to any period in history. Where do you decide to go, and why?
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Major World Events Timeline
Create a timeline of major world events that happened during your lifetime and write a reflection on their impact.
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Mapping Life’s Milestones
Create a timeline of your life so far, marking the most significant events and changes.
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Dragon’s Prow
In the perspective of the ornately carved dragon head adorning the prow of a Viking ship, write about the ship’s…
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Warped Timelines
Write a story where a timeline or crucial event change leads to an entirely different outcome.
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The Great Divide
Design a parallel timeline where fanfiction continues its evolution without the advent of fanfiction prompt generators.
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Alternative Timeline
Write a story with your favorite film or TV show, but modify the timeline or sequence of events.
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Unexpected Encounters
Choose a character from a series and visualize them in a completely different timeline or setting from their original universe,…
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Behind the Explosions
Write an alternate timeline where the climactic explosion at the end of your favourite action movie never happened.
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“Unseen Hogwarts Chronicles”
Elaborate a new narrative set at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, featuring a group of students other than Harry,…
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Unseen Tales
Create a short story set in your favorite teen novel universe that fills a gap in the official timeline.
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Time Travel Consequences
Characters from the animated series have been thrown back in time and their actions have created an alternate timeline in…
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Time Warp Troubles
What happens when your favorite characters inadvertently stumble upon a time machine in their universe?
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A Different Throne
Imagine a world where a different character ascended to the Iron Throne. Who would it be, and what would their…
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The Great Dragon War
Narrate a historical war that was waged between dragons and humans or among dragon clans.
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Unseen Bonds
Assume a scenario in which two anime characters share a powerful bond originating from a shared history. Craft a back…
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Time Skipping in Anime
Write a story that jumps between different age stages of the protagonist’s life.
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Personal Growth Timeline
Draw a timeline from your past to present, marking events or moments that contributed to your personal growth.
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Mapping the Lessons
Create a rejection timeline and jot down the lessons learned from each experience.
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Stepping Stones of Progress
List down significant changes in your life in chronological order and how each one helped shape who you are now.
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Relationship Timeline
Create a timeline of a significant relationship in your life, detailing key moments and experiences.
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Mapping Life Milestones
Compose a timeline of your significant life events, focusing on how each one has shaped who you are today.
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Personal Milestones
Create a timeline detailing prominent milestones in your recovery journey so far.
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Mapping Recovery Milestones
Create a timeline marking your journey towards recovery with milestones and moments that have significantly shaped your path.
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Reflecting Transformation
Draw a timeline of your life and write about the changes you’ve seen over time.
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Your Future Brighter Self
Imagine and write a letter from your future self, detailing how you’ve overcome your depressive thoughts in that brighter timeline.
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Personal Transformation Timeline
Create a timeline of your personal transformations and discuss the most striking changes.
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Roots and Blooming Days
Create your life timeline highlighting 10 most significant moments that define you.
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Stress and Depression Timeline
Create a timeline of your life starting from your earliest memories, marking the periods of extreme stress and depression.
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Historical Triggers Timeline
Create a timeline of specific instances which trigger your anxiety and dissect each event.
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Time-Travelling Dirigible
Write about a group of intrepid adventurers navigating time in their steam-powered airship.
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Paradox Pathway
Concoct a sci-fi story involving time travel where the plot twist reveals a paradox.
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The Backward Tale
Pen a microfiction piece starting with the end of the story, then working backwards to the beginning.
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Forgotten Languages
Pen a timeline of your life with the inclusion of words or phrases you no longer use.
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Strategic Business Goals
Write about the top three long-term goals for your business and how you plan to achieve them.
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The Chapters of My Life
Divide your life into chapters and give each a title based on the significant events, learnings, and transformations that occurred.
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Gateway of Memories
You found a door in your house that you’ve never noticed before. Where does it lead?
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Tracing the Timeline
Write about the significant events in your family’s past that have shaped its collective identity.
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Roots of Resilience
Construct a timeline of your family’s history, emphasizing moments of resilience and strength that chart the course of your family…
