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75 New Science Fiction Writing Prompts to Help Jumpstart Your Writing

These are 75 new science fiction writing prompts to help you get started on your next story. These are mostly broad story topics that you should be able to expand on or put a spin on to make your own great stories. Would love to know what you think about this list of science fiction […]Continue Reading
Aliens, Apocalyptic, Artificial Inteligence, Future Story Ideas, Robots, Short Story Ideas, Writing Prompts
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20 Quick Science Fiction Ideas Combining Popular Sci-Fi Themes.

Zombie on Mars A new virus has struck on Mars, turning a colony’s inhabitants into zombies. One last habitat has managed to remain locked down while the rest of the planet is devoured. Time Travel Alien Invasion A time traveler travels to the future into the middle of an alien invasion. But he has an […]Continue Reading
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16 Horror Story Ideas

The Deadly Day A boy is cursed by a witch to live the same horrifying day over and over again, like groundhog day, but with a serial killer chasing him. Killer Fat Camp Bobby’s parents sent him to fat camp. But unlike a normal fat camp, at this “camp” cannibals hook the kids up to […]Continue Reading
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6 Extraterrestrial Story Ideas

ex·tra·ter·res·tri·al/ˌekstrətəˈrestrēəl/adjectiveof or from outside the earth or its atmosphere."searches for extraterrestrial intelligence"nouna hypothetical or fictional being from outer space, especially an intelligent one. ALIEN REALITY TVA NASA engineer discovers a communication wave from an extraterrestrial culture, allowing us to view endless amounts of footage of alien life. Networks are created that offer the ability for […]Continue Reading
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25 Sci-Fi Writing Prompts

Before getting into my list of writing prompts from this week, I wanted to mention that the past few weeks I’ve been insanely inspired by short films on Dust (a really awesome youtube channel if you’ve never been there) It’s definitely had an impact on the way I think about science fiction. If you haven’t […]Continue Reading
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9 Horror Story Ideas

In the spirit of October and Halloween I figured I’d do a few horror/scary writing prompts. I find it a little more challenging to come up with horror story ideas. Most great horror fiction is just some adaptation of a previous ideas, with different characters and story lines. Family in the walls The Middleton family […]Continue Reading
Horror, Writing Prompts

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    I started this blog as a brainstorming exercise to see how many different unique science fiction ideas I can come up with. It's just a way to exercise the creative side of my brain a little everyday. I spend about 10 minutes on each idea. They are not meant to be complete stories with beginnings and endings. Would love to hear feedback on any of my ideas!