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Best Dystopian Writing Prompts

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Your character, by chance or habit, peers through a telescope. They see something unusual — what is it?

Dystopian – 52 stories

Set your story in a silent house by the sea.

Dystopian – 61 stories

Set your story in a town disconnected from the rest of the world.

Dystopian – 36 stories

Set your story in a roadside diner.

Dystopian – 59 stories

Write about someone who’s lived on a tropical island their whole life and is leaving it for the very first time.

Dystopian – 83 stories

Start your story with a major news event breaking — one that will change the world forever.

Dystopian – 156 stories

Write a post-apocalyptic romance.

Dystopian – 196 stories

Write a story about an abandoned town.

Dystopian

Write a story about a character who is certain the world is going to end today.

Dystopian

You spot a shooting star and making a wish. Only the star looks like it's getting bigger and bigger. Suddenly you realize it's actually falling straight to earth.

Dystopian

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