500 Science Fiction Writing Prompts to Write Great Stories

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500 Science Fiction Writing Prompts

I’m a very talented writer – according to my many ghostwriting customers and the Amazon reviews on books that I’ve written.

But having the talent to write is not always enough…

I cannot tell you how many hours I’ve spent staring at a blank computer screen trying to figure out what I was going to write next…

All that time not writing, banging my head on the wall, because I can’t think of an idea is lost forever, never to be recovered.

Why is coming up with an idea so difficult?

Writer’s Block Is Horrible! But It Is Easily Defeated

There are many ways to crush writer’s block to get back to the important task of writing…

Because sitting there, staring at a blank screen is wasted time.

I conquer writer’s block by taking long walks, reading books by other people, and getting enough sleep.

That’s all well and good, but sometimes the problem is just figuring out what to write about.

Getting that kernel of an idea on which a whole story or novel or short eBook springs.

But it shouldn’t be so difficult to find new ideas.

After all, it’s a big universe with infinite variety…

Things are always happening…

People are always working, conflicts are occurring, and change is the only constant in life.

So, what’s the best way to break through that initial writer’s block?

How to eliminate or reduce the time trying to figure out the kernel of the story, the initial spark.

Introducing Science Fiction Writing Prompts!

To help you with the challenge of coming up with interesting ideas

To get you past the idea stage and into the fun and productivity of writing your book!

I’ve mapped out 500 Science Fiction writing prompts for your short Kindle eBooks.

Think about that for a moment,

500 writing prompts for science fiction. 500 different ideas for you to use to write a book. 500 ways to make money. All designed to get you started on your way to writing a great book!

Look At All the Topics! Each With One Or More Pages of Science Fiction Writing Prompts

Alien Invasions: Extraterrestrial beings initiating hostile actions on Earth or other planets.
Alternate Histories: Reimagined timelines where historical events have different outcomes, leading to divergent realities.
Alternate Universes: Existences parallel to our known universe with different laws, histories, or realities.
Apocalypse: Cataclysmic events causing extreme destruction or the end of the world as we know it.
Asteroids: Space rocks or celestial bodies often associated with potential collisions with planets.
Body Changes: Physical transformations, often dramatic, resulting from scientific, magical, or unknown phenomena.
Cloning: Reproduction of organisms or cells to create an identical copy, often used in narratives around identity or ethics.
Colonization: Establishment of control over distant planets or galaxies, often related to themes of imperialism or survival.
Crime: Unlawful activities often intertwined with science fiction through advanced technology or alien laws.
Environmental Changes: Alterations in planetary or cosmic ecosystems, often due to natural disasters, human activity, or alien influence.
Faster Than Light Travel: Hypothetical high-speed space travel exceeding the speed of light, often used to explore distant galaxies.
First Contact: The initial meeting between humans and extraterrestrial life, often a major plot point in sci-fi narratives.
Flight: The ability to navigate air space, often achieved through technology, mutation, or alien abilities.
Galactic Empire: A vast interstellar government, often ruled by an emperor, found in space opera genres.
Immortality: The concept of living forever, often explored in the context of future technology or alien species.
Internet of Things: Interconnectedness of devices and everyday objects via the internet, often leading to advanced smart systems or dystopian surveillance scenarios.
Machine Rule: Domination of artificial intelligence or robots over humans or other species.
Miniaturization: The process of making things smaller, often through advanced technology, to achieve various goals or overcome challenges.
Nano-Technology: Manipulation of matter on an atomic or molecular scale, often used for medical, technological, or military applications in sci-fi.
Robots: Autonomous machines capable of carrying out complex tasks, often personified and central to questions of sentience and rights.
Shape Shifting: The ability to alter one’s form or appearance, often a characteristic of alien species or advanced technology.
Slower-Than-Light Space Travel: Intergalactic travel at speeds slower than light, often involving long-duration, intergenerational journeys.
Space Stations: Structures in outer space for humans to live and work, often central to space exploration or conflict narratives.
Teleportation: Instantaneous travel from one location to another, often via technological or alien means.
Terraforming: The hypothetical process of modifying a planet’s atmosphere, temperature, or ecosystem to make it habitable for Earth-like life.
Time Travel: Moving forward or backward in time, often leading to paradoxes, alternate histories, and causality dilemmas.
Undersea Cities: Habitats located under the ocean, often in a future Earth or alien planets with predominantly water environments.
Utopia: An imagined perfect society or state of things, often contrasted with dystopian realities or challenged by underlying flaws.
Vampires: Supernatural beings who live by consuming the life essence (usually blood) of the living.
Virtual Worlds: Simulated environments often experienced through computer technology, playing into themes of identity, reality, and escapism.
Weapons: Tools or devices for causing harm or damage, often advanced or futuristic in science fiction.
Werewolves: Mythical creatures that shift between human and wolf forms, often tied to the lunar cycle.
World Government: A single governing body ruling the entire planet, often seen in futuristic or dystopian scenarios.
Wormholes: Hypothetical cosmic ‘shortcuts’ enabling quick travel across space and time.
Zombies: Reanimated corpses, often craving human flesh, symbolizing societal collapse or human fear of death and disease.

Pick a Sub-Genre, Any Sub-Genre, Then Find a Prompt You Like Then Write Your Story

You’ll only need a few minutes to find a prompt that you like… you have 500 Science Fiction Writing Prompts.

Then all you need to do is write the story around the idea sparked by the prompt.

Your brain will flood with ideas as the story forms in your mind.

Purchase 500 Science Fiction Writing Prompts today!

I know that once I have the idea for the story, I get very excited, then the writing becomes fast and furious. The words start to flow, and keep flowing, until before I know it, the story is done. Only $4.95 for a limited time only!

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Richard is the Owner and Senior Writer for The Writing King, a bestselling author, and ghostwriter. He's written and published 63 books, ghostwritten 48+ books, as well as hundreds of blog articles.