Generally school writing prompts are bland and watered down, I suppose, to avoid anything a parent might disapprove of. Usually I'm asleep after reading 3 or 4 ;-) Most of these are refreshing. :-)
Each question below links to the original blog post where anyone from ages 13-25 may post. (Last names are removed and each comment is reviewed before being posted so it's a safe place to voice opinions.)
It's a bit of a stretch to tie this to speculative fiction -- you could ask your characters some of these questions :-) -- but it seemed too good of a list to pass up when I stumbled across it.
- Do You Know People Who Cheat on High-Stakes Tests?
- What Five Living People Should Be on the New Postage Stamps?
- Are the Web Filters at Your School Too Restrictive?
- What Famous Landmarks Have You Visited?
- Do Boys Have Less Intense Friendships Than Girls?
- How Impulsive Are You?
- How Much Do You Gossip?
- Would You Like to Live in Another Country?
- Who Are Your Opponents in Online Gaming?
- What’s on Your Playlist?
- If You Drink or Use Drugs, Do Your Parents Know?
- Does Your Homework Help You Learn?
- Do You Know Your First Amendment Rights?
- How Much Time Do You Spend in Nature?
- What Are the Most Important Changes, in Your Life and in the World, in the Last Decade?
- What Do You Wish Your Teachers Knew About You?
- What Are You Really Learning at School?
- What Teacher Would You Like to Thank?
- What Are the Right and Wrong Ways to Commemorate 9/11?
- How Should Schools Address Bullying?
- Did Your Parents Have a Life Before They Had Kids?
- Who Has the Power in School Social Life?
- Have You Experienced a Severe Weather Event?
- Do We Need a New Way to Teach Math?
- Do You Like Horror Movies?
- Is Your School Day Too Short?
- Is Modern Culture Ruining Childhood?
- What Would You Do if You Were President?
- What Do You Hope to Get Out of High School?
- Do You Have a Hard Time Making Decisions?
- Should Rich People Have to Pay More Taxes?
- How Do You Prepare to Go Back to School?
- How Have You Paid Tribute to Loved Ones?
- Who Are Your Favorite Movie Stars?
- How Did You Learn About Sex?
- Do You Choose Summer Activities to Look Good on Applications?
- Does Your School Value Students’ Digital Skills?
- What Are the Basic ‘Rules’ for Handling Breakups?
- What Fan Memorabilia Would You Pay Big Bucks For?
- Do You Know Your Way Around Your City or Town?
- Do You Play Violent Video Games?
- Are You More Introvert or Extrovert?
- Do You Read E-Books?
- Would You Pay Extra for a 3-D Movie?
- Do You Worry About the Lack of Anonymity in the Digital Age?
- What’s the Best Advice You’ve Gotten?
- What Makes a Graduation Ceremony Memorable?
- What Are Your Favorite Summer Hangouts?
- Do You Have Too Much Homework?
- What Is Your Best Subject?
- Are You Working This Summer?
- Where Do You Find New Music?
- What’s Your Role in Your Family?
- How Do You Feel About Your Last Name?
- Should Anthony Weiner Resign?
- Do You Talk About Report Cards With Your Parents?
- What Limits Should There Be on Teachers Writing Publicly About Students?
- How Do You Feel About Proms?
- What’s on Your Summer Reading List?
- Do You Have a Life Calling?
- Do You Speak a Second, or Third, Language?
- Are You Popular, Quirky or Conformist?
- Is College Overrated?
- Is 14 a ‘Magic Age’ for Forming Cultural Tastes?
- Is Cheerleading a Sport?
- Whose Fault Is It if a Child Is Failing in School?
- What’s Your Reaction to the Schwarzenegger Scandal?
- What Are the Best Things You’ve Acquired Secondhand?
- Was Common a Good Choice for White House Poetry Night?
- How Do You Define Wealthy?
- Are Adults Hurting Young Children by Pushing Them to Achieve?
- What Are Your Favorite Works of Art?
- What Nicknames Have You Ever Gotten or Given?
- Would You Want to Be a Tween or Teen Star?
- What Is Your Facebook Persona?
- Do Fraternities Promote Misogyny?
- How Would You Do on a Civics Test?
- Should Obama Have Released the Photos of Bin Laden’s Body?
- What Would You Do With a Gap Year?
- How Has Travel Affected You?
- What Is Your Reaction to the Death of Osama bin Laden?
- Do You Write in Cursive?
- Are You Going to Watch the Royal Wedding?
- What Annoys You?
- Is Your Generation More Self-Centered Than Earlier Generations?
- Why Do Doubts Persist About Where President Obama Was Born?
- What Are You Looking Forward To This Summer?
- Are You Afraid of Math?
- Are You a Good Driver?
- What Personal Achievements Make You Proud?
- Do You Get Enough Sleep?
- Nature or Nurture?
- What Song/Artist Pairings Would You Like to Hear?
- Does Your Digital Life Have Side Effects?
- What Ethical Dilemmas Have You Faced?
- What Can You Learn from ‘Teen Mom’?
- What Is the Perfect Combination of Children for Family Happiness?
- Is Online Learning as Good as Face-to-Face Learning?
- What Possessions Does Your Family Treasure?
- Would People Join an ‘Atheist Club’ in Your School?
- What Ideas Do You Have for a Reality Show?
- Do You Expect Your Parents to Give You Money?
- What Memorable Poetry Have You Ever Read or Heard?
- Should Schools Be Allowed to Use Corporal Punishment?
- Would You Want to Be a Teacher?
- How Should Educators and Legislators Deal With Minors Who ‘Sext’?
- What Places Do You Remember Fondly From Childhood?
- Where Do You See Yourself in 10 Years?
- Do You Use Twitter?
- Why Should We Care About Events in Other Parts of the World?
- What Would You Plan If a Local Museum Paid You to Attract Teens?
- What Do You Think of an SAT Essay Question About Reality TV?
- What Does ‘Middle Class’ Mean to You?
- What Role Do Pets Play in Your Family?
- What Are Some Recent Moments of Happiness in Your Life?
- What News Stories Are You Following?
- What Are the Best Live Theatrical Performances You’ve Ever Seen?
- Do You Eat Cafeteria Food?
- What Would You Like to Have Memorized?
- Does Class Size Matter?
- Why Do We Care About Charlie Sheen?
- What Role Should Community Colleges Play?
- Should Guns Be Permitted on College Campuses?
- Are You Hard or Easy on Yourself?
- What Hidden Talents Might You Have?
- How Do You Relieve Stress?
- Would You Mind if Your Parents Blogged About You?
- How Do You Define ‘Family’?
- Have You Ever Lost (or Found) Something Valuable?
- Do You Write in Your Books?
- What Are Your Favorite Games?
- How Important Is Fashion to You?
- What ‘Urban Legends’ Are There About Places in Your Area?
- What Are Your Ideas for School Fund-Raisers?
- How Do You Feel About Valentine’s Day?
- What Music Are You Listening To?
- What Are Your Best Sleepover Memories?
- What Cause Would Get You Into the Streets?
- How Important Is Arts Education?
- What Are Your Favorite Commercials?
- Do You Unknowingly Submit to Peer Pressure?
- What Will the Future Be Like?
- How Are You Handling This Winter Weather?
- What Is Your Racial and Ethnic Identity?
- Have You Been Following the News About Egypt?
- Are You a Saver or a Tosser?
- What Would a TV Show About Your Town Spoof?
- What Is Your Reaction to Obama’s Second State of the Union Address?
- Are Your Eating Habits Healthy?
- What’s Your Sunday Routine?
- Have You Ever Sent an Odd Message Because of Autocorrect?
- How Permissive Are Your Parents?
- How Should Parents Handle a Bad Report Card?
- When Do You Remember Learning a New Word?
- How Would You Like to Help Our World?
- Do You Have a Tutor?
- To What Piece of Technology Would You Write a ‘Love Letter’?
- How Do You Use Wikipedia?
- Should All Students Get Equal Space in a Yearbook?
- What Are Your Personal Superstitions?
- Should Stores Sell Violent Video Games to Minors?
- How Much Food Does Your Family Waste?
- Which Pop Music Stars Fascinate You?
- Would You Vote This Year If You Could?
- What Would You Ask President Obama?
- What Would You Risk Your Life For?
- Where in the World Would You Like to Get Lost?
- To What Business Would You Like to Give Advice?
- Do You Judge Political Candidates by Their Looks?
- Would You Trade Your Paper Books for Digital Versions?
- Do You Want to Live to 100?
- Do You Support or Oppose the Death Penalty?
- What is Your Favorite Place in Your House?
- Why Do We Like Reality Shows So Much?
- What ‘Mundane Moments’ From Your Life Might Make Great Essay Material?
- What Sports Teams Do You Root For?
- How Do Your Parents Teach You to Behave?
- To What Writer Would You Award a Prize?
- Can Money Buy You Happiness?
- How Would You Do in a ‘Free School’?
- What Do You Think of the Tea Party?
- What Should the Punishment Be for Acts of Cyberbullying?
- What Health Tips Have Worked for You?
- Can You Pass a Basic Religion Test?
- What Superpower Do You Wish You Had?
- What Advice Would You Give Younger Kids About Middle or High School?
- Are There Books That Should Be Banned From Your School Library?
- What Do You Want Your Obituary to Say?
- How (Over)Protective Are Your Parents?
- Do You Use Study Guides?
- Can Cellphones Be Educational Tools?
- What’s Special About Your Hometown?
- How Concerned Are You About Where Your Food Comes From?
- Is America a Great Country?
- How Will You Decide Where to Apply to College?
- What New Shows, Albums, Games or Movies Are You Looking Forward To?
- What Do You Remember About September 11, 2001?
- What Are You Looking Forward to (or Dreading) This School Year?
- Is Everything You’ve Been Taught About Study Habits Wrong?
- Do You Identify Yourself as a Democrat or a Republican?
- Do Your Test Scores Reflect How Good Your Teachers Are?
- Are You Allowed to Date?
- What’s on Your Fall Fashion Shopping List?
- How Would You Spend Grant Money for Schools?
- How Important Do You Think It Is to ‘Build Character’?
- Are You Putting Off Adulthood?
- What Artists Do You Consider ‘Sellouts’? Why?
- Should Students Get to Evaluate Their Teachers?
- What Is Your Favorite Comedy?
- Can a Video Game Be a Work of Art?
- What Can You Make From Scratch?
- Do You Agree With Obama’s Decision to Relieve McChrystal?
- Does Your Generation Have Too Much Self-Esteem?
- Are Your Grades Inflated?
- Do You Have a Best Friend?
- Can You Beat a Computer at ‘Jeopardy!’?
- What’s the Most Challenging Assignment You’ve Ever Had?
- What Do You Think of Obama’s Oval Office Speech on the Oil Spill?
- Do You Believe in Equal Rights for Women and Men?
- Do You Know Boys Who Regard Girls as ‘Prey’?
- Whom Would You Choose as a Commencement Speaker?
- What Life Lessons Has Adversity Taught You?
- Do You Have a Summer Job?
- What’s Your Favorite Summer Food?
- What Merit Badge Would You Create?
- What Can You Learn About Politics From Pop Songs?
- What Can You Learn From Other Religions?
- What Would a Video Study Reveal About Your Family?
- What Do Older Generations Misunderstand About Yours?
- How Young Is Too Young to Climb Mount Everest?
- What Questions Do You Have For Scientists in the Field?
- What Era Do You Wish You Had Lived In?
- What Are Your Attitudes Toward Money?
- What Would Your Dream House Be Like?
- What Assumptions Do People Make About You?
- What’s the Story Behind Your Name?
- Whom Would You Interview? What Would You Ask?
- Do You Believe in Intelligent Alien Life?
- Do You Worry About Terrorism?
- What Is Your Favorite Summer Movie?
- Is ‘Doing Nothing’ a Good Use of Your Time?
- What Cause Would You Rally Others to Support?
- What Music Are You Listening To?
- How Much Are You Influenced by Advertising?
- Would You Help an Injured Stranger?
- What Do You Think About the New Arizona Immigration Law?
- What’s the Coolest Thing You’ve Ever Seen in a Museum?
- Do Apps Help You or Just Waste Your Time?
- Do You Keep a Diary or Journal?
- Should Schools Offer Cash Bonuses for Good Test Scores?
- Would You Like to Take a Class Online?
- Are Children of Illegal Immigrants Entitled to a Public Education?
- What Is Your Personal Credo?
- How Do You Personalize the Things You’re Required to Have at School?
- Should Students Be Required to Take Drug Tests?
- Do You Participate in Class?
- Do Attractive People Have Advantages Others Don’t?
- What Motivates You?
- Do You Support Affirmative Action?
- What Role Does Television Play in Your Life and the Life of Your Family?
- Why Do You Write?
- How Do You Use Facebook?
- What Journey Do You Most Want to Make?
- What Are You Afraid Of?
- What Have You Made Yourself?
- Do You Trust Your Government?
- What Are Your Favorite Cartoons?
- Who Is Your Role Model?
- Does Pop Culture Deserve Serious Study?
- Do You Have Good Manners?
- What Causes Should Philanthropic Groups Finance?
- Should Fertilized Eggs Be Given Legal Personhood?
- What Challenges Have You Set for Yourself?
- Have You Experienced Sexual Harassment?
- Do Leaders Have Moral Obligations?
- Would You Want to Be Home-Schooled?
- Do Presidential Candidates Need to Be Good Debaters?
- Do You Shop at Locally Owned Businesses?
- Are You a Brand?
- Do You Sympathize With the Occupy Wall Street Movement?
- What Do You Read, and How Do You Read It?
- Should People Be Allowed to Obscure Their Identities Online?
- Which Is More Important: Talent or Hard Work?
- Do Your Parents Support Your Learning?
- What Are You Grateful For?
- What Time Should Black Friday Sales Start?
- What Are You Good At?
- Do Photoshopped Images Make You Feel Bad About Your Own Looks?
- When in Your Life Have You Been a Leader?
- What Would You Put in Your Emergency ‘Go-Bag’?
- What Artists or Bands of Today Are Destined for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
- Which Republican Candidate Will Win the Presidential Nomination?
- What’s Next for Computing?
- What New Emoticons Does the World Need?
- Should the Morning-After Pill Be Sold Over the Counter to People Under 17?
- Are We Losing the Art of Listening?
- Do You Discuss Religion With Friends?
- What Places in Your Past Do You Appreciate More Now, From a Distance?
- Would You Consider Deleting Your Facebook Account?
- Is It Wrong to Sell Store-Bought Pastries at a Bake Sale?
- What Will You Remember Most From 2011?
- Have You Ever Interacted With the Police?
- Can You Be Good Without God?
- What’s Your Favorite Holiday Food Memory?
- How Are You Spending the Holiday Break?
- Do You Make New Year’s Resolutions?
- Do You Have a Signature Clothing Item?
- Do Your Teachers Use Technology Well?
- What Would Your Personal Mascot Be?
- What Is Your Favorite Place?
- What if Your Parent Ran for President?
- What Game Would You Like to Redesign?
- What’s Your Favorite (Printable) Slang Term?
- Should Charities Focus More on America?
- What Is the Right Amount of Group Work in School?
- Given Unlimited Resources, What Scientific or Medical Problem Would You Investigate?
- Who Would You Share Your Passwords With?
- Do You Think You’re Brave?
- What Is Your Most Memorable Writing Assignment?
- What Would You Like to Learn on Your Own?
- What’s Your Response to Obama’s Third State of the Union Address?
- What Are the Best Movies You Saw in 2011?
- Should the Dropout Age Be Raised?
- How Should You Handle the End of a Friendship?
- Do You Have a Blog?
- Do You Watch the Super Bowl?
- Do You Cook?
- Do College Rankings Matter?
- Do You Like Being Alone?
- What Story Does Your Personal Data Tell?
- How Would You Make Over Your Mall?
- How Do Male and Female Roles Differ in Your Family?
- Should Home-Schoolers Be Allowed to Play Public School Sports?
- Do You Eat Too Quickly?
- Who Inspires You?
- Are You a Novelty-Seeker?
- Would You Rather Attend a Public or a Private High School?
- How Much Information Is ‘Too Much Information’?
- Should Companies Collect Information About You?
- What Do You Eat During the School Day?
- What Are Your Favorite Young Adult Novels?
- What Kind of Feedback Helps You Improve?
- What Are Your Family Stories of Sacrifice?
- What’s the Racial Makeup of Your School?
- Fluent in Vocal Fry, Creaky Voice or Uptalk?
- What Would You Name Your Neighborhood?
- Can Kindness Become Cool?
- What Is Your Reaction to the Rush Limbaugh Controversy?
- What Have You Done to Earn Money?
- What Questions Do You Have About How the World Works?
- What Are Your Favorite Junk Foods?
- How Well Do You Think Standardized Tests Measure Your Abilities?
- How Important Is It to Have a Driver’s License?
- Do Social Media Campaigns Like Kony 2012 Stunt or Stimulate Real Change?
- How Do You Feel About Zoos?
- Would You Quit if Your Values Did Not Match Your Employers?
- Should the R Rating for ‘Bully’ Be Changed?
- Are Antismoking Ads Effective?
- Where Is the Line Between Truth and Fiction?
- How Productive and Organized Are You?
- What’s the Coolest Thing You’ve Ever Seen in a Museum?
- What Is Your Reaction to the Trayvon Martin Case?
- What Can Other Schools Learn — and Copy — From Your School?
- What Do You Hope to Be Doing the Year After You Graduate From College?
- What Small Things Have You Seen and Taken Note of Today?
- Do You Know How to Code?
- What Movies, Shows or Books Do You Wish Had Sequels, Spinoffs or New Episodes?
- What Would You Do If You Won the Lottery?
- Do You Want to Write a Book?
- How Do You Celebrate Spring?
- Do You Spend Too Much Time on Smart Phones Playing ‘Stupid Games’?
- How Do You Archive Your Life?
- Should Couples Live Together Before Marriage?
- What Is Your Fantasy Vacation?
- Is It Ethical to Eat Meat?
- What Things Did You Create When You Were a Child?
- When Did You Last Have a Great Conversation?
- Why Do You Share Photos?
- What Leader Would You Invite to Speak at Your School?
- What Have You And Your Family Accomplished Together?
- Is TV Too White?
- How Necessary Is a College Education?
- How Much Does Your Life in School Intersect With Your Life Outside School?
- How Important Is Keeping Your Cool?
- Do You Prefer Your Tacos ‘Authentic’ or ‘Appropriated’?
- What’s Cluttering Up Your Life?
- When Have You Ever Failed at Something? What Happened as a Result?
- What Teacher Do You Appreciate?
- Do You Prefer Your Children’s Book Characters Obedient or Contrary?
- When Should You Feel Guilty for Killing Zombies?
- How Should Parents Address Internet Pornography?
- Does Mitt Romney’s High School Bullying Matter?
- Is TV Stronger Than Ever, or Becoming Obsolete?
- When Is It O.K. to Replace Human Limbs With Technology?
- How Far Would You Go for Fashion?
- How Often Do You Interact With People of Another Race or Ethnicity?
- What Would Your Fantasy Road Trip Be Like?
- Would You Consider a Nontraditional Occupation?
- How Full Is Your Glass?
- What’s On Your Summer Reading List?
- What’s Your Comfort Food?
- What Cuts Should Cash-Strapped Schools Make?
- When Do You Become an Adult?
- Who Would Be the Ideal Celebrity Neighbor?
- How Close Are You to Your Parents?
- How Do You Keep Up With the News?
- What Advice Would You Give to Somebody Who Just Started Dating?
- What Is Your Opinion About the Morning-After Pill?
- Do You Have a Job?
- When Should Juvenile Offenders Receive Life Sentences?
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