The Bookwyrm

I would like you to explain to me why you are not a nerd.

Because frankly, the evidence is not in your favor.

I think your definition of nerd might be askew, and so you think you aren't one.

Hello.

I am designing a sci-fi universe. And it's still very rough around the edges, though a lot of the core stuff is there. The basic premise is that a few decades from our modern era, a small percentage of humans begin manifesting an ability that allows them to manipulate the rules of the universe in a way that allows advanced space travel.

Fast forward about two thousand years, and there are now hundreds of planets in the Worlds of Humanity, organized into groups of worlds called Unities, many of which are based on cultures back on earth. (For example there's a Unity that's primarily inhabited by the descendants of the Polynesian people, one by the descendants of Africans, several that came from Asian cultures...) Others have developed entirely new cultures without any analog to old Earth peoples.

In order to get a better feel for this universe, I want to write character-focused stories that take place in the universe. But I lack a lot of ideas.

So here's your mission: Give me character-based writing prompts. I don't need anything outlandish. Just things you'd like to see a character doing in this universe. Some can be everyday actions, others could be more drastic.

I have one idea right now, which is where a parent (or parents) are telling their child the story of how they met. They'd both be scientists assigned to survey and colonize a frontier planet, and their child was one of the first born on this new planet.

But yeah. Any ideas would be great. No promises I'll actually write them...but I'll try, and if I do, I'll share them.

Hey, the other Bookworm is back!