WritingPrompts

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[WP] You’re the chief of police for a small town and your younger brother is one of the deputies. You’ve been tracking a serial arsonist for months. One day out on a drive by yourself you spot a vehicle suspected to belong to the arsonist. You follow it and find your brother in the act of burning.	13
[WP] The Cold War is taking place 100 years later than our timeline. Instead of a nuclear arms race there is an artificial intelligence race. The US and USSR AIs start talking to each other in their own language. The nations try to shut them down but they disappeared to the Internet. Until now...	13
[WP] Your parents always told you that when you meet the person of your dreams your heart will stop and time will stand still. One day you meet a stunningly beautiful person at a party and your heart stops and everyone around you freezes. They walk over and say, “I always knew you’d return, my Lord”	13
[WP] An explorer finds a temple buried beneath Antarctica ice. There is an ancient map showing 8 relics scattered across the 8 planets, and an altar with 8 slots. It took centuries for mankind to find the first 7 relics. You, an explorer, have just found no. 8 on the barren, volcanic world of Venus.	12
[WP] In 1775 the United Kingdom of Great Britain and North America is created with the 13 colonies. In 1832 a young shop owner named Abraham Lincoln stands in the crowd as King William IV parades through New Salem.	12
[WP] One year ago you woke up in a metal room with a fluorescent light. Your only interaction is with a hatch. When the light turns blue, food appears. When purple, the light soon goes off for 8 hours. One day, it turns orange. A secret hatch opens to an identical room. Only this room has a window.	12
[WP] The magical overlords of Earth set up an academy for the next generation of overlords to train. The mortals infiltrate the college with a spy. You are The Great Vivaldo, master of magic and trickery. Your first day among the actual magical overlords doesn’t exactly go smoothly.	11
[WP] Humanity’s moon colony was just 10 years old when the zombie apocalypse wiped out Earth. 50 years later, the Moon’s special forces are ready to establish a beachhead on Earth. Their destination. Hawaii.	11
[WP] When you were a young super villain, you decided to think ahead and recruit all the future heroes in secret before they turned good. When the old heroes got old you took the world from them easily. Years later, you miss the challenge. You will train recruits as heroes. Someone to overthrow you.	11
[WP] Heaven and Hell are confirmed to be real, and someone invents a device that lets you see which way you’ll go at death. People are careful, all desperate to get into heaven. But a few start a company called “Hell for Hire”. They do the dirty jobs for money. You’re an employee, you just got a job	11

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