WritingPrompts

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[WP] You know those front desk security guards in the movies who always die without even slowing the bad guys down? Well you're determined not to be that guy. One day, fate walks in through your revolving door.	18
[WP] A space probe spots a fleet of alien ships heading for Earth; they appear to be aggressive conquerors. In the following months, mankind reacts to this news in various ways. When the ships finally arrive, they drift harmlessly past, the aliens long dead of disease. Tell us your experience.	10
[WP] It turns out, everyone goes to Hell -- it's a place of atonement, where people are punished for the full weight of their sins before being allowed to continue to Heaven. You don't have long to spend in Hell after your death, but you're surprised by some of the people you meet.	10
[WP] In ancient times, you're an experienced craftsman who's been hired on to the most ambitious project ever devised -- a tower tall enough to reach Heaven itself. Everything is going fine until one day, suddenly you can't understand a thing anyone says.	9
[WP] You awake one morning with a subtle itch in your ear. As you reach up to scratch it you hear a hushed voice -- "Wait! I'm here to help!"	6
[WP] Something strange is happening... whenever you cook a meal, somehow you end up with rancid garbage. Starving and losing hope, you cook up some rancid garbage -- and an amazing meal appears.	6
[WP] A la Superman, you are sent alone to another humanoid planet where you assimilate into the existing culture, having to hide your alien heritage and incredible powers. The only thing is, you didn't gain any new powers... you're still just human.	5
[WP] One morning you wake up in a child's bed. You see yourself in the mirror, but the people imposing themselves as your parents call you by a different name and insist you go to school. You had a normal day yesterday, and the date today is correct.	3
[WP] Every night, you dream of a situation from earlier in the day, except the conversations are slightly different. Either 1) a lie someone told you will be replaced by the truth, or 2) a truth will be replaced by a lie. There is no indicator which sort of dream you're having.	3
An aide to the 'Mad King', you learn of an assassination plot. But the assassins are unaware of one small flaw in their plan, and now you have the power to decide if they succeed or fail.	1

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