WritingPrompts

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[WP] Middle Ages, you’re a foot soldier and you found an enemy soldier in the forest, far away from any battlefield. You’ve both engaged in combat and have given each other mortal wounds; neither can move and you’re about 3 meters away, but neither of you will die for hours. You slowly start to talk	130
[WP]You somehow managed to convince 5000 of your countrymen that God has empowered you to lead them to freedom from an oppressive ruler. Reaching a vast ocean, the dictator is on your heels. In an act of desperation, you raise your staff and say: "Lord, part the seas" To your surprise, the seas part	61
[WP] During WWII, in a secret operation the U.S. army scoured through prisons and mental hospitals in search for serial killers and mass murders that were dropped in Axis territory with simple equipment and food, left to prey on the civilian population. You are one of these killers.	41
[WP] You are in an airplane that is about to crash. When you look around, you see every possible way of coping with reality; hysteria, crying, desperation, and even calm acceptance	10
[EU] You are D.B. Cooper, the skyjacker who in 1971 pulled off the perfect airline-crime. You can start writing either before, during, or after the crime.	8
[EU] There was no plague: Friar John was able to reach Romeo in time with the note explaining Friar Laurence and Juliet’s “fake death” plan	5
[WP]You are Karen and have just died after eating bad scallops you received as an apology for poor service at a local diner. As you get to the Pearly Gates and meet St. Peter, you are outraged to find out that your death wasn’t “Christian” enough to warrant entry to Heaven. You are set on getting in	5
[WP]100 million years in the future, the equivalent of modern day humans have built a society technologically similar to our own. Interestingly, their archeologists find evidence for catastrophic mass extinctions and rising sea levels dating back 100 million years. What could have happened?	3
[WP] It's 2026. You're at home with your significant other watching the World Cup. Your kids all have their friends over, being loud and cheering as your national team is in the lead in the second half of the quarterfinals.	3
[CC] Short story about the forgotten runner boy.	2

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