WritingPrompts

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[WP] After witnessing the wise women and midwives in her village being put to death for witchcraft, a young Portuguese girl ventures into the mountains to find the real witches, whom she hopes can give her the power to exact revenge.	17
[CW] Write a short story set on a modern or slightly futuristic space station. Some constraints: no aliens, no Earth getting destroyed, no immediate mortal danger for the crew. Try to make it as interesting and character-investing as possible.	16
[WP] A team of developers is working on a supercomputer that adapts its OS to the user. During a test, a lead programmer's mute autistic daughter somehow activates it, becoming the only one capable of using a billion-dollar machine full of sensitive information.	15
[IP] "What is it?" "I have no idea. But they were willing to die for it, and that's what matters to us."	14
[WP] It's the civil trial of the millennium and EVERYONE is watching: God v. Approx. 120,578,492,663,781,225,313,000,000 souls. Against the advice of counsel, God opts to take the stand in his own defense.	13
[WP] You get the message "You are doing that too much, try again in -6 minutes" while trying to submit a post on Reddit. It's just a glitch, you think. But then you see a post you don't recall writing dated 12 minutes ago, a PM to your future self. Something weird is definitely going on.	12
[WP] You were born and raised on the great airship. You do not know where it is heading, or how long it has existed, or for what purpose. All you know are the laws of the Council on the upper decks-- most importantly, the airship can never be allowed to land.	10
[EU] Write from the point of view of Dr. Manhattan, as he experiments with being the God of his own universe after the events of "Watchmen"	10
[WP] In the near future, the government announces it plans to ban cars made before the year 2000 from the road. An outraged group of "classic" car enthusiasts plans to protest. But just as they're about to, a massive solar flare hits, bricking self-driving cars... but not theirs.	10
[WP] A little-known Austrian composer in 1683 is committed to an asylum for his erratic behavior. He insists that he is sane, yet he also claims he has been hearing music from the year 1983 in his sleep, and has become obsessed with reproducing these bizarre and frightening sounds.	9

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