WritingPrompts

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[WP] A time-traveler goes back in time to Ancient Rome, having learned Classical Latin to prepare for the trip. The only problem is that the type of latin they learned was the type spoken by Roman senators, and so to the average Roman citizen, they come across as a pretentious asshole.	46
[CW] Write a horror story in the format of a Wikipedia article.	41
[WP] In a world full of superpowers, yours is one of the most bizarre yet powerful: the ability to use the wrong formula, but get the correct answer.	39
[CW] Write a horror story in the format of Amazon reviews.	33
[WP] Superpowers can be awakened in people, but only after a near-death experience. Drowning gives you water powers, suffocation gives you wind powers, etc. You are the first person to survive a nuclear bomb.	31
[WP] They call him the blundering god. A man who put all of his points into luck in exchange for zero dexterity. Whenever he trips, fortune comes to him and misfortune comes to his enemies.	29
[WP] When the aliens invaded, humanity expected them to land in the United States or somewhere in Europe. Nobody could have predicted that the aliens would target Uzbekistan first.	27
[WP] Every 100 years a cruise ship disaster occurs -- in 1912 it was the Titanic, in 2012 it was the Costa Concordia. The year is 2112, and a luxury space ship has just set off on its maiden voyage.	25
[CW] Write a horror story in the format of a newspaper article.	25
[WP] You feared for your life when you were hired as a lab assistant for a mad scientist. But it's soon revealed that your employer is actually a MAD scientist -- that is, a scientist that's irrationally angry all of the time.	25

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