WritingPrompts

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[WP] There is a deep hole just outside your village. The elders pick one person to dive in every year, 'for the good of the tribe', never to be seen again. The elders have just chosen you. You're expected to jump tonight.	1576
[WP] You and your crew left Earth 400 years ago, in cryosleep, destined for a nearby habitable planet. But space travel tech advanced exponentially during your voyage, so you arrive to find a small human society already waiting on ‘your’ planet, and they’re the opposite of welcoming...	315
[WP] You are a flawed but omnipotent deity. You travel from world to world, extinguishing unworthy life — yet you always give one Arbiter of that world’s dominant species the chance to argue on behalf of their planet. You have just reached Earth. Our chosen Arbiter is ready to argue humanity’s case.	291
[WP] There are no oceans, just vast forests filling the great depressions that separate the continents. You're one of the renowned explorers who charts the deepest, darkest, and most dangerous regions of this world, and you've just made the discovery of a lifetime.	285
[WP] You are my girlfriend's brother, the one who drank all my wine last night while I was sleeping and then solved several long division problems on my guest room wall in pencil before leaving at dawn without saying goodbye. Explain.	184
[WP] Earth is actually the Universe’s most notorious prison. Millennia ago, a select few humans were deemed wicked enough to be banished to this brutal, inhospitable world. Now though, with us thriving and on the cusp of star flight, those men and women that banished us return with a proposition.	134
[WP] The strength of the defenses surrounding kidnapped princesses are based on how important, powerful, and lovely said princess is. One day, a young knight stumbles across a sign: “FREE PRINCESS, INQUIRE WITHIN”	47
[WP] Time travel is legal and common, but certain dates, locations, and events are off limits. You lead the council that manages these restrictions, and today you're debating the most controversial ban ever.	22
[WP] You’re a genie consultant. When a genie can’t figure out how to twist a straightforward wish into calamity, they call you for help. Today, you hear a wish that changes everything you thought you knew about the job...	21
[WP] You were dead for 38 seconds. Once your heart’s restarted and you regain consciousness, you frantically try to convince someone, anyone, of the horrible truth you just witnessed in the afterlife	18

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