WritingPrompts

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[WP]In an alternate universe, America was never discovered. It's 1927, Charles Lindbergh, a Swedish pilot attempts the first transatlantic flight to Asia. During his flight, he receives a radio transmission saying "This is the Aztec Royal Air Force, prepare to surrender or you will be shot down."	3734
[WP]The laws of physics are not constant but change randomly on a daily basis, just like the weather. You work as a physics forecaster at the local TV station. You've just detected a unknown force of nature that is much weaker than the others but is gradually increasing in strength.	54
[WP] Rome was never conquered by the Goths, but instead allied with them to create a unified European empire. It is the mid 1200s, and as Rome pushes east, a world war with the Mongol Empire is looming...	30
[WP]In the realm of men, there are two warring factions: Magic and Tech. The Techies see magic as ineffective hippie dippy mumbo jumbo, while the Magicians view tech as cold, brittle and spiritually empty. From the darkness, a new warrior appears possessing the powers of both factions: Deepak Chopra	25
[WP] After Eisenhower warns of the growing military-industrial complex, the US military is largely defunded and replaced by the peace corps, which spread a peaceful hippie ideology around the world. The year is 2017, and you decide to write a dystopian novel where the US is a corrupt military power.	17
[WP] 100 years in the future, robots have advanced to the point that they're nearly indistinguishable from human beings. They're smart, fast, and deadly. Humans have only one advantage over them: We can tell if there's a street sign in an image.	16
[WP] It's February 2nd. There's a blizzard outside so you spend the whole day watching a Groundhog Day TV marathon, and eventually fall asleep on the couch. When you wake up the next morning it's still February 2nd...	8
[WP]The laws of physics are not constant but change randomly on a daily basis, just like the weather. You work as a physics forecaster at the local TV station. You've just detected a unknown force of nature that is much weaker than the others but is gradually increasing in strength: Gravity.	7
[WP] The first super-intelligent AI is created and a war breaks out between humans and robots. The reason: the machines have been programmed by a sci-fi geek who wants to recreate the Terminator movies.	6
[WP] Common idioms like "kill two birds with one stone", "beat around the bush", or "raining cats and dogs" aren't metaphors. they all refer to actual everyday events.	4

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