/u/msandszeke's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP]You have a genie bottle and make three wishes. For your third wish, you decide to restart the day, because your last two wishes turned out terrible. You wake up, buy the genie bottle again ,but the genie punches you in the eye as soon as you rub the lamp again.
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[WP]You are a nationally syndicate talk showhost who can secretly compell honesty. You make celebs and politicians expose their lies 5 days a week and are know as a living lie detector. But on your 100th episode, you lost this power in the middle of your greatest interview yet.
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[WP] A writer randomly gains the power to write things that comes true. He secretly becomes the richest man in the world but the government soon learns about his power and wants to control it.
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[WP]You get an email from Wikipedia but you don't have an account on the site. You click on it and am surprised to see the url has your name and the article is a biography of you and lists key moments of your life..including the future and the day you die 10 yrs from now.
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[WP] The number 3 of the biggest drug kingpin in the world,misplaces a suitcase of a 100 mil,after a business deal at a Las Vegas casino. He has one hour to either find the case or get the money again before his boss arrives in Vegas to collect the money.
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[WP]You secretly have the power to rewind and pause time,which you use to become rich and famous instead of helping others. One of your rivals discovers your power and threatens to tell the world....unless you rewind time to bring back one of her dead relatives.
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[WP] A 100 years from now, the newly President of the US signs an executive order banning the streaming of any movies made before 2022,because they are "terrible". You are secretly a time traveler from 2022 and you kidnap the President so you can convince him to exclude your favorite films.
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[WP]You are a best selling "writer" known for a popular short story thriller that you tricked a once popular writer into giving you. After laughing at another angry call from the writer,you got to bed...but then wake up the next day in a jail cell,in the body of the killer from the story.
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[WP] You live in a world where time traveling is real and used often, but only the super rich can afford to use it. You are about to be homeless and decide to steal a time machine from the richest man in your city...who you have discovered is secretly your time-traveling grandson.
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[WP]You are the world's top assassin and had completed one final job worth $50 mil after completion. You go to your boss of 20 yrs to collect .but he suggest a payment plan. He is being charged with 20 yrs of tax evasion and all of his funds are frozen.But your boss is a billionaire.
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