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Source date: 2021-08-11
Writing prompt[WP] It is the 31st of August, and you are reading the update logs for Earth v2021.09 which will take effect the day after when you notice something out of the ordinary...
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Source date: 2021-08-10
Writing prompt[WP] NASA has been sending signals into space attempting extraterrestrial contact and we finally received our first response. "Are you idiots trying to get your planet consumed? Shut down that goddamn signal before they find you."
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Source date: 2021-08-09
Writing prompt[WP] A character of your choice witnesses something that puts him/her/them in danger. How do they react? What do they do next?
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Source date: 2021-08-08
Original prompt heading[WP] Smash 'Em Up Sunday: Maned Wolf
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Source date: 2021-08-07
Writing prompt[WP] You're driving and spot a little girl selling lemonade on the roadside. But instead of "lemonade" it's a dark liquid of some sorts. A makeshift-poorly drawn-crayon poster on the stand says "Cup of souls from Hell 50 cents a cup!"
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Source date: 2021-08-06
Writing prompt[WP] You are a Freed Genie who while powerless and human still retain your immortality and have therefore dedicated your existence to seeking out and freeing as many of your brethren as possible, whether they like it or not.
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Source date: 2021-08-05
Writing prompt[WP] You woke up in an infinite void of darkness and you don't even know who you are. All you know is that you're sentient and have immense power of creation. You are everywhere and nowhere. Suddenly, there's a ball of fire beside you.
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Source date: 2021-08-04
Writing prompt[WP] Write a commercial script for a product being sold to idiots.
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Source date: 2021-08-03
Writing prompt[WP] You discovered interdimensional travel and have hopped into an alternate universe. Great! Except that was 12 years ago and for whatever reason, you can't find a single alternate universe where you exist.
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Source date: 2021-08-02
Writing prompt[WP] Scientists have yet to prove the existence of a parallel universe, but you have. You can communicate with the parallel version of yourself.
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Source date: 2021-08-01
Original prompt heading[WP] Smash 'Em Up Sunday: Quokka
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Source date: 2021-07-31
Writing prompt[WP] You built a snowman last winter. It's the middle of summer now and the temperature is scorching, yet he's still there.
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Source date: 2021-07-30
Writing prompt[WP] WARNING, THIS IS THE EMERGENCY BROADCAST SYSTEM! PLEASE STAY INSIDE. LOCK YOUR DOORS AND WINDOWS, CLOSE YOUR BLINDS AND DO NOT LOOK INTO THE SKY. PLEASE AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS.
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Source date: 2021-07-29
Writing prompt[WP] In a world where one man can make a difference, an action thriller adventure incorporates overly obvious product placement into its story.
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Source date: 2021-07-28
Writing prompt[WP] "Hello. I'm Eevil, the Devil's assistant. Would you like to leave a review of our demonic services?"
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Source date: 2021-07-27
Writing prompt[WP] It's late. Way past normal closing hours for your bar. But you always keep it open late on this day. You look up as the door chimes and the black clad figure walks in and takes their usual place at the bar.
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Source date: 2021-07-26
Writing prompt[WP] As a HR person at a university, your job is mostly paper pushing. You're asked to put together a list of long tenured employees for an award. Your colleague mentions that the janitor has been there for a long time. Looking into his file you notice that he's been working there since 1896!
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Source date: 2021-07-25
Writing prompt[WP] Your best selling book, "Told Ya: Time Travel is Totally Possible!" Was just found hermetically sealed in a tomb recently discovered chamber of the Great Pyramid. But you're only 14, and you've not written a book.
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Source date: 2021-07-24
Writing prompt[WP] Your parents never let you go to the beach. Now, as the salt water turns your skin to scales and your fingers to claws, you're beginning to understand why.
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Source date: 2021-07-23
Writing prompt[WP] A man is walking in a field of grass. He finds a mysterious golden flower in the middle of the field. As he bends over to grab it, he suddenly hears something behind him.
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Source date: 2021-07-22
Writing prompt[WP] As humanity bids farewell to a dying Earth, Mother Nature bestows upon her children her final, parting gift.
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Source date: 2021-07-21
Writing prompt[WP] There are only 72 hours left...
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Source date: 2021-07-20
Writing prompt[WP] You're the CEO of a tech startup revolutionizing transportation technology with portals. You've accidentally opened a portal to a Lovecraftian horror world and now you have to convince investors to give you the resources to close it.
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Source date: 2021-07-19
Writing prompt[WP] So this dating app wasn't working out for me. Maybe I should give this arch nemesis app a go?
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Source date: 2021-07-18
Writing prompt[WP] You have the unique ability of being able to sore up to 144 items (12x12 inventory) in a pocket dimension only you have access to. No matter how big, the items only take up one spot, and all you have to do is tap the item. You go to take an item one day, but receive an error message.
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Source date: 2021-07-17
Writing prompt[WP] A marketing copy for hair-growth serum.
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Source date: 2021-07-16
Writing prompt[WP] You are hungry, like absolutely starving. You sit down at your favorite joint, take a giant bite of food. Something isn't right; you take a closer look. Seriously!!
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Source date: 2021-07-15
Writing prompt[WP] There is a cafe in the forest. Its lights are bright, it should not be there.
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Source date: 2021-07-14
Writing prompt[WP] You've been having the same dream for years now; you grow wings and gain superpowers. Today you wake up and find out the dream just came true.
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Source date: 2021-07-13
Writing prompt[WP] A long, long time ago a vile, unkillable tyrant was sealed away in a tomb. After millenia the tomb is opened, freeing the immortal who during the long imprisonment...has achieved enlightenment?
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Source date: 2021-07-12
Original prompt heading[SerSun] Serial Sunday - Fallen
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Source date: 2021-07-11
Writing prompt[WP] The world is now overrun with monsters and the supernatural. Mankind has somehow adapted to this new environment and have even begun to monetize it to the best of their abilities. Where there's demand, someone can always supply. Besides, the Internet is still alive, so you.....
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Source date: 2021-07-10
Original prompt heading[SerSun] Serial Sunday: Pride!
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Source date: 2021-07-10
Original prompt heading[SerSun] Serial Sunday: Pride!
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Source date: 2021-07-10
Writing prompt[WP] You are a magical girl who decides that, screw it, I'm gonna break the "no revealing your identity" convention. Things go surprisingly well and everyone is fine with it.
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Source date: 2021-07-09
Writing prompt[WP] You are a necromancer, but not in the literal sense of the word, you do not revive dead people, you revive emotions of people who can no longer feel them, curiously outside of the goal change the process is quite similar.
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Source date: 2021-07-08
Writing prompt[WP] You have the ability to speak to trees, one day you see a boy climbing a tree and never heard a tree say these words until today.
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Source date: 2021-07-07
Writing prompt[WP] A widower who lost his wife and unborn child a few years ago due to an accidnet receives a call from a friend who works as an officer if he could shelter a young girl who has nowhere else to go.
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Source date: 2021-07-06
Writing prompt[WP] A benign existence.
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Source date: 2021-07-05
Original prompt heading[WP] Serial Sunday - Pride
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Source date: 2021-07-04
Writing prompt[WP] You find a genie in a lamp and he gives you 3 wishes but you can only wish for others. It doesn't matter whether these are good or bad wishes.
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Source date: 2021-07-03
Writing prompt[WP] Some things in life you simply cannot escape.
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Source date: 2021-07-02
Writing prompt[WP] You are you.
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Source date: 2021-07-01
Writing prompt[WP] The president of the United States is Dracula.
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Source date: 2021-06-30
Writing prompt[WP] A pair of astrophysicists are having a quiet night at the observatory running a data analysis of a recent deep-space survey. Suddenly, the program finds an anomaly. When they take a closer look, they discover that several distant galaxies have disappeared, inexplicably, from the images.
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Source date: 2021-06-29
Writing prompt[WP] You hear a doorbell chime... But you're in the middle of the woods.
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Source date: 2021-06-28
Writing prompt[WP] You were a bit confused why a local farmer recruited so many people for "Harvest Day" but the pay was good so you signed up. Your concern grew when you arrived and saw the farmer handing out rifles and body armor.
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Source date: 2021-06-27
Writing prompt[WP] You walk down the street, minding your own business, when a person darts around the corner and presses a pouch into your hands, imploring you: "Protect them at all costs." Before they disappear again. As you look into the pouch you realize it's filled with... walnuts.
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