Legal Thrillers writing prompt
The Law Firm's Missing Girl
A legal assistant at a small family law firm stumbles upon a hidden file on an old computer that details a cold case involving a missing girl and a ransom never paid. As she digs deeper, she realizes the key suspects were never interviewed and might be connected to the current managing partners of the firm. How she handles this volatile information could be career-defining or career-ending.
Suggested length: A short story: 1,500 to 5,000 words, or flash fiction under 1,000
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Three ways to take this prompt somewhere nobody else will.
- 1Put a clock on it: the hero has until midnight.
- 2Trap your hero in one place they can't easily leave.
- 3Raise the stakes from personal to public halfway through.
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