Fantasy writing prompt
The Invisible Ship
**A Name in the Wishing Well**: In a small coastal town, there’s a wishing well that everyone believes is a mere tourist attraction. However, when a curious teenager throws a coin and wishes to see the most hidden part of the ocean, he wakes up the next morning on a ship that's invisible to everyone but him. Write about his adventures across the sea and the secrets he unveils about the wishing well.
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.
- 1Set it all in one day.
- 2Make the conflict something the reader has faced themselves.
- 3Keep what the hero wants and what they need in tension.
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