American Revolution writing prompt
The American Spy in New York
Craft a tale of espionage and intrigue featuring a spy for the Americans embedded within the British ranks in New York City. What secrets do they uncover? How do they relay this information back to the American forces without getting caught?
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.
- 1Write it as a letter that took weeks to arrive.
- 2End with a choice that history would never record.
- 3Let your character believe something about their world that turned out to be wrong.
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