Urban Fantasy writing prompt
Spell Codes in the City
Develop a storyline where a hidden society of spellcasters lives among the bustling crowds of a busy metropolis. They use magic to manipulate everything from stock markets to fashion trends. Your main character, a tech-savvy outsider, accidentally intercepts their digital spell codes and can now manipulate magic.
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.
- 1Give the villain a reason that would convince you, if you lived there.
- 2Let the hero's plan work, and make that the problem.
- 3Tell it from the point of view of someone who thinks this world is perfectly normal.
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