Ancient Greece writing prompt
The Parthenon's Hidden Plans
During the building of the Parthenon, a humble stone carver discovers a hidden message within the plans that suggest the temple is also a treasured vault for a mysterious artifact. Write a story about his dilemma between fulfilling his duties and deciphering the intended secrecy behind the architectural wonder.
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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