Sci-Fi writing prompt
The Career Test Glitch
Every student must undergo a test to determine their career path in a technologically advanced society. When a glitch during the test sends one teenager on a journey into uncharted territory, they uncover a hidden colony living outside the rigid rules of society’s tech-driven destiny.
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.
- 1Make the adults well-meaning but wrong.
- 2Use the way your hero texts to show who they are.
- 3Write in close first person, as if it's happening right now.
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