Sci-Fi writing prompt
Trapped in the Career Simulation
Imagine a future where every teenager must undergo a virtual reality test that determines their career path based on their skills and interests. You're sent into a simulation expected to last only an hour, but something goes wrong, and you're trapped inside. Narrate your journey of survival and self-discovery within a world that bends the rules of reality.
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.
- 1Let your hero make a big mistake for a reason the reader understands.
- 2End with a choice only this hero would make.
- 3Make the adults well-meaning but wrong.
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