Crime Thrillers writing prompt
The Thief's Final Heist
Imagine a scenario where a notorious art thief decides to perform one last heist before retiring. The target is a famous painting in a heavily secured gallery. Mid-heist, the thief discovers another crime in progress and must choose between completing the heist or stopping the greater crime.
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.
- 1End a scene on a phone call, a knock or a name.
- 2Let the reader know something the hero doesn't.
- 3Cut every scene the moment the tension drops.
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