Magic & Fantasy Fiction writing prompt
Fruit from the Desert Trees
Imagine a world where magical trees grow in the heart of a vast desert. Each fruit they bear grants a specific type of magical ability for a single day. Write about a character who must journey across this dangerous desert to find a fruit that will save their dying village.
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.
- 1Tell it from the point of view of someone who thinks this world is perfectly normal.
- 2Shrink the stakes to one family, one street, one night.
- 3Choose one ordinary object and show how this world changed it.
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