European writing prompt
Anne Boleyn's Last Day
Imagine you're a servant in the court of Henry VIII. Write a diary entry detailing the day Anne Boleyn was executed, including personal observations and hidden court intrigues that put your character in a precarious position.
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 with a choice that history would never record.
- 2Let your character believe something about their world that turned out to be wrong.
- 3Give the hero a rule of the era they have to break.
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