High Tech Fiction writing prompt
The Price of Never Sleeping
On the eve of the grand unveiling of a neural enhancement designed to abolish sleep, a low-level employee discovers that the enhancement also suppresses human emotions. Explore their struggle to decide whether to blow the whistle or not.
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.
- 1Write it as a document from the world: a letter, a field report, a warning sign.
- 2Make the magic or technology cost your hero something they can't get back.
- 3Give the villain a reason that would convince you, if you lived there.
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