Historical Fiction writing prompt
The Khan's Secret Expedition
Pen a narrative about a servant in the court of a Mongol Khan, who witnesses the planning and execution of a major expedition. Include details of daily life in the court and the servant's personal ambitions and fears.
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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