Regency writing prompt
The Regency Novelist
Pen a story about a writer in the Regency period who publishes under a pseudonym to conceal their true identity and gender. Dive into their life, the individuals they interact with in literary circles, and how the truth about their identity impacts the characters around them and the society at large.
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.
- 1Let your character believe something about their world that turned out to be wrong.
- 2Give the hero a rule of the era they have to break.
- 3Choose one real detail of the period, like a price, a law or a song, and build a scene around it.
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