Ancient Americas writing prompt
The Potter's Hidden Map
Set in a thriving city in the ancient Americas, you are a skilled potter who discovers a hidden map leading to a mysterious temple. Your story explores the weeks-long journey to find this temple, the friends and foes you meet along the way, and the potentially civilization-changing treasures and truths you uncover.
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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