Dystopian writing prompt
The Pill That Unleashed Emotion
Set in a world where emotions are regulated by a daily pill to ensure a docile population, the protagonist, a government scientist, accidentally creates a pill that restores full emotional capacity. Write about their moral and ethical struggles as they decide whether to destroy their creation or to secretly distribute it among the populace, potentially igniting a revolution.
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.
- 1Trap your hero in one place they can't easily leave.
- 2Raise the stakes from personal to public halfway through.
- 3Open with the threat already in motion, not the setup.
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