18th Century writing prompt
The Servant's Royal Correspondence
Set in the ornate court of Louis XVI, your story revolves around a young servant girl who secretly learns to read and write. When she uncovers correspondence that hints at the downfall of the monarchy, she must decide whether to stay silent or risk everything to intervene.
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.
- 1Make the dialogue sound of its time without becoming hard to read.
- 2Tell it from someone the history books ignored.
- 3Write it as a letter that took weeks to arrive.
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