Historical Fiction writing prompt
The Scribe's Missing Grain
Set your story in ancient Egypt, focusing on a scribe who discovers discrepancies in the records of grain distributions. Explore how this discovery affects his life, his family, and his faith in the pharaoh.
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.
- 1Keep the famous event offstage and show its ripples.
- 2Make the dialogue sound of its time without becoming hard to read.
- 3Tell it from someone the history books ignored.
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