Women's Fiction writing prompt
The Sisters' Buried Scandal
Three sisters reunite in their childhood home in the Midwest for their mother's 70th birthday. Over the weekend, old conflicts resurface, secrets are revealed, and they must confront a family scandal that has been buried for decades, leading them to a new understanding of their heritage and each other.
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 a minor character change the ending.
- 2Set it all in one day.
- 3Make the conflict something the reader has faced themselves.
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