18th Century writing prompt
The Carnevale Mask Maker
Write a story set in 18th-century Venice during the decadence of Carnevale. Your protagonist is a mysterious mask maker whose creations are said to hold magical properties, changing the fates of those who wear them.
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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