Alternate Realities writing prompt
The Historian Who Changed Time
Write a story set in a reality where historical and future events can be visited like destinations, using a time-travel-like technology. Describe the experiences of a historian who uncovers unraveling errors in the timeline only to realize someone is deliberately altering history. Each scenario presents challenges and mysteries, driven by the rules of their unique alternate realities.
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.
- 1Give the villain a reason that would convince you, if you lived there.
- 2Let the hero's plan work, and make that the problem.
- 3Tell it from the point of view of someone who thinks this world is perfectly normal.
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