Ancient Egypt writing prompt
The Dancer of Opet
Write from the perspective of a temple dancer preparing for the grand festival of Opet. As the political tension between Thebes and a rising power in the north grows, the festival is imbued with extra importance. Outline your days leading up to the festival, your fears, hopes, and unveil a secret tied deeply with the temple that could alter the course of the festival and your life.
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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