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Monday, November 3, 2014

Writing Prompt: Preventing Disaster

Hey, guys!

The semester will soon be over, meaning that once winter break rolls around, I may have more time to read for fun and to post to my blog. Hopefully there will be no more of this cancelling posts nonsense.

But for now, time for a writing prompt. Ready?

Imagine that you know ahead of time that a disaster is going to happen. This can be any disaster: a car accident, plane crash, hurricane, flood, the beginning of a war, anything. This can also take place anywhere: at a school, the office, a small town or big city, an imaginary world, etc.

Knowing who, what, where, when, and how something bad is going to happen, what are you going to do with that knowledge? Do you stop it? Do you get there to help however you can? Do you make sure someone is there so that they will not live to tell the tale? Your choice.

The means by which you make this choice are endless as well. For example, say you were going to try to stop a car accident from happening because you know that someone you love will die. You could use superpowers (i.e. super strength, telepathy, or mind control) to prevent the accident from happening.

Oh yeah, be sure to include how you know that this event will occur. Can you read minds? Are you psychic? Did someone visit you from the future?

Plot twist: someone is suspicious that you knew something would happen and wants to know why . . . how do you deal with this?

Have fun!

Happy writing!!

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