Crime Thrillers writing prompt
The Missing Festival Mayor
Craft a tale centered around a small town's annual festival where the mayor goes missing. Everyone is a suspect, and the town's dark, intertwined secrets slowly unravel as a local journalist digs too deep into the community's history and relationships.
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.
- 1Cut every scene the moment the tension drops.
- 2Put a clock on it: the hero has until midnight.
- 3Trap your hero in one place they can't easily leave.
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