We have provided a few prompts to help the creative juices flow. You are welcome to use one, or a combination of these prompts. That said, it's not mandatory to use these prompts if you already have a source of inspiration.
◆ Worst. Spring. Break. EVER.
◆ A graduation party of teenage wizards goes horribly wrong.
◆ A brave knight goes on a mission to rescue a princess from a dragon.
◆ A vampire and a shapeshifter are trapped in a magical prison and they have to work together to escape.
◆ You invite one god or goddess for dinner. Who do you choose and why?
◆ Half the names on the list had already been crossed off.
◆ Everything I knew about them until today was a lie.
◆ You find something that solves all your life's problems - but there is a catch.
◆ The voice in your head is your only friend. The AI implant is your only ally. And she just started to become sentient.
◆ You just moved into a new house and your friend is visiting for the first time. You go to the kitchen to grab drinks and when you return, your friend tells you they just met your sister who went upstairs. You are an only child and you live alone.
▪︎ "I should not be left to my own devices. They come up with prices and vices. I end up in crisis." — Antihero by Taylor Swift
▪︎ "I'm on the outside, and I'm looking in." — Outside by Stained.
▪︎ "You've got a way to keep me on your side." — I Walk the Line by Johnny Cash.
▪︎ "Would you run, and never look back?" — Hero by Enrique Iglesias.
▪︎ "Near or far, the others must be blind to not see how special you are." — Africa, One of a Kind by Angélique Kidjo.
▪︎ "It's like a fog that blurs the sane. It's like a vine you can't untangle." — Paranoid by Jonas Brothers.
▪︎ "From the destruction, out of the flame. You need a villain give me a name." — Salt and the Sea by The Lumineers.
▪︎ "I don't care if I lose my mind, I'm already cursed." — Fairytale by Alexander Rybak.
▪︎ "Life on Mars?" — by David Bowie
▪︎ "Save your tears for another day." — Save your Tears by The Weeknd.
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