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[OT] Writer's Spotlight: TrickOfLight113

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[CW] Smash 'Em Up Sunday: Constraint Soup

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[WP] The ritual calls for 100 sacrifices, but after reading it carefully you realize that it never specified they had to be human. Deciding to be the smartass that you are, you got a petri dish full of bacteria and sacrificed them instead.

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[WP] There is a place. A place between places. It's an actual place but it isn't here nor there. Lost travelers are the only ones who can find the place. Staying for a night, safe from other places and other things, and nothing more. Except you. You were born in the place.

(edit: super happy folks are having fun with this! Keep it up!)

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[PM] Give the name of a ghost and the cause of death. I’ll do my best to write a backstory for them.

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[WP] You've always been good with animals. When a demon who wants your soul sends some hell hounds, you end up befriending the doggies.

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[WP] She specializes in snow and ice magic. She enchanted beavers to help build her cabin. Her familiar is a fierce goose. Her pointy hat is actually a toque. And she tries to add maple syrup to ALL her potions. It's the Canadian witch!

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Writing Prompts. You're a writer and you just want to flex those muscles? You've come to the right place! If you see a prompt you like, simply write a short story based on it. Get comments from others, and leave commentary for other people's works. Let's help each other.

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