Writing prompt: Problem-solving

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06 September 2024
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Come up with different solutions to a dilemma in this week’s creative writing exercise

Imagine a fictional character is faced with the following problem:

They are scheduled to meet someone important in a siginificant location at a particular time. A lot hangs on this meeting and if they don’t make it there won’t be a second chance for it to happen. But as the person is getting ready to leave the house, they receive a message to say that a third person is facing an urgent situation and needs their help. What do they do?

Imagine three different scenarios or genres in which this particular set of circumstances might play out (ie, historical, crime, contemporary, romance, family story, fantasy, sci-fi, supernatural), and write three different solutions to the problem.

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