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Test this randomized creative writing/world-building exercise for me? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If this turns out to be good I'm gonna keep it in my back pocket for the next time I have a psych patient who really likes to creatively write (...and is also not actively detached from reality LOL)

Roll a 6-sided die 12 times

This is the pixelfed album.

This is the google sheet (idk how else to make a set of 6 tables vision-impairment friendly)

What's your theme?
What's your plot?
Who's your hero?
Who's your villain?
Who's your side character?
What's your wild card?
...what're you doing with it?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Theme: Prehistoric Times

Plot: Temptation

Hero: Clever tinkerer

Villain: Greedy business tycoon

Side character: Scheming courtier

Wildcard: Fey

I'm not quite sure how to work a business tycoon and courtier into something set in Prehistoric times, but I'm definitely intrigued on the sort of story I could come up with for this prompt.

Thanks for sharing this! I really enjoy it, especially since I want to write more. I think I might workshop this prompt a bit cause it definitely got some juices flowing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I feel like it's obvious. Georg just invented the spear, Urgug is gonna steal the idea to make a profit, and they are both obviously planning to profit in the world's oldest currency. But it also turns out spears and such technology in general are weird fey magic. Gods forbid someone bring one of those creepy fires or wheel things into this situation!