STORY STARTER
You have been sent back in time to an ancient civilisation for a week. Write about your experiences.
It's easy to get stuck writing fiction set in familiar times, but ideas and attitudes from other eras and settings can help you develop more unique characters and plots.
I Teach Cleopatra How To Dab
I was admiring the majestic pyramids the sun heated violently against my face. I was rather enjoying my time in Egypt when I realized everyone was staring at me, of course I forgot about my clothes. I was in shorts and sneakers with a sun bleached shirt. Two men started grabbing me. Next thing I knew I was facing one of the most powerful woman in Egypt. Cleopatra. “Who are you?” Luckily I haven’t managed to lose my translator. *thinks* Quick make something up! “I… Am from the future sent by the uh… Gods! To hail a uh warning of the future!” People murmured, Even Cleopatra looked shocked she stared at me gravely “What is this warning?” “Uh that a great darkness is coming in the uh future that you can stop.” “What is this darkness?” *thinks* Quick think! “There’s uhm a-a famine coming and the uh gods are too tired to stop it and need you to do a special rain dance.” “What is this rain dance?” The guards let go of me to demonstrate the dance. Thinking fast I did a fortnight dance. Eventually Cleopatra made me teach it. And hosted a feast in my honor. That night was when they did the dance and I found a perfect moment to sneak out. Even now it still made me laugh.