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January Writing Prompt Challenge: Day 29
Jan. 29th, 2021 08:14 pmThree days remain! I have some stuff to do later this evening so it's prompt time now.
DAY TWENTY-NINE PROMPT:
A pensive researcher wants to upstage a rival in a forest, but it will cost them their physical health.
Okay this one wants to be a romance story at its core. Good old rivals to lovers. I like the idea of a slightly magical realism type thing: they're researching these enchanted woods, trying to find out what the source of their enchanted-ness is. Every time our character thinks they have a breakthrough, they find out that their rival is actually one step ahead. Finally our researcher decides that they're going to do some hands on research, perhaps at night; things that aren't recommended, particuarly for someone who isn't fit like an adventurer. They get lost, and their rival comes to their rescue - though maybe they get lost together and need to work together to solve the mysteries and get out. The white knight-ness fades when the rival admits that they have been spying on their work; they feel bad about it, though they're glad it at least let them know that the reasearcher was heading out so they could try to help. Maybe the researcher has to learn to be a little more open, and trust people; the rival needs to atone for being a dick, and start properly sharing the fame - and in a diffrent way, learn to work with others.
I dunno, it feels cozy and fun.
DAY TWENTY-NINE PROMPT:
A pensive researcher wants to upstage a rival in a forest, but it will cost them their physical health.
Okay this one wants to be a romance story at its core. Good old rivals to lovers. I like the idea of a slightly magical realism type thing: they're researching these enchanted woods, trying to find out what the source of their enchanted-ness is. Every time our character thinks they have a breakthrough, they find out that their rival is actually one step ahead. Finally our researcher decides that they're going to do some hands on research, perhaps at night; things that aren't recommended, particuarly for someone who isn't fit like an adventurer. They get lost, and their rival comes to their rescue - though maybe they get lost together and need to work together to solve the mysteries and get out. The white knight-ness fades when the rival admits that they have been spying on their work; they feel bad about it, though they're glad it at least let them know that the reasearcher was heading out so they could try to help. Maybe the researcher has to learn to be a little more open, and trust people; the rival needs to atone for being a dick, and start properly sharing the fame - and in a diffrent way, learn to work with others.
I dunno, it feels cozy and fun.
