📝 Weekly Prompt: The Shift
Plus! Free live event this week: interview with songwriter Josh Ritter.
Use this prompt as an entry point into our March contest theme: What If.
📝 WEEKLY PROMPT
What if one rule quietly shifted?
This week, disturb the architecture of a world.
The rule may be public or private. A statute. A social contract. A family code. A law of physics. The shift can be global or intimate.
Stay attentive to causality. A rule is a structure. When it moves, something else must bear the weight.
You might approach this through speculative fiction, realist narrative, lyric essay, satire, poem or even drama. The form is up to you.
This weekly companion prompt is free and open to everyone. No submission required.
If you’re writing toward the March contest, consider this prompt one entry point into the theme.
Keep reading for news and announcements.
Happy writing!
The Writers’ Hour Magazine Team
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
🎟️ Free Live Events This Week
Join us on Tuesday, March 10 at 2pm ET/6pm UK for an interview on sustaining a creative life across mediums with musician Josh Ritter. RSVP for free.
✍️ Write with us daily at Writers’ Hour
Work on this week’s prompt at Writers’ Hour—our daily silent writing sprints. It’s the perfect environment to focus, share space with other writers, and make progress on your writing. Craving craft insights and a creative community? Explore Membership.
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