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","thrives on drama.","can be forgetful.","is a drifter.","is a chatterbox.","is spineless.","is rather incompetent.","is bright.","is sensible to a fault.","is a forgiving soul.","is braver than most.","has no moral code.","has run away.","is affable.","is taciturn.","is overly polite.","can be naïve.","can be overly pompous.","is overly adventurous.","is a lover of books."],"genre":["a dying earth fantasy","a heroic fantasy","a historical fantasy","a medieval fantasy","a political fantasy","a sword and sorcery","an urban fantasy","a comic fantasy","an epic fantasy","a dark fantasy","a grimdark fantasy","a low fantasy","a military fantasy","a magical realism"],"about":["coming of age.","finding courage again.","the temptation of power.","taking risks again.","unlikely friendships.","good versus evil.","companionship.","overthrowing the patriarchy.","toppling the establishment. ","learning from previous mistakes.","an impossible quest.","facing reality.","the price of freedom. ","defying destiny.","found families.","the meaning of home.","a country in crisis. ","overcoming loss. ","redemption.","the weight of heritage.","making the most of second chances. ","a descent into madness. ","making peace with the world. ","change versus tradition.","broken dreams.","confronting reality.","finding justice. ","the downfall of an empire."],"begins":["on a moonlit beach","under the bridge","in a quaint abode","in the quiet woods","in a scorched forest","in the portrait room of a castle","on a stone altar","in a guild room","in an abandoned coliseum","in a humble cottage","on a forgotten island","on a dusty road","on a battlefield","in a dank prison","in a graveyard","in a beer cellar","in the stables","in an enemy camp","at a raging river","at a bustling market","in a blistering desert","on top of the battlements","in a tower","in a deserted fort","inside a dark cave","in a secret hideaway","amid the dunes","on the edge of an encampment","before a great set of gates","in a busy tavern","in the city square","inside an armory","in an echoing cavern","in the halls of the mountain king","in the royal court","in a candle-lit bedchamber","in the barracks","in an old inn","at a belltower","at an ancient ruins","in a peaceful glade","at the apothecary","at the Temple of Mithras","near Yggdrasil","under the full moon"],"plot":["someone receiving an unexpected windfall.","a death in the family.","a birth in the family.","news of an ascension to the throne.","news of the destruction of the capital.","a local wedding.","a mysterious sighting.","someone finding an ancient sword.","someone important being kidnapped.","a chase.","a failed curse.","someone being burgled.","the loss of magic in the land.","the death of someone important.","news of a mutiny in the city.","a fortuitous meeting.","an infestation of gnomes.","a prayer being thrown up to the winds.","gossip about the royal family.","gossip about a hated councilperson.","a ruinous piece of gossip being spread.","a summoning that goes wrong.","someone's birthright being challenged.","a rival showing up out of the blue.","someone being accused of a crime.","someone hiding a dead body.","someone making a misguided promise.","a conspiracy being uncovered.","a prophecy.","the entrance of a mute child.","someone falling mysteriously ill.","news of a magnificent enemy ship sailing into the harbor.","the disappearance of the king. ","an attempted murder."],"note":["someone in the story has long longed for something more.","someone in the story has a grudge to settle. ","someone in the story has a reputation to salvage.","someone in the story has to atone for a past misdeed.","someone in the story has a secret that musn't be revealed.","someone in the story is in denial about something important.","someone in the story is often in the wrong place at the wrong time.","someone in the story has recently lost someone dear.","someone in the story owes a debt to someone powerful.","someone in the story can't return home for a certain reason.","someone in the story is pursuing someone else.","someone in the story failed to protect someone once.","someone in the story will make a mistake that will change everything.","not all is as it first appears in this story. ","someone in the story will lose a leg in a horrific manner. ","an important reunion in the story will go badly off the rails. ","this story will take place over three continents. ","time does not work as we know it in this story. ","winter is eternal in this story.","gnomes spontaneously combust in this story. ","water has been draining from the land for a while now in this story.","magic is banned across the land in this story. ","someone in the story will harbor a hidden agenda the entire time.","the old are not wise in this story.","the land has already been cursed for centuries in this story.","someone in the story is still haunted by a past mistake.","there have been whispers for a while that something about the royal family is not right in this story.","the ancient sword discovered in this story will turn out to be junk. ","the prophecy in the story will be delivered by a seer with a reputation for exaggeration.","the prince has already vanished for a decade in this story.","this story takes place at the very beginning of the continent's history.","someone in the story has a lot of hard lessons to learn.","the first sentence of this story is: \"It was the third sunny night in a row.\"","the world in this story has already been at war for one millennium, and counting.","the society in this story is still recovering from a crippling plague that spread across the land two decades ago.","the society in this story is quite classist.","the gods cannot be trusted in this story."],"twist":["A rival was an ally all along.","You should write the protagonist as an anti-villain.","You should write the story in the second person POV.","The story is told by an unreliable narrator.","The story is actually an alternate history.","Someone who was thought to be dead will return in the flesh.","Midway through the plot, all other problems will be foregotten in the face of a zombie apocalypse. ","You should write it as a post-apocalyptic chronicle. ","The world is inspired by 14th-century China.","The world is inspired by medieval Japan. ","The world is inspired by ancient Egypt. ","You should write it as an epic poem. ","The world is inspired by modern Chicago.","The story is a retelling of a Shakespearean tragedy.","The story is a retelling of a Shakespearean comedy.","The story is a retelling of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.","The world is inspired by 15th-century Venice.","The protagonist's trusty steed lives. ","The prophecy does not say that the protagonist will be the Chosen One.","The story is a retelling of a Greek myth.","All the characters are animals.","The prophecy does not come true.","The story has an unhappy ending.","The villain escapes at the end of the story.","The story is based on Arthurian legend.","You should write the story in reverse chronology.","The story is told non-linearly.","The story is a retelling of a fairytale.","A magical artifact that appears to be important to the plot turns out to be a red herring.","The protagonist is the Chosen One's best friend.","The protagonist was the villain's best friend. ","The world is inspired by 17th-century Malaysia.","The story is about a civilization that has already collapsed, and it's told in the form of excavated documents."],"category_id":110,"created_at":"2019-11-10T11:49:35.000Z","updated_at":"2019-11-10T11:49:35.000Z"}
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