Ever the prankster, just before he died, the man trained his parrot to say phrases like, “help me, I’ve turned into a parrot” and “don’t tell anyone about the gold”.

What happened next?

Wild Restrictions: By adding arbitrary restrictions to your creative task, you may find that your creative work arounds delight you with their quirky originality. These writing prompts have all sorts of wild restictions to try out.

• When you describe the colour of things, never name the colour directly.
• The narrator is a total liar; the reader should be able to tell.
• The whole story takes place in VR.
• Every character has an animal with them.
• Don’t use any words containing the letter e.

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Well, there goes that entire planet. Best set a warning beacon as we evacuate.