Magical Realism
Ordinary life, quietly enchanted
Realistic stories where magic appears matter-of-factly in everyday life: a grandmother who levitates, rain that falls for years, a house with feelings.
- Styles
- Novel · Literary · Epistolary, or Random
- Aisle
- Drama & Slice of Life
Begin with
The Weeping Bakery
In your family's bakery, the bread tastes of whatever the baker felt while kneading it. You have just been dumped, and you have three hundred loaves to make before dawn.
Your role: A heartbroken baker
The Year It Rained Butterflies
The year your grandmother died, it rained butterflies in your town for forty days. Now it has started again, and your grandmother is sitting on the porch.
Your role: A grandchild
The Listening House
Your family home sighs when people lie and warms when they love. Tonight, at your engagement dinner, the house goes ice cold.
Your role: A bride-to-be
Start a premise as written, or make it yours with your own hero, style, tropes and intensity. Every scene after the first is written around your choices.
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