I finally tried writing a prompt about a character who can't lie for a month

My first draft was just a simple 'what if' idea, but after workshopping it with a friend, we added a specific rule: the character is a politician. The change in focus from a general person to someone in that specific job made the whole story idea click into place. How do you all find that one detail that turns a flat prompt into something that really sparks a story?

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the_jana11d ago

So what was the first draft about... before the politician part?

blakem1311d ago

It was a boring story about a farmer.

theasmith10d ago

Wait, a boring story about a farmer? That's the original draft? The jump from that to a politician who can't lie is actually insane. That one job change flips the whole idea from a quiet personal problem into a public disaster. It's the perfect pressure cooker for that kind of prompt.