Here is a new type of prompt where I take the summary of a news story and write a scene that is somehow related. Let me know if you have any prompt ideas for me, because I’d love to write them.
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Prompt: “Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are turning the GOP’s greatest political liability — a proposal to drastically restructure Medicare for seniors — into a sharp attack against President Obama, despite Republican efforts to cut more than a trillion from the program.”
Thanks to THIS SITE for the article summary used in this prompt.
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RESPONSE I:
“Well, that is it then Margot,” Tom said. “I’m a dead man. Say hello.” He walked away from the phone and cursed.
Margot was shaking her coffee cup and looking very thoughtful.
“What do you say?” Tom asked.
“I didn’t say anything Tom,” Margot said.
Tom took up the envelope from the coffee table and slid the letter out. The big red bar surrounded by clean-white and sharp-blacks, announced Tom’s death sentence:
ATTENTION : YOUR BENEFITS ARE SCHEDULED TO BE TERMINATED
