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One prompt, just like test day. Read it carefully, plan on the page, then write.

The night the light went out

For a hundred years, the lighthouse on Gull Point has shone every single night. Tonight, for the first time, it has gone dark.

Write a story that begins on the night the lighthouse light goes out.

You could:

  • introduce a character who notices first
  • build tension as the night goes on
  • end with a surprise or a change in the character
A lighthouse on a rocky point at night, its lamp dark
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