Trope
Time Travel Fanfic Generator
A character slips into another year and has to live with what they change. It works for fix it fics, second chances and meeting someone you were never meant to meet.
Ideas to try
- A detective wakes up on the morning of the case that ruined her, ten years early.
- A soldier from the future has one day to stop his younger self.
- Two friends swap places with their grandparents for a summer.
Writing it well
Give the trope a reason to exist in your story. Know what each character wants, what stops them, and what changes by the last line.