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#14: The Plot Thickens

This week, we launched a very fun* tool at Reedsy: our brand-new Plot Generator!

Turning to writing prompts is a great idea when you need that extra bit of help coming up with ideas to write about. This plot generator is here to do the same, offering more than 1 million** story combinations to inspire you.

You can choose to generate a fantasy, drama, mystery, romance, or sci-fi plot — or, just hit "random" and you'll get a little bit of everything! Plot ideas include characters, a theme, a setting, and even a plot twist... with just one click of the finger!

Each of this week's prompts is a plot element pulled right from our generator. You can feel free to incorporate as many of the elements in your story as you want — whether it's one or all five!

*Almost too much fun, if that's possible.
**Actually, trillions!

This week's prompts

It's about a photographer, who is a rookie.

Character – 34 stories

It's a literary fiction story about growing up.

Novel – 39 stories

It kicks off on a yacht with the delivery of an important letter.

Short Story – 35 stories

Someone in the story has a lot of hard lessons to learn.

Sad – 35 stories

And there's a twist! It actually all took place in the past.

High School – 32 stories

Stories

“To our past stories” by Agathe Burrier

Submitted to Contest #14

“In the past?”, Elizabeth Williams repeated in a tone that did not particularly imply that she found the twist to be incredible. “But why?”David cleared his throat, taken aback by the unexpected question. What is that supposed to mean, he didn’t ask, and instead chose to let his eyes wander around the small office, just in case the cold, dead, empty walls would like to provide him with an answer.“Well”, he started, horrified at how blank his mind was, “because it changes things, doesn’t it? Makes you consider the story from a different persp...

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“A life through trees” by Lindsey Starrberri

Submitted to Contest #14

If you fall out of a tree, do you get back up yourself or get help from other???By Lisa MonkBelieve me, I know what that's like. You can't just live life without meeting people and facing obstacles along the way. That's just how God made it. We have to accept that. And I've faced many obstacles. No one really understands growing up, or why it happens, or why we go through what we go through. But I figured that out.My aunt was a drug dealer. She was sentenced to jail for life when she was caught. My mom had grown up on a barn, and ran away wh...

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“Talk To Me” by Hailey Drane

Submitted to Contest #14

Oliver had been sitting in the attic for an hour now. Yep, definitely just sitting. Not hiding in his room, thinking about how five minutes ago he’d just previously ruined his life. The stillness of the room brought him back to the time before he met Samuel. Without the ghost hanging over his shoulder, his old room was eerily quiet. Quiet except for his thoughts tearing at every brim of his consciousness. They all seemed to yell at him:Why did I do that?Why did I tell them?Why am I so stupid? These thoughts even scared Oliver now. Being told...

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“THE PENULTIMATE CRUISE OF THE HONEY FITZ” by Andrew Grell

Submitted to Contest #14

THE PENULTIMATE CRUISE OF THE HONEY FITZ BY ANDREW PAUL GRELL It wasn’t much compared to today’s Leviathan one percent of the one percent boats. Horseshoe bow, square stern, cabin windows directly facing the promenade deck, but more than enough cabins for all the clam bake activity aboard. Today it would be a pretty decent party boat for a precision machine tools company CEO. Not only did it never have to worry about not being too tall to fit through the Panama Canal, it could have easily plowed under the yardarm of a Netsc...

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“The Secret He Took” by Randi W

Submitted to Contest #14

Seattle, 1953 He walked briskly down the long pier, his strides long and filled with a rushed purpose. He pulled his hat down in an attempt to shield his face even more; his eyes shifted from boat to boat. "Almost there." thought Jack nervously. Before long, Jack turned down another long stretch of pier and headed as quickly as he could to the yachts section. His stride quickened the closer he got, his heart pounding faster and faster. Jack could finally see his yacht; 'Walk, don't run! Don't give them any reason to come after you!' panted J...

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“Today” by James Offenha

Submitted to Contest #14

I unlock the front door at 3:30 am and walk out because maybe he’s outside: He always was a runaway. I have the bag of treats, the Polaroid, some cash, and I have to find him. His name is Today. We took his name fromm Todo in the Wizard of Oz. I start screaming out, “Today! Where are you? Come here, Today! It’s your master, Michelle.” I sometimes hear jingles from his collar when the tag that says he’s gotten his rabies vaccine and the tag with my name and telephone number jingle against each othe...

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“Kidnappers ” by Joan Opoyi

Submitted to Contest #14

social media platform was my hidding room where I would go and cry out my tears to friends, seeking much more comfort. Many people have fallen into the traps of fake people young people kidnapped, rapped, killed, and their bodies found in sea bed or inside the forests rotten and vultures feasting on the dead flesh. Addiction have always been on my mind addicted to social media that before crystals fell from my eyes, my mind headed to social media. It was like we were attracted to each other like a magnet never letting go. My deepest happin...

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“Sub Silentio” by Mike Garrigan

Submitted to Contest #14

The mid-70s Plymouth Duster idled at the McDonald’s drive-thru with three cars stacked ahead of it in the queue. Jeff sat in the passenger seat. He broke into a cold sweat.“We could have gone to the North Pier Mickey D’s, but this one has better fries. They probably change the fry oil more often, you know. Then again, North Pier has colder soda. Something about the ice, I guess,” Roger said from the driver’s seat. “Hey, you alright kid?”Jeff shook his head and said, “Oh, yeah, sure, I’m just a little hot.”Roger rolled down his window, n...

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“THE MIRROR” by ROHIT SEKAR

Submitted to Contest #14

THE MIRRORONE FINE SUNDAY MORNING, Vikram, a 24 years old engineer with a stressful IT job, on eating his breakfast suddenly feels that his life ...

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“Natural talent ” by Kei Den

Submitted to Contest #14

1“John, I really, really need you. You know I wouldn't ask otherwise. It's an emergency!”I scratched my beard and kept my mouth shut. Lenny was a good friend - or at least an old friend, having latched on me around second grade and never leaving me alone ever since - but he was so full of shit sometimes. Most of times. His mouth was big enough to sequentially get him into trouble and out of them without any pause whatsoever, but I still had a never dying hope to exhaust him with noncommittal silence. We'd known each other for almost twenty y...

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“Money” by Bro Yaboi

Submitted to Contest #14

“I don’t know what I’m supposed to do with this letter!” I give him the letter anyway, I’m so excited to see the looks on their faces as my games begin. Jerry, the announcer, has no idea what’s going on but he keeps doing whatever I tell him to. I paid for his wife to have surgery to live, he had to do what I say. The envelope in his hand was stained on the edges with coffee and folded in random places. - - - “Welcome everyone to this fun trip! I’m sure none of us know why we were chosen to come have a ride on this expensive yacht, esp...

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“Ready, Aim, Fire” by Ellie Jones

Submitted to Contest #14

Nobody ever meant for it to end up this way. People always talk about the dark and stormy night, but ours was actually calm and clear. Not a cloud in sight. No storms to be seen, not a raindrop on the horizon. One dark, swirling sky, waiting and watching, for all that would happen underneath it. It was you and me. I was falling, hard. I don’t think you knew. I still don’t think you know. We were here, and we were there. We were everywhere. A few simple mistakes led us together, and we collided, head on. You were you, and I was me. It was col...

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“Behind the Red dress” by Ghida Al Boussi

Submitted to Contest #14

There she was, standing in her red dress on a lonely rainy Saturday night. I saw her from my store window, she looked all confused and lost. Usually, I close the store at like 9 pm but I got so caught up with what I was doing that I lost track of time. She looked so beautiful that I couldn’t take my eyes off of her. Her hair was wet and sleeked back , her mascara was drooling all over her rosy cheeks and her red lips were smiling in my direction as if they were calling me over. I closed the store before midnight and I stood behind a pole wat...

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“Stormy Waters” by Carol Coupland

Submitted to Contest #14

Carol CouplandHe looked out across the water in the bay. It was supposed to be his time away with his daughter before she went back to her mother for the school term. Just as he was about to pull anchor a man’s voice hollered out his name and came running towards his yacht. He was slightly overweight and puffing by the time he had reached Aidan, but he managed to get the message out between breaths of how urgent the letter was. He knew Aidan from the cafes he frequented and patted him on the shoulder.‘See you on your return. ...

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“Finders Keepers” by Debbie Rae

Submitted to Contest #14

I was staring at the pool by the stern when she shrieked. I pressed my fingers to my temples, waiting for the ringing in my ears to die down. How I hadn’t gotten used to Sophie’s random squeals was in itself chafing, especially as I’d been her servant a whole twenty-two days. Normally that was enough time for me to adapt. ‘Well?’ came a man's gruff voice, this time from close by. My head jerked to the right. Chef Kojo stood there, his crinkled brows hooding already sunken eyes. ‘Go!’ Biting back a sigh, I hurried down the h...

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Title: On Becoming Marcus

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