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Write a story with an open ending that gives readers just enough details to draw their own conclusions.

Narrative – 111 stories

Include a scene in your story in which a character's body language conveys their hidden emotions.

Character – 25 stories

Include dialogue that shows that a character is socially awkward.

Dialogue – 27 stories

Write a scene in which a character’s behavior or reaction to something is affected by a past experience — without saying what that experience was.

Character – 51 stories

Start your story in a coffee shop without using obvious words to describe it (e.g. barista, coffee cup.)

Narrative – 68 stories

Write a story about someone making a deal with the devil.

Dark – 111 stories

You confront the monster you’ve spent many long years hunting. Except they’re not exactly what you thought they’d be…

Adventure – 45 stories

Write a story about a monster trying to become more human. Or about a human trying to become more monstrous.

Thriller and Suspense – 60 stories

Set your story in a haunted house.

Horror – 68 stories

Write a story about someone trying to resist their darker impulses. Whether they succeed or fail is up to you.

Dark – 100 stories

It’s the last evening of your vacation and you’re watching the sunset with your friends/partner/family, wishing summer would never end. But just as the sun dips below the horizon, you notice it returning in reverse.

Science Fiction – 49 stories

Each year, your character's family goes on the most exotic vacations. Finally they discover why — their family are assassins.

Funny – 36 stories

Now, as an adult, your character looks back on this summer as the summer when they grew up.

Character – 40 stories

What was meant to be a great bonding vacation turns sour when an uninvited guest tags along.

Summer – 43 stories

Set your story on the eve of the first day back at school.

Kids – 34 stories

Write about an AI or person trying to inject a ‘human touch’ into their work.

Science Fiction – 48 stories

Write about someone with a Midas touch: everything they touch turns to [fill in the blank].

Character – 39 stories

Write a story about someone who is losing feeling in their hands and/or fingers.

Character – 46 stories

Start or end your story with a character receiving a hug or words of comfort.

Dramatic – 101 stories

Start your story with a character looking closely at something, or someone. They can't quite decide if what they're looking at is natural, or man-made.

Science Fiction – 51 stories

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