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Spontaneous Creativity with Story Wars
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Set your story during a month of drought — whether literal, or metaphorical.
Dramatic
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36 stories
Set your story in a bar that doesn’t serve alcohol.
Fluff
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61 stories
Your character, having abstained from their worst vice (big or small), finds new clarity.
Character
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48 stories
Write a story about a character participating in Dry January.
Character
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33 stories
Write a story about someone looking for a sign in a dark sky.
Angst
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55 stories
Write a story about someone witnessing — or trying to witness — a celestial phenomenon.
Adventure
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38 stories
Write a story set in a world with a dying sun, or where light is a scarce resource.
Science Fiction
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63 stories
Set your story during polar night.
Winter
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34 stories
Set your story on New Year's Day.
Holiday
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49 stories
Write about someone trying something completely new.
Character
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34 stories
Write a story about hope.
Short Story
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78 stories
Write a story in the form of a list of New Year's resolutions.
Adults
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53 stories
Write a story in the form of a list.
Narrative
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60 stories
Write a story that hides something from its reader until the very end.
Mystery
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100 stories
Start your story with someone uttering a very strange sentence.
Dialogue
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52 stories