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Write a story where flowers play a central role.

General – 320 stories

Start your story with one character pointing out the first sign of spring to another.

General – 116 stories

Write a fairy tale about someone who can communicate with woodland creatures.

Fantasy – 182 stories

Write about a character coming out of a long hibernation (either literal or metaphorical).

General – 176 stories

Set your story at a park during a spring festival.

General – 89 stories

Write about someone fighting to keep their city neighborhood the same.

General – 38 stories

Write about someone fighting to change their city neighborhood for the better.

General – 53 stories

Start your story with the line, “That’s the thing about this city…”

General – 311 stories

Write a story that takes place in the same building but in two very different time periods.

Historical Fiction – 168 stories

Set your story in a major city that your character has a love-hate relationship with.

General – 167 stories

Start your story with a character struggling to remember the date, because every day is like the last one.

General – 189 stories

Write about someone who’s trying to accomplish a task that used to be easy but is now made complicated by a pandemic.

General – 85 stories

Set your story in a post-pandemic world, where the effects are still felt even as your character attempts to move on.

General – 126 stories

Write about someone who grew up in a bunker, and lockdown life is all they’ve ever known.

Dramatic – 91 stories

Write a story that spans exactly a year and takes place in a single room.

General – 224 stories

Write a fantasy story about water gods or spirits.

Fantasy – 255 stories

Write about someone who books a bargain vacation, only to be told when they arrive that they need to share a hotel suite with a stranger.

Dramatic – 161 stories

Write about someone who’s lived on a tropical island their whole life and is leaving it for the very first time.

General – 93 stories

Start your story with someone emerging from the sea, and end it with them looking up at the stars.

General – 308 stories

Write about someone who goes to extreme lengths to get themselves to a tropical island.

Adventure – 96 stories

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