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Write a story in the form of a top-ten list.

General – 129 stories

Write a story that takes place across ten seconds.

General – 286 stories

Write a story that takes place across ten days.

General – 114 stories

Write about someone keeping track of time with tally marks on a wall — until one day they discover that all the marks are gone.

General – 145 stories

Write about someone scrambling to finish a goal in the last few hours of the year.

Holiday – 137 stories

Write about a backup dancer who’s on tour and just wants some peace and quiet for the holidays.

Holiday – 60 stories

Write about a young nobleman whose greatest wish is to become an Olympic long jumper.

General – 22 stories

Write about a drummer going to a holiday party for musicians.

Holiday – 60 stories

Write about someone who gets proposed to five times on Christmas Eve.

Romance – 188 stories

Write about someone who is given a bird for the holidays but doesn’t know how to take care of it.

Holiday – 225 stories

Write a science fiction story where all human behavior can be predicted — until your character does something the algorithm did not expect.

Science Fiction – 155 stories

Write about someone who gets an inheritance from a relative they’ve never heard of, but they’ll need to do something completely outside their comfort zone in order to collect it.

General – 160 stories

Write about someone getting a job offer they never would have thought to apply for.

General – 103 stories

Write a romance where your character falls in love with the last person they expected to.

Romance – 213 stories

Write a mystery where the detective realizes at the last moment that they have the wrong suspect.

Mystery – 130 stories

Write about someone hosting a cookie exchange as a cover to hide the true reason for inviting one of their guests.

Dramatic – 163 stories

Write about someone trying to recreate a grandparent’s signature baked good from memory.

General – 180 stories

Write about two people who run rival bakeries, but fall in love during their town’s annual holiday festival.

Romance – 151 stories

Write about someone investigating a break-in at a bakery. The only thing missing? A very secret ingredient.

Mystery – 116 stories

Write about a group of people determined to win an award for making the biggest cookie ever.

General – 69 stories

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