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Write about someone who falls back into childish behaviors whenever they’re around their family.

Kids – 66 stories

Write about a family adapting a holiday tradition to take place over video chat.

Holiday – 59 stories

Start your story with the line, “It had been twenty-four years since she’d last seen it, but the place looked exactly the same,” and end it with, “[…] and that was all that mattered.”

Adults – 178 stories

Start your story with the line, “This was supposed to be the happiest day of their lives,” and end it with, “By then it was too late.”

Sad – 132 stories

Start your story with someone robbing a bank and end it with two people driving on an interstate.

Dramatic – 86 stories

Start your story with someone admitting a secret and end it with someone telling a lie.

Dramatic – 180 stories

Start your story with two characters watching a sunrise and end it with one of them seeing the moon reflecting off a lake.

Adults – 301 stories

Write a space adventure story that features a visit to an alien marketplace.

Science Fiction – 123 stories

Write a story where one character needs to betray the other, but isn’t sure if they can.

Dark – 171 stories

Write a romance where the characters pretend to be dating each other in order to win a reality show.

Romance – 70 stories

Write a thriller about someone who witnesses a murder… except there’s no evidence that a murder took place.

Thriller and Suspense – 218 stories

Write about a pirate captain obsessed with finding a mythical treasure.

Adventure – 144 stories

Write about a character who’s finally on the verge of achieving their lifelong dream.

Dramatic – 135 stories

Write about a contest with life or death stakes.

Adventure – 145 stories

Write about a character who makes a dramatic life change to pursue a goal they’ve secretly always wanted.

Novel – 120 stories

Halfway through a fierce competition, your character is given the opportunity to cheat their way to victory: do they take it?

Short Story – 52 stories

Start your story with one character telling another, “It doesn’t count if you’re already planning your defeat.”

Novel – 132 stories

Write about someone taking a child trick-or-treating for the very first time.

Kids – 87 stories

Write about a vampire or werewolf who moves into a quiet suburban neighborhood.

Vampire – 160 stories

Write about a group of witches meeting up on Halloween night.

Halloween – 135 stories

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