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As you’re eating a box of Sweethearts, you realize the words are a message.

Historical Fiction

You find a note in your pocket that says “from your Secret Admirer,” though you have no idea who put it there.

Valentine's Day

You are the only person who has to go into work on a public holiday.

Holiday

An advertising firm lands a huge contract to make Easter the year’s most popular holiday.

Holiday

A shrewish woman is preventing her husband, the grand marshall of the Easter Day Parade, from leaving the house.

Holiday

You come home after a long, exhausting day of work to find your apartment empty, and a mysterious figure waiting to provide your true assignment.

Thriller and Suspense

You’re running as fast as you can, but you can’t get away — because what you’re running from doesn’t have legs.

Thriller and Suspense

Someone seems to have disappeared, but they’re really hiding in plain sight.

Thriller and Suspense

You stand atop a fifty-story ledge, clinging to the building for dear life and wondering how you got here.

Thriller and Suspense

As you turn the corner, a passing stranger palms you a set of keys. “It’s parked over there,” they whisper.

Thriller and Suspense

Write a story where the villain is the protagonist. Try to get readers on their side.

Novel

Write a story based on your favorite story, but with a twist.

Novel

Write a story that starts in one time period and ends in another.

Novel

Write a story told from second person point of view (uses "you" language).

Short Story

Write a story that starts from the perspective of the antagonist.

Novel

You have a crush on a coworker, and that crush is somehow revealed during a company-wide meeting.

Romance

After finding someone’s wallet on the street, you meet them to return it, and to check out the cutie in the license photo. Except it’s not them that shows up.

Romance

There’s no place like welding club for sparks to really fly.

Romance

Your partner takes you on a date to a place you would never expect.

Romance

Couples’ therapy — what a nice way to spend your anniversary.

Romance

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