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Two characters who are perfect for one another are foiled by bad timing.

Romance

They lived in a world where PDA is forbidden. One day, they slipped up and held hands on the street.

Romance

The lives of two people are changed forever when they coincidentally meet and engage in a weekend-long affair.

Romance

Someone with anxiety falls in love with someone extremely adventurous.

Romance

It wasn't love at first sight. But now you were starting to see them in a new light…

Romance

A fortuneteller falls in love with their client who has their palm read every month.

Romance

The first day you opened your own office as a private investigator, you didn't expect it to be busy. You were wrong.

Mystery

The detective didn't realize they were being foiled by a competiting detective.

Mystery

Write a story about a character waking up to the best news of their life.

Mystery

Write a story about a character waking up to something completely absurd.

Mystery

As you're paying for your groceries, you mention to the clerk, There's a mess in aisle 16. They give you a puzzled look and reply, There is no aisle 16.

Mystery

Write a story about one character. Half of it to make readers fall in love with them, the other half to make readers repulsed by them.

Novel

Your protagonist opens a purse or a desk drawer and finds three objects. By the end of your story there’s only one item left. What happens to the other two?

Short Story

Write about an average, unextraordinary Sunday. Rely on the character's internal dialogue to make the story interesting.

Dialogue

Write a story with seven characters — one for each of the seven sins.

Short Story

Write a story with a Character versus Technology conflict. Think of Humanity vs. robots in I, Robot.

Teens

Write a story with a Character versus Supernatural conflict. Think of Humanity vs. ghosts in Ghostbusters.

Teens

Write a story with a Character versus Society conflict. Think of Katniss Everdeen vs. The Capitol in The Hunger Games.

Teens

Write a story with a Character versus Nature conflict. Think of Mark vs. Mars in The Martian.

Teens

Write a story with a Character versus Character conflict. Think of Elizabeth Bennet vs. Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice.

Teens

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