We've updated our list of 150 top short story ideas. Use them as writing prompts for contests, assignments, or just for fun!
Update: We now have over 100 short story ideas on this list. These are all bona fide story prompts that you can turn into full short stories. These are not just writing exercises to get your brain doodling. If you write one of these ideas, you have a very good chance of being publish...
“Short fiction seems more targeted—hand grenades of ideas, if you will. When they work, they hit, they explode, and you never forget them.”—Paolo Bacigalupi “. . . there is in the short story at its most characteristic something we do not often find in the novel—an intense awar...
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Short film format ideas Use the fact that your project is a “short” film as an exciting limitation. This forces you to tell your story as concisely and effectively as possible. Consider the art of brevity found in commercials, like Ridley Scott’s iconic “1984” Apple Macintosh ad, whi...
It’s enough to make your head spin or an existential crisis occur. But if you can return to this sense of curiosity and wondering you had as a child, you can find a treasure trove of short story ideas to be found. Take in your surroundings and ask yourselfwhythings are the way they...
Beginners often spend three quarters of the short story writing a Meet-Cute—and then they run out of words and quickly tack on a marriage proposal. This doesn’t satisfy readers who know that meeting someone and falling in love is the easy part, while making the relationship work is what...
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The first day of school, a love note, and a recipe with a significant mistake. A horoscope, makeup, and a missing tooth. A campfire, a scream, and a small lie that gets bigger and bigger.More short story ideasChallenge: 4 stories in 4 weeks using these short story ideas. Are you ...
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