Discover fun, fabulous short story ideas for kids—It’s no secret nor magic. Good writing starts with good ideas. And now your students can use these fun writing prompts and story starters as inspiration to write 30 individual short stories. Oh yeah!
“I want the reader to feel something is astonishing —not the ‘what happens’ but the way everything happens. These long short story fictions do that best, for me.”—Alice Munro “Unlike the novel, a short story may be, for all purposes, essential.”—Jorge Luis Borges (of the shor...
We've updated our list of 150 top short story ideas. Use them as writing prompts for contests, assignments, or just for fun!
We stared at each other. She looked in her fifties, as she had been during my late teens. She wore her stolid brown brogues, nylons, conservative tweed skirt, cashmere twin set, pearl necklace, pearl earrings, permed hair. I turned to the time traveler: “What have you done?” “You ...
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...
6. The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin “Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death.” Why we love it: It’s a perfect anchor text for a discussion assignment. ...
You can read an excerpt of the story here. Write on! Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged First They Came for the Pigs, Fungi, Khyber, Orrin Grey, Shameless Self Promotion, Shared World, Short Stories, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Writing New Year, New Goals 2025 Edition Posted on January 13, ...
for Kids, Teens, Adults, in all Genres, from Classic Short Stories by Famous Writers to New Stories by Emerging Writers around the world. Novels to Read Free too. New Short Story Writers and Stories are featured daily, weekly, and monthly. Find the Best Short Stories to Read at Storystar...
Short Story Ideas - How To Have ThemSteve Gillman
for Kids, Teens, Adults, in all Genres, from Classic Short Stories by Famous Writers to New Stories by Emerging Writers around the world. Novels to Read Free too. New Short Story Writers and Stories are featured daily, weekly, and monthly. Find the Best Short Stories to Read at Storystar...