70 Funny Story Ideas and Prompts for Kids and Adults
A dog that files a complaint with the neighborhood association. A wizard who can only cast spells while hiccuping…
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75 Romance Writing Prompts by Trope
Two people, one umbrella, a downpour and a long-running argument about whose fault the rain is. That's a romance. The…
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"She was nervous" is a fact. "She checked her phone, put it away, and checked it again" is a moment the reader lives…
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You've got the plot, the setting and the first line. Then you type "XXX" where the hero's name should go, and it stays…
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You've written 3,000 words. The dragon is dead, the friends have made up, and now you're staring at the cursor with no…
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The kind neighbor who waters everyone's plants is the one who's been stealing the mail. When readers hit a reveal like…
9 min readHow to Overcome Writer's Block: 15 Fixes That Work
The cursor blinks. You've read the last paragraph nine times. You know the scene needs to happen, but every sentence…
9 min readHow to Start a Story: 12 Opening Techniques with Examples
Readers decide fast. A teacher with thirty essays or a kid flipping through a library book gives your opening a few…
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A reader picks up a book with a dragon on the cover and expects magic. Give them a quiet office drama instead and they…
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A reader will sit through a slow chapter for a person they care about. They won't sit through a fast one for a…
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A blank page is the hardest part of writing. You have a feeling, maybe a character or a single image, and no idea how…
16 min readHow to Write a Bedtime Story Kids Will Love
It's 8:15 p.m. Your child has had a bath, brushed their teeth and asked for "one more story" for the third time. You've…
10 min readHow to Write a Children's Story
Kids are the toughest critics you'll ever write for. An adult will politely finish a slow book. A five-year-old will…
10 min readShort Story Ideas for Students and Classes
"I don't know what to write about" is one of the most common sentences in any writing class. It isn't laziness. A blank…
12 min read50 AI Story Prompts That Give Better Results
Type "a story about a dragon" into an AI story generator and you'll get the most average dragon story ever told. Add a…
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Here's the trap almost every new fantasy writer falls into. You spend three months inventing a world, with maps…
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Most fantasy drafts stall in the same place: the map is drawn, the magic system has three pages of rules, and nothing…
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Most first horror drafts aren't scary. They're busy. A monster jumps out on page one, someone screams, there's blood on…
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