Write a story about someone going through the worse pain they have ever felt.
How do you describe pain that is getting worse?
How do you describe pain that no one has ever felt?
How do you see this experience changing the person?
Category: Idea
Story prompts that take some idea and write on it.
Sci-Fi Universe
Write a story set in a sci-fi universe.
What kinds of things happen in the universe?
Is the science more like magic or is it understood?
How can this be interesting to readers?
Non-Human Point of View
Write a story from a non-human point of view.
What about the point of view makes it not human?
How can this story relate to humans?
How can making this more alien, make it more human?
Transformation Story
Write a story of someone’s transformation.
What kind of transformation is it? (internal, external…)
Why are they transforming? Is it something they did to them self?
Do they want the transformation to happen?
It Was All a Dream
Write a story that ends in what could be called a dream.
Why does it end in a dream?
How is this ending better than if it does not end in a dream?
How can it end like a dream but still not be a dream?
Cruel Father
Write a story about a man that has grown up with a father that has chased away all the people who really care about the man.
Why would the father be so cruel?
How would the man group up to be?
What if the man was special in some way and the father was there to beat him down? why?
Self Destructing
Write a story about someone that is self destructing on the inside.
Why are they self destructing?
What has driven them to this point?
How can it end badly for the person self destructing?
Does it end badly?
Interrogation
Write a story about someone being interrogated.
Why are they being interrogated?
Why are they willing to keep things secret?
What is the internal fight like?
The Numbers
Write a story about someone that is obsessed with numbers.
Are the obsessed with all numbers or just one?
Why are they obsessed with numbers?
How do the numbers interfere/facilitate there life?
Do they let others know of the obsession? or hide it?
Bad Love
Write a story about two lovers that are not good for each other.
Why are they in love?
Why are they bad for each other?
What do they do about this obstacle?
How does the relationship end?