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Start your story with a character having a premonition, but no one believes them.

– 146 stories

Write about a family with a long-standing tradition, whose members all have conflicting origin stories for it.

– 58 stories

Set your story within a window of opportunity, when a character finally has the chance to do something.

– 143 stories

Start your story with an unexpected knock on a window.

– 138 stories

Write a story that involves a magic window — or a window like no other.

– 153 stories

Write a story in which a window is broken or found broken.

– 139 stories

Start your story with a character looking out of a window in the middle of the night.

– 335 stories

Write about a character who has to rely on the hospitality of strangers.

– 96 stories

Start your story in an empty guest room.

– 150 stories

Write about someone welcoming a stranger into their home.

– 158 stories

Start your story with the arrival of a strange visitor in a small town.

– 185 stories

Write a story about strangers becoming friends, or friends becoming strangers.

– 261 stories

Write about someone finally making their own choices.

– 202 stories

Write about someone making a seemingly inconsequential decision, which goes on to have important consequences.

– 151 stories

A character stands in front of two doors. Write a story about what happens after they choose one to enter.

– 234 stories

Write a story about someone who’s extremely impulsive — or extremely indecisive.

– 104 stories

Start your story with someone being presented with a dilemma.

– 216 stories

Write a story in which a character justifies an argument with: “Because I said so.”

– 96 stories

End your story with someone finally conceding to another’s point of view.

– 96 stories

Write a story about two people who need each other, but are too stubborn to admit it.

– 164 stories

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