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Start your story with someone robbing a bank and end it with two people driving on an interstate.

– 86 stories

Start your story with someone admitting a secret and end it with someone telling a lie.

– 179 stories

Start your story with two characters watching a sunrise and end it with one of them seeing the moon reflecting off a lake.

– 300 stories

Write a space adventure story that features a visit to an alien marketplace.

– 123 stories

Write a story where one character needs to betray the other, but isn’t sure if they can.

– 170 stories

Write a romance where the characters pretend to be dating each other in order to win a reality show.

– 70 stories

Write a thriller about someone who witnesses a murder… except there’s no evidence that a murder took place.

– 218 stories

Write about a pirate captain obsessed with finding a mythical treasure.

– 144 stories

Write about a character who’s finally on the verge of achieving their lifelong dream.

– 135 stories

Write about a contest with life or death stakes.

– 145 stories

Write about a character who makes a dramatic life change to pursue a goal they’ve secretly always wanted.

– 118 stories

Halfway through a fierce competition, your character is given the opportunity to cheat their way to victory: do they take it?

– 52 stories

Start your story with one character telling another, “It doesn’t count if you’re already planning your defeat.”

– 131 stories

Write about someone taking a child trick-or-treating for the very first time.

– 87 stories

Write about a vampire or werewolf who moves into a quiet suburban neighborhood.

– 158 stories

Write about a group of witches meeting up on Halloween night.

– 135 stories

Write about someone’s first Halloween as a ghost.

– 205 stories

Start your story with two characters deciding to spend the night in a graveyard.

– 318 stories

Write a romance that involves one partner saving the other from a fire.

– 153 stories

Write about a family attempting to hide their secrets from someone new.

– 121 stories

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