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41 Best Narrative Short Story Ideas
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Write about your goals at ages 5, 10, 15, and 20.
Write about a time when you tried something unfamiliar.
Write a story based on an experience from your childhood... but set it in a different time period. (Yes, the future counts!)
Write about the best day of your life.
Write about the last nightmare you had.
Write about a time that you found out something surprising about yourself.
If a fire broke out in your home, what are the first three things that you would grab? Why?
Who would you choose as the TIME Person Of The Year? Why?
Write about a time that you were challenged in a belief that you had.
Write about a time that you taught something to somebody.
Write a story based on an experience from your childhood... but have that experience happen to a person or group of people who are nothing like you or your family.
Someone just knocked on the door late at night, but you weren't expecting anyone. When you open the door... no one's there.
Describe yourself to a stranger.
Write about a time that you felt like an outsider.
Write about the dream that you've held onto for the longest.
Turn one of your grandparent's old stories into fiction.
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