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41 Best Narrative Short Story Ideas
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Write about a time that you broke the rules.
Describe your definition of a good life.
Write about a time you failed.
Write a story about something that seems ordinary to your protagonist but would be perceived as extraordinary by someone else.
Describe a change that you think you've gone through.
Write about a time that you found out something surprising about yourself.
Write a story that draws from a moment in your life where you wish you'd made a different choice. Have your protagonist make that choice, and then see what happens.
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.
Do you believe in ghosts? Why or why not?
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