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Story Prompts

Post #1  by CrimsonSprite on Thu Jan 21, 2010 10:25 pm

Listed below are several themed story prompts for your writing enjoyment. However, for these prompts it is asked that at the very top of your first post, you include the story theme. For example, if you're going to write the metaphorical thriller, you would include the entire line of information about this story as your first line or two in your opening post.

Example:
The theme of this story: metaphorical thriller. The main character: forceful teacher. The major event of the story: tragedy.




The theme of this story: allegorical horror. The main character: conceited cleric. The start of the story: journey. The end of the story: destruction.

The theme of this story: light-hearted adventure. The main characters: boastful hunter and mysterious weapons master. The major event of the story: birth.

The theme of this story: metaphorical thriller. The main character: forceful teacher. The major event of the story: tragedy.

The theme of this story: metaphorical transformation. The main character: indecisive politician. The start of the story: travel. The end of the story: getting lost.

The theme of this story: parody quest. The main characters: optimistic king and obsessive champion. The major event of the story: conversion.

The theme of this story: satirical transformation. The main characters: calm military professional and weak tomb-robber. The start of the story: alienation. The end of the story: temptation.

The theme of this story: serious caper. The main characters: drunken pretender and bigoted psychic. The start of the story: hunting. The end of the story: wedding.

The theme of this story: serious crime. The main characters: contemplative smuggler and serene servant. The start of the story: apocalyptic event. The end of the story: promotion.

The theme of this story: tragic romance. The main characters: naive corporate official and athletic bandit. The major event of the story: natural disaster.

The theme of this story: wacky romance. The main character: burnt-out adventurer. The start of the story: theft. The end of the story: smuggling.

The theme of this story: dramatic crime. The main character: patronizing comic. The major event of the story: revelation.

The theme of this story: epic drama. The main character: unfriendly bounty hunter. The major event of the story: smuggling.

The theme of this story: humorous horror. The main character: unwise priestess. The start of the story: compromise. The end of the story: guilt.

The theme of this story: humorous mystery. The main character: intelligent clerk. The start of the story: surrender. The end of the story: critical injury.

The theme of this story: metaphorical horror. The main character: lucky knight. The major event of the story: revelation.

The theme of this story: noir mystery. The main characters: serious marine and unstable repairman. The start of the story: intimidation. The end of the story: treason.

The theme of this story: parody romance. The main character: poor cleric. The major event of the story: intimidation.

The theme of this story: psychological action. The main characters: gentle farmer and infamous mentor. The major event of the story: service.

The theme of this story: serious conspiracy. The main character: detached grave robber. The start of the story: wedding. The end of the story: hunting.

The theme of this story: surreal mystery
. The main characters: ethical beggar and charismatic noble. The start of the story: training. The end of the story: promotion.

Fantasy

This is a surreal comedy. The story is about a king who is in love with a tough wizard. It starts on a world where magic is part of everyday life. The story begins with a robbery and ends with the discovery of a long-lost relative.

This is a deconstruction of a classic legend with a focus on unavoidable destiny. The story is about a fisherman and a peaceful mercenary who is married to a fence. It starts in a star-spanning magical empire. Magic is fading in power, and that plays an important role in the story.

This is a drama/horror with a strong theme of the importance of honest.
The story is about an apathetic beast-master who is in debt to a boastful arch-mage. It starts in a ghost town in a magical universe. The master villain of the story actually must be defeated in several different forms.

This is an escape-from-prison story. The story is about a sickly herbologist. It starts in a galaxy of magic. The story begins with someone taking a bath, climaxes with a sport being played, and ends with an insight. The return of ancient powers plays an important part in the story.

This is a story about man versus destiny. The story is about six seers. It starts in an outpost in a lost country. The story begins with a birthday celebration.

Modern

The story is about a farmer. It starts in a manufacturing city in Eurasia. The story begins with the taking of a test and ends with growth. The fallout from World War I plays a major role in this story.

The story is about a nuclear engineer, a cunning dancer, and a militant environmentalist. It starts in a large city. The crux of the story involves someone getting drunk. The internet plays a major part in the story.

This is a comedy-of-errors with a strong theme of the need for change and growth. The story is about a poet. It takes place in a junkyard in a village. The crux of the story involves an insight.

The story is about private video game addicts. It takes place in a shooting range. The threat of terrorism plays a major part in this story.

The story is about a laborer. It takes place in a port city. The differences between world cultures plays a major role in this story.

Free-for-all

This is a road-trip story. The story is about a misguided healer, a reporter, a prince, and a diabolical pedlar who must work with a video game programmer. It takes place in a small city on a frozen planet. The story begins with an accident while traveling, climaxes with a training, and ends with a robbery.

The story is about a priest who is in love with a fisherman. It starts in an interplanetary empire. The story climaxes with a religious ceremony. The nature of magic is changing, and that plays an important role in the story.

The story is about a xenobiologist and an extroverted archer. It starts at a portal to another dimension. A major element of this story is technology being used by an elite few.

The story is about a nimble barbarian. It starts in a galaxy-spanning empire. The story climaxes with a legal dispute.

The story is about a weak coach and an infamous bartender. It takes place in a dentist's office in a small city. The story begins with an advice, climaxes with the discovery of a lost item, and ends with a shopping trip. A new kind of magic is evolving in the story.

Science-Fiction

The story is about a romantic theologian who has a mysterious admirer: an outlaw. It starts in a solar-system-spanning confederation. The critical element of the story is a tragedy. A major element of this story is technology being used by an elite few.

The story is about a paranoid investor, a computer programmer, a talk show host, and an acrobat who was once married to a CFO. It starts in a town in a galaxy-spanning imperium. A spatial anomaly plays a major role in the story.

The story is about a smart businessperson, a poet, and an unhappy network engineer who is best friends with a playful priestess. It starts at a spatial anomaly. A temporal paradox plays a major role in the story.

The story is about a boastful fire fighter. It starts in a town on a dying planet. The story ends with a tragedy.

The story is about zookeepers. It starts in a large nation on a war-torn planet. The critical element of the story is a quest. Cross-species romance is a major element of the story.

The story is about a snide plumber and a bitter mobster. It takes place in a dimensional warp. The critical element of the story is an insight. The blurring of the boundaries between man and machine is a major part of this story.

This is a morality tale with an undercurrent about confusion and the dangers of self-expression. The story is about a newscaster needing a friend. It takes place in a small nation on a mountainous planet. The story begins with a repentance, climaxes with someone visiting a doctor, and ends with a confession. Genetic engineering and its side effects is a major part of this story.

This is a rags-to-riches story with an emphasis on things man was not meant to know. The story is about a clone, a star-ship engineer, a linguistics expert, and a worried psychiatrist who is mysteriously connected to a fire fighter. It starts in a planetary nation on an ocean planet. The story begins with a holiday celebration and ends with a joke. A sudden technological breakthrough plays a major role in this story.

This is an action adventure. The story is about an aggravated gambler in possession of stolen technology. It starts in a time warp. The story begins with an angry outburst, climaxes with someone getting a new job, and ends with a revelation. The differences between alien technologies is a major part of this story.

The story is about an arrogant psychiatrist, a terrorist, and a star-ship engineer. It takes place at a spatial anomaly. The critical element of the story is the revealing of an impostor. Cross-species romance is a major element of the story.

Random Category

The story is about a professor, a mentor, and a crippled construction worker who was once married to a veterinarian. It takes place in a gun shop. The role of technology in the modern world plays a major part in the story.

This is an epic about endurance. The story is about a mutant who must work with a smooth mentor. It starts in a small nation on a fiery planet. The blurring of the boundaries between man and machine is a major part of this story.

The story is about an unambitious stockbroker and a reporter who is in love with a stockbroker. It starts in a small city in the Antarctic. The critical element of the story is the taking of a test. The threat of terrorism plays a major part in this story.

The story is about a sloppy explorer who is constantly opposed by a philosopher. It starts in a mall in a town. The story begins with someone taking a bath and ends with someone questioning authority. Shifts in economic dominance play a major role in this story.

The story is about a spendthrift smuggler. It starts in a parallel universe. The critical element of the story is a birth. Technology getting out of hand is a major issue of the story.
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