InHumanoids
Here’s a quick thumb-sketch of an idea for a story or campaign, inspired by Marvel’s...
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Category: Writing Prompts
Where Ideas Come From
Lots of writers get asked “where do you get your ideas?” Today I am going to share one...
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What if…? Developing Ideas For Science Fiction Stories
A lot of people ask “Where do writers get their ideas?” I thought I would share an...
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Idea #23: Fairytale fusions
Write a story that is a fusion of a favourite fairytale and a favourite or well known Bible story....
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Idea #22: The Great Cooking Caper
Go into the kitchen right now and create a dish. Make something you have never made before, using...
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Idea #21: Sky Siege
Write a story, book or game about a city besieged by sky pirates. Great zepplins launch squadrons...
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Idea #20: Cardboard Jungle
Write a story about a government sponsored slum built from recycled cardboard manufactured into...
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Idea #19: Upstairs / Downstairs
Write a story, scenario or game about a secret war waged between and by the household staff of wealthy families in Regency, Victorian or Edwardian England. In this setting the prosperity of the Lords and Ladies who rule over their estates is entirely i…
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Idea #18: The Departure
Write a story about what happened immediately before or after this picture;
Who is leaving and where are they going? Why are they leaving, and do they want to go? Who are the people on the dock and what is their relationship to the leaver? How did it …
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Idea #17: The Ninja’s Masters
Write a story about a ninja tasked with saving his Lord (no doubt a close relative) from an attack by the ninja’s own Master. This story would be all about the internal struggles faced by the protagonist, the conflicting loyalties he has and his deci…
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Idea #16: Sci-Fi High
Write a story, scenario or game about high school students attending an intergalactic high school in the far-flung future. Of course the students would have to deal with all the usual things you expect to see in a high school drama – peer pressure, dat…
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Idea #15: War is Hell
Write a story, scenario or game about soldiers that must literally fight in Hell. Were the characters alive and tricked into an eternal war, or did they find themselves in the service of Lucifer, Mephistopholies or some other entity after dying in batt…
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