50 Ideas For Your Next Book

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1) A woman walks into a bar, sees her friends at a table, all laughing. Why was she not invited?

2) A man wakes up in a grave.

3) Children laughing, seasaws seasawing, but no children in sight.

4) A thruple starts having trouble.

5) A dragon flies into a city and starts destroying it.

6) An apartment gets broken into. But there's no sign of a break in.

7) A deadly disease spreads across the planet, but only a certain group of people are immune.

8) Friendship is hard. What happens when two people fight?

9) A couple decide to go long-distance. One meets another lover.

10) A wizard decides to save the world but ends up destroying it.

11) You invite your friend over for dinner. Everything you cooked, she's allergic to. Why?

12) Zombies attack a small town.

13) Kids learn to share by making sandwiches with not enough ingredients.

14) A car drives itself into another universe.

15) A portal opens. Where does it go?

16) A board game comes to life.

17) TV show characters emerge from the TV.

18) Suddenly, the whole world starts dancing uncontrollably.

19) Every person in your small town starts speaking different languages. No one can understand each other. Why?

20) Every pencil the writer uses breaks. Why?

21) All flowers have a story. Each flower has a princess living inside it.

22) When you step outside, you immediately get burnt. Why?

23) You're shopping at the supermarket. You can't find the one product you need, but it looks like everyone else has it in their trolleys. What do you do?

24) Every time you pick up your phone, it turns off. Every time you put it down, it dings. You're waiting for an important phone call, what do you do?

25) You're digging in your garden, your spade hits something spongy. What is it?

26) You're digging in your garden, your spade hits something hard. What is it?

27) You can now control the weather with your blinks.

28) You can read minds, but only if you lock eyes with the person.

29) You climb a tree to the top and get stuck. What do you do?

30) You are transported deep under the ocean. You can breathe underwater. What do you do?

31) You are riding on the back of a whale, you're going deeper and deeper into the ocean, how do you save yourself?

32) Humans can fly. One gets too cocky and wants to go higher and higher in the sky. What happens when they go too high?

33) Three friends have their birthdays one day apart. The fourth friend can't remember whose birthday is on which day. How do they handle this?

34) Armed robbers enter the bank. The bank no longer keeps cash. What are the robbers looking for?

35) You climb a ladder to save a kitten, but the kitten doesn't want to be saved.

36) Your dreams come tru,e but they're nothing like what you thought.

37) You're planning a birthday party, but nothing is going right.

38) It's morning, but it's night. It's night, but it's morning.

39) You find yourself upside down. Why?

40) You're in a room. No doors, no windows. How do you get out?

41) Your arms are now twice as long as your body.

42) You're living in the jungle, and a snake is following your every move.

43) You're walking down the street when seven teenagers start shadowing you. What do they want?

44) You make a call, you're slurring your speech, they can't understand you. What happened?

45) You make bread. Everyone wants bread. You share the bread. There is none left for you, and you're hungry.

46) Teleportation is real. How do you convince others?

47) You're prepping for a big interview. Everyone's telling you not to do it. What's the interview for?

48) Time stands still. Clocks don't tick. Calendars don't turn.

49) A text gets sent to your phone. Unknown number. How does this person know all of your secrets?

50) You can now move objects with your mind, but these objects must be outside a 5km radius.

Have fun with these prompts and let me know what stories you come up with!