Short Story Ideas?

Question

It can be about anything. I'm just completely out of ideas and topics to go off of. Anything is helpful!

Answer 1

Maybe you could use a topic from a story generator. Have you ever seen one of these?
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/shortstorycorner/namegenerator.htm
This site has a random name and idea generator. The ideas are pretty broad and interesting.

Another idea is to look at a picture that intrigues you. Make up a story having to do with that picture.
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/shortstorycorner/picgenerator.htm
(That's from the same site, but you can use ANY picture, of course.)

Here is a site with 36 plots from roleplaying games:
http://www.rpglibrary.org/articles/storytelling/36plots.html

Maybe this will help stimulate an idea! Best wishes.

Answer 2

Sit and think about your life. Was there an incident that was humorous that occurred to you or your family? Was there a relative or person that you would like to do a story about? Any crazy or "weird" characters that you could come up with?

What about stories you have read personally? Are there any that stick out in your mind that you could take ideas from? What about movies? Any that you could adapt and write about?

The possibilities are actually endless. Perhaps you just haven't taken the time to let your imagination go and to come up with interesting ideas.

Good luck!