Inspiration for a short story?

Question

I have to write a short story and am suffering from serious writers block, i can't think of a decent plot and i've already dumped about 3 ideas. Does anyone have any good plots?

And by the way, i'm only 16 so life experience stories really don't help me, i've never done anythigng interesting with my life so i need something fictional!

Answer 1

How about if I do with my students and give you a writing prompt? They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Here is your picture. What are your thousand words? Pax - C
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Answer 2

Write a short story using this brief experience as a start. What if a young woman desperate to get a decent grade on a short story (who knows that she's a fine writer just suffering a temporary block) goes online for inspiration and help--What sorts of strange things might happen?

You could brainstorm on that or revisit your earlier ideas and type them into Word and try and get an essay tutor on Tutor.com or a place like that to help you move it along and improve it.

Don't disregard your own life experiences just because of your age--there will always be plenty of people to do it for you ;-).

Try taking an absolutely ordinary situation and throwing in something truly different so the characters have to react to the conflict. Perhaps they'll lead you to a neat story idea.

Really, the possibilities are endless...

Good luck!
~Saoirse

Answer 3

First thing: you don't have to have had experiences of a 60-year old to start writing - that's the myth no. 1 of writing. Of course, a new born babe can't do it either. But writing and 'experiencing go hand in hand'. Once you begin writing, if you are really looking for ideas, you'll begin to see them around you. The condition is that you've got to keep writing.

Secondly, don't just 'dump' ideas. Sure the first draft sounds crappy as hell. But that's nothing to angst over. Write down the plot even if it seems like the stupidest thing you've ever written. Revise it. Change a character's part. Add some characteres. Remove those that seem to be 'uninteresting'. Go on reading and editing the story (with breaks, of course) until it has turned into something completely new.

Moreover, since you are sixteen, I'm going to advice you about just one little thing. Don't try writing about things that you know that you can't write about too well aka adult's problems and stuff. Begin with stories about people your age. You know what it is like being sixteen. So write about that. What is it like for other people your age? Once you begin to understand things better, you can move on to writing about 18-year olds and so on.

Most young writers are better at writing one or two topic/genre/type of story only. So if I give you plot points for romance while you are good at horror, it's going to be a mess. Concentrate on your strengths first and then improve what you are lacking.

Answer 4

You're 16; you're not stupid nor are you inexperienced. Take something that may seem ordinary to you and turn it into something different. Suggestion: a new student comes to your school and latches onto you. This new person is a total pain. He/she won't let you go to the restroom it seems without tagging along. (You'll have to make up some other annoying stuff here.) You finally tell the twit how you feel about him/her. Then, the next day, you find out he died during the night. How do you feel? What do you do?

Or, you could write a children's story. Put the Big Bad Wolf on trial for eating Red Riding Hood's grandma and for huffing and puffing on a spare the air day. You could have a lot of fun with this one.

Answer 5

when u are still 16 it doesnt mean that u have no life experience. it is even vice versa. ages 16 is the time when u normally fall in love for the 1st time or have a crush, or have problems with ur parents and friends. well, it could be everything!

i always write a thing called fanfiction. it means that i make something (different version) out of the book that i ve read before. maybe change the ending, or write ur own story based on the character that u love the most.

for more idea, see www.fanfiction.net

Answer 6

Inspiration means "God breathed," so maybe try something that starts with wind. Let's see...

How about a small toy umbrella that falls from the sky right in front of you. It's on the gray concrete and it just missed a puddle. There are small pebbles on the ground and you realize that there's something odd about those pebbles. If not for the umbrella falling, you never would have noticed. The pebbles are actually precious stones like rubies and emeralds!

(Start with that or change it to suit you. Sometimes a bad idea is good enough to get you going -- you'll say to yourself, "No, that's not right. Let's do this..." You know what I mean?)

Answer 7

What about a short story in narrative form from what you think the mind of a child would say in describing the holacost.
Speak through the eyes of what you think a 9 year old girl would say who is experiencing pain in a concentration camp.

Answer 8

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