361. An agoraphobic protagonist has not left his or her apartment in over a dozen years. But now the apartment building has been declared condemned. Staying there is no longer an option.
362. Write about a protagonist who is a detective or agent and who chose that career because of a crime against a loved one many years ago.
363. An interpreter or translator in the far-off future specializes in alien languages.
364. What happens when a group of friends plays around with magic and gets it to work?
365. The protagonist was born with a physical deformity that causes others to view him or her as evil (horns, mark of the devil, etc.). But the real cause of the evil that consumes the protagonist is having been shunned and treated like a leper his or her whole life.
366. A clean-cut conventional character who follows all the rules falls in love with an edgy, tattooed punk rocker.
367. Write a story about a young couple heading out west hoping to strike it rich during the California gold rush of the 1840’s.
368. Pets and animals are always good for laughs. Write a comedy set in a veterinarian’s office.
369. Mom and Dad are delighted because they are expecting. How does their first born feel about acquiring a sibling?
370. Write a story about a teenager who is working hard and getting good grades because he or she desperately wants to go to college but whose family doesn’t have enough money to pay for an education.
371. Every morning, the same customers show up at a quaint and cozy small town diner. Some are great friends, some loathe each other, and some barely know each other. One day, a stranger comes to town and becomes a regular at the diner, shaking up old relationships and rivalries.
372. What happens when a top government official (president, senator, judge) be- comes the target for an assassin? Is the motive personal or political? Make it surprising!
373. Write a survival story about one person or a group of people stranded on a distant planet, having lost all contact with Earth. How will these technology-reliant characters adjust to life without gadgets?
374. In a magical world, it might be difficult to keep prisoners behind bars. Write a story about a group of prisoners living in a land of magic.
375. Demons are usually horrific monsters, but what if a demon was living in the body of a human being? What if a human being was a demon?
376. The protagonist is agoraphobic, never leaves the house, and falls in love with the package delivery person.
377. Western stories tend to get rolling when a stranger comes to town. Write a western without the token stranger. Instead, explore the lives of the people who lived in the Wild West.
378. Write a comedic story about a nuclear family living in the modern world, but write the father as king, the mother as queen, the daughter as princess, and the son as prince. Dad’s chair in front of the television is the throne, the family dog is the court jester…You get the idea.
379. It’s important for children to learn the alphabet. Write an ABC book. You can write a separate vignette for each letter, write a story linking them all together, or write a nonsense rhyme for each one.
380. Write a story about a teenager who is forced to spend a weekend at a big family reunion but who would rather stay home and hang out with his or her friends.