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Build a story from one detail
Start from a single small detail you can see right now and build a whole short story outward from it.
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Tell a short story
Use a prompt to tell a story with a beginning, middle and end.
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Start from a single small detail you can see right now and build a whole short story outward from it.
Tell the story of a gift you gave or received that meant something.
Tell the story of a day recently that turned out really well.
Tell the story of a minor health scare and what it made you change, if anything.
Tell the story of a time you had to ask for help and were glad you did.
Tell the story of a job or university interview you still remember, good or bad.
Choose an ordinary object near you and tell its invented life story — where it was made, whose hands it passed through, how it ended up here.
Tell a story about a time a stranger helped you, or you helped a stranger.
Tell the story of a time you learned something the hard way.
Tell the story of a journey that took much longer than it should have.
Tell the story of a time you got lost somewhere.
Tell the story of losing something that mattered — and whether you got it back.