Creative writing short stories

Over 250 short story ideas to inspire you to write your next short story. From sci-fi, adventure and even friendship and animal story ideas.

I've been looking for unique short story ideas to help me boost my creative writing skills, and these are such great short story ideas!

She had heard his excuses before, thousands of times, but this time she was sick of them. She had never known that a human body could twist into that position. The bookcases tilted at a precarious angle over the sleeping infant. He was a brave man except when it came to small, tight spaces like […]

It’s pretty awful really; the way it all went down. The fog covers the path ahead, making it harder and harder for them to find their way. It was a twenty-two-hour drive to Aspen, Colorado and she …

30-Day Short Story Challenge - Write right from your soul - Thirty Darts

This article shows you how to generate short story ideas by collecting found objects and examining them through drawing.

Making a short story can become one of the common assignments given by teachers. However, it is not easy to make. It takes time, and sometimes it is not easy to visualize and arrange the idea in mind into good words. That is why there is a short story outline template. The template can provide

Short story writing is an art form. When I’m judging competitions, I’ve noticed that regardless of genre, the main reasons why I don’t place a story is often then same… there’s a few re…

One of the best things students can do to hone their story-writing skills is to practice doing it. Make practice a bit easier with these short story prompts.