Creative Story Titles Can Give You Good Story Ideas
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Develop That List of Story Titles Into Some Good Story Ideas
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How To Come Up With Good Story Ideas And Their Titles
The dictionary. Randomly open it and choose a word; now write a story about that word. You just might have a suitable title as well.
Story Titles And Partially Developed Storylines
Being creative is hard work.
1-If I Were Batman: Someone decides to bring their love of comics into reality.
2-Stealing From Killers: A woman steals the wrong thing from the wrong person.
3-Beginner's Luck: The story of a guy who makes a fortune off of his very first painting.
4-A Bit of Nudity: A nudist colony gets a visit from a very famous celebrity.
5-Letter From Heaven: A wife gets a lengthy letter from her deceased husband about his first month in Heaven.
6-5 Reasons Death Doesn't Suck: A recently deceased teenager discovers that there is life after death and you can do a lot more when dead than when alive.
7-Dying Wishes: A family goes on a road trip with their cancer-stricken child to grant as many wishes as they can.
8-Lunatic Friends: A guy gets a crush on a wannabe serial killer.
9-Job Security: People learn of a possible downsizing and they all start competing to prove their worth to the company, often with hilarious results.
10-The Beauty of Ugliness: A very unattractive person is also the most popular because of their actions.
Coming Up With Ideas Isn't That Hard
Developing good story ideas is the hard part.
Whether you're looking for good story ideas, cool story titles or ways to kill off a character most writers seem to turn to books as a source for inspiration in their creative writing. This action is popular for a reason - it works. Where else can you casually peruse the written word and let ideas form freely in your mind. Some might say offer up the internet as an answer, but I've never got rich ideas from the Web like I do from books or magazines.
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Children's Story Ideas
Every idea came from the story title listed.
2-Gumdrops: A child obsession with candy changes their world - literally.
3-Where Creatures Roam: A brother and sister find a secret doorway where the creatures of imagination roam free.
4-Wild Animals I Have Known: A boy recalls his trip to a national park.
5-10 Reasons I Believe In Santa
6-When the Hen Attacks: Someone finds out that you shouldn't try to pet baby chicks when mama is around.
7-My Blue Squirrel: A boy rescues a squirrel that has fallen into a bucket of blue paint.
8-Secrets of the Hive: A young girl is given the opportunity to visit a beehive.
9-Old Bugs: The oldest living praying mantis in existence visits a young boy to ask a favor.
10-The Twilight Creatures: A young child is playing in just the right place at just the right time and the unicorn visits.
Good Story Titles And Ideas For Horror Fans
Who hasn't took a chance on a book or story because of the title? Very few, I think.
2- Shaking Hands With Satan: A con man makes a deal with the Devil.
3-Young Sinners: A chemical spill causes a bunch of youngsters to go on a killing spree.
4-Dead Things That Aren't Really Dead: Reluctant zombies descend on a small town.
5-Why Some Humans Prefer Berries: A woman retells the experience that caused her to go vegetarian.
6-The Contest: A new reality show is created in which contestants can really die. Lots of people want the part.
7-A Glimpse of Hell: A very mean person gets a visit from someone offering to show him where he's going to end up if he doesn't change his ways.
8-Hobbyists: Some people have the most terrifying hobbies.
9-John's Demon: Someone calls forth a dark being and binds it in the form of his pet dog.
10-Proof: A skeptic demands proof from the universe that there is such a thing as ghosts - and gets it.
Story Idea Generators Can Be A Resource
A good resource?
- Seventh Sanctum
- Quick summaries to inspire stories.
- Writer's Plot Generator
- Pretty self-explanatory.
- TV Tropes Story Generator
- Better than most as it actually requires you to use your imagination.
A Few Things About Story Titles
1-They should not be dull.
2-Easy to remember is good.
3-Titles should fit the story.
4-You can't copyright a title.
5-Titles can be changed (and often are).
Cool Story Titles By You
And short story descriptions.
Contribute to this lens by coming up with your own creative title along with a short description of your story idea. The only rule I have is to please keep it rated PG (safe for work).
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Reading Is A Great Way To Come Up With Creative Writing Ideas
Below are a few of my favorite magazines that I peruse on a regualr basis.
Any Short Quick Story Ideas Or Titles You Want To Share?
Keep it tame, please.
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Misskate00
Apr 9, 2012 @ 10:15 am | delete
- Great article. When i am stuck i sit there and look around me, closely. Or i listen to what my children are saying.
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tnabooks
Mar 30, 2012 @ 10:19 am | delete
- I love your suggestions for coming up with story ideas. They're great reminders that we can find ideas in things all around us, if we're paying close enough attention. :)
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William the B.
Mar 23, 2012 @ 2:03 pm | delete
- I completely agree with you. I've found that I can often come up with more amazing stories just by analyzing a good title (especially a creative one). Good lens.
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flycatcher
Feb 13, 2012 @ 10:34 pm | delete
- I find that headlines from very old newspapers - just the headlines - are often enough to spark an idea for a story.
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Regan
Nov 20, 2011 @ 3:38 pm | delete
- Awesome story ideas!!! There is one that I will be using. Thanks. I wish the site would have let me give titles to those cool pictures, but I'm including it in my comments instead.
1st-pumpkin (Madman's View)
2nd-dollhead (Learning Curve)
3rd-glass (Broken Blues)
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Pencil_Drawings
Nov 20, 2011 @ 8:59 am | delete
- WOW tough photos to label! Great lens thanks for sharing. It is amazing how a picture or sentence can spark all kinds of ideas
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