Find Your Next Story

Two strangers are trapped in an elevator. One of them is hiding something that changes everything.

Write the opening scene of a novel set in a city where no one can lie — but everyone has learned to tell the truth in the most misleading way possible.

A character finds an old voicemail they never listened to. It's from someone who died the day it was left.

Write about a place from your childhood that no longer exists. What do you miss most about it?

Describe a moment when you realized a person you admired was also deeply flawed.

Write about a decision you made in five seconds that changed the next five years.

Write a poem about something ordinary — a coffee cup, a cracked sidewalk, a Tuesday — as if it were sacred.

Write a poem in the voice of something that cannot speak: a river, a locked door, a fading photograph.

Write about a goodbye that was never said out loud.

Write about a time you were completely wrong about something — and what it felt like to realize it.

Describe a meal that meant more than food. What was really being said at the table?

Write about a stranger you observed for just a few minutes. Imagine the life behind their face.