This is the first part of the story starter list. As with the poem prompts, you are welcome to prepare entries ahead of time, which is why I'm posting the prompts now. Just make sure to keep them ligtas until the right contest comes up.
1. "Get that thing away from me!" the girl yelled.
2. "That will ipakita them," I thought as I hammered the last nail into place.
3. Everyone had a partner but me. What was I supposed to do now?
4. For the most part, Grandpa was a nice man who liked best of all to…
5. Goats, tupa and chickens belong on the farm, not in the middle of...
6. "Get out of there as fast as you can!", I yelled to my brother as...
7. Have you ever noticed that some days seem much longer than others?
8. He didn't look like a genius, he looked madami like...
9. He was afraid, but he called upon all his courage as...
10. Her eyes were glazed with a fever, making her...
11. I had always wanted a puppy.
12. I looked around the room. Nothing seemed unusual, but then…
13. I never expected that one araw I'd open my closet and find...
14. It was three times as large as me, but I was going to try anyway.
15. I never thought I could do it, but…
16. If this was the truth, then the truth was wrong because...
17. If time could stand still or even go backwards, I would…
18. It was a weird thing, hairy and smelly and limp, but I loved it because...
19. It was pasko morning, but I was not anxious to...
20. My dog jumped up and started barking...
21. It was my best friend's deepest secret and it would be a hard one to keep...
22. What would you do if your best friend said...
23. I knew it was going to be an unusual araw when my mom came into my bedroom and said...
24. It was quiet.... too quiet. That could only mean that...
25. It's hard to know what a computer will do when you plug it in during a thunderstorm....
26. It's lost! What could I do now that…
27. Late one night the neighbor knocked on the front door and asked....
28. I looked up at the stars, and I thought I saw ...
29. She was a funny old lady, but I knew she had come to tell me...
30. I knew if I didn't get nervous, I could make the shot.
31. She was peering through the window, counting the cars that went by, wondering...
32. Everytime my paborito TV ipakita comes on my mom always says, ...
33. Something brushed against me and my surprise turned to horror as I saw...
34. The boy appeared at the door of the cabin, looking ...
35. The kastilyo stood at the tuktok of the hill, close enough to see that in a high window stood...
36. The communicator lay silent in his hand and he realized he had Nawawala contact with...
37. This was not home! The grass was kahel and in the sky we saw...
38. The horse pawed restlessly at the ground, a beast eagerly waiting for...
39. The spaceship was out of control and only one person could save us....
40. The waves crashed across the sand and I knew....
41. The wind whipped around the corner, moaning and warning me that...
42. There is nothing better than…
43. They were in the grocery store, in the freezer section, when it happened.
44. This was it. The moment I had dreaded for two weeks. The moment when....
45. Three segundos left on the scoreboard clock -- only three segundos before....
46. Today is the araw I turn myself into a new person, a person whom...
47. Today was the day! I finally was going to …
48. We watched in horror as our friend turned the corner and bumped right into…
49. What was I supposed to do? I knew what my friend had done was wrong, but…
50. "Where did everyone go?" I shouted, but there was no answer.
51. A stolen ring, fear of spiders, and a sinister stranger.
52. A taxi, an old enemy, and Valentine's Day.
53. Identical twins, a party invitation, and a locked closet.
54. A broken wristwatch, peppermints, and a hug that goes too far.
55. Aerobics, a secret diary, and something unpleasant under the bed.
56. An ex-boyfriend, a pair of binoculars, and a good-luck charm.
57. An annoying boss, a bikini, and a fake illness.
58. The first araw of school, a pag-ibig note, and a recipe with a significant mistake.
59. A horoscope, makeup, and a missing tooth.
60. A campfire, a scream, and a small lie that gets bigger and bigger.
61. A babysitter is snooping around her employer's house and finds a disturbing photograph...
62. At a Chinese restaurant, your character opens his fortune cookie and reads the following message: "Your life is in danger. Say nothing to anyone. You must leave the city immediately and never return. Repeat: say nothing."...
63. Your character's boss invites her and her husband to dinner. Your character wants to make a good impression, but her husband has a tendency to drink too much and say exactly what's on his mind...
64. It's your character's first araw at a new school. He or she wants to get a fresh start, develop a new identity. But in his or her homeroom, your character encounters a kid he or she knows from summer camp...
65. Your character has to tell his parents that he's getting a divorce. He knows his parents will take his wife's side, and he is right...
66. At the airport, a stranger offers your character money to carry a mysterious package onto the plane. The stranger assures your character that it's nothing illegal and points out that it has already been through the security check. Your character has serious doubts, but needs the money, and therefore agrees...
67. Your character suspects her husband is having an affair and decides to spy on him. What she discovers is not what she was expecting...
68. A man elbows your character in a crowd. After he is gone, she discovers her cell phone is too. She calls her own number, and the man answers. She explains that the cell phone has personal information on it and asks the man to send it back to her. He hangs up. Instead of going to the police, your character decides to take matters into her own hands...
69. After your character loses his job, he is tahanan during the day. That's how he discovers that his teenage son has a small marihuwana plantation behind the garage. Your character confronts his son, who, instead of pagganap repentant, explains to your character exactly how much money he is making from the marihuwana and tries to persuade your character to sumali in the business...
70. At a garahe sale, your character buys an antique urn which she thinks will look nice decorating her bookcase. But when she gets home, she realizes there are someone's ashes in it....
71. Your character starts receiving bulaklak and anonymous gifts. She doesn't know who is sending them. Her husband is suspicious, and the gifts begin to get stranger....
72. A missionary visits your character's house and attempts to convert her to his religion. Your character is trying to get rid of him just as storm warning sirens go off. Your character feels she can't send the missionary out into the storm, so she lets him come down into her basement with her. This is going to be a long storm....
73. Your character is caught shoplifting. The tindahan owner says that she won't call the police in exchange for a personal favor....
74. Your character is visiting his parents over a holiday. He is returning some books to the aklatan for his mother and is startled to notice that the librarian looks exactly like him, only about thirty years older. He immediately begins to suspect that his mother had an affair at one time and the librarian is his real father...
75. Your character picks up a hitch-hiker on her way tahanan from work. The hitch-hiker tries to persuade your character to leave everything and drive her across the country...
76. Your character has to sell the house where she grew up. A potential buyer comes to look at it and begins to talk about all of the changes she would make to the place. This upsets your character, who decides she wants to find a buyer who will leave everything the way it has always been....
77. A bat gets in the house. Your character's husband becomes hysterical, frightened that it might be rabid. In his panic, he ends up shutting the bat in a room with your character while he calls an exterminator from a ligtas place in the house. His behavior makes your character see her husband in a new way....
78. Your character changes jobs in order to have madami time with his family. But his family doesn't seem interested in having him around...
79. Your character develops the idea that she can hear the voices of the dead on a certain radio channel. She decides to take advantage of this channel to find sagot to some tanong that are bothering her about her dead parents....
80. Your character's dream is to be a professional dancer. At a party, she mentions this dream to a stranger, who says that he has contacts in the dance world and gets her an audition for a prestigious dance troupe. One problem: your character doesn't know how to dance. Your character decides to accept the audition anyway and look for a solution....
81. Your character thinks her boss is looking for an excuse to apoy her. She decides to fight back....
82. Your character goes out for hapunan on a petsa and becomes attracted to the waiter or waitress....
83. Your character notices that a stranger is following her. She pretends not to notice. The stranger follows her tahanan and watches her go inside. Then when he leaves, your character turns the tables and starts to follow him....
84. A child moves into a new house and finds out that the other kids in town think it's haunted. She begins to invent ghost stories to tell at school in order to get attention. But the madami stories she tells, the madami frightened she becomes of the house...
85. Your elderly character escapes from the retirement tahanan where his or her children have placed him or her....
86. Your character gets cosmetic surgery in an attempt to make her boyfriend pag-ibig her more. But then she worries he only loves her for her looks....
87. Your character is a writer. But his new neighbors are so noisy that he can neither work nor sleep. He decides to take action....
88. Your character's mother-in-law comes to visit for a week, and your character suspects she is trying to poison him. He shares his suspicion with his wife, who says he's always hated her mother but this accusation is going too far. Meanwhile, your character has stomach cramps, and his mother-in-law is downstairs making breakfast again....
89. It's a freezing cold night. Your character finds a homeless family on his doorstep and invites them into his tahanan to sleep. But in the morning, the family doesn't leave....
90. Your character has recently married a man with two teenage children. The children resent her, and she tries to avoid them altogether. Then her new husband (their father) disappears suddenly, leaving only a short good-bye note....
91. He should have never let her into the apartment...
92. It sounded like violin music, and it was coming from the basement...
93. "It's not what you think," he said.
94. I crouched behind the car, trying not to make a sound...
95. There's only one thing in the world I'm afraid of...
96. They sat susunod to each other on the train, still pretending to be strangers...
97. I knew he'd been there because he'd stubbed out his cigarette in the sink...
98. "Don't you dare come any closer..."
99. She'd imagined this moment so many times, but she never expected...
100. At first, I thought it was the cat, but it was...
101. Inside the envelope was a four-leaf clover...
102. There was only one way to keep her quiet, and it was going to cost us…
103. What if you discovered that your friend's husband was cheating... but you also knew that if you told her it would be the end of your friendship?
104. What if you opened a fortune cookie and found a tiny map inside?
105. What if the cab driver suddenly turned in the wrong direction and told you he had his own plans for you?
106. What if your boss ordered you to do something illegal at work, and you knew if you didn't do it you'd be fired?
107. What if someone who looked almost exactly like you suddenly became very famous?
108. What if you and your brother or sister fell in pag-ibig with the same person?
109. What if, in the basement of your house, you discovered a secret passageway?
110. What if a stranger on a bus told you he or she was dying and needed your kidney?
111. What if you bought a new house or apartment and when you went to ilipat in, you found someone already living there?
112. What if you picked up the wrong suitcase at the airport, and inside it was the evidence from a crime?
113. Your character is chatting with a stranger on a website. Both your character and the other person are using nicknames -- they don't know each other's real names. The stranger starts to flirt with your character, even though she tells him she is married. The madami they talk, the madami strongly she suspects that the stranger is actually her husband, but that he has no idea who she is...
114. While your character and his wife are on a safari, the car breaks down. Their guide says he'll go for help, leaving your character and wife alone sa pamamagitan ng the car. After a few minutes, they decide to get into the car, but the doors are locked. There's no sign of the guide, and it's starting to get dark...
115. A child develops a wild plan to keep his parents from getting divorced...
116. Tracey's husband is about to ilathala a novel about a character named "Stacey", who is obviously based on Tracey. The novel is about how much "Stacey" secretly hates her in-laws, whose house she currently lives in. Tracey too lives with her in-laws, but has always worked hard to get along with them. She begs her husband not to ilathala the book or at least to disguise the character more, but her husband refuses...
117. One evening, as your character's getting ready for bed, s/he notices a Webcam attached to his/her tahanan computer, filming him/her. Your character does not own a Webcam...
118. After a neighbor is murdered, the police talk to your character and his wife, asking if they heard anything suspicious. Your character's wife sagot the police's tanong as if she had been tahanan the evening the crime occurred, when your character knows she was out until very late that night...
119. A teenager hears that the movie bituin she's in pag-ibig with will be in town. She develops a plan to meet him and make him fall in pag-ibig with her...
120. Your character and his/her husband/wife are both unemployed and sending out CVs. When they both get interviews at the same time, they discover that they are competing for the same job. Both of them want the job, and each thinks that he/she is better suited for it than the other...
121. Your character's teenage child makes a rule that no one's allowed in his/her bedroom. Your character respects this rule until one morning when s/he wants a book that s/he thinks that the teenager has borrowed. S/he goes to look in the teenager's room and can't believe what s/he finds there...
122. Your character gets a new roommate. This roommate is always complimenting your character and seems to admire her a lot. But your character starts to get the creeps when the roommate begins to dress exactly like her, gets her hair cut like your character's, starts pagbaba your character's books and quoting things that your character has said. Your character has the strange feeling that the roommate wants to BE her. And then the roommate starts making excuses to spend time with your character's boyfriend....
123. a hitchhiker, an allergy, and a mistake in a map.
124. a cemetery, a missing dog, and a joke that goes too far.
125. a Halloween costume, a stapler, and a complaint between neighbors.
126. a stolen phone, a pag-ibig song, and a bet.
127. a dance competition, an engagement ring, and a worried parent.
128. insomnia, a birthday card, and an encounter with someone famous.
129. an eavesdropper, a secret kiss, and a apoy in the kitchen.
130. a stuck elevator, a pickpocket, and a promise.
131. a babysitter, a pet snake, and a tow truck.
132. a lit window, a stamp collection, and someone pretending to be angry.
133. a dream come true, inappropriate laughter, and something buried.
134. an abandoned house, false eyelashes, and a lump in the bed.
135. Write about a character who pretends to be cool and tough, but is actually shy and sensitive.
136. Write about a character who is obsessed with certain colors.
137. Write about a character who secretly plans to leave tahanan and start a new life.
138. Write about a character who pretends to be ________, but is actually ________.
139. Write about a character who is obsessed with ________.
140. Write about a character who secretly ________.
141. He wasn't at all what I was expecting...
142. How would we ever get rid of...
143. She was a wonderful liar...
144. He hurled the phone against the wall...
145. The fortuneteller was mistaken...
146. I crouched behind the sofa...
147. It was wrapped like a present, but...
148. I should never have come here...
149. a reader of romance novels who wants to live a pag-ibig story of her own.
150. an amateur naturalist whose dream is to discover a new type of animal.
151. a character who wants to achieve a world record -- he doesn't care for what.
152. a character who dreams of starting a new life in a foreign country.
153. a character who wants to rob a jewelry tindahan and has a foolproof (s/he hopes) plan to get away with it.
154. a character with no living grandparents, who wants to adopt a grandmother.
155. Inventor
156. Taxi driver
157. Magician
158. Scuba instructor
159. Marriage counselor
160. Prison guard
161. Beauty pageant contestant
162. Cookbook author
163. Computer hacker
164. Archaeologist
165. Lead singer of an unsuccessful rock band
166. Astronaut
167. Gossip magazine journalist
168. Divorce lawyer
169. Animal trainer
170. Video game designer
171. High school football coach
172. Exorcist
173. Flight attendant
174. Stunt actor
175. in a tattoo parlor
176. at the zoo at night
177. in an abandoned mental hospital
178. in a submarine
179. in a magnet factory
180. in the hanay ng mga arko of a bank
181. in a bridal shop
182. in the kusina of Buckingham Palace
183. on the edge of a cliff
184. entirely in the dark
185. Creative Pagsulat ideas - the new house
Your character and his wife visit a new house that they're thinking of buying. Your character's wife is enthusiastic about the house, but it's really a terrible place. The character hates it but is afraid to say what he really thinks. ipakita the scene. But.. do NOT tell the reader that the house is terrible. Do NOT tell the reader that your character hates it. Do NOT have the character tell his true feelings about the wife. Instead, make the reader see and feel it all. And eventually, make the wife see it too.
186. Creative Pagsulat ideas - secret pag-ibig
Two old mga kaibigan get together for hapunan after a long time apart. One of them is secretly in pag-ibig with the other one. ipakita this, don't tell it.
187. Creative Pagsulat ideas - the grouch
In an emergency, a small boy is left to stay with his grandfather for several days. The grandfather pretends to be annoyed at the inconvenience, but, secretly, he is delighted. He adores the boy. He is embarrassed about displaying emotion, so he acts gruff with the child, who is therefore frightened of him at the beginning of the visit. ipakita the old man's act, but also let his real feelings ipakita through.
188. Creative Pagsulat ideas - the lemon
Your character thinks she's gotten a great deal on something (car, house, vacation package, money-making scheme, new job offer -- you decide). She brags to everyone who will listen about how fabulous this deal is. Meanwhile, little sa pamamagitan ng little, you let the reader see what she's really gotten herself into.
189. Creative Pagsulat ideas - the evil roommate
Your character meets her new roommate. She thinks the roommate is nice. The roommate is NOT nice. The roommate is obsessed with power. The roommate wants to control every little detail of the apartment and also wants to control your character's life. Don't tell us any of this. ipakita it.
190. Jack is afraid of commitment.
191. Meredith desperately wants a baby.
192. Eleanor is afraid of growing old.
193. Steven is so fed up in his job that he's about to do something desperate.
194. Natalia isn't in pag-ibig with her boyfriend any more.
195. Rashid is terrified of heights.
196. Short story ideas - dating deception
Your character meets someone on an online dating site. Your character writes an e-mail to the person, describing him/herself. Write the e-mail. This e-mail contains two lies. What are they? Why did the character tell them? Also: your character has a very mistaken idea of the impression he/she makes on other people. What impression does your character think he/she makes? What impression does he/she really make? Figure all this stuff out. If you want, fill out a character profile. The character arranges an in-person meeting with the person he/she has met online. What happens at the meeting? Write the story.
197. Short story ideas - character contradictions
Invent a character who has two personality traits that are completely incompatible, that don't fit together at all. For example: this character is incredibly messy and is also a total perfectionist. Or: this character is a pacifist and also has a really explosive temper. Or: this character believes in strict, traditional family values but is promiscuous sa pamamagitan ng nature. You decide. Then think of a situation in which these two sides of your character would be in direct conflict with each other. Write the story.
198. Short story ideas - self-realization
Your character things he/she is good at something, but he/she isn't. Something happens that makes your character realize this. What? What does your character do about it? Write the story.
199. Short story ideas - blast from the past
Years later, the character's first pag-ibig shows up on his or her doorstep again. Both your character and his/her first pag-ibig are surprised at how the other person has changed (How?) This encounter causes a disruption in your character's life (How? What does your character do about it?) Write the story.
200. Short story ideas - crisis of faith
Your character has a certain deep-held belief about life. This belief may be based on religion, on something he learned from his parents, or on his own experience. Decide what this belief is and where it came from. In your story, something happens to the character that seems incompatible with this belief. How does your character react? Write the story.
201. Short story ideas - reluctant confrontation
Invent a teenage character who is very shy and hates confrontations of any kind. Her friend Stacy gets into serious trouble at school, and your character knows that the situation is a teacher's fault, not Stacy's. Your character wants to help Stacy, but all of her options seem terrifying: confront the teacher directly, talk to the principal, or tell a parent who might not believe her. What does she do? Write the story.
202. Short story ideas - old dreams
Your character has a family and a stable job. Then something happens that reminds him of the plans he had when he was younger, to become an actor and live a creative life without ties of any kind. What happens to make him remember this? He starts to wonder if he's made the right choices. What does he do?
203. A woman who is constantly calling the police on her noisy neighbors, not because the noise bothers her but because she enjoys the fight.
204. A woman who wants to be a singer but has no talent.
205. A boy who teases girls because he likes them and doesn't want them to guess.
206. An aerobics instructor who develops an addiction to basura pagkain that is making her fat and threatening her job.
207. A very handsome guy who is sick of being admired only for his looks.
208. Creative Pagsulat topics - the tuta
Write a chilling, edge-of-the-seat, stay-up-late-reading suspenseful story about whether your character will get the new tuta he wants.
209. Creative Pagsulat topics - envious friend
Your character desperately wants something that belongs to his best friend. He feels that if he had this one thing, his life would be better. Without it, his life is miserable. What is the thing? Why does he want it so much? You decide. Your character develops a plan to get this thing for himself. What's the plan? But several obstacles block him. What are they? The situation is looking pretty bad for your character, but he decides to make one final last-ditch effort to get what he wants. This is the story climax. What is your character's final plan? What happens? Write the story.
210. Creative Pagsulat topics - important party
Your character is a teenager, who wants to go to a particular party. Going to this party is incredibly important to your character, who practically feels that his or her life depends on it. (Why? Come up with a reason). Unfortunately for your character, Dad has absolutely forbidden this party. (Why? If you're a parent, you can probably come up with about twenty possible reasons. Choose one). Write a story from the teenager's perspective. The climax of the story is Party Night. The teenager tries with all his or her might to get to the party, and Dad tries with all his might to prevent this. What happens?
211. Creative Pagsulat topics - the competition
Your character decides he must become the best in the world at a particular sport. Choose your paborito sport. If you hate all sports, you can choose a board game. Why is it so important to your character to become the best at this? ipakita why it matters. Your character develops an unusual training program. What is it? He organizes a match to prove his skill. What's the big match? Create obstacles and difficulties in his training and in his preparation for the match. ipakita how he tries to get past these roadblocks. Then ipakita the big match. This is the story climax. What happens?
212. Creative Pagsulat topics - creepy hotel
Your character's car breaks when he is driving tahanan from a business trip late at night. Fortunately, there is a hotel nearby, so the character decides to stay there and deal with the car in the morning. This hotel is the creepiest place he's ever seen. Why is it so creepy? Create the atmosphere. According to the hotel's policy, the character pays in advance for the night. Then he goes up to his room, and things get even creepier. How? ipakita us. Your character wants to leave the place but tells himself he's being irrational. He's already paid for the room, and he tells himself everything will be fine. But it just gets worse. Depending on how you write this, it could be a ghost story, a crime story, a realistic psychological drama, or a comedy. You could even try your hand at all of them and write four stories.
213. Rigid teacher versus creative student
214. Woman's need to get a job versus her fear of rejection
215. Character's conscience versus her temptation to get rich illegally when a unique opportunity arises
216. Man's actual money problems versus his desire to look successful when his parents come to visit
217. Two men competing for the same woman
218. Traditional wife versus feminist husband
219. Short story topics - chemical imbalance
Imagine a blind date. The guy thinks it goes wonderfully -- amazing chemistry; they have so much in common. The girl thinks it's a disaster, that he's a real creep.
Write about the petsa in the first person, from the girl's point of view. E.g., "I met him at the restaurant at seven. He looked..." (For tips on Pagsulat in the first person, click here).
Then, write about the same petsa in the first person, from the guy's point of view.
If you want, you could also rewrite the same scene in the third person, switching back and forth between points of view. Use some kind of indicator so that readers know where the point of view is at all time. Maybe give the man a few paragraphs, then the woman, and use a line break each time you change to separate the story into sections. Don't switch back and forth too fast, or you might leave your reader dizzy and disoriented.
220. Short story topics - wife's denial
Your character's husband is an alcoholic, but your character refuses to realize it. She idealizes him. The couple had a hapunan party the night before, and your character's husband got drunk and violent. Your character tells the story of the party in the first person and tries to convince the reader that what happened was no big deal.
221. Short story topics - the blind woman
Your character is blind. The man she has started dating is not. He invites her to his apartment for the first time. While she is there, she notices various clues that tell her he is probably married. Write this story from the blind woman's point of view. Remember that she cannot see, so you must not use any visual details. Focus on sounds, smells, touch, even taste. This is her first time in her new boyfriend's apartment, so she is probably paying a lot of attention to what's around her. Describe the apartment as vividly as possible without involving the sense of sight.
Rewrite the story where the blind woman goes to her new boyfriend's apartment, but this time write it from the boyfriend's point of view. The boyfriend is not blind, so you can use visual details. But don't forget about the other senses. The apartment belongs to him, so although he can see it, he is not paying attention to the details in the same way that the woman is. It is all familiar to him. On the other hand, he is paying attention to her. He is attracted to her physically and notices details about how she looks. Make the reader see these details. Also: as the blind woman begins to suspect that he's married, he notices a change in her behavior. He is watching her reactions closely, so ipakita the reader what he sees.
222. Short story topics - the thief's defense
Tell the story of a robbery in the first person, from the point of view of the criminal. Have the criminal tell the story as if he were attempting to convince the reader that his actions were justified.
You might then write about the same robbery from the point of view of the victim.
223. Creative Pagsulat ideas - the wrong lie
A husband catches his wife in a lie and suspects she is cheating on him. She isn't cheating, but she has a new job that she doesn't want him to know about. (Suggestion: As preparation, write character profiles for both the husband and the wife so that you have a clear idea of who they both are.) The husband confronts the wife about her lie. Write the conversation.
224. Creative Pagsulat ideas - explain that baby
Your character kidnaps a baby. (What is the motive?) Your character's husband/wife, discovers your character changing diapers in the living room, and wants to know what's going on. Write the conversation. What happens next?
225. Creative Pagsulat ideas - testing the waters
Two people are on a date. Each thinks he or she might be in pag-ibig with the other one. But each is afraid of getting hurt, so he or she wants to find out the other one's feelings before revealing his or her own. Write a conversation in which both are trying to get the other person to say how he/she sees the relationship going. sa pamamagitan ng the end of the conversation, have at least one of them decide that he or she is no longer interested.
226. Creative Pagsulat ideas - taking sides
This story takes place at a restaurant. Three acquaintances have gone out to hapunan together. Person A has just left his/her wife and family. Person B supports this decision. Person C thinks this was criminally irresponsible. write the conversation. (Suggestion: try giving each character the voice of a different person that you actually know. For example, Person A might talk like one of your coworkers, and Person B might talk like your brother or sister. Choose people who are very different from each other. Then try to express each one's unique voice so clearly that you don't need to tell the reader which character sinabi which sentence, that the reader can "hear" the difference between who says what.)
227. Creative Pagsulat ideas - bus ride
The story takes place on a long bus ride between two cities. Two strangers are sharing a seat. Each one secretly hopes to get something from the other. For example: one of them wants a job or money or a place to stay in the city where they're headed. The other one wants pag-ibig or a one-night stand. Neither of them mentions directly what he or she wants. They pretend to make casual small-talk, but each one is actually trying to manipulate the conversation in order to reach his or her secret goal. Write the conversation.
228. Creative Pagsulat ideas - young decorator
Parents comes tahanan from a trip and discover that their teenager has redecorated the house while they were gone. The teenager tries to convince the parents that this was a good idea. One of the parents is partially convinced; the other one isn't. Write the conversation.
229. Creative Pagsulat ideas - dangerous suggestion
A man suggests to his girlfriend that she get cosmetic surgery. Write the conversation.
230. Creative Pagsulat ideas - reluctant roommate
Friend A thinks it would be great to share an apartment with Friend B. Friend B would rather die but wants to get out of this without hurting Friend A's feelings.
330. The city was burning…
331. The dead eyes opened…
332. The wound wouldn’t stop bleeding…
333. The coffin creaked open…
334. The rope tightened…
335. I was being followed…
336. lying awake in bed…
337. In the darkness they gathered…
338. The doorbell rung…
339. The dirt moved…
340. I knew it was wrong…
341. The sky had turned a…
342. The grave was empty…
343. He was coming for me…
344. The kalye light flickered once…
345. I wasn’t alone…
346. The garden was perfect…
347. “Don’t leave me here”…
348. The sacrifice was ready…
349. She didn’t know I was watching…
350. Hounded sa pamamagitan ng hell…
351. The lights flickered once…
352. Staring at the teddy bear…
353. The scream cut off…
354. Peering through the window…
355. The glass was stained with blood…
356. The air was like ice…
357. The streets were never this empty…
358. Only the emergency station was on…
359. giggling they ran…
360. She knew he was hiding something…
361. The graveyard loomed out of the mist…
362. The caravan looked empty…
363. It always happens…
364. The water rippled…
365. Time seemed to ilipat slower…
366. Kill me first…
367. Pain can be the only thing to let you know you’re still alive…
368. The ship drifted…
369. It only looks perfect in the postcards…
370. He had waited so long…
371. She could feel his eyes watching her…
372. It wasn’t possible! He was dead…
373. The tumawid flared to life…
374. There was something on the roof...
375. He could sense her fear …
376. The moon glowed in his eyes…
377. It was forbidden…
378. I can’t deny it anymore…
379. The feathers fell…
380. His voice whispered through her dreams…
381. Beware the call of the night…
382. When would the pain end…
383. The door slammed
384. She turned away …
385. “You need to leave”…
386. It had all been worth it…
387. “You bit me!”…
388. The apoy burned low...
389. The kastilyo was full, but without him…
390. It was all, my fault…
391. The bag was full…
392. The car tyres screeched…
393. The carpet stank…
394. The baby was crying again…
395. The crowd roared…
396. He was never late…
397. It wasn’t supposed to be this hard…
398. The theme park was in lockdown…
399. I once loved him…
400. It was finally time …
401. The car was gone…
402. Mondays are always the worst…
403. It just wasn’t right…
404. The Wishing Well Horror
I hated drawing water from the dank, bug-infested well house to begin with. When the bucket came up heavier and madami slowly than usual, I sensed that something was wrong. But I was totally unprepared for the horror that followed...
405. The Book Seller's Enigma
I hadn't remembered seeing the musty old book tindahan on that kalye before, but the old peddler beckoned me. When I returned the susunod araw with my brother, tindahan and shopkeeper had gone. We asked an old-timer passing by, 'That shop?' he declared, 'why it ain't been around for 50 years!'
406. The Smell in the Cellar
We kept the cellar door locked. No one went down there. One araw when I went sa pamamagitan ng I smelled an odd, familiar smell, like something I hadn't smelled since I was little. The odor got stronger, until finally I opened the door and went down the rickety steps.
407. The Missing litrato
I loved to look through our old family photos. One day, I noticed that a certain picture had been removed. I asked the whole family and no one seemed to have taken it. Was someone hiding something?
408. The Secret Room
Tearing down a pader to build an addition to our home, I discovered a small narrow room hidden between the walls for decades and what was in it gave me the shock of my life.
409. The Thing in the Pond
For years, I've visited a pond in the woods near our house. Recently I saw something madami than sand, rocks and a few isda and turtles. Something much, much more...
410. The Prank Caller
We thought the odd phone calls were just pranks sa pamamagitan ng some local kids. Until the caller asked me something really scary. 'Did anybody ever find where you buried the body?'
411. The Letter from Yesterday
The envelope that came in the mail looked really elegant and I was hoping that it was an invitation to a party. It was an invitation. For a party dated, July 30, 1927.
412. The Silent Boy
We were all playing in our fort sa pamamagitan ng the creek. A tall thin boy with dark eyes and long hair appeared silently from the woods. He came out every araw for two weeks but he never sinabi a word. Until one day...
413. The Creature
My cat likes to bring tahanan an odd assortment of creatures. Not that he kills them. I think they are his friends. One araw the cat brought tahanan something I have never seen before in my life and I doubt that I ever will again.
414. It was a strange night, there seemed to be a chill in the air...
415. As soon as I arrived, I could sense that something was out of place...
416. One night, Iooked out the window and I saw the neighbor...
417. I was pagbaba a book when I looked up. There in the window I saw...
418. I decided to go for an evening stroll. I walked about three blocks when I felt it...
419. They would have been fine if they hadn't stopped for the stranger...
1. "Get that thing away from me!" the girl yelled.
2. "That will ipakita them," I thought as I hammered the last nail into place.
3. Everyone had a partner but me. What was I supposed to do now?
4. For the most part, Grandpa was a nice man who liked best of all to…
5. Goats, tupa and chickens belong on the farm, not in the middle of...
6. "Get out of there as fast as you can!", I yelled to my brother as...
7. Have you ever noticed that some days seem much longer than others?
8. He didn't look like a genius, he looked madami like...
9. He was afraid, but he called upon all his courage as...
10. Her eyes were glazed with a fever, making her...
11. I had always wanted a puppy.
12. I looked around the room. Nothing seemed unusual, but then…
13. I never expected that one araw I'd open my closet and find...
14. It was three times as large as me, but I was going to try anyway.
15. I never thought I could do it, but…
16. If this was the truth, then the truth was wrong because...
17. If time could stand still or even go backwards, I would…
18. It was a weird thing, hairy and smelly and limp, but I loved it because...
19. It was pasko morning, but I was not anxious to...
20. My dog jumped up and started barking...
21. It was my best friend's deepest secret and it would be a hard one to keep...
22. What would you do if your best friend said...
23. I knew it was going to be an unusual araw when my mom came into my bedroom and said...
24. It was quiet.... too quiet. That could only mean that...
25. It's hard to know what a computer will do when you plug it in during a thunderstorm....
26. It's lost! What could I do now that…
27. Late one night the neighbor knocked on the front door and asked....
28. I looked up at the stars, and I thought I saw ...
29. She was a funny old lady, but I knew she had come to tell me...
30. I knew if I didn't get nervous, I could make the shot.
31. She was peering through the window, counting the cars that went by, wondering...
32. Everytime my paborito TV ipakita comes on my mom always says, ...
33. Something brushed against me and my surprise turned to horror as I saw...
34. The boy appeared at the door of the cabin, looking ...
35. The kastilyo stood at the tuktok of the hill, close enough to see that in a high window stood...
36. The communicator lay silent in his hand and he realized he had Nawawala contact with...
37. This was not home! The grass was kahel and in the sky we saw...
38. The horse pawed restlessly at the ground, a beast eagerly waiting for...
39. The spaceship was out of control and only one person could save us....
40. The waves crashed across the sand and I knew....
41. The wind whipped around the corner, moaning and warning me that...
42. There is nothing better than…
43. They were in the grocery store, in the freezer section, when it happened.
44. This was it. The moment I had dreaded for two weeks. The moment when....
45. Three segundos left on the scoreboard clock -- only three segundos before....
46. Today is the araw I turn myself into a new person, a person whom...
47. Today was the day! I finally was going to …
48. We watched in horror as our friend turned the corner and bumped right into…
49. What was I supposed to do? I knew what my friend had done was wrong, but…
50. "Where did everyone go?" I shouted, but there was no answer.
51. A stolen ring, fear of spiders, and a sinister stranger.
52. A taxi, an old enemy, and Valentine's Day.
53. Identical twins, a party invitation, and a locked closet.
54. A broken wristwatch, peppermints, and a hug that goes too far.
55. Aerobics, a secret diary, and something unpleasant under the bed.
56. An ex-boyfriend, a pair of binoculars, and a good-luck charm.
57. An annoying boss, a bikini, and a fake illness.
58. The first araw of school, a pag-ibig note, and a recipe with a significant mistake.
59. A horoscope, makeup, and a missing tooth.
60. A campfire, a scream, and a small lie that gets bigger and bigger.
61. A babysitter is snooping around her employer's house and finds a disturbing photograph...
62. At a Chinese restaurant, your character opens his fortune cookie and reads the following message: "Your life is in danger. Say nothing to anyone. You must leave the city immediately and never return. Repeat: say nothing."...
63. Your character's boss invites her and her husband to dinner. Your character wants to make a good impression, but her husband has a tendency to drink too much and say exactly what's on his mind...
64. It's your character's first araw at a new school. He or she wants to get a fresh start, develop a new identity. But in his or her homeroom, your character encounters a kid he or she knows from summer camp...
65. Your character has to tell his parents that he's getting a divorce. He knows his parents will take his wife's side, and he is right...
66. At the airport, a stranger offers your character money to carry a mysterious package onto the plane. The stranger assures your character that it's nothing illegal and points out that it has already been through the security check. Your character has serious doubts, but needs the money, and therefore agrees...
67. Your character suspects her husband is having an affair and decides to spy on him. What she discovers is not what she was expecting...
68. A man elbows your character in a crowd. After he is gone, she discovers her cell phone is too. She calls her own number, and the man answers. She explains that the cell phone has personal information on it and asks the man to send it back to her. He hangs up. Instead of going to the police, your character decides to take matters into her own hands...
69. After your character loses his job, he is tahanan during the day. That's how he discovers that his teenage son has a small marihuwana plantation behind the garage. Your character confronts his son, who, instead of pagganap repentant, explains to your character exactly how much money he is making from the marihuwana and tries to persuade your character to sumali in the business...
70. At a garahe sale, your character buys an antique urn which she thinks will look nice decorating her bookcase. But when she gets home, she realizes there are someone's ashes in it....
71. Your character starts receiving bulaklak and anonymous gifts. She doesn't know who is sending them. Her husband is suspicious, and the gifts begin to get stranger....
72. A missionary visits your character's house and attempts to convert her to his religion. Your character is trying to get rid of him just as storm warning sirens go off. Your character feels she can't send the missionary out into the storm, so she lets him come down into her basement with her. This is going to be a long storm....
73. Your character is caught shoplifting. The tindahan owner says that she won't call the police in exchange for a personal favor....
74. Your character is visiting his parents over a holiday. He is returning some books to the aklatan for his mother and is startled to notice that the librarian looks exactly like him, only about thirty years older. He immediately begins to suspect that his mother had an affair at one time and the librarian is his real father...
75. Your character picks up a hitch-hiker on her way tahanan from work. The hitch-hiker tries to persuade your character to leave everything and drive her across the country...
76. Your character has to sell the house where she grew up. A potential buyer comes to look at it and begins to talk about all of the changes she would make to the place. This upsets your character, who decides she wants to find a buyer who will leave everything the way it has always been....
77. A bat gets in the house. Your character's husband becomes hysterical, frightened that it might be rabid. In his panic, he ends up shutting the bat in a room with your character while he calls an exterminator from a ligtas place in the house. His behavior makes your character see her husband in a new way....
78. Your character changes jobs in order to have madami time with his family. But his family doesn't seem interested in having him around...
79. Your character develops the idea that she can hear the voices of the dead on a certain radio channel. She decides to take advantage of this channel to find sagot to some tanong that are bothering her about her dead parents....
80. Your character's dream is to be a professional dancer. At a party, she mentions this dream to a stranger, who says that he has contacts in the dance world and gets her an audition for a prestigious dance troupe. One problem: your character doesn't know how to dance. Your character decides to accept the audition anyway and look for a solution....
81. Your character thinks her boss is looking for an excuse to apoy her. She decides to fight back....
82. Your character goes out for hapunan on a petsa and becomes attracted to the waiter or waitress....
83. Your character notices that a stranger is following her. She pretends not to notice. The stranger follows her tahanan and watches her go inside. Then when he leaves, your character turns the tables and starts to follow him....
84. A child moves into a new house and finds out that the other kids in town think it's haunted. She begins to invent ghost stories to tell at school in order to get attention. But the madami stories she tells, the madami frightened she becomes of the house...
85. Your elderly character escapes from the retirement tahanan where his or her children have placed him or her....
86. Your character gets cosmetic surgery in an attempt to make her boyfriend pag-ibig her more. But then she worries he only loves her for her looks....
87. Your character is a writer. But his new neighbors are so noisy that he can neither work nor sleep. He decides to take action....
88. Your character's mother-in-law comes to visit for a week, and your character suspects she is trying to poison him. He shares his suspicion with his wife, who says he's always hated her mother but this accusation is going too far. Meanwhile, your character has stomach cramps, and his mother-in-law is downstairs making breakfast again....
89. It's a freezing cold night. Your character finds a homeless family on his doorstep and invites them into his tahanan to sleep. But in the morning, the family doesn't leave....
90. Your character has recently married a man with two teenage children. The children resent her, and she tries to avoid them altogether. Then her new husband (their father) disappears suddenly, leaving only a short good-bye note....
91. He should have never let her into the apartment...
92. It sounded like violin music, and it was coming from the basement...
93. "It's not what you think," he said.
94. I crouched behind the car, trying not to make a sound...
95. There's only one thing in the world I'm afraid of...
96. They sat susunod to each other on the train, still pretending to be strangers...
97. I knew he'd been there because he'd stubbed out his cigarette in the sink...
98. "Don't you dare come any closer..."
99. She'd imagined this moment so many times, but she never expected...
100. At first, I thought it was the cat, but it was...
101. Inside the envelope was a four-leaf clover...
102. There was only one way to keep her quiet, and it was going to cost us…
103. What if you discovered that your friend's husband was cheating... but you also knew that if you told her it would be the end of your friendship?
104. What if you opened a fortune cookie and found a tiny map inside?
105. What if the cab driver suddenly turned in the wrong direction and told you he had his own plans for you?
106. What if your boss ordered you to do something illegal at work, and you knew if you didn't do it you'd be fired?
107. What if someone who looked almost exactly like you suddenly became very famous?
108. What if you and your brother or sister fell in pag-ibig with the same person?
109. What if, in the basement of your house, you discovered a secret passageway?
110. What if a stranger on a bus told you he or she was dying and needed your kidney?
111. What if you bought a new house or apartment and when you went to ilipat in, you found someone already living there?
112. What if you picked up the wrong suitcase at the airport, and inside it was the evidence from a crime?
113. Your character is chatting with a stranger on a website. Both your character and the other person are using nicknames -- they don't know each other's real names. The stranger starts to flirt with your character, even though she tells him she is married. The madami they talk, the madami strongly she suspects that the stranger is actually her husband, but that he has no idea who she is...
114. While your character and his wife are on a safari, the car breaks down. Their guide says he'll go for help, leaving your character and wife alone sa pamamagitan ng the car. After a few minutes, they decide to get into the car, but the doors are locked. There's no sign of the guide, and it's starting to get dark...
115. A child develops a wild plan to keep his parents from getting divorced...
116. Tracey's husband is about to ilathala a novel about a character named "Stacey", who is obviously based on Tracey. The novel is about how much "Stacey" secretly hates her in-laws, whose house she currently lives in. Tracey too lives with her in-laws, but has always worked hard to get along with them. She begs her husband not to ilathala the book or at least to disguise the character more, but her husband refuses...
117. One evening, as your character's getting ready for bed, s/he notices a Webcam attached to his/her tahanan computer, filming him/her. Your character does not own a Webcam...
118. After a neighbor is murdered, the police talk to your character and his wife, asking if they heard anything suspicious. Your character's wife sagot the police's tanong as if she had been tahanan the evening the crime occurred, when your character knows she was out until very late that night...
119. A teenager hears that the movie bituin she's in pag-ibig with will be in town. She develops a plan to meet him and make him fall in pag-ibig with her...
120. Your character and his/her husband/wife are both unemployed and sending out CVs. When they both get interviews at the same time, they discover that they are competing for the same job. Both of them want the job, and each thinks that he/she is better suited for it than the other...
121. Your character's teenage child makes a rule that no one's allowed in his/her bedroom. Your character respects this rule until one morning when s/he wants a book that s/he thinks that the teenager has borrowed. S/he goes to look in the teenager's room and can't believe what s/he finds there...
122. Your character gets a new roommate. This roommate is always complimenting your character and seems to admire her a lot. But your character starts to get the creeps when the roommate begins to dress exactly like her, gets her hair cut like your character's, starts pagbaba your character's books and quoting things that your character has said. Your character has the strange feeling that the roommate wants to BE her. And then the roommate starts making excuses to spend time with your character's boyfriend....
123. a hitchhiker, an allergy, and a mistake in a map.
124. a cemetery, a missing dog, and a joke that goes too far.
125. a Halloween costume, a stapler, and a complaint between neighbors.
126. a stolen phone, a pag-ibig song, and a bet.
127. a dance competition, an engagement ring, and a worried parent.
128. insomnia, a birthday card, and an encounter with someone famous.
129. an eavesdropper, a secret kiss, and a apoy in the kitchen.
130. a stuck elevator, a pickpocket, and a promise.
131. a babysitter, a pet snake, and a tow truck.
132. a lit window, a stamp collection, and someone pretending to be angry.
133. a dream come true, inappropriate laughter, and something buried.
134. an abandoned house, false eyelashes, and a lump in the bed.
135. Write about a character who pretends to be cool and tough, but is actually shy and sensitive.
136. Write about a character who is obsessed with certain colors.
137. Write about a character who secretly plans to leave tahanan and start a new life.
138. Write about a character who pretends to be ________, but is actually ________.
139. Write about a character who is obsessed with ________.
140. Write about a character who secretly ________.
141. He wasn't at all what I was expecting...
142. How would we ever get rid of...
143. She was a wonderful liar...
144. He hurled the phone against the wall...
145. The fortuneteller was mistaken...
146. I crouched behind the sofa...
147. It was wrapped like a present, but...
148. I should never have come here...
149. a reader of romance novels who wants to live a pag-ibig story of her own.
150. an amateur naturalist whose dream is to discover a new type of animal.
151. a character who wants to achieve a world record -- he doesn't care for what.
152. a character who dreams of starting a new life in a foreign country.
153. a character who wants to rob a jewelry tindahan and has a foolproof (s/he hopes) plan to get away with it.
154. a character with no living grandparents, who wants to adopt a grandmother.
155. Inventor
156. Taxi driver
157. Magician
158. Scuba instructor
159. Marriage counselor
160. Prison guard
161. Beauty pageant contestant
162. Cookbook author
163. Computer hacker
164. Archaeologist
165. Lead singer of an unsuccessful rock band
166. Astronaut
167. Gossip magazine journalist
168. Divorce lawyer
169. Animal trainer
170. Video game designer
171. High school football coach
172. Exorcist
173. Flight attendant
174. Stunt actor
175. in a tattoo parlor
176. at the zoo at night
177. in an abandoned mental hospital
178. in a submarine
179. in a magnet factory
180. in the hanay ng mga arko of a bank
181. in a bridal shop
182. in the kusina of Buckingham Palace
183. on the edge of a cliff
184. entirely in the dark
185. Creative Pagsulat ideas - the new house
Your character and his wife visit a new house that they're thinking of buying. Your character's wife is enthusiastic about the house, but it's really a terrible place. The character hates it but is afraid to say what he really thinks. ipakita the scene. But.. do NOT tell the reader that the house is terrible. Do NOT tell the reader that your character hates it. Do NOT have the character tell his true feelings about the wife. Instead, make the reader see and feel it all. And eventually, make the wife see it too.
186. Creative Pagsulat ideas - secret pag-ibig
Two old mga kaibigan get together for hapunan after a long time apart. One of them is secretly in pag-ibig with the other one. ipakita this, don't tell it.
187. Creative Pagsulat ideas - the grouch
In an emergency, a small boy is left to stay with his grandfather for several days. The grandfather pretends to be annoyed at the inconvenience, but, secretly, he is delighted. He adores the boy. He is embarrassed about displaying emotion, so he acts gruff with the child, who is therefore frightened of him at the beginning of the visit. ipakita the old man's act, but also let his real feelings ipakita through.
188. Creative Pagsulat ideas - the lemon
Your character thinks she's gotten a great deal on something (car, house, vacation package, money-making scheme, new job offer -- you decide). She brags to everyone who will listen about how fabulous this deal is. Meanwhile, little sa pamamagitan ng little, you let the reader see what she's really gotten herself into.
189. Creative Pagsulat ideas - the evil roommate
Your character meets her new roommate. She thinks the roommate is nice. The roommate is NOT nice. The roommate is obsessed with power. The roommate wants to control every little detail of the apartment and also wants to control your character's life. Don't tell us any of this. ipakita it.
190. Jack is afraid of commitment.
191. Meredith desperately wants a baby.
192. Eleanor is afraid of growing old.
193. Steven is so fed up in his job that he's about to do something desperate.
194. Natalia isn't in pag-ibig with her boyfriend any more.
195. Rashid is terrified of heights.
196. Short story ideas - dating deception
Your character meets someone on an online dating site. Your character writes an e-mail to the person, describing him/herself. Write the e-mail. This e-mail contains two lies. What are they? Why did the character tell them? Also: your character has a very mistaken idea of the impression he/she makes on other people. What impression does your character think he/she makes? What impression does he/she really make? Figure all this stuff out. If you want, fill out a character profile. The character arranges an in-person meeting with the person he/she has met online. What happens at the meeting? Write the story.
197. Short story ideas - character contradictions
Invent a character who has two personality traits that are completely incompatible, that don't fit together at all. For example: this character is incredibly messy and is also a total perfectionist. Or: this character is a pacifist and also has a really explosive temper. Or: this character believes in strict, traditional family values but is promiscuous sa pamamagitan ng nature. You decide. Then think of a situation in which these two sides of your character would be in direct conflict with each other. Write the story.
198. Short story ideas - self-realization
Your character things he/she is good at something, but he/she isn't. Something happens that makes your character realize this. What? What does your character do about it? Write the story.
199. Short story ideas - blast from the past
Years later, the character's first pag-ibig shows up on his or her doorstep again. Both your character and his/her first pag-ibig are surprised at how the other person has changed (How?) This encounter causes a disruption in your character's life (How? What does your character do about it?) Write the story.
200. Short story ideas - crisis of faith
Your character has a certain deep-held belief about life. This belief may be based on religion, on something he learned from his parents, or on his own experience. Decide what this belief is and where it came from. In your story, something happens to the character that seems incompatible with this belief. How does your character react? Write the story.
201. Short story ideas - reluctant confrontation
Invent a teenage character who is very shy and hates confrontations of any kind. Her friend Stacy gets into serious trouble at school, and your character knows that the situation is a teacher's fault, not Stacy's. Your character wants to help Stacy, but all of her options seem terrifying: confront the teacher directly, talk to the principal, or tell a parent who might not believe her. What does she do? Write the story.
202. Short story ideas - old dreams
Your character has a family and a stable job. Then something happens that reminds him of the plans he had when he was younger, to become an actor and live a creative life without ties of any kind. What happens to make him remember this? He starts to wonder if he's made the right choices. What does he do?
203. A woman who is constantly calling the police on her noisy neighbors, not because the noise bothers her but because she enjoys the fight.
204. A woman who wants to be a singer but has no talent.
205. A boy who teases girls because he likes them and doesn't want them to guess.
206. An aerobics instructor who develops an addiction to basura pagkain that is making her fat and threatening her job.
207. A very handsome guy who is sick of being admired only for his looks.
208. Creative Pagsulat topics - the tuta
Write a chilling, edge-of-the-seat, stay-up-late-reading suspenseful story about whether your character will get the new tuta he wants.
209. Creative Pagsulat topics - envious friend
Your character desperately wants something that belongs to his best friend. He feels that if he had this one thing, his life would be better. Without it, his life is miserable. What is the thing? Why does he want it so much? You decide. Your character develops a plan to get this thing for himself. What's the plan? But several obstacles block him. What are they? The situation is looking pretty bad for your character, but he decides to make one final last-ditch effort to get what he wants. This is the story climax. What is your character's final plan? What happens? Write the story.
210. Creative Pagsulat topics - important party
Your character is a teenager, who wants to go to a particular party. Going to this party is incredibly important to your character, who practically feels that his or her life depends on it. (Why? Come up with a reason). Unfortunately for your character, Dad has absolutely forbidden this party. (Why? If you're a parent, you can probably come up with about twenty possible reasons. Choose one). Write a story from the teenager's perspective. The climax of the story is Party Night. The teenager tries with all his or her might to get to the party, and Dad tries with all his might to prevent this. What happens?
211. Creative Pagsulat topics - the competition
Your character decides he must become the best in the world at a particular sport. Choose your paborito sport. If you hate all sports, you can choose a board game. Why is it so important to your character to become the best at this? ipakita why it matters. Your character develops an unusual training program. What is it? He organizes a match to prove his skill. What's the big match? Create obstacles and difficulties in his training and in his preparation for the match. ipakita how he tries to get past these roadblocks. Then ipakita the big match. This is the story climax. What happens?
212. Creative Pagsulat topics - creepy hotel
Your character's car breaks when he is driving tahanan from a business trip late at night. Fortunately, there is a hotel nearby, so the character decides to stay there and deal with the car in the morning. This hotel is the creepiest place he's ever seen. Why is it so creepy? Create the atmosphere. According to the hotel's policy, the character pays in advance for the night. Then he goes up to his room, and things get even creepier. How? ipakita us. Your character wants to leave the place but tells himself he's being irrational. He's already paid for the room, and he tells himself everything will be fine. But it just gets worse. Depending on how you write this, it could be a ghost story, a crime story, a realistic psychological drama, or a comedy. You could even try your hand at all of them and write four stories.
213. Rigid teacher versus creative student
214. Woman's need to get a job versus her fear of rejection
215. Character's conscience versus her temptation to get rich illegally when a unique opportunity arises
216. Man's actual money problems versus his desire to look successful when his parents come to visit
217. Two men competing for the same woman
218. Traditional wife versus feminist husband
219. Short story topics - chemical imbalance
Imagine a blind date. The guy thinks it goes wonderfully -- amazing chemistry; they have so much in common. The girl thinks it's a disaster, that he's a real creep.
Write about the petsa in the first person, from the girl's point of view. E.g., "I met him at the restaurant at seven. He looked..." (For tips on Pagsulat in the first person, click here).
Then, write about the same petsa in the first person, from the guy's point of view.
If you want, you could also rewrite the same scene in the third person, switching back and forth between points of view. Use some kind of indicator so that readers know where the point of view is at all time. Maybe give the man a few paragraphs, then the woman, and use a line break each time you change to separate the story into sections. Don't switch back and forth too fast, or you might leave your reader dizzy and disoriented.
220. Short story topics - wife's denial
Your character's husband is an alcoholic, but your character refuses to realize it. She idealizes him. The couple had a hapunan party the night before, and your character's husband got drunk and violent. Your character tells the story of the party in the first person and tries to convince the reader that what happened was no big deal.
221. Short story topics - the blind woman
Your character is blind. The man she has started dating is not. He invites her to his apartment for the first time. While she is there, she notices various clues that tell her he is probably married. Write this story from the blind woman's point of view. Remember that she cannot see, so you must not use any visual details. Focus on sounds, smells, touch, even taste. This is her first time in her new boyfriend's apartment, so she is probably paying a lot of attention to what's around her. Describe the apartment as vividly as possible without involving the sense of sight.
Rewrite the story where the blind woman goes to her new boyfriend's apartment, but this time write it from the boyfriend's point of view. The boyfriend is not blind, so you can use visual details. But don't forget about the other senses. The apartment belongs to him, so although he can see it, he is not paying attention to the details in the same way that the woman is. It is all familiar to him. On the other hand, he is paying attention to her. He is attracted to her physically and notices details about how she looks. Make the reader see these details. Also: as the blind woman begins to suspect that he's married, he notices a change in her behavior. He is watching her reactions closely, so ipakita the reader what he sees.
222. Short story topics - the thief's defense
Tell the story of a robbery in the first person, from the point of view of the criminal. Have the criminal tell the story as if he were attempting to convince the reader that his actions were justified.
You might then write about the same robbery from the point of view of the victim.
223. Creative Pagsulat ideas - the wrong lie
A husband catches his wife in a lie and suspects she is cheating on him. She isn't cheating, but she has a new job that she doesn't want him to know about. (Suggestion: As preparation, write character profiles for both the husband and the wife so that you have a clear idea of who they both are.) The husband confronts the wife about her lie. Write the conversation.
224. Creative Pagsulat ideas - explain that baby
Your character kidnaps a baby. (What is the motive?) Your character's husband/wife, discovers your character changing diapers in the living room, and wants to know what's going on. Write the conversation. What happens next?
225. Creative Pagsulat ideas - testing the waters
Two people are on a date. Each thinks he or she might be in pag-ibig with the other one. But each is afraid of getting hurt, so he or she wants to find out the other one's feelings before revealing his or her own. Write a conversation in which both are trying to get the other person to say how he/she sees the relationship going. sa pamamagitan ng the end of the conversation, have at least one of them decide that he or she is no longer interested.
226. Creative Pagsulat ideas - taking sides
This story takes place at a restaurant. Three acquaintances have gone out to hapunan together. Person A has just left his/her wife and family. Person B supports this decision. Person C thinks this was criminally irresponsible. write the conversation. (Suggestion: try giving each character the voice of a different person that you actually know. For example, Person A might talk like one of your coworkers, and Person B might talk like your brother or sister. Choose people who are very different from each other. Then try to express each one's unique voice so clearly that you don't need to tell the reader which character sinabi which sentence, that the reader can "hear" the difference between who says what.)
227. Creative Pagsulat ideas - bus ride
The story takes place on a long bus ride between two cities. Two strangers are sharing a seat. Each one secretly hopes to get something from the other. For example: one of them wants a job or money or a place to stay in the city where they're headed. The other one wants pag-ibig or a one-night stand. Neither of them mentions directly what he or she wants. They pretend to make casual small-talk, but each one is actually trying to manipulate the conversation in order to reach his or her secret goal. Write the conversation.
228. Creative Pagsulat ideas - young decorator
Parents comes tahanan from a trip and discover that their teenager has redecorated the house while they were gone. The teenager tries to convince the parents that this was a good idea. One of the parents is partially convinced; the other one isn't. Write the conversation.
229. Creative Pagsulat ideas - dangerous suggestion
A man suggests to his girlfriend that she get cosmetic surgery. Write the conversation.
230. Creative Pagsulat ideas - reluctant roommate
Friend A thinks it would be great to share an apartment with Friend B. Friend B would rather die but wants to get out of this without hurting Friend A's feelings.
330. The city was burning…
331. The dead eyes opened…
332. The wound wouldn’t stop bleeding…
333. The coffin creaked open…
334. The rope tightened…
335. I was being followed…
336. lying awake in bed…
337. In the darkness they gathered…
338. The doorbell rung…
339. The dirt moved…
340. I knew it was wrong…
341. The sky had turned a…
342. The grave was empty…
343. He was coming for me…
344. The kalye light flickered once…
345. I wasn’t alone…
346. The garden was perfect…
347. “Don’t leave me here”…
348. The sacrifice was ready…
349. She didn’t know I was watching…
350. Hounded sa pamamagitan ng hell…
351. The lights flickered once…
352. Staring at the teddy bear…
353. The scream cut off…
354. Peering through the window…
355. The glass was stained with blood…
356. The air was like ice…
357. The streets were never this empty…
358. Only the emergency station was on…
359. giggling they ran…
360. She knew he was hiding something…
361. The graveyard loomed out of the mist…
362. The caravan looked empty…
363. It always happens…
364. The water rippled…
365. Time seemed to ilipat slower…
366. Kill me first…
367. Pain can be the only thing to let you know you’re still alive…
368. The ship drifted…
369. It only looks perfect in the postcards…
370. He had waited so long…
371. She could feel his eyes watching her…
372. It wasn’t possible! He was dead…
373. The tumawid flared to life…
374. There was something on the roof...
375. He could sense her fear …
376. The moon glowed in his eyes…
377. It was forbidden…
378. I can’t deny it anymore…
379. The feathers fell…
380. His voice whispered through her dreams…
381. Beware the call of the night…
382. When would the pain end…
383. The door slammed
384. She turned away …
385. “You need to leave”…
386. It had all been worth it…
387. “You bit me!”…
388. The apoy burned low...
389. The kastilyo was full, but without him…
390. It was all, my fault…
391. The bag was full…
392. The car tyres screeched…
393. The carpet stank…
394. The baby was crying again…
395. The crowd roared…
396. He was never late…
397. It wasn’t supposed to be this hard…
398. The theme park was in lockdown…
399. I once loved him…
400. It was finally time …
401. The car was gone…
402. Mondays are always the worst…
403. It just wasn’t right…
404. The Wishing Well Horror
I hated drawing water from the dank, bug-infested well house to begin with. When the bucket came up heavier and madami slowly than usual, I sensed that something was wrong. But I was totally unprepared for the horror that followed...
405. The Book Seller's Enigma
I hadn't remembered seeing the musty old book tindahan on that kalye before, but the old peddler beckoned me. When I returned the susunod araw with my brother, tindahan and shopkeeper had gone. We asked an old-timer passing by, 'That shop?' he declared, 'why it ain't been around for 50 years!'
406. The Smell in the Cellar
We kept the cellar door locked. No one went down there. One araw when I went sa pamamagitan ng I smelled an odd, familiar smell, like something I hadn't smelled since I was little. The odor got stronger, until finally I opened the door and went down the rickety steps.
407. The Missing litrato
I loved to look through our old family photos. One day, I noticed that a certain picture had been removed. I asked the whole family and no one seemed to have taken it. Was someone hiding something?
408. The Secret Room
Tearing down a pader to build an addition to our home, I discovered a small narrow room hidden between the walls for decades and what was in it gave me the shock of my life.
409. The Thing in the Pond
For years, I've visited a pond in the woods near our house. Recently I saw something madami than sand, rocks and a few isda and turtles. Something much, much more...
410. The Prank Caller
We thought the odd phone calls were just pranks sa pamamagitan ng some local kids. Until the caller asked me something really scary. 'Did anybody ever find where you buried the body?'
411. The Letter from Yesterday
The envelope that came in the mail looked really elegant and I was hoping that it was an invitation to a party. It was an invitation. For a party dated, July 30, 1927.
412. The Silent Boy
We were all playing in our fort sa pamamagitan ng the creek. A tall thin boy with dark eyes and long hair appeared silently from the woods. He came out every araw for two weeks but he never sinabi a word. Until one day...
413. The Creature
My cat likes to bring tahanan an odd assortment of creatures. Not that he kills them. I think they are his friends. One araw the cat brought tahanan something I have never seen before in my life and I doubt that I ever will again.
414. It was a strange night, there seemed to be a chill in the air...
415. As soon as I arrived, I could sense that something was out of place...
416. One night, Iooked out the window and I saw the neighbor...
417. I was pagbaba a book when I looked up. There in the window I saw...
418. I decided to go for an evening stroll. I walked about three blocks when I felt it...
419. They would have been fine if they hadn't stopped for the stranger...
