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Teen Writer's Network Idea Center

It happens to beginners and pros alike. Sometimes you're in the mood to write something new and you just can't think of anything to write about. Well, have no fear. The Idea Center is here 24 hours a day to provide you with fresh topics to write about.

Due to the time constaints of being in college, new ideas will no longer be posted on this page for now.

Good luck and may stories begin flying out of your printer like this. :-)

Remember the three little pigs story? Then there was a book written about the wolf's side of the story where he was just trying to borrow some flour to bake his new neighbors a cake, when the straw from the first house caused hime to sneeze - mightly. He has allergies! Pretend you are the judge hearing the stories for the first time. What would your verdict be? Based on what?
Submitted by: Aronel Retland

Your best friend since third grade tells you--in all confidentiality of course-that she has been sleeping with your basketball coach in order to get a starting position on the team. You love your best friend to death and your coach is one of the best in the area, but do you blab and risk losing your friendship and your coach, or do you keep your mouth shut until your friend ends up pregnant?
Submitted by: Linsy Alise Haines

When I need an idea or inspiration I look at pictures and htink of a story to them like a picture of a mom and daughter on a bench in the forest and the mtoher is saying either something tragic or joyful to her daughter.
Submitted by: Samantha Jo Koutny (preffered to be called Sam or Sammi Jo)

You have an itchy moisquito bite and wake up one morning to see blue slime oozing out of it. Just then do you realize that it is winter and that mosquitos don`t live through winter....
Submitted by: Beaner

Pretend that one day you wake up to discover that your world has totally flipped, and you were born "wrong", into a dimension that will not have you . Two of your kindred spirits from another dimension come to fetch you, and try to teach you the ways of your true people (you decide..) But you are fraught with mistrust and anger over losing your "normal" life, and ache to find your niche in this new world of yours . Of course you discover, like the rest of your people, you have a talent far surpassing others in skill and accuracy , and that your power is needed to help battle the enemy of your people .
Submitted by: Cerenae Winterkill

You and your current boyfriend/girlfriend are happy together. You do whatever possible just to see one another, skip class, sneak out of the house, and you talk constantly on the phone. The only problem is you are of different races. No one in the family approves of your significant other and you don't wanna turn your back on your family but you love your boyfriend/girlfriend so much. What would you do?
Submitted by: Keleigh

a dragon who has the power to change into human form...(add your own details)
Submitted by: GQRonath

Pretend that your a mouse living in a world full of cats. You have other mice friends and there is a consperacy going on with cats and you seem to be the only one to notice it. what should you do and how should you handle the situation? who should you tell what you have discovered
Submitted by: Alexandra Martinez

Pretend you're staying with your great-aunt. You explore her attic, and find a book on witch craft. You take it home, and form a group with your friends. You guys do a seance, but something goes wrong, terribly wrong, and YOU must pay.
Submitted by: Erin Leigh

You love chatting on the internet and meet this really cool guy nicknamed "Bad Boy"...over the course of 2 weeks you get really close with him, and he happens to live in your same city. You decide to meet him for coffee, you show up and realize that it's been your younger brother that you've been talking to all that time, and spilling your guts too. You both laugh about it, and decide to switch to talking on the phone from now on.
Submitted by: Caroline

One of your best friends is on drugs and U try to help her. Only, your perfection in life causes her to use more drugs and she winds up dead. You must cope with this.
Submitted by: Angel

You and your best friend were parying one night and desided to go for a midnight joy ride, But suddenly you lose controll of the car and crash. You come out with only a few scratches but your best friend died. How would you deal with knowing you killed them? What would you say to them if they could hear you?
Submitted by: Gracie Right

One day you discover that you could actually FLY (you know, float around and around). There's this kid who's been bullying ever since a hundred years ago and you're dying for some payback time. What can you do to turn your flying ability into an advantage over your enemy? What will you do to him/her now that you've got the power to fly?

Or you could pretend that you're a witch. You can cast spells over your enemies and brew potions to make people fall in love with each other. What will you do with your special powers?
Submitted by Gabriela M. Francisco

You have just discovered that one of your parents has been having an affair. Worse yet, he or she has disovered that they have HIV. How does your family deal with this?
Submitted by pyxi

Your boyfriend, who has been your lifeline for the past two years gets into an auto accident and is in serious condition. It looks as if he may die. You are offered a deal from the devil, his life for your soul. What do you do??
Submitted by Amy Jo Green

Pick your favorite song or a song that has a good storyline. Turn it into a story of your own by using it as a central idea. You an even take a couple of songs and combine what is trying to be told.
Submitted by Stacey Brown

you've been pulled into a really hard computer game that you think is inpossible to beat. You have two choices, you can try an beat the game risking your life or see if you can get someone in the real world to help you, which is probley impossible since your bro\sis is only 5. Which do you choose?
Submitted by: Barrett Villers

You are a teenage girl/boy who is in high school. Your life is totally ruled by one thing - you decide what it is. Your parents don't understand or are WAY too understanding about your decision (you decide). One way or another, you've got to make another decision - do you want to keep making decisions based on this one idea, person, place, anything; or do you stop and do something else. Or do you do it in private and flow with the crowd in public? Who helps you decide? Why should you change or stay the same? What do you do once you make your decision? When (time)should you change and where? How should you go about making sure this change last or this staying the same won't be questioned again?
Submitted by: Kinsey Jeanette Jackson

Write a Titanic story, but put all your friends in as the characters. You can variations of your friends names so no one knows who you're talking about.
Submitted by: Angel

Write a modern Romeo & Juliet story. One where people can actually understand it. Conclude it in tradgedy or have a twist at the end.
Submitted by: Heather Martin

You are a teenager growing up with you brother who's only a few years older than you, in his early 20's after your parents died.Your having trouble adjusting to living with him. You turn to your best friend to help support you through this but find out they have a problem of their own. Drugs. What can you do to help her? Forget about your problems, help her? Or forget about her, you got your own problems?
Submitted by: Lindzey Lynn Lake

For one day you get to be totally invisible. Only thing, you don't know when and where you'll become visible again.

You only have six more months to live, at most. You are wild and ambitious on the onehand, but you also love your family. Do you spend your last days at home with them, or do you chase you're unfullfilled dreams?

You have made a discovery or invented something that could wreak horrible havoc if it fell into the wrong hands. On the otherhand, it could do tremendous good if it fell into the right hands. Do you tell anybody about it or do you destroy it?

An evil twin of you gets loose and does terrible things all over the world, but worst of all, to your loved ones. How do you convince them that you're you and not the evil twin.

You find tons of money somewhere, but you know it must belong to someone else. You want to give it back, but your baby brother needs an operation. Do you keep the money, or do you search for the owners of the money?

You meet someone over the Internet and become great friends with them. After a while, they ask you to meet them face to face. Should you risk it?

You are pregnant with a baby you spent thousands of dollars to conceive by In Virto fertilization. All of a sudden, something goes wrong and it's either your life or the baby's. If you choose to sacrifice the baby so you can live, you'll never be able to conceive a child again. If you let the baby live, it'll be your only chance to leave your mark on the world, but you'll never see him or her grow up. What do you decide?

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