Story Ideas: 99 Original Ideas for Screenplays, Novels, Short Stories
68 pages (8.5" x 11"). Over 31,000 words.
Sometimes a single idea will blossom into a career-changing bonanza for a writer. All it takes is a single idea, executed well.
Here are 99 original plot ideas that you can adapt for any type of creative and dramatic writing, including screenplays, novels, short stories, and even stage plays.
These inspiring ideas are shorter than a full treatment but most of them are longer than simple sketches. Use them as fire-starters. Add your own characters and events. Ask the “what if?” questions, turn relationships inside out and arrive at your own original plots.
Also see the two appendixes at the end which describe how to generate new movie ideas from existing plot lines.
Have fun!
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CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION
1.Cell Phone Drama 1 – Don't Touch That Phone!
2.Cell Phone Drama 2 – Oops! The Wrong Address Book
3.Cell Phone Drama 3 – Max Has a Maximum Surprise
4.Cell Phone Drama 4 – Elephants Don't Forget
5.Love is Cleaning Up After the One You Love
6.The Murder That Wasn't a “Murder” But Worse...
7.Private Hells
8.The Airport Incident
9.Toll Booth Romance
10.Lottery Bulls
11.From Beyond the Grave
12.The Composer W Did Not exist
13.The Cycle of Conceit
14.Match-Maker's Secret
15.Discovering “Mr. Important”
16.Unjust Enrichment
17.The Swamp and the Blind Couple
18.Charming Eye of Texas
19.The Materialist’s Ultimate Love Wager
20.22 Lighthouses
21.Things That Happen After the Nurse Leaves Work at 5 p.m.
22.The Green Prophecy of 2206
23.The Borders Within
24.Bounty Hunting Hearts
25.Who is Kim?
26.Electing Aliens
27.Green Corleone
28.Running Nowhere
29.7 New Powers for the New and Improved Superman
30.Genetic Paparazzi
31.Dying for a Cause
32.Triple Accidental Homicide
33.Reindeer Looking for a Job
34.The Defense Attorney Did It!
35.Twenty Years Later
36.Robotocracy
37."Here's my receipt -- where's my damn heart?!"
38.Office Cube Decorator
39.Lost Coffins
40.Brothers and Sisters on the Wrong Side of the Divide
41.Sister, Where Art Thou?
42.Psychic Crime Solver in a Bind
43.Limited Superhero Powers
44.Shane and Omar
45.The Obit Writer
46.Bitter Wine
47.An Unethical Romance
48.Unreal Estate
49.Love in a Soup Can
50.Walking Backwards to Truth
51.Predator in Hot Iraq and the Lady
52.Mismatch Made in Hell
53.World's Most Perfectly Average Person
54.Traffic Vengeance
55.Singing Liars vs. Truth Cops
56.Building Up After Tearing Down
57."What the Hell!?" Coincidences
58.What Goes Around in Deep South…
59.Singing Parrot
60.Nasty Developments
61.Turning the Tables Around
62.How Much Do You Love Me?
63.Hungry for Love
64.The Unbearable Weight of the Self
65.A Muse in Every Attic
66.Variation on Russian Roulette
67.Liquid Russian Roulette with Needles
68.Party & Reunion Jitters
69.Crimson Poet
70.Death Watch
71.Cash in Space
72.Vengeance in Space
73.96 X 2 Mummies
74.Mommy's Dying
75.Turner and Lakshmi
76.Math of Crime
77. Hoop Warrior
78.Rising to the Occasion...
79.Do You Speak Genderese?
80.Attic Antiques
81.Reaction to Prophesy – Watch Out!
82.Computerensis Horriblis ... Tablet Horror!
83.PIZZAmbies
84.Who Cares?
85.Revenge of the Phantom Business Writer
86.Aliens by the Billions!
87.Nirvana and Consequences
88.Foursome Problem
89.The First Fool
90.How the Internet was REALLY Invented
91.In Coma… But Not Dead Yet, and Hearing Everything…
92.Whopup Harmony Trio
93.Afghan Tango
94.Honest Field Engineer
95.Willy G. – From Coal Miner to Trash King
96.The Guy in the Photo
97.Even a Dog Can Do It!
98.Brother From Hell
99.Trust and Consequences
BONUS IDEAS…
Plus:
TWO APPENDICES - How to Cross-Pollinate Ideas
68 pages (8.5" x 11"). Over 31,000 words.
Sometimes a single idea will blossom into a career-changing bonanza for a writer. All it takes is a single idea, executed well.
Here are 99 original plot ideas that you can adapt for any type of creative and dramatic writing, including screenplays, novels, short stories, and even stage plays.
These inspiring ideas are shorter than a full treatment but most of them are longer than simple sketches. Use them as fire-starters. Add your own characters and events. Ask the “what if?” questions, turn relationships inside out and arrive at your own original plots.
Also see the two appendixes at the end which describe how to generate new movie ideas from existing plot lines.
Have fun!
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CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION
1.Cell Phone Drama 1 – Don't Touch That Phone!
2.Cell Phone Drama 2 – Oops! The Wrong Address Book
3.Cell Phone Drama 3 – Max Has a Maximum Surprise
4.Cell Phone Drama 4 – Elephants Don't Forget
5.Love is Cleaning Up After the One You Love
6.The Murder That Wasn't a “Murder” But Worse...
7.Private Hells
8.The Airport Incident
9.Toll Booth Romance
10.Lottery Bulls
11.From Beyond the Grave
12.The Composer W Did Not exist
13.The Cycle of Conceit
14.Match-Maker's Secret
15.Discovering “Mr. Important”
16.Unjust Enrichment
17.The Swamp and the Blind Couple
18.Charming Eye of Texas
19.The Materialist’s Ultimate Love Wager
20.22 Lighthouses
21.Things That Happen After the Nurse Leaves Work at 5 p.m.
22.The Green Prophecy of 2206
23.The Borders Within
24.Bounty Hunting Hearts
25.Who is Kim?
26.Electing Aliens
27.Green Corleone
28.Running Nowhere
29.7 New Powers for the New and Improved Superman
30.Genetic Paparazzi
31.Dying for a Cause
32.Triple Accidental Homicide
33.Reindeer Looking for a Job
34.The Defense Attorney Did It!
35.Twenty Years Later
36.Robotocracy
37."Here's my receipt -- where's my damn heart?!"
38.Office Cube Decorator
39.Lost Coffins
40.Brothers and Sisters on the Wrong Side of the Divide
41.Sister, Where Art Thou?
42.Psychic Crime Solver in a Bind
43.Limited Superhero Powers
44.Shane and Omar
45.The Obit Writer
46.Bitter Wine
47.An Unethical Romance
48.Unreal Estate
49.Love in a Soup Can
50.Walking Backwards to Truth
51.Predator in Hot Iraq and the Lady
52.Mismatch Made in Hell
53.World's Most Perfectly Average Person
54.Traffic Vengeance
55.Singing Liars vs. Truth Cops
56.Building Up After Tearing Down
57."What the Hell!?" Coincidences
58.What Goes Around in Deep South…
59.Singing Parrot
60.Nasty Developments
61.Turning the Tables Around
62.How Much Do You Love Me?
63.Hungry for Love
64.The Unbearable Weight of the Self
65.A Muse in Every Attic
66.Variation on Russian Roulette
67.Liquid Russian Roulette with Needles
68.Party & Reunion Jitters
69.Crimson Poet
70.Death Watch
71.Cash in Space
72.Vengeance in Space
73.96 X 2 Mummies
74.Mommy's Dying
75.Turner and Lakshmi
76.Math of Crime
77. Hoop Warrior
78.Rising to the Occasion...
79.Do You Speak Genderese?
80.Attic Antiques
81.Reaction to Prophesy – Watch Out!
82.Computerensis Horriblis ... Tablet Horror!
83.PIZZAmbies
84.Who Cares?
85.Revenge of the Phantom Business Writer
86.Aliens by the Billions!
87.Nirvana and Consequences
88.Foursome Problem
89.The First Fool
90.How the Internet was REALLY Invented
91.In Coma… But Not Dead Yet, and Hearing Everything…
92.Whopup Harmony Trio
93.Afghan Tango
94.Honest Field Engineer
95.Willy G. – From Coal Miner to Trash King
96.The Guy in the Photo
97.Even a Dog Can Do It!
98.Brother From Hell
99.Trust and Consequences
BONUS IDEAS…
Plus:
TWO APPENDICES - How to Cross-Pollinate Ideas
