Hey guys!
So, as you may or may not know, I am considering entering a short story competition in the real world (1000-2500 words). Although I would love to use 'Falling' (from my Short Romance Stories book) I unfortunately am not able to do so as the rules state that any submitted works cannot have been previously published.
As such, I have to come up and write a new story, however my motivation to just sit down and write one is pitifully low at the moment. I've brainstormed and come up with 10 ideas I had, and I would love your guys opinion on which one (or two) you think is best. Once you guys have voted, I will take this chapter down, at least temporarily, until the judged is concluded (even though they are not yet full stories so I doubt they would count). Anyways, here they are - thanks in advance! :)
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1. Old Love
• Short romance story
• About the bittersweetness of love, from the perspective of a man with dementia
• Sometimes the most beautiful part of a love story isn't the beginning, but the end.
• Story about a man with dementia and his wife - both very much in love although he keeps forgetting who she is
• Recurring thing of him blinking and seeing a women next to him, some times he recognises her sometimes he doesn't.
• Final sentence: 'There was a beautiful women sitting next to my bed. I didn't recognise her, but my heart beat as though I'd known her for a life time...'
2. Umbrella
• Short romance story
• An aspiring fashion designer goes to Paris but is mocked for her designs, she is crying on a park bench in a rain - but then, although the rain around her continues, water no longer falls on her, as a man is holding an umbrella over her.
• It is revealed that he is the head/model of an even more famous fashion company and he sees the potential in her designs
• Inspired somewhat by Adrien & Marinette's umbrella scene from MLB&CN
3. Boredom and Moredom
• About a young girl who gets everything her own way, and discovers that sharing is better than selfishness)
4. A surprising break-in
• Girl comes home and think there's a burglar (sees that a light is on and the curtain twitched) so she sneaks in and is ready to attack, but it is revealed that it's a surprise party for her
5. Spread of a Smile
• About How a smile spreads / changes someone's day from bad to good
• A barista having a bad day is greeted by a cheerful woman who is polite and postive, and whose smile spreads to the barista and makes him feel happier, and he in turn give a friendly smile to a tired businesswoman coming in for her Monday coffee before a day at her stressful job, helping her go into it more positively and it follows how the smile spreads from person to person
• It maybe circles back to the original person at the end?
6. A FURious debate
• 2 characters are debating something
• At the end, their owner comes home and it is revealed that the characters are a cat and a dog
7. Saying Farewell
• Rewritten version of "saying farewell"
• About a character with powers experiencing grief and chasing away her companion (a wolf)
• Then she goes to save said wolf as she is attacked
8. Grief
• A character experiencing grief realising that it never goes away, but only lessens over time, and that grief - though sad - can lead to increased empathy and strength
• (The thought strengthened me. Grief. Yes, it surrounds me and breaks me. But it makes me stronger. A reason to fight. To not have the grief of losing another friend.)
9. Are you okay?
• About a character drowning in darkness but saved by concern
• Other character helps her to see "maybe, just maybe, the secret isn't to love yourself. Not yet. For now, just learn to tolerate yourself, and one day maybe that tolerance will develop into liking and then love."
10. A Wedding Dance
• Short Romance Story idea
• (We twirled together in the great hall, my new husband and I commencing the first dance. "Do you remember our first wedding dance?" He whispered in my ear.)
• (I had been picking my way through a piece of fondant-coated wedding cake as I sat alone whilst everyone else danced. "You should asked her to dance with you" a voice nearby.)
• Newleyweds doing their first dance, reminiscing on the first time they danced together, at a wedding long ago when they were young
YOU ARE READING
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Random[WARNING: Please do not take any of these ideas without permission! If you see someone else using these ideas, please let me know, because these are all my own work.] This book is basically just a compilation of all my little bits and pieces of unfi...
