Story ideas by genre

A premise is a problem your characters can't get out of. Below are 20 story ideas per genre, each short enough to hand to a group of writers. Pick a line, drop it into Storybored as your opening line, and pass the turn.

• Fantasy Story Ideas
  20 fantasy story ideas for collaborative writing — kingdoms, dragons, quests and magic.
• Sci-Fi Story Ideas
  20 sci-fi story ideas for collaborative writing — AI, space, time and tomorrow.
• Mystery Story Ideas
  20 mystery story ideas — quiet crimes, red herrings and amateur sleuths.
• Romance Story Ideas
  20 romance story ideas — slow burns, second chances and meet-cutes.
• Horror Story Ideas
  20 horror story ideas — creeping dread, small wrong things, group chills.
• Comedy Story Ideas
  20 funny story ideas — daft premises and chaos for collaborative writing.
• Thriller Story Ideas
  20 thriller story ideas — high stakes, ticking clocks, ugly choices.
• YA Story Ideas
  20 young adult story ideas for collaborative storytelling — coming of age, first powers, first betrayals.
• Story Ideas for Kids
  20 kid-friendly story ideas — cosy, brave and gently weird.
• Historical Story Ideas
  20 historical fiction story ideas — real eras, invented lives.
• Drama Story Ideas
  20 drama story ideas — families, secrets and quiet reckonings.
• Supernatural Story Ideas
  20 supernatural story ideas — ordinary lives, one crack in the world.
• Adventure Story Ideas
  20 adventure story ideas — maps, quests and unwise decisions.
• Dystopian Story Ideas
  20 dystopian story ideas — broken systems and small rebellions.