Story Ideas
-the protagonist is a self-proclaimed writer
-artificial intelligence solves climate change by killing all of the humans
-no one returns home from a night out in the city
-a mother doesn’t remember her daughter’s birthday
-the protagonist travels around the world
-the protagonist can’t escape themself no matter how far they run
-a college student forgets to respond to an email
-the world isn’t scary, for a brief moment
-the protagonist waits to find something that will make her feel
-a group of friends are eating animal crackers and they are very
high and the animals are alive
-the protagonist learns to have empathy, even for people who litter cigarette butts
-a writer publishes a collection of short stories that no one reads
-the protagonist is someone who thinks she experiences the world differently from other people
-humans never developed verbal language and communicate via electricity and dolphins
-the protagonist tries to write about her childhood but she can’t remember anything
-a robot and a human meet and find a common ground
-the protagonist lists every terrible thing she has ever done
-the protagonist tells someone something hurtful just to watch how they react
-the story was written too early; the protagonist wasn’t ready
-the world is ending and no one believes it
-a girl gets an oil change without her dad telling her to
-doctors can’t tell if a nun is psychotic or possessed
-the protagonist uses a list of story ideas to make a story
-a story is written from the perspective of a prescription painkiller but the pills weren’t created to understand addiction
-the protagonist wants to write a story but can’t find the words
-a teenager is attracted to her English teacher and her boyfriend’s sister
-wherever the protagonist goes, she finds herself there, always the same
Allie Zapson is a junior studying writing and psychology like every other Sarah Lawrence student. She loves telling people she’s a writer and shoplifting from CVS while telling CVS employees that she’s a writer.