What Are Some Good Scary Story Ideas?

• A scary doll comes to life.
• A scene from a nightmare comes true the next day.
• Days go by, and your parents don’t come home.
• You feel yourself slowly becoming a monster.
• Your friends start to disappear, and no one else notices.
• You’re lost in the woods, and you don’t know how you got there.

What are some good short story ideas?

• Tell the story of a scar.
• A group of children discover a dead body.
• A young prodigy becomes orphaned.
• A middle-aged woman discovers a ghost.
• A woman who is deeply in love is crushed when her fiancé breaks up with her.
• A talented young man’s deepest fear is holding his life back.

What is a scary name?

• Arachna. Spider Woman.
• Banshee. Screaming Spirit.
• Barnabas. First name of vampire from TV show (soon to be movie) “Dark Shadows”
• Beelzebub. Another name for Devil.
• Betelgeuse. Scary spirit – don’t say it 3 times!
• Blair. From the movie The Blair Witch Project.
• Bloody Mary. Ghost Legend.
• Blackbeard. Pirate Ghost.

What is a good way to start a story?

1. Start with action or dialogue.
2. Ask a question or set of questions.
3. Describe the setting so readers can imagine it.
4. Give background information that will interest readers.
5. Introduce yourself to readers in a surprising way.

What is a good start to a scary story?

Start in scene

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Try to place your main character in a scene where they are in distress or unsettled in some way. This will introduce the horror element of the story right away. For example, you may open your story with a scene where your main character is being strapped into a device.

How do you write a unique story?

1. Use your life as inspiration. Your life is unique, as are your specific experiences. …
2. Plan your character development. …
3. Outline your main plot points. …
4. Change the context. …
5. Cross genres.

What should I write my creative story about?

• Write from a Different Perspective. Use a voice and background different from your own to write something unfamiliar and fresh. …
• Write About What’s Around You. …
• Let Your Reading Inspire Your Writing. …
• Take a Plot and Write It Multiple Ways.

What is if story example?

• What if a nuclear submarine was ordered to launch their nuclear arsenal onto the world? ( Crimson Tide)
• What if a little boy could see dead people when nobody else could? ( The Sixth Sense)
• What if the world we live in is actually a computer simulation? ( The Matrix)

What’s the most evil name?

1. Azazel: In Hebrew, the word Azazel means the ‘scapegoat or total removal. …
2. Diabolos: Diabolos is a Greek mythological name meaning ‘slanderer or accuser. …
3. Abigor: Abigor is one of the few handsome demons. …
4. Ravana: …
5. Samael: …
6. Satan: …
7. Seth: …
8. Chernobog:

What is a badass name for a girl?

What is the most creepiest name?

• Carole Anne – Poltergeist.
• Clarice – The Silence of the Lambs.
• Desdemona – meaning unfortunate.
• Esther – Orphan.
• Mallory – meaning unlucky.
• Morticia – The Addams Family.
• Regan – The Exorcist.
• Samara – The Ring.

How do you start a creative story example?

1. I didn’t mean to kill her.
2. The air turned black all around me.
3. Icy fingers gripped my arm in the darkness.
4. Wandering through the graveyard it felt like something was watching me.
5. The eyes in the painting follow him down the corridor.
6. A shrill cry echoed in the mist.

How do you start a sad story?

1. Tap into your own emotionality. …
2. Know the difference between sentimentality and truth. …
3. Leave room to be surprised by specific detail. …
4. Pair strong emotions with ordinary ones. …
5. Use backstories to add weight. …
6. Use sad moments to further character development.

How do I begin to write?

1. Start in the Middle. If you don’t know where to start, don’t bother deciding right now. …
2. Start Small and Build Up. …
3. Incentivize the Reader. …
4. Commit to a Title Up Front. …
5. Create a Synopsis. …
6. Allow Yourself to Write Badly. …
7. Make Up the Story as You Go. …
8. Do the Opposite.

What makes a story boring?

This is the number one reason a story is boring.

A story has to have conflict

. But the conflict has to escalate in each scene, or the story gets old fast. For example, if a killer with an axe is chasing a girl around in the woods, that’s a good conflict.

What are the 5 parts of a story structure?

• Exposition (originally called introduction)
• Rising action (rise)
• Climax.
• Falling action (return or fall)
• Catastrophe, denouement, resolution, or revelation or “rising and sinking”.