Story Ideas that I’ll never write: Part 2

If you’ve read part 1 of this series, then you know the drill. But if not, here’s a quick recap!

Since I don’t have infinite time to write stories, this series is dedicated to story ideas that I will never get around to writing myself. I’m here sharing them with the world so other people might be able to make something with them, should they desire! Some of these ideas are a mix of fantasy and other genres, and some might already exist in other people’s work that I haven’t seen. If any of these ideas sound similar to other work you’ve seen, let me know which ones! And lastly, consider these ideas copyright-free! (I feel like I have to state that to avoid any legal ramifications!)

Without further ado, here are three more story ideas that I’ll never write!

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1. Becoming a Proper God

I imagine this story being set in its own fantasy universe, but I suppose you could also set it in modern reality too. The idea is that the world is run by a pantheon of gods. These gods could be based on ancient gods from ancient cultures we already know about, such as the Ancient Greek gods or the Ancient Egyptian gods for example, or you could make up your own pantheon of gods.

The story goes that a new god has been born (or maybe you could have a couple of new gods being born). Once this god is old enough, the other gods send them down to Earth to learn about the world, so they can then decide what they want to be a god of. In my head, the new god would still be a child, maybe a young teenager at this point, since those years tend to be the most formative for young people. It makes sense for them to go on this journey of self-discovery at that age, considering that’s when a lot of young people start to discover who they really are and also who they want to become when they’re older.

I can see this story either being written from the point of view of this new, young god, or perhaps it could be written from the perspective of a human who discovers this teenager is actually a god and tries to help then navigate the world. If you set the story in its own fantasy world, it would be an interesting way for you to explain how this fantasy world works, since I imagine the young god has led quite a sheltered life up in the heavens before coming down to Earth. If you set the story in our modern reality however, it could be fun to explore how humans might react to discovering that there is in fact a pantheon of gods that exist that run the world!

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2. Someone’s Watching Us

In this story, a family moves into this big, old house. Imagine an old-Victorian, mansion-style house. The parents inherited it from a deceased relative, and they have 3 kids (or however many you want them to have). The kids have fun exploring the massive house and the grounds together. But then, one day, one of the kids discovers an old notebook in the attic of the house. As they read through it, they realise that this notebook is talking about their lives. There are diary entries talking about things the family did together, conversations they had, and it even mentions things the kid did in private that only they would know about. The kid shows this to their other siblings, and they all come to the same conclusion: there’s someone hiding in this house and watching them!

Now, when I first imagined this story, the big reveal was going to be that the kids discover the house is haunted, and it’s a ghost that’s been writing in the notebook about them. But now that I think about it again, I actually think it would be a LOT scarier if it was in fact a real person, just living in their house, in the walls and vents and abandoned rooms, for whatever reason. You could make the hidden person simply a homeless person with nothing better to do, or you could easily give that character much more sinister intentions.

I imagine that the kids try to tell the parents, but the parents don’t believe them for whatever reason. So, it’s up to the kids to track down and find out who this mystery person is. Maybe the hidden person is connected to some old, dark family secrets hidden within the house. Maybe the hidden person has some connection to the dead relative who left the family this house. There’s a lot of potential to create a very dark story here.

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3. The Ghost Therapist

I said that the previous story idea could have a supernatural element to it, but this one in particular is ALL supernatural! Think Ghost Busters, except in this story, instead of just getting rid of the ghosts, the main protagonist actually talks with the ghosts to help them move on with their afterlife. Basically, the ghost therapist uses the same techniques a therapist might use to help people let go of their trauma and move on with their lives but instead applies those techniques to ghosts who don’t know how to let go and move on.

I imagine you could break down the story into a sort of episodic type of story; each chapter could be centred around the main protagonist having to confront a different ghost, with a whole different back story, in a whole different setting. You could set this story in modern times or maybe make it a historical setting. If you set it back a few centuries ago, that could be interesting because it would be more unusual back then for people to see someone using therapy methods, instead of just forcing the ghost away.

Maybe the ghost therapist is having to compete with other ghost hunters. Maybe the other ghost hunters just use the stereotypical rituals and spells to force the ghosts away to the afterlife, and they look down on the ghost therapist because they think it’s ridiculous to try and reason with a ghost.

Maybe the ghost therapist has a ghost companion themselves. Maybe that’s why they wanted to help ghosts in the first place; they met this ghost when they were young, and helped this ghost let go, but the ghost decided to stick around with the protagonist instead of moving onto the afterlife. And maybe that’s why the protagonist is able to talk to ghosts properly in the first place, because their ghost companion helps them understand the other ghosts.

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Anyway, those are just a few more of my story ideas that I’ll never get around to writing myself. Do you think any of you could make any of these ideas into fully realised stories? Let me know in the comments and thanks for reading!