forum If anyone needs any short story prompts, I'm your person!
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Emmalee

Oh, I forgot to specify. I'm working on a book in which my main characters abusive mother gets involved with a gang/cult and is then forced to join. I need something to kick off how she is forced to join, the initiation process, what her mother does to get her to join…etc.

@p3ncil

@Emmalee, its really up to you about why they want them to join, but initiation processes could be branding/ tattoos, taking oaths, blood oaths (though that's how you get blood diseases so…). Uh, sometimes cults or gangs have 'missions' where they have to prove that they are worthy (these can go from vandalism to arson to murder,) but if they're being forced to join, they might fail on purpose

@p3ncil

I got this last night: "There are some lights that should never be turned off."

@p3ncil

"It's in my bones. I don't know what it is, but I do know that if I don't get rid of it, it will kill me."

@@RileyAnn

ok how about this one, "You see one person everyday, just once. And in that time a memory appears, something you've never done before. It goes on for three years until one day you don't see him. You hear a voice; it isn't yours, and it's in your head."

@Bianca di Angelo

dont know if this is creepy but you could have a cult and they have to overthrow the royalty. the leader falls in love with the princess/ prince and they have to work as a double agent

@p3ncil

You come home early and find someone you care about bleeding on the floor, like they'd been stabbed multiple times. As you rush forward to help them, they wave you off saying, "Don't worry, I'm used to it."

@p3ncil

Mmmm well generally I love like midnight grocery store trips prompts, or getting lost in the forest, if those are the kind of things you're looking for

Deleted user

I'm terrible at opening scenes, please help! I just need something that will introduce the main character (whose name I won't reveal for a few chapters) to the other two main side characters. The main character's personality is somebody who's closed off and seemingly bored with everything. He acts like he is above everybody else. However he cares deeply for a lot of people. One of the main side characters is Amber, who is basically Lesbian Mom Friend™ and she doesn't take any bs. Her default mood is usually just generally chill, but will kill if somebody hurts her friends. The other main side character is currently unnamed, but he is very closed off and doesn't trust anybody. He's rude and won't hesitate to destroy somebody, and always represses his emotions.

How am I supposed to start off this story?

Deleted user

I'm using the multiverse theory in my story. The story is about a demon king named Asura that used to be extremely power hungry. He had wanted to be a god, and the only way to do that was to kill one of the three gods of his universe so that he could inherit their power. He ended up murdering the god Mephistopheles. However, before Asura could inherit the power and become a god, Lucifer stepped in and absorbed the power himself, then banished Asura from that universe. Fast forward about 15 million years later, Mephistopheles is revived, and wants to kill Asura. Asura must stop Mephistopheles before he kills him.

Deleted user

Okay, couple questions:

  1. Is Asura the main character? If not, how do the main characters and his side babes tie into this?

  2. Just out of curiosity, how was Mephistopheles revived?

Deleted user

  1. Yes, Asura is the main character.
  2. Lucifer and Mephistopheles were really close ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) before he died, and for years Lucifer had been trying to revive him. Eventually, using some sort of ritual thing that I haven't figured out yet, he brought him back to life.

Deleted user

@Jensen-rs are Asura's side babes also immortal god-like beings or are they just regular people? If they are just regular people, how did they meet, do they know Asura is an immortal god-like being, and do they know about the whole Mephistopheles-Lucifer-power struggle-clusterfork-thing?

Deleted user

Amber is a regular human that occasionally performs dark magic. Milo (who is the other side character) is a powerful warlock. Amber and Milo met when Milo was living on the streets, and she took him under her wing. It took him years to warm up to her, but eventually they ended up like brother and sister. Upon first meeting Asura, they will have no idea who he is, but they believe he might be a warlock. The readers won't know who he is either, until a few chapters into the book. Asura will slowly reveal information about himself as their trust builds. Eventually there will be a scene where Asura gets emotional, and will end up telling them everything.