Ideas for short stories

1. CONCEPTS / POSSIBLE STORIES Taxi Driver - A taxi driver has a long day, he is misled into taking a final fare which is not the short journey he thought it was. He ends up driving off without the clients and only realises near the end of his journey Card Game - Four men are having a late night game of cards, when things take a sinister twist as one of the players is caught cheating and murdered in a fight that went wrong Chase - A person is running away from something Disorders - A first person view of what it would be like to have a mental disorder / disability / addiction Race Against Time - A person rushing to get to a place facing many obstacles along the way Contrast - A contrasting group of characters meet up from different turns of life, they look back on their days as children, turns out they are actually very good friends The Staffroom - Children ’ s imaginative concepts of what they think goes on behind staffroom doors Advert Spinoff - Advert “ you wouldn ’ t start your night like this … so why end it that way? ” turns to “ You wouldn ’ t start your life like this …” Shows a teenager acting as a “ dull ” aging individual, wasting his time doing nothing special, sat in front of T.V. while others are leading an exciting life as youths Social Networks - A surreal view of what it would be like if popular social networks were actually reality e.g. a ‘ twitter ’ character could walk past every now and again shouting what they were doing at the moment with people following behind, or a ‘ facebook ’ character could be ‘ tagging ’ people by saying their names, ‘ poking ’ people as they walk past, having people ‘ pop up ’ next to them saying “ hey W-U-U-2? ” , “ L-O-L ” etc The Dentist – How fear effects a person in the simplest ways, and how that fear gets wiped through good experiences Race – A comical look at Asians in a predominantly white school, the difficulties that Asians face when “ outnumbered ” / how Asians react when “ outnumbered ” Unrequited love – loving someone who doesn ’ t love you back, someone who uses you but would never consider you the “ one ” Revenge – on an ex or between enemies Gambling – The losses a person faces when they take too many risks Death – Losing a loved one Anger – How things can go wrong if you cant control your emotions Depression – What a person faces when going through depression Mental Illness – A person slowly begins to recognise they have a problem Jealousy – The extent a person can go to because of their jealousy Regret – Hurting a loved one and wishing you could turn back time Blackmail – How someone tries to obligate you to do things Stealing – A seemingly good person steals in desperation Pregnancy (Asian girl) – Fear of reaction of everyone else / helplessness Neglect – Feeling unloved by the ones who should care the most Loneliness – Being alone, career orientated, never knowing true happiness Fantasy / Desire – Wanting something or someone Gossip – how everybody “ bitches ” over nothing