Start your story with the line, “It had been twenty-four years since she’d last seen it, but the place looked exactly the same,” and end it with, “[…(the Story)] and that was all that mattered.”

Write about someone who falls back into childish behaviors whenever they’re around their family.

Write about someone who didn’t get along with their family as a child, but has since found an appreciation for them.

Write about a family’s first holiday after a parent has gotten remarried, and now there are new faces at the table and new traditions to be honored.

Go all comedy with it or,

Your visit turn into a nasty fight, taunts or comments to face.

Maybe it strengthened someone's bond or cleared old accounts or misunderstandings.

What if a bud of love bloomed? Or some unexpected announcements.

Or,

Total Chaos.

Add your crisp!

Write a story from the perspective of a bird migrating for the winter.

Set your story in a small town where everyone is suspicious of newcomers.

Write a story where a character can suddenly only “remember” their future, not their past.

The Story that carries your Regret

Write an essence poem.

This is a poem of two lines with six syllables per line, each containing an internal rhyme and an ending rhyme.ExampleMysterious night dreamElicits a fright scream