A Story Idea Each Day for a Month (2010–2024)

Over 400 story concepts pulled from news reports free for you to use.

For fifteen years, I have posted a story idea every day in the month of April. These ideas derive from newspaper articles I have crossed paths with online over the course of the preceding year.

Here’s the thing. These ideas are free for you to use — no strings attached. They are solid enough to draw my attention and at least have some merit as a potential movie or TV series. In fact, I’ll often spin out a take, brainstorming a possible story angle.

Answers to two common questions about this series:

Hey Scott, why the hell do you do this?

For nearly four decades, I have constantly been on the look-out for story ideas. This exercise is simply an extension of that work habit.

Nah, I meant give away the ideas. Why don’t YOU use them yourself?

Trust me, I have found story ideas which I stash in my list of concepts. And there have been some ideas I’ve run across where I was really tempted to hoard. But if they’re part of the series, I will have concluded that the idea is simply not for me.

Unless math has changed, 15 times 30 = 450. That’s how many story ideas you will find at the links below.

A Story Idea Each Day for a Month (2010)

A Story Idea Each Day for a Month (2011)

A Story Idea Each Day for a Month (2012)

A Story Idea Each Day for a Month (2013)

A Story Idea Each Day for a Month (2014)

A Story Idea Each Day for a Month (2015)

A Story Idea Each Day for a Month (2016)

A Story Idea Each Day for a Month (2017)

A Story Idea Each Day for a Month (2018)

A Story Idea Each Day for a Month (2019)

A Story Idea Each Day for a Month (2020)

A Story Idea Each Day for a Month (2021)

A Story Idea Each Day for a Month (2022)

A Story Idea Each Day for a Month (2023)

A Story Idea Each Day for a Month (2024)

Again, free. No strings attached. Okay, maybe one thing. If you use the idea to write an Oscar-winning screenplay, when you pick up the award, give me a quick shout-out.