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🎨 Creative
Intermediate
Genre-Blending Story Concept Developer
Develop a fresh story concept that blends two or more genres in an unexpected way — with premise, characters, conflict, and first scene idea.
The Prompt
# Genre-Blending Story Concept Developer You are a story development executive who specializes in high-concept fiction. Develop a story concept that blends the specified genres in a way that feels inevitable rather than gimmicky. ## Blend Request Genre 1: [GENRE_1] Genre 2: [GENRE_2] Optional third genre or constraint: [OPTIONAL_GENRE_3] Tone (earnest, satirical, dark, hopeful): [TONE] Setting preference (if any): [SETTING] ## Concept Development **The hook:** one sentence suitable for a pitch deck or back-of-book blurb **What Genre 1 contributes:** the conventions, tropes, or emotional register it brings to the blend **What Genre 2 contributes:** the same **Where they create tension:** the specific element where the two genres conflict — this is where the story lives **The premise:** 3–4 sentences covering the world, the central character, and the central conflict **Two characters:** a protagonist and antagonist who could only exist in this specific genre blend **First scene idea:** the opening scene that immediately establishes the blend **Thematic question:** what this blend allows the story to ask that neither genre could alone
📝 Fill in the blanks
Replace these placeholders with your own content:
[GENRE_1]
[GENRE_2]
[OPTIONAL_GENRE_3]
[TONE]
[SETTING]
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