Literary Fiction

Begin with

1. The Translator

   You translate a dead author's final novel and realize it is about your own childhood, written by someone you never met.

   Your role: A literary translator

2. The Last Ferry

   On the final day of a ferry route between two islands, the ferryman of forty years invites one passenger to stay aboard for the last crossing: you.

   Your role: A regular ferry passenger

3. Inventory

   After your father's death, you spend one week cataloging every object in his house. Each object holds a story he never told you.

   Your role: A grieving adult child

Start a premise as written, or make it yours with your own hero, style, tropes and intensity. Every scene after the first is written around your choices.