Generate a Short Story Opening That Hooks in Three Sentences

Blank page, blinking cursor, no idea how to start. Tell the prompt your genre and the central tension and it hands back five distinct three-sentence openings, each leading with a problem or an oddity rather than dull scene-setting. Pick one and keep going. Good for fiction writers who stall at the very first line.

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The opening of a short story must do heavy lifting: establish voice, introduce tension or intrigue, and make the reader unwilling to stop. Amateur writers often begin with scene-setting; skilled writers begin with a problem, an oddity, or a moment of pressure.
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Choose a genre and a single central tension: [genre] and [central tension]. Generate five distinct three-sentence story openings, each using a different technique: in medias res action, a provocative statement of fact, a character's internal contradiction, a sensory detail that implies wrongness, and a piece of dialogue that raises an immediate question. After each opening, write one sentence explaining the technique used.
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Five numbered openings, each followed by a single italicised technique note. Then a brief paragraph (80 words) recommending which opening is strongest for the genre and tension you chose, with a reason.
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