Hello how may I help you? I need a prompt Okay, what kind of story are you writing? Just some short story Any particular genre that you prefer to work in? Romance Okay, how about a schoolteacher who has a parent teacher conference with the single father of her most troubled student. They hit it off but the teen does everything he can to break them up, until he himself falls in love and learns to appreciate what his father and teacher have found together? That's too long You could leave out some of the backstory, maybe focus on one relationship or the other? Okay maybe you're right, thanks! Good luck with your story