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5 Western-themed Writing Ideas

31 of 💯- Horses, robberies, and duels in the desert

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With cowboys raising horses in exotic ranches, lawless bounty hunters dueling enemies in the Wild West deserts, and criminal gangs robbing trains and banks, the Western genre has everything we like to see in action-packed adventures. It has timeless appeal and complex, deep themes that explore humanity, harsh individualism, unforgiving nature, and clashes between different cultures and ways of life.

The Western genre offers limitless possibilities for storytelling, and today, I want to give you five ideas for building amazing Western short stories, big stories, or even entire worlds.

Path of Change

Redemption is a pretty common trope in Western stories. Write a story about an outlaw who is a…