The Foundling Who Turned Out to Be King
Boy Meets Girl, Boy Loses Girl, Boy Gets Girl
The Evil Father Who Tried to Kill His Son But the Son Escaped and Came Back to Kill Him
The Detective Who Solved the Crime
The Clever Tailor Who Convinced People He Was a Hero
The Guys Who Teamed Up to Get a Treasure and then Turned on Each Other
The Brothers Who Sold Their Brother Into Slavery and He Became King
Eric Linus Kaplan 
Amazing story ideas! Where do you come up with stuff like that? 🙂
Science fiction writer Barry Longyear said there was a P.O. box in Schenectady, NY where you could send $5 and a SASE to get story ideas. But I’m sure they never had any story ideas like those!
http://www.amazon.com/Came-From-Schenectady-Barry-Longyear/dp/0595201725
What about The Boy Named Sue Who Vowed To Kill His Absentee Father But Then Met Him And Had A Change Of Heart?
Or The Hero Who Spends A Long Time Fighting An Unknown Threat Only To Find The Threat Is Inside Him?
Good point. “The Outsider” by HP Lovecraft.
Stories are always about boys. I wonder why that is.
good question. Challenge to the group: what are the archetypical girl stories?
The Foundling Who Turned Out To Be Princess.
The Ugly Boring Girl Whose Secret Inner Beauty Is Discovered By A Prince
The Single Mother Who Struggled At Work But Overcame The Odds Without Help From A Man
The Tedious Series of Events Which Ends Up In The Main Girl Character Marrying The Main Boy Character
They’re all pretty bad stories. There must be good ones.
too much stuff about men. The girl whose mother was awful so she ran away and became a better mother herself?