How to write stories without any life experience?

I have exactly the same problem! I'm sixteen, and haven't experienced a lot of life yet. How am I supposed to write how a woman getting a divorce feels, when I don't even have a boyfriend! And yet I want to seem credible, too. Here's my advice to you: write mostly about what you know, and make up what you don't. Try and imagine what you would feel in their shoes. Close your eyes, let the scene play out in your head, and just FEEL. There are books on how to portray emotions through writing, and you can always ask questions on Yahoo! Answers. Without Y!A I would probably have nothing written, it's a lifesaver! Also, don't be afraid to google things, you'd be surprised with what you can find on the world wide web! Good luck to you. :)

Credibility takes knowledge, and there is no shortcut for it. If you don't have personal experience, you'll have to research everything related to the story you want to write. This takes good libraries and lots of time, and can be pretty boring.

This is the reason why most people's first stories are about things that they know. It's faster, easier, cheaper and less boring than building a story from scratch. You can get to the actual story quicker if you know about what your characters are doing and why they are doing it.

You can do some background research on the internet to do with the themes of stories you like so you can learn more about the experiences or read other books as inspiration. Time and patience is also needed as writing stories requires a lot of it. Don't feel bad if you don't get it perfect at first because every writer has to start somewhere.

Write a fantasy novel from the point of view of a person similar to you. You must still tell a compelling story, but you will have more license to create settings and characters that are similar to ones around you, but can be on a make believe world. As you get more real life experiences keep track of them in a journal for future stories, but don't let the lack of ones currently keep you from writing.

Well, there is always research. Do you think that sci-fi authors really go to space before they write about it. Chances are, no, they don't. They do enough research so they can make their descriptions and situations believable.

There is also imagination. Do you think Tolkien knew elves and dwarves? No, such things don't really exist. Again, imagination must be coupled with research. You want everything believable, even if it is unimaginable.

Wanna write about kung-fu but have never seen it? Go to youtube. You can watch just about anything on youtube.

Umm, perhaps if you sit and make notes about something your subconscious will come up with something.

I am writing something and my friend said "why did you come up with a story like that? Is that how you want to be loved?" and I was like "...O______O ...I...I think I do.... O:"

And it opened me up and made me realize alot about myself.

You just need to sit and think about something. What do you want to happen in your life? Something beautiful or scary or amazing or riveting.

You'll come up with it.

EDIT: also, keep a diary. Keep it with you and write down whatever you think about anything all of the time. (:

Don't be embarrassed about writing in it in public. No one will look over your shoulder even though you may feel that way. xD especially if your handwriting is messy. (school for example).