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Write a story about someone who has just finished writing their first story/book.

Posted in Adults on Oct 26, 2022

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“Kerry's Struggle” by Red_ PandaGirl1234

Submitted to Contest #46

Kerry sighed heavily. She had finally finished her first book, 'Struggles'. Robin came in, shuffling through some papers."Done?" He asked, not looking up.Kerry grabbed her papers, and dragged Robin up 3 flights of stairs to the Administration Office. She knocked twice, then pushed her way in, still holding Robin's wrist."Name of book?" The receptionist asked, putting down her papers and staring at Kerry."Struggles, and Jam." Kerry said, reciting the title of her and Robin's book. They signed what seemed like one million papers and walked int...

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“I want to write” by Lee Dohann

Submitted to Contest #46

  I’m standing in the corner. When I’m still, no one seems to see me. Is that because I am no bother? Is it because I do not need anyone? As soon as I move, I become the destroyer and consumer of that which was and could no longer be in my path. There is a darkness around me, and a smell that brings both pleasant memories, as well as a sharp pain, getting stuck somewhere in my lungs.  I can remember sitting with a real cigarette between my fingers. But I cannot recall what transpired after the burn caused a long shriek emanati...

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“Mighty Quill, Mighty Sword” by Emilie Conroy

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Two instruments.       For all of mankind's might wailing and raging, for all its self-extollations and its ballyhooed ephemeral successes, two of its inventions have been more responsible for the construction and destruction of all that man has conquered and made in its history.       There exists no truth in this world, but the truth that all truth is but perception.  No one, however objective he or she may claim to be, can view the world with more than his own eyes.&nbsp...

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“Just like magic: The story of Harlee Bingham” by It's Monsoon

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As Ria realized that she has gained nothing from abandoning all of those she cared about, her surprise turned to anger,  and those wide eyes that Simon looked into so deeply the first time that they had met narrowed sharply at him. Ria gave off a gutteral yell as she punched Simon square in the jaw causing his vision to flash as his head snapped to the side. Before Ria could even follow through with the hit she shrieked and Simon felt her punch stop abruptly. Simon looked back, and Ria was gone. With the power he gained from the rit...

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“"The End"” by Rutvi Dhruva

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“The End”, I read as I wrote those words at the end of the 248th page of my first and probably the last book I will ever write. My hands trembled with fear as I slowly shut the lid of my laptop. I moved to the kitchen counter and took the glass of water with my still shaky hands. “Are you ready?” asked my brother as he walked in from behind. Frankly, I wasn’t. The day I started writing this book, I knew things were going to get worse for us. But, this had to be done anyway. So I nodded my head in agreement and handed him my laptop. I was...

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“Unpublished Violence” by B James Hancock

Submitted to Contest #46

As John sat in the study of his New England townhouse in the middle of a cold November, he was blissfully unaware that the killer was already in his home.  John's fingers tapped furiously away and the emerald keys as he glanced down at the final pages on his note pad that he had handwritten the day before during lunch. A smile slowly crept its way across his face as the clacking sound of the heavy grey Smith-Corona typewriter filled the small halls of the empty house, stopping only ever so briefly when he pulled the return lever on th...

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“The joys and anguish of finishing my first chapter book” by Jane Ruth

Submitted to Contest #46

The joys and anguish of finishing my first chapter book By Jane E. Ruth My initial idea of a children’s chapter book involving the Ngabe children on the comarca in Panama, Central America, was exhilarating! I was so excited to write a fiction story that had real elements of life on the comarca for the children. The story was fiction, but the poverty was real. My husband and I have a ministry that helps the Ngabe indigenous in Panama, and we often are on the comarca visiting or helping with their needs. I loved trying to decide which Ngab...

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“The story of the last lead holder” by Richard Deatherage

Submitted to Contest #46

The story of the last lead holder          Back in the summer of 1979, a project that started off as an attempt by his High School Drafting Teacher to keep him from cutting class, actually put Richard Deatherage on the path to his career.          Recognizing Richard's boredom with remedial drafting, the Teacher instead had Deatherage draft and design a new custom home plan for a friend while he was in detention. The plans turned out to be accepted by...

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“Remember Me” by C. E. Stokes

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Allison rapped her knuckles on the doorframe.  She tugged the neck of her scrub top down. The new set seemed to ride up and rub against her collarbone. But the green made her hazel eyes look like moss instead of mud. At least, that’s what she told herself as she yanked at her scrubs again.  “Hello, Mrs. Eisenbach.” Allison sang out, pasting a smile on her face.  Late afternoon sun peeked between the drawn curtains. The thin beam cast the oranges and yellows of the nursing home decor into a happier tone. She marched into the ...

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“Should i go on?” by Debanjali Sarkar

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I heaved a tired sigh and rubbing my eyes, put my pen down. After a total of 30 days, I had successfully completed the story that I had started. Still at a young age, one would question how I had been able to write something so complex yet simple and my answer would be, "I don't know? My mind works in the most uncertain ways." I had always found a certain sense of peace in writing. Starting with poetry, two lines turned into seven and I found what was missing in my life. Starting was easy, being consistent easy as well, but I had an appreh...

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“Cold Coffee” by Mohammad Hamza Zakir

Submitted to Contest #46

The moment I press the ‘Save’ option on my favorite word processor, I remove my glasses and start sobbing uncontrollably. I can’t help it. I just miss her so much. My first ever story is staring back at me from my glowing laptop screen. I have been working on it for the past few days, always choosing to sit in the armchair from where I have a perfect view of the daisies in our garden. Every day for the past week, I made it a point to sit down at 6 PM and keep writing until 8 PM. For two hours, I would write my heart out as best as I could....

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“Creation” by Jessica Tomaselli

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She spent tortured hours trying to figure out exactly how to end the story, what words would articulate a propitious pinnacle. How much closure should she provide? She could create an unquestionable happy ending, but who would believe that? And happiness truly valued without its opposite? No, she wanted to make sure her champions clearly conquered their first challenge, but still had an opportunity to grow, that they had an opportunity to grow and continue to pursue their principles. Because she had fallen in love with them and could not ima...

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“Synchronicity” by Betsy Peacock

Submitted to Contest #46

The headaches had gotten worse. They came more frequently; the onset and intensity gaining momentum with each episode. The pills Doc prescribed to help with the debilitating pain and nausea made me sleep most of the day, leaving me wide awake at night. I had transformed into some kind of nocturnal creature, wandering through my home in the dark like an interloper.Floating like a tortured spirit from room to room in the midnight hours, I touched everything; feather-light fingertips were caressing picture frames and book bindings. I poured thr...

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“A life in a leather wrapper ” by Annika Michel

Submitted to Contest #46

        With shaking hands, he placed the last word in black ink on the gray line. His hands looked like a map, marked with veins that run like rivers under Hector’s thin and wrinkled skin. He reached for the cap of the pen and screwed it back on. It was his favorite pen that he got when he left home to go to university in Barcelona. His grandfather had given it to him as his last present before he passed away and Hector kept it save and only used it for special occasions like signing important documen...

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“Your Invention is Part of You” by Snyya Taha

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He was sitting there trembling. His hands spread across the keyboard and his eyes were fixed on the screen of his laptop. It had not come to him until then that the story he had been writing for a whole month –which was going to be the first story that he committedly worked on and finished- should end in a way that was so much revealing about his personality. Realizing it, he started hesitantly scrolling up and down the pages and pausing to reread the lines that he felt might be similarly related to him. Turning page after page, his face tur...

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