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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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“Delight.” by Dominic Njoroge

Submitted to Contest #46

Books were meant to improve knowledge or add notes to the memory of a human. An author writes a book from known knowledge. Some books take a long period of time to publish, while others are written from known facts hence easy to write and finish earlier. It took a while for me to reason with the topic of the book. I delete the topic and create another title. I start searching on google, on how to start a new book. I click on first link that pops out. I go through the list of items required and begin writing down some points down. There o...

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“Kabria's Diary” by Igboburuchukwu Chigbogu

Submitted to Contest #46

Like a woman whose longtime boyfriend has just proposed to after several years of expectations; Kabria took a breath of relief. She has just written the last word of the last sentence of her first life achievement.    She dropped her pen on the table, took a deeper breath and placed her two hands on her face. "It has been a long and rigorous adventure" she thought in her mind. Yes, it was indeed an energy and intellect sapping months for Kabria, she has just finished writing her first fiction.    It was a dream ...

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“The Day I Was Born” by Wissal Watterson

Submitted to Contest #46

"The sea...That blue huge water is my life.It is something that I admire and it dangerously loves me back. You can't let go of something you love, even if it is something that can drag you to your perdition" The old man walked slowly towards the rock ahead of him, he sat down and took his hook throwing it out to the sea, it seemed like he had thrown his heart with that metallic stuff waiting for someone to get him.Let's stop reading right at that dot and wonder what those lines are trying to tell us. Why does he want someone to get his he...

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“An Ending” by Dana Goss-Dickie

Submitted to Contest #46

It was the usual Wednesday dinner. Caroline’s apartment was always in disarray, but her cooking made the experience. Rachel mostly ate frozen dinners or takeout, so the proper meal was a nice change of pace. Steak and asparagus marked the table tonight, with a nice bottle of cabernet sauvignon to accompany. Two candles sat between the pair. A lamp lit the room too, but it was still dim. Rachel suspected Caroline was using the soft mood lighting to hide her messes, but it did make for a comfortable meal. “How’s the book coming?” Caroline po...

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“The Problem of Authenticity” by Karen L

Submitted to Contest #46

  As soon as I finished my first novel, I sent it straight to someone who I knew wouldn't lie to me.    My best friend Hae-won worked as a cognitive science professor at the university near my apartment. I had spent the last two weeks in agony while she read my novel, as she had refused to give any feedback until she had finished. I sat across from her now in her cramped office, waiting until she was done with her phone call. Her makeup and outfit were especially on point today. I looked away and pretended to take interest in ...

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“THE END” by Grace Ukeni

Submitted to Contest #46

 I had just written the last words of my first book, as I tapped the save button anxiously. It was a moment of deep awareness. I suddenly became aware of the elephant in the room, my book. It had been written, its presence could be felt, it was somewhere seated in my computer, it was finally here waiting to be read. I suddenly became aware I was going to be an author soon. I did it, I had finally finished my first book. I became aware of all the pain and struggles I breathed into my book. It was a sense of awakening, awakening to so man...

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“The art of Change” by Rachel Jennings

Submitted to Contest #46

I closed the broken laptop “done” I said as I adjusted the cover. I breathed in and glanced out the window, at that moment I realized how much writing the novel had consumed me. I had forgotten to smell the roses along the way. I had spent the last year inside my story, inside my characters, they were after all a part of me. I stretched my legs; the window was ajar enough to let a slight breeze catch my dress. I paced around the room, What if it’s no good? I looked at my laptop. I sat on the chair tapping my fingernails on the cover. Drops o...

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“The Writer's Crush” by CARLOS MANUEL EUSOYA

Submitted to Contest #46

"We've got a multitude of lessons to learn." I straightened my stance and fixated this brilliant head of mine to the blonde girl who was completely uneducated, or if you accept a harsher term, illiterate. She did not know a single idea, let the slightest, about the convoluted decrees of subject-verb agreement or the abstruse definitions of logical fallacies. Instead she preoccupied her standards with this lingo, something abhorred by a whiz writer of classic, which just happens to be me."Perhaps we will not scrutinize linguistics anymore. No...

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“And The Winner Is..” by Bridget Sam

Submitted to Contest #46

My hiatus is long over Sitting in my workroom, my hands started flying against the keyboard as every word in my brain is going on paper. As I write, several light bulbs flicker in my head, incorporating everything I thought about but making sure it was coherent. “This is going to be my best one.” 3 months will not go to waste.  The last sentence, the last word, the last period, the last breath I exhaled. It all meant something to me. The possibilities that this book will bring flooded my brain. A new apartment from the tattered apartmen...

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“The Typewriter” by Sathvika Sitaraman

Submitted to Contest #46

A red light shone through the dark hallway. Fear encapsulated Idris as he slowly crept towards the door. Slow, soft footsteps sounded from the other side. First a quiet hum, increasing to a steady scream, the pain never ending. Suddenly, the sound stopped, replaced by the falling of books. The door cracked open, inch by inch, until… “AEeeeEEeee!” “Wow, I really scared you!” “Dillion! How many times have I told you to knock! I’m in the middle of writing!” “What Cad, did you think I was a ghooooooost?” He ignored him, turning h...

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“The Demise of a Star ” by Dhiraj Duarah

Submitted to Contest #46

The night was hard to sleep and the morning not letting Manju wake up. But once his mind started remembering everything that was scheduled for the day, he just got broke through his sleep. It was the day for publishing his book and a small conference was about to start by 11:30a.m. He is not a professional but he managed to have a conference with few of the press person and tiny mass of public with the help of his childhood friend Mahendra from Gujrat. He woke up and brushed his teeth. Washing his facing he had a close look through his teeth...

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“One Hundred Thirty-three Thousand 700” by Tiffany Tallent

Submitted to Contest #46

   One hundred thirty-three thousand seven hundred-    No, that’s not right. You're not supposed to write out numbers larger than - I mean greater than- what is it? One thousand?    133,700-    Wait - you can't start a sentence with a numeral – that’s the rule, right?    How many "rules" did I forget when writing those 133,700 words?    I guess it's not really forgetting if you didn't know them to begin with. I knew (know?) some rules. I know basic gra...

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“What The First Story Means To An Author” by Sophie Fink

Submitted to Contest #46

I never thought I could stop when I first started. Many drug addicts and alcoholics may relate that same thought to their life. However, my obsession is not nicotine or booze; my form of addiction is writing. At first, my hatchling of a book was merely meant as a form of therapy. It was a chance to escape from the hardships of this world and instead journey to a place where I have control of everything. But when my miserable life started to fix itself, I couldn’t find the strength to pull my thoughts away from my little fictional creati...

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