Write a story about someone who keeps being cast as the hero but is actually a villain (literally or metaphorically).

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“Dr. Sickle Part 2” by Howard Seeley

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After the ceremony ended, Dr. Sickle headed for his limousine to return home. As he drew nearer to his means of escape, The Medal of Freedom he so proudly adorned around his neck, had morphed into an unwanted burden. The ribbon binding the medal to his neck felt as if a hangman’s noose, choking, forcing Dr. Sickle to struggle, gasping for each breath of air. Oh, how he wanted to rip away that torturous object and cast it out of his life, but as much as he wanted to, he couldn’t raise his hand to his neck. Strange, what pride can make a man ...

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“A Slice From Jessica's Life” by Latha Prakash

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The lid was lowered and with every passing second Tony's face became sparsely visible. The coffin was lowered into the ground as Jessica watched without batting an eyelid. The kohl that lined her lower eyelids remained perfectly winged. Tears coursed down her mother-in-law's face, and she leaned on Jessica and held her hand tightly as though she was the anchor who would prevent her from drowning in the sea of sorrow. Jessica's fingers curled around her mother-in-law's hand and formed an assuring envelope. The priest said a prayer and the cof...

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“A False Hero's Pride” by Jared Meeks

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Chapter 1, Introduction (Warning: Includes Violence, and Suicide/Self Harm) The tale begins 8 years ago, in the proud kingdom of Seipin, led by the noble King Bernand. Bernand, and the kingdom by proxy, were well respected, as Bernand was an intelligent ruler, who made smart decisions, and always put the needs of the people before his own. Bernand’s child, Korro, was just as kind as he was, always doing what he could to help, just as he had learned from his father. Korro was as pure as could be, without so much as a single spec of darkn...

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“Betty Boucher” by Rebecca Fry

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Through the green leaves of the shrubs there was a young girl who is sitting on the bare earth attempting to ground herself. She was building her atmosphere piece by piece knowing that this time it would be correct. This time she would re-invent herself and be special to someone, finally. That thought faded into others.Where she was going to get the money was still a mystery, but she still had her mind and body to take and use to get a man. She didn't know that's even what she wanted, she didn't know how she got there, but A shower would be ...

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“Mission Maya” by Palak Daga

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“How about June 25th?” “Umm, I don’t know. I don’t want a summer wedding. I think we should wait till fall. The weather will be nicer and it will give us more time to prepare.” I have been listening to these two plan their wedding for hours now. Well, it hasn’t been hours, it’s only been around….17 minutes but I’m exhausted. I don’t know how long I can take it. “We can’t do it in the fall, you know that. I have a work trip, plus summer weddings are so much prettier”, said Josh. They can’t even decide on a wedding date, how will they surviv...

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“Eduardo Sullivan” by Lisa S. W.

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Eduardo stood in front of the newsstand, eyes and mouth carefully hidden behind cheap sunglasses and a mask, looking at himself on the smooth laminated magazine cover. The full effect of his brooding but powerful stance, him dressed in an elegant black suit, didn’t really come across as he had imagined, with the sun reflecting on the shiny dark page. It was not as imposing and sexy as he had wished it to be. When he’d gotten the call from his agent, that he had been named People magazine’s sexiest man alive, he had not been surprised...

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Write a story about someone who keeps being cast as the hero but is actually a villain (literally or metaphorically).

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✍️ 21 stories

“Dr. Sickle Part 2” by Howard Seeley

“A Slice From Jessica's Life” by Latha Prakash

“A False Hero's Pride” by Jared Meeks

“Betty Boucher” by Rebecca Fry

“Mission Maya” by Palak Daga

“Eduardo Sullivan” by Lisa S. W.

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Write about someone who has been nominated for a prestigious award, but isn’t sure they deserve it.

Start your story with two people sitting in a movie theater, waiting for the lights to come back on.

Start or end your story with someone realizing that life isn’t like the movies, for better or worse.

Write about a relationship that has been greatly impacted by a movie.

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