Start your story with someone being presented with a dilemma.

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“Choose me or lose me ” by S Hash

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Black or blue? Any other day it would be a lot easier to pick one of them but today, it's a big day for me. Today I'm going to be visiting my dying best friend one last time before she's finally gone. I Don't know how to process it, actually I haven't even thought that deep into it. I've been avoiding the thought right from the day I heard it. It's too much to handle. I'm the kind who runs away from her problems, avoids thinking or talking about them. I always find an escape, just this time it feels too hard. Ivy, that's my best friend's...

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“The Homicide at the Hallmark Hotel” by Eugene Pierson

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Angelica Stella, Larry Jones, Arthur Reynolds, and Samuel Hunter – before the tragedy of the Hallmark Hotel, were each working in separate hotels: Ms. Stella at the Cozy Comfort, Larry Jones at the Comfort Inn, Samuel Hunter at the Sunshine Stay, and Arthur Reynolds at a different Cozy Comfort location. Arthur Reynolds was indeed beloved by Ms. Stella, but he had his eyes on the prize: getting funding for a bigger and better hotel: the Hallmark Hotel. What led up to that follows. “Ms. Stella?” asked the clerk. “Yes?” she answered. “Oh, I...

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“Am I destined to be a failure? 4044.” by Rambo Rambles

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Should i continue in this life path or not? I had an eventful day today. I decided that I needed to do something with the bulge that some might call love handles. Went on to YouTube and looked for something simple that I could do. Found a video that promises to reduce weight in just a span of few minutes. I fell for it, and did it. Apparently I will feel sore the abdominal area the next day. I am greatly looking forward for it. As i was moving my body here and there as instructed, i reflected on my life choices. Why am i doing what...

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“The Warrior's Dilemma” by Saw Dust

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TW: violence, slurs, war Despite the encouragement and training that Stephen had received over the years which confirmed that he was choosing the right course of action, something inside of him tugged at the reins, urging him to reconsider. As Stephen worked the rope around the man’s wrists and secured them tightly around the thick vertical support beam behind him, Stephen watched the man’s naked chest heave and tremble. It moved in concert with the man’s pleas, which, presumably, was meant to convince Stephen to stop what he was d...

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“Mary-Beth” by Heather Murray

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I have been here for weeks. It's different from the place I grew up in. I have no idea who took me or why. They keep telling me I am special, special how? I miss my friends at the old place, where I got to associate with people my age. Here I have not had any contact since they came for me. “Why am I here?” I asked. “You know why,” the lady responds, she is not in the room she is watching through the cameras. “Why won’t you let me go?” “In all due time sweetheart” It must ...

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“Le Misérable Pécheur” by Emmett Wrighter

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The pearls draped across her neck with all the elegance of a frozen waterfall, captured in that moment of stillness in a way that could set the heart aflutter and turn anything that touched his lips to ash… For no! Nothing could compete with this utter perfection of beauty, and had he chosen to swallow that bit of hors d’oeuvre at that moment, it should have caught in his throat so he might choke on his hubris.But no, he merely sat there on the low couch in her boudoir with the morsel untasted and unchewed, caught by the flytrap of her sunli...

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““Live,” they said.” by Melainie Chow

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“Esmeray!” Clarance called out for her. The rain soaking his shirt and blurring his eyes. He had an unsettling hollowness lurking around his chest when he woke up finding the cold sheets and empty space beside him in the middle of the night. He hadn’t bothered to take his coat and dashed out of the cottage. “Esmeray!” He shouted for her again. She could sense her, she was somewhere close. He convinced himself that she should be safe when he found her. If she’s in danger...He doesn’t know what to do anymore. Then he spotted a silhouett...

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“Mommy Dearest” by Julianne Baldiga

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TW: attempted murder Last nights compromising events has spun me into a vicious dilemma. I immediately wonder why my dad continues to work the night shift. It’s not fair that I’m the one left here as the oldest boy, to deal with my pack of unruly, disruptive siblings. I’m not even the oldest sibling, only the oldest boy. My older sister who carries the label of “oldest child” is anything but a leader. Her timid and spastic reactions push her into hiding in her room unable to effectively socialize with society....

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“The Dilemma” by Stevie Burges

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I remember casually walking into the office and announcing I was taking a year off work to live with a tribe in the Borneo Jungle. I had volunteered to support a Charity carrying out an organ-utan population count. Everyone was so excited for me, and all the awkward questions I had envisaged just never came. When discussing my jungle plan I heard them using words like ‘helluva girl’. Why on earth my colleagues had got it into their heads that I was an adventurer, full of confidence, hanging out with apes in the jungle wh...

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“Revenge in the Realm” by Mamta Diwakar

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Now what ' was the question running in queen Anne's mind , she is the queen of the realm 'Montesque' and her husband's brother has broke out a war in the reign .She was in the situation of dilemma that if she chose her kids over the realm then her oath to protect King Lee's realm till her last breath would not accomplish on the other hand is she chooses the real over the kids she need to live away from there . 'Fine' she said and called Mrs Mathew her servant and asked her to flee away to the human realm with her kids. Without an utter Mrs ...

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“Quandary at the Blue Lagoon” by Parth Tyagi

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Start your story with someone being presented with a dilemma Present Day, Time 7:00 pm Cursing himself under his breath Sam looked around painstakingly in fear of people watching him or making fun of him. To his comfort, no one was looking at him, yet. The temperature in the main kitchen of the Blue Lagoon hotel in Mumbai was no longer comfortable for Sam. Sam exited to the terrace connecting kitchen, it was empty. He took out a cigarette from his pocket and smoked it in a quick uneasy manner. His hands were shaking. A number of things were ...

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“What to Do (With my Life)” by Maddison Buch

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“I literally don’t know what to do with my life.” It was a statement that each of the Four had made at least once in their lives, but it passed Carine’s lips the most often. Emma was going into social work and child psychology, and despite her grades and less than shining track record, she wrote a killer entrance essay that got her into over 14 colleges of varying fame and tuition fees. Savannah was planning on taking cooking classes and working towards at least an associate’s degree for business on the side to open her restaurant. An...

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“ Pepper Vs Chilli Flakes” by HUNTER TANMER

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I steadied myself on the stool. “Wow,” I muttered. I would have fallen down. I tried to press my feet to chase the tingle under it. I blew out. Slowly raised my hands to pick the box which was placed above the cupboard. It was covered by cobwebs. I pushed it away and picked the box. I pulled it towards my side and try to weigh it. It was not bad. I can carry it. I pulled it closer to me and picked it from the top of the cupboard at the same time. Thud. I blinked. Again. I looked down on the floor through the empty box which has its underneat...

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“The Apprentice's Dilemma” by Sirius Pureza

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Aurora trudged up the slope, pulling the all too light wagon of clay up towards the Potter's house. How much could one block of clay weigh? A lot, a tiny voice in the back of her head said. You shouldn't have done that.It was no use telling Aurora that now. The Potter stood in the doorway, watching her skeptically as she did all his dirty work for him. At least she had been somewhat clever. She hid the empty gap on the bottom of the wagon since the clay generally tended to stick together, it wasn't vissibly noticeably. She quickly adjusted h...

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“Dead Boys Can't Send DMs” by Nadia Woods

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This is a straightforward decision, Lea thought firmly to herself. Before she could completely cut off her stream of thoughts and take a step forward to finish the task at hand, another voice floated in to her conscious: it would be an easy decision if you did more research before acting so brashly. "Augh”, she audibly sighed out loud, a bit louder than she intended – not that her pair of guests were conscious to hear it. That grating voice in the back of her head had finally taken a break from berating her and instead had reinvented itsel...

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Start your story with someone being presented with a dilemma.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 216 stories

“Choose me or lose me ” by S Hash

“The Homicide at the Hallmark Hotel” by Eugene Pierson

“Am I destined to be a failure? 4044.” by Rambo Rambles

“The Warrior's Dilemma” by Saw Dust

“Mary-Beth” by Heather Murray

“Le Misérable Pécheur” by Emmett Wrighter

““Live,” they said.” by Melainie Chow

“Mommy Dearest” by Julianne Baldiga

“The Dilemma” by Stevie Burges

“Revenge in the Realm” by Mamta Diwakar

“Quandary at the Blue Lagoon” by Parth Tyagi

“What to Do (With my Life)” by Maddison Buch

“ Pepper Vs Chilli Flakes” by HUNTER TANMER

“The Apprentice's Dilemma” by Sirius Pureza

“Dead Boys Can't Send DMs” by Nadia Woods

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Write a story about someone who’s extremely impulsive — or extremely indecisive.

A character stands in front of two doors. Write a story about what happens after they choose one to enter.

Write about someone making a seemingly inconsequential decision, which goes on to have important consequences.

Write about someone finally making their own choices.

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