Start your story with someone being presented with a dilemma.

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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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“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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“The Attack” by John Meiners, Jr

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The Attack A warm sunny day though breezy. White clouds fill the sky changing shapes by the minute. The Finding is half what it was yesterday, and while alert, are expecting nothing of any consequence to happen...

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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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“Rising Tension” by Bryan Ricoy Ortiz

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When my parents got married they combined their names and each changed their named to a hyphenated version. So their names were Mom Dadsname-Momsname and Dad Dadsname-Momsname. When I was born they named me Daughter Dadsname-Momsname. Last week I spent twenty minutes getting harassed by the clerk who was filing my marriage license. First she wanted to know my maiden name. My maiden name is Dadsname-Momsname. I came into this world with a double last name. She didn't like that. Then she wanted to know my dad's "real" name. My dad le...

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“Birthday Twist ” by Nathaly Gaitan Quiroz

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It was October 5th, the day of my birthday. I was so excited I felt like I was going to explode. I was a bit tired of course because the night before my friends had told me they had a surprise for me and told me to pack my suitcase. They didn’t exactly tell me where we were going at first. Luckily they were really bad at keeping secrets so I eventually found out we were going camping. I was so excited. I've never been camping before. I was so excited to spend my birthday weekend with my best friends. We've known each oth...

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“3 objects” by Ana Blanco

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3 Objects“Well, are you gonna do it or not?” Sophie was staring at Mark impatiently. It was Halloween and he promised to come to the abandoned house with her to see if what people say was true. Mark wasn’t looking at her but at the house, a threatening two-story place right in front of them, made of stones and covered on white flowered bindweed. It seemed to be alive, challenging them to step inside like many other people had before, people who had failed and left defeated.He was overthinking and she wanted him to react. “I said no to a part...

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“Damned if you do...” by Bob Ellis

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“Find a way to pay me, or leave the bank,” my boss, Teresa Tedescho, snarled her ultimatum. My entire professional life felt like it was slipping away. If caught, I could lose my licenses, get fined hundreds of thousands, and be banned from the securities industry for life. Life, hell, I was only forty-two. Cutting lawns and plowing driveways for the next thirty-plus years was a decidedly unattractive proposition. *** I was hired by Johnson City Bank to build a brokerage program in the late 1990’s. All the community banks were getting ...

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“An Unlikely Situation” by Elena Rouse

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“Well this is an unlikely situation.” Talia stared at both the man covered in filth and the teenage boy holding a warped trombone. The 83 year old had that look about her- like a thousand gusts of wind swarmed her with a hoard of mismatched fabric and afterwards she just went with it. She was perched on a park bench with her beading kit, like she did every day. The men nearby assumed her words were unrelated to them. They were wrong. The two men were, as it happens, wrong about just about everything. A tale as old as time, really. ...

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“Discussing facing a dilemma” by David Nutt

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Discussing facing a dilemma This is a story about a direct question that led to a most interesting revelation. It happened a few years ago one cold winter’s night. I was in our country house sitting in front of the fire in the company of my oldest friend and neighbour, Henri, enjoying a superb calvados. I asked Henri the following question. “Have you ever been faced with a dilemma that might have had serious repercussions on your life?” “Why do you ask?” “Henri, old boy, do you remember I emailed me a story from the local newspaper, aro...

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“Cassiopea Couldn't Stay Out of Grandfather's Study” by Pako Dunwhile

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Morning light filled the grand mansion’s wide halls. Cassiopea fully understood that her grandfather would be furious at her violating his private study. She also knew that the moment his final breath gave out, her family members would break down the door and plunder every valuable inside. History had shown that the vapid of her bloodline would sell everything for the latest couture being hocked by the equally vapid social media “influencers.” Neither decision felt good enough for her heart. Her hand turned the key, activating the door’s s...

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“THE MYSTERIOUS BOOKSHELF” by Drishti Kanodia

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Like everyday, on the streets of Cianna, 14 year old Clancy who was a zealous skater was skating towards her house. On the street she was halted by her nana who conveyed to Clancy that there was something peculiar going inside her house, which can’t be explained. “Ok fine, I will be visiting you for a sleepover to see what's going on,” said Clancy. After reaching her house , her dad asked her to get ready for the bakery Drive . During the drive Clancy accidentally dropped an expensive Flower vase. “Oh my god! Clancy, ...

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“Where did I went wrong ?” by KS .

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It was the last year of their engineering. Everybody was looking to get placed to have a secure future. Ashi, our introvert but emotional girl is also willing to get placed along with Sameer and Ray, her only friends. But destiny had some other plans for her. After much hurdles she got placed as well .Sadly, not in the same company as her friends’.Days passed and they all completed their graduation happily. It was the time when she had to go far from home, in a completely different world where she would be knowing nobody. In a world of hopes...

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“...the dilemma” by Lisa Wentworth

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Start your story with someone being presented with a dilemma. On that first Tuesday in March, all Lisa could do is lay in bed and sob. She had two terrible blows in 24 hours; the first was her partner was pulling away, yet again, and the other was her visa, that she had sacrificed everything to be with him, was rejected. The former, she could have the patience to deal with, but this time they had never been happier, and to pull away now just gutted her. The latter, she only had days to respond and react to the rejection letter on her vis...

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“Age-Old Questions” by RIC .

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Otlene had two options. Either go back to her home and destroy her cousin with her new godly power. Or leave and become a goddess of the woods. Both sound appealing, but she could only pick one. If she went back, the look on her cousins’ face would be etched into her mind forever. The anger. The failure. The fear. Challenging him to combat and tricking him into thinking he had the upper hand. Dodging his attacks, rolling out of the way of hi...

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Start your story with someone being presented with a dilemma.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 216 stories

“The Apprentice's Dilemma” by Sirius Pureza

“Revenge in the Realm” by Mamta Diwakar

“The Attack” by John Meiners, Jr

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

“Rising Tension” by Bryan Ricoy Ortiz

“Birthday Twist ” by Nathaly Gaitan Quiroz

“3 objects” by Ana Blanco

“Damned if you do...” by Bob Ellis

“An Unlikely Situation” by Elena Rouse

“Discussing facing a dilemma” by David Nutt

“Cassiopea Couldn't Stay Out of Grandfather's Study” by Pako Dunwhile

“THE MYSTERIOUS BOOKSHELF” by Drishti Kanodia

“Where did I went wrong ?” by KS .

“...the dilemma” by Lisa Wentworth

“Age-Old Questions” by RIC .

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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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