Start your story with someone being presented with a dilemma.

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“The Checklist” by Vincent Lionhardt

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My brother stomped up the four steps to the kitchen from the hallway. Our mother stood at the stove, making another stew. “How did it go?” I asked him, he got the glow that you can only get after being told to sit still in a chair for five hours with no real breaks and no real air. He dumped his bag by the table and slouched into the chair before he answered. “I won’t know until the teacher grade it,”. I rolled my eyes and smiled, throwing him a chocolate bar I had leftover from my own exam, “I know that, you idiot, how did you think ...

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“Heads Up!” by Sapphire Burgess

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“Heads or tails?” I look up in disbelief. “You’re letting a coin determine my future?” I demand. “Now who said anything about your future?” she quirks up a brow. I narrow my eyes in a hopefully intimidating way. “Fine,” she mockingly holds her hands up. “But we’ve been analyzing every possible situation and reason,” she says while gesturing to the papers around us, “and we’ve gotten nowhere.” I hated it when she made sense. I glance around the apartment and do a double-take, as if just now noticing how cluttered it was....

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“W.U.S.” by Just Jams

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Trigger Warning: the following story contains subjects such as: depression, suicide, etc. Worthless. Ungrateful. Stupid. The wind was caressing her face as she looked over the city, pondering on different things. Would she, or would she not? She admired the city lights that fought with the darkness surrounding it. The sun had gone down a few hours ago, but despite the dark circles around her eyes and the feeling of tiredness, she couldn’t sleep. Her mind was a war zone and her heart was the victim. Memories flashed before her eyes, ma...

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“There will be generations because of you” by X D

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Winter of 1607 Killing is but second nature to a knight, but to kill a king, is it possible? Should it even be attempted? That didn’t matter right now; they were already deep within the castle walls and on their way to dethrone his incompetent majesty. To lose focus now would bring and untimely death. They already had the support of the village behind them after the unnecessary increase in taxes and levy on crops cost the poorest and most vulnerable their lives in the recent months leading up to the unwelcoming, frigid weather. Their fear,...

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“Oh God! ” by Sundaresvar Panner

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Oh God! God with a person with a dilemma. It was a good day in heaven. The heaven was full of white cloud balls. It was bliss to see. God was sitting in his chair, maybe on the sofa in heaven. I don't wanna say his name. I think it's unnecessary. A man arrived in heaven after dying in an accident. He was a person with a dilemma. He never took a decision in a minute. It takes more than a day for him or he needs assistance. God was really bored. At that time the guards in heaven brought this man, he was a good looking guy. God asked the gua...

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“My only Happy Consequence ” by Amy Cullen

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"Him or his safety and the masses, you choose?" the most trusted advisor of the late King Hari of Aryavrat said. The girl, in light yellow chunri, veil enshroud on her head and shoulder, her black curls picked framing her moon face and her light green eyes were welled up. She looked at the middle-aged man in front of her not believing what he was asking of her, the mere thought tore her inside out. "He would never let me go," her voice cracked but the truth in her voice was clear and the man in front couldn't deny it. "Yes, but if you ...

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“The Final Gift” by Linda Claiborne

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“Jake, it just breaks my heart to see you so torn up like this. There is a heart coming in tonight and they are sure it will be a match for the boy in 12B. I know your son, strangely enough, could also be a match. I’ve talked to the staff and they have agreed to look the other way if you want to put your son at the top of the list. You saved this hospital when we were nearing bankruptcy, and if not for your shrewd, if somewhat unethical business sense, none of us would have our jobs today. We were completely baffled as to why you were willin...

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“You’ve Got Two Choices” by Eryn 003

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“You’ve got two choices,” The man with a black mask says, “One: it’s you, or two: it’s her.” He points at us and then at the picture. *** I was walking home from an after school activity, my parents had called and said they were going out for a bit and wouldn’t be home till late, maybe even the next morning. I decided I’d go to Chloe’s house, she said earlier that she’d be inviting the rest of our friend group, so if I could make it we’d all have a little get together because we haven’t seen each other since we changed schoo...

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“Maria's dilemma” by Lydia Mensah

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Name of author: Lydia Mensah Number of pages: seven Word count : 2352 #Start your story with someone being presented with a dilemma. # She had lived most of her life as a single woman and she found nothing wrong with it. She was actually enjoying its prospects until she realised that some people’s happiness depended on her status. Everyone was tired of waiting Inn eager expectation for her to settle down. No one had been bold enough to tell ...

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“Ready Or Not ” by Suvro Koley

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What options did I have? I could have stayed in bed rolled under the sheets as February cold was still biting with its fangs bare in dry north wind. Or, I could have woken up before the sun, lurked in the hazy darkness, crept up behind the shrub in front of my window – like a thief in shadows in his own garden and plucked its only budding bloom! Calling it a garden could be an overstatement but beauty is in the eye of the beholder and of course the artist who created it. In this case, it was my grandma who was oddly attached to her five...

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“The Job” by Steve Cripwell

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Should he or shouldn’t he? It was the question that tore him apart every time the situation arose and that was every time he set out on a new job. Clive always came down on the yes-he-should side of the decision but it still remained a dilemma. He’d been doing ‘the job’ for a long time and at seventy years of age, he should now be retired. He should be pruning roses or growing tomatoes; the things that old people, like him, talked about when he spent time with them. A lot of his work involved doing just that; talking and listening to elderly...

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“The Rat Snake” by Anna Weber

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Start your story with someone being presented with a dilemma. This story is based on true events. What a dilemma, I thought to myself, as I stared eye to eye at the snake. My limbs had frozen up, that way they do when terror seizes your heart and leaves no wiggle room. The snake began to move. In one fluid motion, I was standing up, mid-stride backward, and away from the snake. My legs were vaguely sore from the weight I had been putting on them in my crouched state. My feet were used to standing on the bumpy texture of the rock, but my ...

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“Memories of a Broken Heart” by Andrés Carrizo

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He felt something. Edward thought that he must run to his son's bedroom, but could not move on time. His heart was extremely broken. It was too late. Edward sailed on a journey with no return to the most uninhabited pieces of land knownt to mankind; it was a very colorful place, so much, that you could get lost into its hues if caught off guard. He could barely recognize where he was, but a glance at the past was enough to reveal what just happened… What were the odds? He could remember everything, every single little thing: It was seven...

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“"BRIDGES"” by Eunice Horsfall

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“BRIDGES” Judith had heard the cliché 'when you get to that river, you will cross it’, so many times, she must have even said it before. This was the river, but there was no bridge, not even stones for her to jump on. She was alone, no help, she had to make up her mind fast, time was running out. Her mother's surgery was tomorrow, her mother was going to die if she did not create a bridge. She would be blamed, the society would blame her, the society would call her an ingrate for not doing the needful, the socie...

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“The doors of choice ” by Adrienne Bosch

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Meticulously carved, vibrant in their coloring, the Rosewood doors loomed in front of him, forbidding in their beauty. The years seemed to radiate off of each door, as if a single sliver, delicately untwined from the souls of those who had come before, took up residence in their dark wood. Whispers of lives fully lived; the warmth of their laughter rustled at the edge of his awareness. Echos of long-forgotten silent sobs vibrated deep within his chest; brief lives that comprehended nothing but despair. Anticipation, liquid adre...

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Start your story with someone being presented with a dilemma.

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✍️ 216 stories

“The Checklist” by Vincent Lionhardt

“Heads Up!” by Sapphire Burgess

“W.U.S.” by Just Jams

“There will be generations because of you” by X D

“Oh God! ” by Sundaresvar Panner

“My only Happy Consequence ” by Amy Cullen

“The Final Gift” by Linda Claiborne

“You’ve Got Two Choices” by Eryn 003

“Maria's dilemma” by Lydia Mensah

“Ready Or Not ” by Suvro Koley

“The Job” by Steve Cripwell

“The Rat Snake” by Anna Weber

“Memories of a Broken Heart” by Andrés Carrizo

“"BRIDGES"” by Eunice Horsfall

“The doors of choice ” by Adrienne Bosch

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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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