Start your story with someone being presented with a dilemma.

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“Grayscale” by Leonora Juarez

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Reckless — that’s what this was. Stupidly reckless. And yet I was standing there, almost frozen, staring at this piece of paper in my hand. At this letter, that was either going to save me … or completely ruin me. My mind was tearing me apart, whilst I was unable to finally take this one last step that I thought was so needed. How do people do this, I wondered. How do people decide like this, that they rather live than survive? Did they take it lightly or did they struggle as much as I struggled right now? How was I still so unsure, when I h...

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“Forethought” by Susan Turner

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Shanice knew this wasn’t a training exercise. There were strict guidelines throughout the organization regarding after-hours and off-site training. Whether it was her years of experience as an FBI agent or simply mother’s intuition, Shanice could tell the pressure of the cold gun barrel on the nape of her neck was there with intent to kill. At thirty-four years old, Shanice Truman had faced near death before. She had been an agent for sixteen years and knew the sense of foreboding that only came with facing finality. Her right eyebrow bore...

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“The Dilemma ” by Brenda Liddy

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Start your story with someone being presented with a dilemma. The Dilemma The word dilemma comes from the Latin dilemma via the Greek word dilemma meaning ‘double proposition’. Di means ‘two’ and lemma means, ‘premise, anything received or taken’. And the root word is lambanein which means to take. The biggest dilemma Billy ever faced in his life was whether to vote to stay in Europe or to leave the union. He lived in a small farm in County Down and he was not an overly politically ...

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“The Heart or The Soul” by Sue Marsh

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The Heart or The Soul Suzanne Marsh “Soldiering has one great trap. To be a good soldier you must love the army to be a good officer you must be willing to order the death of the thing you love.” General Robert E. Lee said to his “old war horse” General James P. Longstreet. Old Pete sat astride his war horse Blackie; Lee’s words ringing in his ear. He knew that General Lee was very much correct in what he stated. There were so many things that had already gone wrong. The first day t...

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“The Underground” by Danielle Burke

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One of the first things people long for when they experience a crisis is a normal day: a cup of coffee, a hot shower, a moment to feed the pets and throw in a load of laundry. The blissfulness of the mundane we allow to wash over us each day but that we never choose to luxuriate in. Anna had coffee waiting before her this morning, but it sat untouched, the steam having finally given up its quest to draw attention and dissipating one final time into the air. Her husband, Ryan, had long since tossed his into the sink. Anna can hear hi...

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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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Start your story with someone being presented with a dilemma.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 216 stories

“Grayscale” by Leonora Juarez

“Forethought” by Susan Turner

“The Dilemma ” by Brenda Liddy

“The Heart or The Soul” by Sue Marsh

“The Underground” by Danielle Burke

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

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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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