Write a story about a character who always repeats themselves.

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“Subject 47” by Harlow Jones

Submitted to Contest #101

“Help! Please help me!” Not one person flinched. All uniformed in the same gray suit. She had no way to distinguish them from each other. Who were the doctors? Who were the business executives? Who was in charge? “Help! Please help me!” She started marking her cell walls with tallies for each day, but she had no sun to confirm and no room for more ticks. Her days followed one schedule with no variation: wake up, yell for help, eat her first meal, study the people, eat her second meal, yell for help, study, eat, yell, sleep. For the first f...

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“Just Breathe” by Ashe Creed

Submitted to Contest #101

March 21, 20XX 15:31 B: Brandon took his first steps! C: Oh my goodness, he did?! I am so happy for you guys, did you post it? B: Yep, I took a picture of him walking over to Bryce. C: I wish I was there to see it… :( B: I do too. :`( C: We miss you guys. B: We do too. Claire was about to lose it, her patience was thinning by the second. When impatient, her anxiety caused her to panic, causing her to practice her breathing exercises. Today was a day for testing that theory. &...

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“Remember” by James Kulp

Submitted to Contest #101

I live in a world, where only I exist. Time is nonexistent. No one else is here. Only me and a vast area of land. I think I am alone. Oh wait. There is an old lady. She seems to have bad eyesight, bad hearing, and walks with a limp in her right foot. Her hair is thin, and pale. I don’t like her. Not one bit. Every day, she follows me around. It is annoying. Irritating. I wish she will go away. But she doesn’t. The old woman is trying to tell me something. But I don’t listen to her. Not that crazy old lady. She keeps making a weird so...

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“Seewing Seewing Seewing and Again” by Janet Joos

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Drama begins and ends my day, everyday and this has been so for more than 20 years. Do you hear yourself Mitch? Drama begins and ends my day everyday, He shakes his head to clear it but there it is again: Drama begins and ends my day everyday! Time to go home for some peace and quiet. Mitchell Jonathon Seewing, chief of the medical library, clears his desktop, writes his assistant Mary Beth a quick note on preparing the given list of documents as soon as she comes in for Dr. Carole Price, a dermatologist at Mount Sinai Hospital. Respectively...

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“Wandering” by Hana Mallory

Submitted to Contest #101

I hated this stage. the chapter where it all begins to end. I hated this phase of searching eyes and in and in-and-out thoughts. I hated these repeating stories and mixed up names, but it would get worse. Honestly, if I had a nickel for every time someone told me it could be worse, I could pay his nursing home bills for years. “It will get worse my (so and so) forgot his name. You're lucky he's lasted this long.” frequently featured in conversational alleyways. I didn't understand how it could help me feel better to know that eventuall...

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“The Repeating” by Bob E

Submitted to Contest #101

“Come back!” I’m standing in the back garden smoking, the only light the cigarette and the faint traces of a glow from the streetlight on the corner at the end of the road. My head’s tingling softly with end of the day sensations but really I just want peace and quiet. “Oh, please come back!” I’m surprised that no one else on the street seems to be awake, despite the time, because for the last fiftee...

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“Wonder Woman” by Shruti Ravinder

Submitted to Contest #101

Oh it's been so long since I went horse-back riding. The wind feels amazing on my face. I catch my reflection in the clear stream next to me as I pass it. I look good! My dark hair flowing, my red cape billowing, my bracelets of submission glinting in the sun. I don't even care if the saddle on this horse will end up chafing my thighs in this Wonder-Woman costume, I've not felt this free and powerful in a very long time.The trees, mountains and fields, all are fading into a blur around me. Its just me and this beautiful black horse. The only...

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“Monotony ” by Samira Davis

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TW: Discussions of mental health issues and self hatred! Do not read if not comfortable! We've all heard of the Greek gods and goddesses. Supreme beings who reign across the skies, the oceans and the bottom of the earth.They faded out of existence several years ago. The huge whirlpool of forgotten memories sucked them into a vortex of never being seen again.How did I know all of this? I could be making it all up, right?But I wasn't. My name is Echo. I fell in love with the most beautiful mortal man to ever exist.My story is one that should h...

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“Echoalia” by Marian Reiley

Submitted to Contest #101

TW: violent killing "Don't go in there," Connor mumbled. His caretaker, Katrina, was going nuts. "What do you mean 'don't go in there'?" Katrina asked. "Don't go in there," Connor said more emphatically. Katrina had cared for Connor for the past two years. He had schizophrenia and moderate autism and his family had just given up on him. Katrina was his live in home care aide. She liked this sweet but strange middle aged man, but sometimes he could be irritating. "Connor," she prompted. "Where am I supposed to stay out of?" &nbs...

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“No One Needs to Know.” by Cassidy Carlisle

Submitted to Contest #101

Equidistant between the state capital of Raleigh and the Virginia state line, the town of Aurora, North Carolina is hardly worth it’s dot on the map. Since Aurora’s founding a member of the Miles family has held the title of mayor. Cliff Miles was the first to be elected and the office has passed down from generation to generation all the way to Chance Miles, Aurora’s current mayor. The Miles family estate sits on a cliff side overlooking the ocean and employs a healthy portion of Aurora’s residents. Chance Miles sat in a wicker rocking cha...

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“The Shelter” by Charlie Da Cunha

Submitted to Contest #101

I Firmin's bedroom was completely dark. He was curled up in a ball. It was his favorite position. If he spread out his full length, his feet would stick out of the single bed. He stretched amply before sitting on the edge of the bed and putting on the slippers waiting for him on the parquet floor. A pair in a rough moumoute whose white had turned to gray. The sole was so thin that Firmin could feel the coolness of the ground under the soles of his feet. The day barely shone through the opaque curtains. He didn't know what time it was, no...

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“All I Wanted” by Reshmi Murali

Submitted to Contest #101

It shattered. All I wanted was to prepare at least one dinner for myself without assistance, yet all I managed to do was destroy practically everything in the kitchen. My mother used to say that cooking is an art and that an empty pan should be viewed as a blank canvas ready to accept anything and make it into something tasty and beautiful. You can cook whatever you want, and all you have to do is pour some love and passion into it, and the meal will taste wonderful, if not to others, then to yourself. These are the words of someone who cann...

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“Say it Twice” by Calliope Lawson

Submitted to Contest #101

Growing up the doctors often described it as being a short-circuit, as if Greggory Willen's brain was more similar to a malfunctioning computer than a complex organ. Sometimes he was able to keep it inside, stifle the words that threatened to flow out like a breaking dam, but most of the time they spilled out despite his best efforts. It was a repetition, one sentence followed by an identical one, almost as if his brain didn't register him saying it the first time. Mr. and Mrs. Willen first noticed the speech anomaly when Greggory was six y...

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“Loving you memories” by Michelle Antioquia

Submitted to Contest #101

Shes one of the smartest people I know. She's well respected both professionally and personally. So why is she running late today. I am hot and frustrated. I am really showing my inner savage as I roll down my window to greet the 90 degree heat of Summer. I honk my horn a couple times and yell out my window "Ma hurry up already we are gonna be late." Though I know she's not listening. I wait five more minutes and decide to take action. I am going in after her. I knock at the door and she answers right away. Low and behold my Mother is dresse...

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“I Said That Again” by Tammy Levine

Submitted to Contest #101

People just do not understand why a person repeats themselves . I do not remember that I told someone something more than once. I could tell someone what happened to me last week, or maybe a year ago, and just keep telling them what happened to me. I lost friends because they did not understand, that is not my fault I repeat myself. For example, my friend Dina, I know from high school. We have been friends for twenty years. Our friendship ended two years ago. I heard my phone beep one morning, Dina text me she said Tamra," I can not be your ...

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Write a story about a character who always repeats themselves.

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✍️ 45 stories

“Subject 47” by Harlow Jones

“Just Breathe” by Ashe Creed

“Remember” by James Kulp

“Seewing Seewing Seewing and Again” by Janet Joos

“Wandering” by Hana Mallory

“The Repeating” by Bob E

“Wonder Woman” by Shruti Ravinder

“Monotony ” by Samira Davis

“Echoalia” by Marian Reiley

“No One Needs to Know.” by Cassidy Carlisle

“The Shelter” by Charlie Da Cunha

“All I Wanted” by Reshmi Murali

“Say it Twice” by Calliope Lawson

“Loving you memories” by Michelle Antioquia

“I Said That Again” by Tammy Levine

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Write about a character doing something they’ve done hundreds of times — only this time, it’s taken on a new meaning.

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Write a story in which the same line recurs three times.

Write a story that involves a reflection in a mirror.

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