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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“Staring out a car window on a lonely country road.” by Calen Cross

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I stared out of the window, trees passing by me at sixty miles per hour. Music softly playing in the front seat, jazz. Experimental jazz. The kind of jazz that flows like the highway that I was currently on- curves. One moment north, then northeast, then east then south then snaking back to north. Undulating rhythm, undulating mountain highway, undulating speedometer. There are multiple turns on the road that look like each other, there is the one that my aunt wrecked her car on that snowy New Year’s Eve...

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“MY DAUGHTER SUSAN” by Lalnunzami Pachuau

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It was Sunday night, the rain has been shower over the day,I was sitting on the wooden chair looking my daughter Susan who use her 8th years of age, sleeping in her bed peacefully.Her Mom had died while she was just three months,so that I raised her up till today with my own hands, I do anything I can but can't be better as her Mom.We talk each other as a friend, smile,laught and eat chocolate in every Saturday.I drive her to School in every day.After school I take her with my blue Car.By the way She tolds me how she used her amazing day.I p...

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“Life Without Her” by Catherine Learned

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If you told me that the love of my life would be cursed by an ancient god years before our marriage I wouldn't believe you. But I wasn’t told that before I proposed to her I wasn’t told that before we had children I wasn’t told that until the god came to take her away Now I’m here Going through the same routine that we both went through Without her by my side I get up and head to the bathroom to start my routine Deep inside of me, I expect her to come in and nuzzle her chin at the crook of my neck as she usually does The brief minut...

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“Breakfast with Jerry” by Hayley Johnson

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“It was awkward,” I said. Missy and I were having our pizza and garlic bread, carbo loading for the night’s activities ahead. I watched her shove a stub of bread into a plastic ramekin, smashing it against the infinite sides to get the last remnants of chunky marinara sauce. She popped it into her mouth then sucked the excess grease off her thumb and forefinger before wiping them on a napkin. I could see now that she was smiling. “Why was it awkward?” Missy asked with a raised eyebrow. “Was it not what you expected?” “It wasn’t at a...

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“I Wish” by Juno Y.

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Author's Note: All credit for the songs goes to Stephen Sondheim. I suggest listening to the songs listed to get a better experience. All the people listed are real, though the story may not be. Song: Prologue: Into The Woods “You’re fired.” Her boss’ words still rang in her ears, even hours after her dismissal. Kim Crosby still appeared as her confident self, but inside, she was a nervous wreck. Mere minutes before the show was about to start, and she was close to breaking down. It seemed that all the pressure in the world was on her ...

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“New Meaning” by Surajita Acharjya

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I have visited this place a thousand times, had met new people each time I came here. But, this time, its completely different. Its a new feeling I had got, after spending some time with her. What's it? I had done this hundreds of time, but, today, my heart is beating fast, I have some tears in my eyes, as if, I am losing someone. What's this feeling means? Hi, I am Raghav, I am an Indian and belong to the beautiful state of Kashmir, the even on Earth. I am a tour guide here, helping tourists to explore the beauty of Kashmir, and send them h...

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“The Hundredth Avenue ” by Joe S

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The phase wall shuddered back into life with the grind of electric teeth. Sand and dust burst in miniature flame balls, their death throws driving an eye watering scream into the ears of all around them. Malek leapt at the sound, causing the water drum on his back to tug him violently towards the waiting guard. “Watch it!” the guard snapped, quizzical eyes glaring down at the hunched water merchant. Malek righted himself, bowing his head profusely at the guard. The guards battered fire pike growled its ele...

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“A Somewhat Different Daily Routine ” by Jeannie Thomas

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The first refractions of light haven’t even begun to peer through the shades as Jeannie gets up. The house is so quiet, every tiny step sounds as if she is an elephant stomping around, and everything she touches or sets down seems to reverberate loudly, as she tries to quietly mill around without awaking the others, who are enjoying the benefits of having no internal alarm clock. Of course, there are benefits of that in that many things can be accomplished by being the first to arise, but it can also be a double-edged sword in that everyone ...

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“Starting Over” by Ed Westhoven

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Starting Over I received the call that no parent wants to get. Evening, ma’am. I’m sorry to report that your daughter has been in an accident. She’s alive but pretty banged up. They’ve transported her to the hospital and she will likely be there overnight. As I got ready to race over to the medical center, my mind went through several stages of emotions. First was gratitude…at least she was still alive. Then it ...

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“Wednesday Market” by Elle Weaver

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TW: miscarriage “I don’t know that I will be a good mother,” I say to Matt as I sit on the porch, my legs splayed across his lap. He hums to himself and strokes a hand up my leg. It is hairy, but he doesn’t seem to mind. His hand comes to rest on my belly, heavy with possibility, swollen and speckled with stretch marks. He doesn’t seem to mind this either, and his fingertips, calloused and spider-webbed with scars from guitar strings, explore over my thin shirt. “Why do you say that?” he asks. “I’m nothing like the mothers you see in catalog...

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“Time to Play” by Maddison Buch

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Wake up, stretch enough to feel the pops up the spine, in the shoulders, and through both legs. Take extra care of the knee, massage and ice it if it’s tight. Breakfast: eggs and toast and a smoothie, just like always. Plenty of protein and carbs, plenty of energy until lunch. An apple while she’s gathering her gear to put in her bag and while she’s scrolling social media until she leaves for the field. The headlines of almost all of the pages she follows: How will the rookies fare today? or Interviews with the Rookies: Mari Hill and ...

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“Clock Out” by Ink Ketek King

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Ten! Ten minutes till clock out. A muffled robot voice barked out of the intercom. I turned away from the squared bulbous computer screen and rubbed my tired eyes. Is it time for clock out already? I thought to myself. I sighed, glancing up at the digits on the wall to confirm it to be so. These shifts seem to be going quicker and quicker… I glanced at the messy pile of folders and files on my desk. And yet, the work keeps growing and growing. I glanced around the vinyl-wood walls of my cubicle, covered in faded charts and yellowed Company...

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“Just Another Supper” by Dakota Love

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Just Another Supper Krishna Patel finished cutting the potatoes, adding them to the soup pot that was beginning to heat up on the old-fashioned cookstove. Priya the cat fairy opened one cute kitten eye, then went back to sleep, purring from her spot on the well-worn wooden countertop. Krishna added carrots, celery, and all the other normal soup vegetables, and then placed the lid on the pot. He had done this hundreds of times with his brother Franciscan monks, cooking without electricity in an old, stone kitchen. How he loved it there! ...

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“It's an Ill Wind” by John Steckley

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Rob was a incurable optimist. His favourite saying, that just about everybody that he came in contact with at some time or other would hear at least once was “it’s an ill wind that blows no one any good’. When someone was foolish enough to ask him where that expression came from, he would explain to them at great length that it was ‘older than Shakespeare’, appearing in writer John Heywood’s collection of English proverbs of 1546.He had heard the proverb first from his mother, Cecile, from whom he seemed to have inherited his optim...

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“Ghost Girl” by Elizabeth Motes

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Every Sunday, Agatha went to the cemetery by her house and cleaned as many gravestones as she could manage in an hour. It had all begun in a fight with her parents. They wanted her to spend her Sundays at church, lest she suffer the consequences in the afterlife, or suffer a bad soul in this one. She complained so much that eventually her mom sighed and said if she could find a good use of her time, she could skip church. Community service or the like, she said. Agatha spent the week wondering what activity would adequately replace her tim...

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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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✍️ 148 stories

“Staring out a car window on a lonely country road.” by Calen Cross

“MY DAUGHTER SUSAN” by Lalnunzami Pachuau

“Life Without Her” by Catherine Learned

“Breakfast with Jerry” by Hayley Johnson

“I Wish” by Juno Y.

“New Meaning” by Surajita Acharjya

“The Hundredth Avenue ” by Joe S

“A Somewhat Different Daily Routine ” by Jeannie Thomas

“Starting Over” by Ed Westhoven

“Wednesday Market” by Elle Weaver

“Time to Play” by Maddison Buch

“Clock Out” by Ink Ketek King

“Just Another Supper” by Dakota Love

“It's an Ill Wind” by John Steckley

“Ghost Girl” by Elizabeth Motes

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Write a story about a character who fails to understand something until they have the full context.

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

Write a story about a character who always repeats themselves.

Write a story that involves a reflection in a mirror.

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