Write about a character who’s always thinking of things they’ll say to people, but who ends up saying very little when they finally get the chance.

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“Introductions” by Arch R

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Seventeen blocks of pixels stared back at her. She lifted her mug with her company logo on it to her mouth, letting the steam from her coffee warm up her lips to calm her down, while her eyes darted from square to square on her screen. She replaced the mug so it formed a venn diagram with the coffee stain ring on her new desk. She straightened her back and lifted her chin out of her neck. A free ergonomic assessment had told her that her back and neck pain wouldn’t go away anytime soon if she didn’t work on her posture. “Team, I am so pump...

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“I should have said all that” by Rupali Hirayath

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She stood there, frozen to the ground, in shock. Her hands were red, drenched in blood. Her clothes too. There was some in her hair and she could taste it in her mouth too. She stared at her hands, at the blood dripping from them. She tries frantically to wipe them off, smearing more blood on her white gown. She looks around and sees the body lying on the ground in front on her. "Oh god! Jeff!" She cried out, kneeling beside the body. His body was cold to touch. His throat was slit through and a knife laid beside the body. If you ig...

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“Why Should I Have to Hold My Tongue?” by Heather Wilson

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Despite how kind I had been to others, I seemed to continuously get screwed over. I figured that this was the case for others as well and that I was nothing special, but I could not help but to wonder why things had to be this way. It simply was not fair that people got to treat other people so terribly and seemingly get away with it. They carried no remorse over how they acted, and I most often wrote them off as having no human conscience. I just wished that they would learn some human decency, and it often resulted in me brewing up some te...

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“The Importance of a Morning Coffee” by Brandy Rose

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I rushed out of the apartment and let the door slam behind me. I knew it might be the last time I visited this building, but I had to get out. I took the stairs two at a time, being careful not to trip and fall flat on my face. I was not the most agile when it came to getting out of places quickly. He did not follow me, and as I opened the main door, I dared myself to walk to my car without looking back at the second floor balcony.I made it to the car, able to keep my promise, and slid into the front seat. The clock read 11:35 PM. My parents...

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“SO MUCH TO SPEAK.....” by Simran Poddar

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Oh! Hello, mister, how dare you talk to your spouse in such a tone? Are you not conscious of the etiquette to speak to a wife? If I crave now only in seconds, you will discover yourself behind the bars.”, I took my stand. I could detect the drunk man in tattered clothes joining his shaky hands kneeled before his companion who stayed beside me. The woman showed respect in her eyes for me. She was full of gratitude. The woman begged me to forgive his husband for his vulgarity he offered to her in his drunken state. After all, he was he...

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“Behind the Glass” by Benedict Jospeh

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“Haha! You’re so funny! x” I know she didn’t mean it. “I know right, I should be a comedian or something!” Keep the conversation alive. “Haha” Fuck. One thing you learn after texting a lot of girls, is how to tell when a conversation is dead. To put it lightly, this one is pretty much decomposed at this point. I like her, and she knows, and she knows I know. This should be easy, but sadly, it just makes things more difficult. Time for an attempted revival. “Anyways, maybe we could video chat later? I got the house to myself...

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“IF PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE...” by Dolapo Omoleme

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“You need to step up to the plate and take back control, father!” I urged. “You need to take charge of your own home! This is your home! You can’t let that brat boss you around and tell you what you can and can’t do.” He nodded in agreement. “You taught me everything I know about being a man,” I reminded him. “I am everything I am today because of everything you taught me during our long treks through the woods. You are no longer the man I used to know, father! Who did this to you? How did you come to this?” He sighed and rocked his ch...

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“Not A Morning Person” by Donna B T

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Fred could tell it was going to be just one of those days. He’d been having the most pleasant of dreams before being awakened by the annoying neighbour two doors down. Sure, he could understand that some people had to get up early in the morning to work, but that didn’t make hearing him at 4:35 a.m. every single morning feel any better. Why did the man have to have such a noisy car? Today marked just over three months of listening to his car make a noisy racket day after day. Fred had kept his mouth shut every day, but today was the day he...

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“Rene” by Yoana Krasteva-Pyuzantyan

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Trigger warning: abuse Hello, Rene. I want to tell you so many things. Thousands and thousands and thousands of words, just hitting against the walls of my brain, I feel them, on the top of my tongue, they are sour, they poison me, day by day. But I never could. And I never will be able to. I never learned to call you ''mom'', did I? Maybe because I never saw you as one. You are merely the person who had the misfortune of giving birth to the disgusting creature I turned out to be. And after that, you became just someone ...

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“Do You Remember?” by Tom L

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“Do you remember how we met? It was in Miami and the rainy season was starting to kick off. I had dressed up to meet a friend, a boy I had liked. I was a young girl and the world was so big, so I was looking for love to fill in the empty space. Something else, not exactly a shining prince and definitely not a dark hero, stumbled into Cold Stone, drenched and sopping wet. I don’t remember a lot of the details, but I remember an outlandishly iridescent floral shirt, as if neon colored flamingo had gotten drunk and lost after a night out in an ...

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“Secrets That Want to Come Out” by Serena S

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I licked my paw methodically. It seemed no matter how hard I tried it never got clean. I glanced around. Good, Midnight was nowhere to be seen. Midnight was my mother, and always tried to steal all the attention for herself when she got the chance. Her birth name wasn’t Midnight, as my birth name wasn’t Tabby, but that’s what one of our caretakers had named her, and she, like me, honored her new name. Midnight didn’t look much like me. She was a black cat and I was a brown tabby, but we still got along nicely and loved each other. “Ta...

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“My safe space” by Oluwajomiloju Adeyemi

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Alone in a room... It’s just me and you. I paused for a minute to see what I had written. I had nothing in particular to write but I knew I wanted to write something, that was my escape from most things. Everything. I wasn’t sure how to start, so I started with my favorite song. My favorite comfort song. In my darkest times, the lyrics always came to mind because they reminded me of my own words. They were things I would say I feel so lost, And I don’t know what to do. I wondered for a little while what went through her mind when she wrote ...

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“Jack just smiled ” by Farzanah Ebrahim

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There was an almost screeching uproar of laughter as Sam slammed down on the wooden table with his burly fist. 'Do you guys get it? Whose there rhymes with underwear! Knock knock, whose there, Daphe' s underwear!' And on cue the orge of a man erupted yet again into another fit of skin cringing laughter. To be fair though, the entire tabled laughed along with him so although he couldn't see the humor in this terrible, terrible joke and just so that he didn't look like a buzz kill, Jack threw his head back and faked the best gut-wrenching laug...

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“ Little Mouth ” by Sophie P

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Geneviève is my name. Yes it is Geneviève very... how do you say it? "unique?" I guess. I live in a house of two parents and 13 siblings *I am one of the thirteen*, I often keep quiet and stay out of trouble even though I could blame someone else, just because I don't always or usually have a time to speak without someone interrupting or someone else is talking, since I never really talk because of this problem in my house hold, I am always called "quiet" and if I try to explain why I don't talk they will hush me and call me "rude". Besides...

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“The Meeting” by Maya Writes

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Her business meeting was in less than 15 minutes. She was not going to be late. She was determined to arrive first. “Hey Ari! Are you excited?” Jocelyn called as she scurried up beside her. “Not in the least bit, if I’m being honest. But this is my chance.” “You should be. You never talk in the meetings, or even at lunches. I’m just grateful you’re finally coming out of that little shell of yours.” Jocelyn opened the door and nearly pushed Ari inside. The clickity-clack of their quick-moving heels echoed through the stairway. ...

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Write about a character who’s always thinking of things they’ll say to people, but who ends up saying very little when they finally get the chance.

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✍️ 219 stories

“Introductions” by Arch R

“I should have said all that” by Rupali Hirayath

“Why Should I Have to Hold My Tongue?” by Heather Wilson

“The Importance of a Morning Coffee” by Brandy Rose

“SO MUCH TO SPEAK.....” by Simran Poddar

“Behind the Glass” by Benedict Jospeh

“IF PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE...” by Dolapo Omoleme

“Not A Morning Person” by Donna B T

“Rene” by Yoana Krasteva-Pyuzantyan

“Do You Remember?” by Tom L

“Secrets That Want to Come Out” by Serena S

“My safe space” by Oluwajomiloju Adeyemi

“Jack just smiled ” by Farzanah Ebrahim

“ Little Mouth ” by Sophie P

“The Meeting” by Maya Writes

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Write a story told exclusively through dialogue.

Write about two people who just can’t seem to understand each other, no matter how clearly they think they’re speaking.

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