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#46 Write It Down

Whether you've been composing stories for years, have a number of published books under your belt, or are just getting started on your craft, if you're here to write — you're a writer.

Like our community, our prompts this week are all about writers at different stages. Maybe you'll pick the one that most relates to you at this time, one that provides a retrospective into previous legs of your writing journey, or one that looks ahead to future goals. In any case, we're looking forward to reading your words, writers.

This week's prompts

Write a story about someone experiencing a lightbulb moment of writing inspiration.

Short Story – 139 stories

Write a story that takes place in a writer's circle.

Character – 68 stories

Write a story about an author who has just published a book.

Adults – 88 stories

Write a story about someone returning to their craft after a long hiatus.

Narrative – 185 stories

Write a story about someone who has just finished writing their first story/book.

Adults – 132 stories

Stories

Mighty Quill, Mighty Sword

Submitted to Contest #46

Two instruments. For all of mankind's might wailing and raging, for all its self-extollations and its ballyhooed ephemeral successes, two of its inventions have been more responsible for the construction and destruction of all that man has conquered and made in its history. There exists no truth in this world, but the truth that all truth is but perception. No one, however objective he or she may claim to be, can view the world with more than his own eyes. ...

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Just like magic: The story of Harlee Bingham

It's Monsoon

Submitted to Contest #46

As Ria realized that she has gained nothing from abandoning all of those she cared about, her surprise turned to anger, and those wide eyes that Simon looked into so deeply the first time that they had met narrowed sharply at him. Ria gave off a gutteral yell as she punched Simon square in the jaw causing his vision to flash as his head snapped to the side. Before Ria could even follow through with the hit she shrieked and Simon felt her punch stop abruptly. Simon looked back, and Ria was gone. With the power he gained from the rit...

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Unpublished Violence

B James Hancock

Submitted to Contest #46

As John sat in the study of his New England townhouse in the middle of a cold November, he was blissfully unaware that the killer was already in his home. John's fingers tapped furiously away and the emerald keys as he glanced down at the final pages on his note pad that he had handwritten the day before during lunch. A smile slowly crept its way across his face as the clacking sound of the heavy grey Smith-Corona typewriter filled the small halls of the empty house, stopping only ever so briefly when he pulled the return lever on th...

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The joys and anguish of finishing my first chapter book

Jane Ruth

Submitted to Contest #46

The joys and anguish of finishing my first chapter book By Jane E. Ruth My initial idea of a children’s chapter book involving the Ngabe children on the comarca in Panama, Central America, was exhilarating! I was so excited to write a fiction story that had real elements of life on the comarca for the children. The story was fiction, but the poverty was real. My husband and I have a ministry that helps the Ngabe indigenous in Panama, and we often are on the comarca visiting or helping with their needs. I loved trying to decide which Ngab...

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"The End"

Rutvi Dhruva

Submitted to Contest #46

“The End”, I read as I wrote those words at the end of the 248th page of my first and probably the last book I will ever write. My hands trembled with fear as I slowly shut the lid of my laptop. I moved to the kitchen counter and took the glass of water with my still shaky hands. “Are you ready?” asked my brother as he walked in from behind. Frankly, I wasn’t. The day I started writing this book, I knew things were going to get worse for us. But, this had to be done anyway. So I nodded my head in agreement and handed him my laptop. I was...

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Fearful Dream

T O

Submitted to Contest #46

All she wanted was a break. She wanted to travel. She wanted to focus on school. She wanted to clear her mind. She just wanted to relax. Her head swam with ideas as she climbed the alps in switzerland. She had plots running through her head as she basked in the sun on the gorgeous New Zealand beaches. The melodic low-fi music she played while completing her essays made her want to develop a character. She wanted to write. But, she didn’t. She continued to take her break, forgetting all her ideas. She continued to go on road t...

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A desk as a blank space

Submitted to Contest #46

The harsh sounds of roaring thunder permitted the landscape from Maribel's window. It was a noise she was slowly getting used to, given the new location she decided on. After graduating from college, she had to move out of her old dorm room that was part of her home for 4 and a half years and had to find a new place, quickly. The degree she picked ended up with her feeling useless, given the current state of the job market. She wanted to make something of herself. While she can't be one of the great writers of decades past, ...

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Absent Muse.

Submitted to Contest #46

There I was, as I used to do every morning for the last two weeks, sitting in front of my computer with my cat on my lap, a blank stare and not a single word written. The deadline was near, and I needed to deliver something, the pale page looked back at me, reminding me thatI had no ideas, or, as it would be better to say, no inspiration. Last semester, I had become kind of famous at the university after I won the poetry contest and three of my poems were published in the university paper. Some critics even called my work “astonishing” and c...

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Beyond Family Reunion

George Stringam

Submitted to Contest #46

The little girl was swinging in the rearward arc but looked straight ahead as a young woman, obviously, her mother came out of the trees. She stooped down as the girl dismounted and ran toward her mother who scooped her up in her arms. “When do we get to see Daddy?” The little girl asked excitedly. “Soon,” her mother replied, “very soon.” She must have been aware of someone else because she abruptly turned and saw RC standing there. Both the mother and daughter b...

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THE AWAKENING!

Submitted to Contest #46

Living a fairly simple life, Alexa would wake up every day feeling sluggish and go through the exact same routine as the day before which is basically brushing her teeth, taking a shower, getting dressed and, going to work. Despite living a quite depressing life, Alexa secretly had a deep passion and genuine love for words in the form of books, poetry, and almost every place she saw words. She loved reading and took advantage of every opportunity to read whether it be a book, ingredients on the box of a product, or the back story of her favo...

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Two for Tea

Submitted to Contest #46

“The aliens hijack the game and Michaelson gets trapped!” I clapped my hands in glee and jumped up from the couch in my excitement, startling my husband and knocking over his freshly-brewed cup of cinnamon apple spice tea. Before I could apologize, he grabbed a towel from a basket of unfolded laundry and began cleaning up the mess. I grabbed an old t-shirt from the same basket and joined him. “Aliens, huh?” he asked, dabbing the last bits of liquid from the couch cushion. “Yes. I just realized that it has to be aliens!” I explained. “O...

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A Pirate Writer's Quest

Valerie Deguzman

Submitted to Contest #46

The sky is clear, birds are singing loudly, and the sun is shining brightly. It's a beautiful day for everyone, except for this writer. The sun makes the room hot and stuffy, the birds are irritating, and the bright sky makes it difficult to see the computer screen. None of these components were helping me focus. All it does is stack more frustration on top of my dread. By observing the empty document, unmoving text cursor, and defeated expression, you can tell that I'm suffering from a severe case of "Writer's Block." This mindset blocks th...

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Only A Story

Eddie Ihlan

Submitted to Contest #46

The mountains in the springtime are less cold, but not much less wet. Snow drifts melt into sludge on the roadside, and the rain just doesn’t stop. I never quite shake the feeling of damp socks until June, but at least icy stairs don’t try to kill me every time I walk to my car. Above all, the transformation of scenery into the cool blues and greens of the rainy season takes my breath away every year. Usually my husband accompanies on my trips to the cabin, but as an accountant in peak tax season, he is currently too busy to take a mid-we...

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Your Light In My Darkness

Emma Y

Submitted to Contest #46

As C.S Lewis said, "You can make anything by writing." And it's true, a simple quote that inspired millions across the globe. The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe being his most famous work of art, that's still even famous today. . . . Writing is full of words. Words are full of emotion. Emotion is full of love. When you read a story, you feel anger, sadness, and happiness. Whether it's a romance, a fantasy or a mystery you feel connected. And all it is, is words. Words are the most powerful thing on earth, and stories make that fact c...

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The Carlton Fernsby Memorial Library 2nd Tuesday Writers Critique Group

Pat Brunson

Submitted to Contest #46

In the air-conditioned conference room, Aberdeen Bedingfield broke out in a sweat. There seated across from her rested the seventy-two-year-old author Harriet Hatterman. Harriet wore a soaked fluorescent green and orange checkered rain-jacket with the hood pulled down to her eyebrows. Harriet did not indicate she knew Aberdeen or anyone else at the table for that matter. “Probably senile by now,” thought Aberdeen. Mavis Cassidy, known better as Nettie because she wore net stocking with her shorts, opened by pounding with her gavel. “I had t...

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Contest #46

This contest has ended. Thank you for your submissions.

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Ended on 23:59 - Jun 19, 2020 EST

Won by CMF Wright 🏆

Title: Turf Wars

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