#49 Worth the Wait
Mrs. Dalloway follows a woman running errands in preparation for a party she's hosting that evening. A Single Man depicts a day-in-the-life of a professor. Molly Fox’s Birthday features one friend housesitting for another.
Of course, these novels are actually about much more than their mundane premises may imply. That's the wonderful thing about fiction: something as ordinary as running errands can turn into wildly different stories at the hands of different authors.
This week, we're working with a similarly mundane premise (on the surface, anyway): waiting. It's up to you to dig beneath the surface of banality to reveal the interesting story happening underneath!
🥇 Winner
When The Northern Lights Finally Reach You
Winner of Contest #49 🏆
⭐️ Shortlisted
Five Days, Sixteen Hours, Nine Minutes, and Fifty Seconds
Shortlisted for Contest #49 ⭐️
This week's prompts
Write a story that takes place in a waiting room.
Thriller and Suspense
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256 stories
Write a story about a person waiting for an answer to a question.
Thriller and Suspense
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171 stories
Write a story about waiting — but don't reveal what's being waited for until the very end.
Nonfiction
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323 stories
Write a story about two strangers chatting while waiting for something.
Dialogue
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196 stories
Stories
When The Northern Lights Finally Reach You
Winner of Contest #49 🏆
Opportunity can strike out of the blue
Submitted to Contest #49