Write a story about someone struggling to learn a skill that in no way comes naturally to them.

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“The Pin-Drop Man” by B.T Beauregard

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They’re all looking at you funny like you shouldn’t be here. The strange part is, they’re right, you shouldn’t have come, you expected the reaction but it’s still a shock. People mourn in different ways, some cry, some turn to God, some turn away from God, some die a little inside, and others view the world with a shiny pair of sunglasses, hating everything that stumbles into their gaze. You know it’s all in your head but everyone seems to glare through you, shooting holes in your tattered ego. You shift anxiously in your chair, tr...

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“Earth from a Different Perspective” by Clara D Berry

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Yes! I am so excited I have to concentrate on not slamming the door as I leave the Boss’s office. “Guess what?” I beam at Prm, the large fuchsia beast who sits at the desk next to mine.“You got it?”“Yes! I’m to leave within the month. I just have to decide where to go. Any ideas?” I plop down in my worn-out swivel chair and put four of my sixteen neon green tentacles up on the desk.“Well, it can be any of the smaller planets, right? How do you plan to get in? That’s going to be the tricky part.” Prm lifts a small squid from the jar on his de...

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“Maybe Tomorrow” by D. Holmes

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You want to learn how to knit. Why? You have no clue.Okay, that’s incorrect. You do have a motivation that marginally makes sense.The reason is this.Actually, to know the reason, you have to go back to Stage 3 of whatever this funk is, somewhere between Day 133 to Day 152. You have to sit and marinate in the stew of emotions before you can try and fail to put it into words.Ready? No.Stage 1 is denial deception.It’s fine, you’re fine, everything is fine. You respond to texts asking hey, how are you? with utterly fallacious, exuberant, positiv...

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“Third Time's the Charm” by Ryan Lieb

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On the day before his daughter was set to leave for art school, Joseph Kaufman sat in his study, staring intently at his old steel-string acoustic guitar. The one he’d had for eighteen years, and had tried to play exactly twice. The first time was the day little Alice Kaufman was born. The late-stage delivery had been a particularly long one, commencing at around 11PM the previous night, and not finishing until 2:53 in the morning. He felt like a zombie by the time it was over, and he couldn’t even begin to imagine how Tracey felt, but tim...

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“Problem faced in learning a new skill” by Himanshu Shekhar

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In this modern period, Everyone wants to learn a new skill to accommodate with the ongoing environment. But in learning a new skill, there are so many problems come in your way that you become very worried sometime.Here I am going to tell you my one of the incident that I faced while learning a new skill. It will be my first try to write a story so if there will be some mistake , I am sorry for this.It is my story of school life . When I was in class 6, computer syllabus was introduced. I was very excited when this announcement was made. But...

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“Catchphrase of a Killer” by M Daly

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I’m staring down the scope of my rifle, a wooden target is positioned just over a kilometre away. I inhale deeply and steady myself, my finger pressed lightly on the trigger. Ready. “arrivederci… which is goodbye in another language. Italian, I think. And now you’re, erm, goodbye!” I say before firing my shot and watching the bullet sink into the bullseye of the target. I turn to my mentor, Rico, expectantly. He is shaking his head in disappointment. “I’m not fooling around with you, Hugo. If you can’t master the art of the catchphrase b...

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“The Bluesman” by Joshua Scott Hotchkin Wordpress.dungherder.com

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"Damnit boy, you quit makin' a god awful ruckus with that thing or I'm gonna whup your ass but good," the elder man scolded as he yanked his guitar away from the young wannabe.The young man walked away hurt and angry. He wasn't gonna work in no white man's field. He planned to escape that fate by becoming a working musician, but nobody would teach him to play the guitar, and he didn't have a natural talent for the instrument. He had tried practicing but he didn't know where to begin, and although he had the drive, he didn't necessarily have ...

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“Skill” by ✨𝕊𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕣𝕪 𝕄✨

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Ow, Clara thought, as she kneeled to the ground. Her back, arms, legs, head, (everything really) hurt. How she got in this position, she had no idea.A week earlier, she had been making breakfast with her younger brother. As they mixed the batter for some waffles, they finally discussed the big changes that would affect both of their lives."I cannot express my excitement with you going to Wizard Academy!" squealed Will, her 7-year-old brother. For his age, he seemed to have a big vocabulary. Like Isabelle."Yes, it is a big change in this hous...

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“Patchwork Life” by Kathleen March

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I have been asked to write a story about struggling to learn a skill that in no way comes naturally to me. Just a story? When I could write a set of encyclopedias? I am such a klutz. I’m the girl who used to run through the house, the big old house where I grew up, banging knees and shins on every piece of furniture possible. My legs were two skinny sticks mottled with purple, blue, and green. Colorful knobbiness, that was me. Not pretty, when I wore shorts in the summer. It was the emblem of how I could never stop.Another example of my extr...

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“The Writing Competition” by 💛🧡Lizzie Parker🌻🍊

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I looked at the poster hanging outside the cafeteria and sighed. There was a writing contest. I sucked at writing but I needed money for a new skateboard and there was a cash prize. I looked around and found my friend Lily. She was the best writer but she had sprained her wrist and wasn't going to compete. “Yep, the prompt is about monkeys” I told her. Lily had decided to make me her pupil since she couldn't compete. I ate my carrot, then looked around . Lily was ranting about the perfect paragraph. Before...

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“The Reluctant Dragonslider” by Deborah Mercer

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Elise Hancock didn’t like children. Oh, she didn’t hate them. She didn’t think they should be seen and not heard (well, not all the time, though there were times she would much have preferred them to not even be seen) and got as angry as anyone else with a glimmer of decency when she heard of a child being abused or neglected. But she just found adult company and adult concerns far more interesting and stimulating, suspected that many of the “cute” things children said, reported in magazines or by their doting parents or ...

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“Divided we Fell” by Catherine Stevens

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I feel like Lot fleeing the city of Sodom. The big difference is I didn’t turn into a pillar of salt when I turned back to view the city. The fires can be seen for miles and we are only about 50 miles away, but it seems more like a thousand.******************************************************** Our state was fortunate, we had a 12 hour warning, but the states on the coasts didn’t. Maine to Florida fell right away, they were the first targets. Within hours they hit the west coast. We’ve heard nothing from...

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“You are what you believe you are!” by N S

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“It’s simply not my cup of tea,” exploded Vami! She had started to struggle with herself. All she was trying was to give her best shot, after all, she needed that second income, and it was just her first step. She had been watching movies all her life, was very quick at picking up new things, she was a natural orator & a very good one! She was on top of her game when it came to tabletop topics, she even represented her district on the state level of the Toastmaster’s contest. But when she had to do it on camera with a prepared speech, sh...

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“The problem with dedicating songs” by Adah M.M

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Life is one big ball of disappointed.Nothing ever goes according to plan. Good things always happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people. The rest of us that are in between what do we get ? The answer is nothing. Most skills that come naturally to others often seem to elude me. I've been told several times to work on my social skills. To learn to interact with other humans properly. To learn the simple act of communication but it isn't simple or easy if you're like me.People like us are the twenty percent of the hundred pe...

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“Sky Bridge!” by P. Jean

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(Write a story about someone struggling to learn a skill that in no way comes naturally to them.)Time units are being gobbled up like matter falling into a black hole!This awareness makes my head hurt. It will take every ounce of training, every bit of mental conditioning to pull this off. It is a race between dwindling time and failing capabilities!~~~~~I should not have been wasting the precious time trying to regain strength and acclimate to this place in which I find myself. Everything here a charred mass of whatever had p...

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Write a story about someone struggling to learn a skill that in no way comes naturally to them.

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✍️ 154 stories

“The Pin-Drop Man” by B.T Beauregard

“Earth from a Different Perspective” by Clara D Berry

“Maybe Tomorrow” by D. Holmes

“Third Time's the Charm” by Ryan Lieb

“Problem faced in learning a new skill” by Himanshu Shekhar

“Catchphrase of a Killer” by M Daly

“The Bluesman” by Joshua Scott Hotchkin Wordpress.dungherder.com

“Skill” by ✨𝕊𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕣𝕪 𝕄✨

“Patchwork Life” by Kathleen March

“The Writing Competition” by 💛🧡Lizzie Parker🌻🍊

“The Reluctant Dragonslider” by Deborah Mercer

“Divided we Fell” by Catherine Stevens

“You are what you believe you are!” by N S

“The problem with dedicating songs” by Adah M.M

“Sky Bridge!” by P. Jean

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