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

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“But the Heart said...” by Himanshi Y

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They were brothers, twins actually. They were one, once; but then grew apart.One was younger, but the other twin was…. old.They both were special, very special when they were born. When they were really young; they looked same, behaved same, played together, laughed and cried together, woke up to same bird’s song, slept to same lullaby. They both loved stories. One used to read many fairytales and folklores to the other twin; they used to make up their own stories and play.But then,one of them chose to be the elder one, he g...

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“It's been so long” by Sheryl Reddy

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Hmm type out a short story about a craft I have put on hold for sometime. As I sit here and think about it, there is a lot of things that I have not done in a very long time. It has been a long time since I sat down at this desk to write anything, I missed it a little. Let me start with I am not a writer, I am someone that likes to type, so in order to type I write thoughts, I guess you could say or little stories, with no rules. Punctuation rules, that is. I hope that is ok? it's probably why I stopped writing in the first place. Someone ...

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“Four Years” by Mackenzie Blair

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Life is funny. One moment you’re trying to go to sleep, the next you have a knife clutched in your right hand aimed at your neck. You’re not sure why you picked up the knife. Was it a dream? A sudden stroke of inspiration? Either way, the adrenaline pumping through your limbs brings sharp focus to the fact that you were about to die… Bryn presses her palms to her eyes. That day is a blur right up until 10:56 p.m. when she glanced up at the red clock above her bed, the knife still trembling in her hand. When she pulls her hands away from her ...

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“Getting Back in the Game” by Ella Kinnett

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My favorite thing in the whole universe is basketball. If you asked anyone in the whole highschool or anyone in the world that knows me to describe my life in one word they would say basketball. Basketball was what I lived and breathed, until this happened: During my junior year which was last year, I was leading the team in the normal warmups that we do before every game. This was our last game of the season and we had won all of the others so we were pumped. We ran and stretched like always then started our passing drills. Everyone ...

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“One Dark and Stormy Night” by David Dicaire

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One Dark And Stormy Night It was a writer’s night. Every surface was slick and it didn’t look like the rain was done dancing. The thunder rolled through like a war machine. The fog was creepy delicious and the interspersing flashes of lightning only intensified mother nature’s power. A chill ran through Betsy Monroe. She carefully removed the relic typewriter from the back of the closet and blew the dust off it. The woman, mousy, petite with an additional couple of pounds smiled and remembered p...

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“Once More, with Feeling” by Eric M

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He starred blankly at the computer screen. The blinking cursor was a constant reminder of how little progress he made during the 67 minutes he sat in front of his desktop. He took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes. He grabbed his cup of tea to sip and grimaced. The tea had grown cold before he drank any. He stood up and stretched before doing some squats. A deep breathe with every fall and a rush of released air with every rise. He stopped when he built up a light perspiration. There was still nothing. He sh...

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“Blooming” by Claire Simmons

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He sat at his desk, nerves afire. He was itching to get back into his work. It’d been so long. He wasn’t even sure if he could still do it. Would the words come to him as easily as they had in the past? Would they be fleeting, or would they paint themselves on the paper effortlessly, blooming like colors on a canvas? He wasn’t sure.It’d been years. Nearly a decade, he realized. The loss of his writing had been a slow process. He used to spend hours at a time writing, getting lost in the feeling, becoming absorbed in the words he wrote a...

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“Side Effects” by Alyssa Phipps

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I I miss the hunger. Hunger focuses your thoughts the way a lens focuses light. It gives you a raw clarity that you can’t find anywhere else. Staring at the empty page, the blinking cursor and the dwindling battery of my laptop, I miss it more than ever. I can’t find the words anymore, let alone choose the right ones. Does the wind whip through the trees, biting and cold, or does it thrash like something half-drowned? Does the water wash calmly over the shore, or does it lap like a dog’s tongue? This is a side effect of recovery. I can’t...

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“A Writer's Shackled Soul” by Sapna Reinant

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She dragged her feet off of the couch she had fallen asleep on last night. This was the third night in a row she had fallen asleep out of her bed; out of their bed. The thought brought back a fresh onslaught of tears to her eyes but she didn't let them fall. If she did, she would lose a good part of her day on the couch, with the added disadvantage of a pounding headache, and swollen, puffy eyes. It wasn't that she missed him terribly; she had made her peace with his impending demise a long time ago. She had seen him suffer ev...

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“Anger management helped.” by Consistently Lost

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'Due to unfortunate circumstances, a temporary leave of absence is requested so that she can rehabilitate herself.' Well, professionally speaking yeah. But in actuality, I yelled at my team members and threatened to manically laugh while I burn their instruments to ash. It's been about a 2 months leave and I couldn't be sadder to know that my free time was coming to an end once more. But, Let me start from the beginning. I'm a musician for a Food and Entertainment place. You know the kind. Where it's like a concert with different acts, but ...

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“The demon who went through hell” by ISmell Sarcasm

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Rowena's first year of university had passed almost in a blur. Wake up, study, work, repeat. Wake up, study, work, repeat. Every single day, for six months. If it wasn't an essay that was due, then she had a project or an exam or something, there was always something. This morning was different, however, finals were finally over and for the first time in months she had nothing to do. Rowena had woken up at 8 sharp, a habit she had actually managed to develop during her semester, but she still stayed laying in bed for at least another h...

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“Contractual Obligations” by Jon Dunn

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“Grampa, do you have any paper? We need to make signs for our lemonade stand.” Though Abigail stood on her tiptoes to make herself as tall as possible, Joseph needed to bend in half to look directly into pale blue eyes; the same blue eyes that had run in his family for generations. As he lowered himself to her level, ribbons of pain shot out from his tired knees and creaky back, like confetti bursting forth from party poppers, but he ignored it. Enduring a few brief moments of discomfort to connect with his youngest gra...

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“Twenty Years” by Deborah Mercer

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I have a whole day with absolutely nothing to do, thought Marilyn. Of course there were things to do, the washing-up, a bit of grocery shopping, but they hardly counted. She wasn’t used to having nothing to do. Even for the last couple of weeks there had been preparing for the funeral and giving Oliver’s clothes, well, most of them, to the local homeless shelter. Now she wasn’t sure if she wished she had kept more back or given every last one. What would he have wanted? For the last...

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“The Return” by Cara H

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The Return I November 6, 2014 Time generally passed in a predictable way for Pepper Baiij, a depressive night shift orderly working at the upscale Trinity Gardens Retirement Community in Ransom, Kansas. Around 7 P.M., she forced herself out from under her covers to brave the frigid environment in her squalid mobile home. She gathered a pair of clean scrubs and the items she’d need for swimming and bathing before her shift. She said good night to her cats, who now huddled in the warm spot where her big body had previously lain and where she o...

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“TO BE A WRITTER” by Precious I. Noyoo

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Chapter One The airport felt hot and stuffy with all the bodies rushing about, in a hurry to get home. It was understandable, though, with the Christmas festivities and all. I breathed in slowly, instantly regretting it when the smell of sweat and about a thousand different perfumes hit me. “I’m sorry,” a young lady bumped into me, she barely registered me as she continued her run-walk. I started towards the exit, Olive had apparently been too busy to pick me up, so I had to get a taxi to take me to the house. One stopped a few ...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 185 stories

“But the Heart said...” by Himanshi Y

“It's been so long” by Sheryl Reddy

“Four Years” by Mackenzie Blair

“Getting Back in the Game” by Ella Kinnett

“One Dark and Stormy Night” by David Dicaire

“Once More, with Feeling” by Eric M

“Blooming” by Claire Simmons

“Side Effects” by Alyssa Phipps

“A Writer's Shackled Soul” by Sapna Reinant

“Anger management helped.” by Consistently Lost

“The demon who went through hell” by ISmell Sarcasm

“Contractual Obligations” by Jon Dunn

“Twenty Years” by Deborah Mercer

“The Return” by Cara H

“TO BE A WRITTER” by Precious I. Noyoo

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

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