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Endings & Beginnings with David Restaino
130 contest entries /
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Your character finally gives into a temptation they've been avoiding, and becomes better because of it.
Thanksgiving
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31 stories
At some point in your story, a character says “You’re better than this…”.
Thanksgiving
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56 stories
Set your story in a house of mirrors and make the atmosphere increasingly eerie.
Horror
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42 stories
Write a story about someone coming across their doppelganger.
Mystery
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48 stories
Write a story about someone trying to paint (or otherwise create) a self-portrait.
Character
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66 stories
Write a story about someone pulling an all nighter.
Fiction
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35 stories
Start your story with someone saying “I can’t sleep.”
Dramatic
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87 stories
Write about a student reporter uncovering a university scandal.
Mystery
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22 stories
Write a story in which a jaded academic makes an unexpected, rash decision.
Angst
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41 stories
Write about two rival academics pursuing the same grant.
Character
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14 stories
Start your story with a student discovering a hidden room in a university library.
Mystery
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77 stories
