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Lost in Translation with Ruth O’Leary
111 contest entries /
74 stories
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Start your story with someone receiving a one-star review.
Dark
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51 stories
Write about someone who critiques things for a living, or acts like they do.
Character
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35 stories
Write a story inspired by a memory of yours.
Nonfiction
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89 stories
Write a story that involves a flashback.
Fiction
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70 stories
End your story with total oblivion.
Horror
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24 stories
Write about a character with an unreliable memory.
Character
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46 stories
Start your story with the narrator or a character saying “I remember…”
Angst
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101 stories
Write about a character sowing seeds for the future (literally or figuratively).
Spring
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38 stories
Start your story with the words: “Grow up.”
Angst
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61 stories
Format your story in the style of diary entries.
Middle School
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52 stories
Start your story with someone having their height marked on a door frame.
Middle School
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36 stories
Write a story that involves a character donating a box of clothes which have been outgrown.
Middle School
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49 stories
End your story with someone saying: “What a day.”
Summer
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40 stories
Write about a character who doesn’t want to go to sleep.
Horror
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51 stories
Write a story about an afternoon picnic gone wrong.
Fluff
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37 stories
Set your story on a day when the sun never sets.
Dark
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26 stories
Write a story about someone forced out of their home.
Narrative
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54 stories
Write a story about somebody in love with someone from their past.
Romance
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79 stories
