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Journeys from Home with Sohini Ghose
156 contest entries /
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Write a story in which a window is broken or found broken.
Dark
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142 stories
Write about a character who has to rely on the hospitality of strangers.
Fluff
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97 stories
Start your story in an empty guest room.
Horror
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150 stories
Write about someone welcoming a stranger into their home.
Thriller and Suspense
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161 stories
Start your story with the arrival of a strange visitor in a small town.
Horror
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187 stories
Write a story about strangers becoming friends, or friends becoming strangers.
Fluff
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262 stories
Write about someone finally making their own choices.
Middle School
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203 stories
Write a story about someone who’s extremely impulsive — or extremely indecisive.
Character
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105 stories
Start your story with someone being presented with a dilemma.
Character
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216 stories
Write a story in which a character justifies an argument with: “Because I said so.”
Middle School
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97 stories
End your story with someone finally conceding to another’s point of view.
Middle School
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97 stories
Start your story with someone accepting a dare.
Middle School
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185 stories
Write a story about someone sticking to a course of action even when it’s clearly wrong.
Middle School
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182 stories
Write your story about two characters tidying up after a party.
Fluff
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147 stories
Write about a reluctant party-goer who ends up being the star of the show.
Middle School
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106 stories
