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Someone in the story has a lot of hard lessons to learn.

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Write a story about someone who is tired of their day-to-day routines.

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Write a story based on the metaphor: "Beauty is a fading flower."

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Write a story about an abandoned home.

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Write a story that starts with two people saying goodbye.

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Write a story that captures the sadness of the word: "almost."

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“How could you do this to me? You said we were brothers!”

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Their biggest fear was that they would fall behind the times. Today it seemed to be coming true.

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A mother and daughter sit silently at a table, the tension thick enough to cut with a knife.

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Write a story that begins: That was the last we ever heard of him/her.

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Major downsizing meant this was the last day of your 30-year career as a mailman/mailwoman.

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It's your first day in a new city where you don't speak the language.

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A writer is fighting with writer's block. They reminisce about the last time in their life they felt inspired.

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