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“The Memoir of A Writer” by Yashaa Bajracharya

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I scrunched up the paper, for what it seems, like the thousandth time. I begin to feel sorry for the notebook in front of me, however it's nothing compared to the annoyance and anger I feel over how I cannot think of any idea on what to write next. So much for the famous author, Ellesmere Perry. I should live up to my reputation. After all, the previous book series that just got published about a dystopian world where the government takes orphaned children to conduct experiments giving them superhuman powers and use them as military weapons ...

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“Fear in the Life of the elusive Black” by Litha Sipunzi

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Thursday 08:30 AM at what was apparently Cape Town's 'Real' Black University. I had been mad drunk for several days in a strangely lucid delirium. Supplementing the coming hangovers with cigarettes and hash, just before taking a plunge into another fit of drinking. Hadn't slept in two or three days. Feeling tense, fidgety and incredibly shaky--in a dying high. I put it down to forced psyche expansion, keep it loose and easy, almost welcoming the madness. And I thought, here comes the Fear and Self-Loathing Dr Gonzo! And I wondered, "What c...

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“But, Ella!” by Emma Szalkie

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“Ugh!” Ella screamed, throwing her pencil against the table. For a week she’d had the worst writers block and couldn’t seem to shake it. She was really excited to write a new story but when she sat down to write she had no ideas. As a last resort she came to one of her favorite writing spots, Impresso Espresso. She was about to give up on writing when one of her best friends, Jack, came walking in. He was holding a beautiful bouquet of flowers that immediately drew Ella’s eye. As Jack approached her Ella kept her eye on the bouquet ...

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“Sin of a Bitch” by Joe Arputh

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I am now googling it all again.“How to get publishers for my book?”Yeah, yeah, I had peeked into all these self-publishers, a couple of years back. I now frown upon them. You know, letting you publish your amateur novel for money and all that… I don’t want that, right?I mean, contrast that with a solid team of publishers, sizing your book up and down before shaking hands or shouting out my book can bang the market! That is a dream come true. That turns me on!And let me be clear, I am not ambitious. I don’t want people bending down to pi...

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“The Ending Of Two Stories” by Mason Chanaph

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Farren had always been a fairly bright child. She wasn’t a child prodigy, but she was definitely smart. Farren knew this, as did her parents, Leo and Kristin. It was for this reason, that she didn’t understand why they thought she wouldn’t realize. All those rude looks across the room, the angry tension she could feel in the air sometimes, those late nights when she could hear whispered arguments, or her mom crying softly upstairs. It was hard to miss, even for a seven-year-old. Her parents didn’t love each other anymore. It upset Farren tha...

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

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✍️ 140 stories

“The Memoir of A Writer” by Yashaa Bajracharya

“Fear in the Life of the elusive Black” by Litha Sipunzi

“But, Ella!” by Emma Szalkie

“Sin of a Bitch” by Joe Arputh

“The Ending Of Two Stories” by Mason Chanaph

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Write a story that takes place in a writer's circle.

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