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“My "Lightbulb" moment” by Mallika Satya

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Everyone has a “Lightbulb Moment” moment and this is the story of how I got mine. I am a wannabe writer but with no background in writing. No degree or diploma. No experience. Only a passion for writing. So how did I start? First, a little background about myself. I was born in India. Had all my schooling done at a small city and learnt 4 languages at school: English, Hindi, Tamil, and Marathi. I always had a dream of becoming a writer some day. So, I began by starting to write my diary. &n...

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“Darryl's Birthday Present” by David Dicaire

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Darryl’s Birthday Present Felix Johnson casually walked down one aisle after another in the Dollar Store looking for the perfect gift. It was his nephew Darryl’s ninth birthday and the present had to be special. But, it was more complicated then that. Darryl was Linda’s boy. Felix was a successful writer, something his sister had aspired and strived to become, but had only tasted misery and failure. This created tension between the two siblings - they only had each other. “It isn’t the boy’s fault that his ...

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“Block” by Archer Campbell

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Deena paced her room, taking momentary glances at her desk and the blank pages sitting atop it. No matter how much she wracked her brain, she could only come to one conclusion: she was stuck. Every writer experienced writers’ block from time to time, but to Deena’s knowledge, no one had such hang-ups about them as she did. To her, they were the ultimate sign of a writer’s weakness, when the flow of ideas came to a crashing halt. Or worse, when those ideas were clear and present, but one lacked the language to express them. Deena had ...

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“While I Slept” by Blane Britt

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When that imaginary yellow light bulb appeared glowing above my dreaming head. Like Gyro Gearloose who often times assisted by his Little Helper (or just "Helper"), who is a small anthropomorphic robot with a light bulb for a head and literally shines as both a loyal companion and resourceful assistant to the eccentric and often absent-minded writer. So intentionally nondescript in nature was this character that it never was given a real name in any official capacity, that was until I decided to call him My Little Writing Hamburger Helper. I...

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“An Absurd Spark” by Vineet Bhave

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Jake’s head rose. He knew he had heard something. It came from the living room; there was someone in his house. He got up from his bed; pulled up his trousers and put on his slippers. Moonlight was shimmering through his window. It was the only source of light in his bedroom apart from the laptop screen with an unfinished word document open. The clock struck 12; Jake had missed his flight as well. He looked around his bedroom and saw a wooden scale as the only available weapon if there was a thief outside. He crept towards the door and slowl...

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“Smashing the indoctrination” by Alvira Saifi

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Today the World seems so blank like the clear sky may be it is so fate that makes rave sound of dumbness. A long wait that restrain my soul like dangled onto the sky without grass. This is something very indifferent from the feeling of loneliness. Suddenly at the end of the whole thought, a hope settle it down. According to Psychology, the emotional outbreak exist for few minutes only and if more, then it is self reinforcing. But this hope is due to those rays are coming from spirituality persist in me. I have believed in those mighty planni...

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“a rolling stone” by Uzma Piracha

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One fine day, I sat in my bed and tried to get my old laptop to work so I could finish some piece of academic writing for an overseas client. I had a very typical start that day. Same breakfast. Same awful, recurring thoughts that made every day feel like nothing fresh and cosy was ever going to happen to me. Unless something spilled over by chance. So just as I opened the laptop that day, I mulled over the long list of have-beens of my life story. It ranged from I could-have-been-happily-married to I-could-have-been-the-CEO. I didn't choo...

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“The AHA Moment ” by Iam Danger

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Dear Dad 06/1/2020I’m depressed. I came to New York to be a famous writer. I am still working as a barista at FourBucks. I am not writing to ask for more money (although money is always appreciated!) I like my fellow Barista’s at least. All of them are like me. I need to tell you about some of them, so you can see you might not be right about a college degree being a magical thing that makes life easy. (I am grateful for all of the tuition money for night school, and for paying the the writing coach and seminars!) Jane graduated an Ivy ...

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“New Zearthia” by Nour Too

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I crawled under the bed as I saw him. The masked man. He would kill me, I thought. He would sip my marrow. He would rip my insides, I knew it. I could feel his feverish breath rolling down my neck. I froze, wishing death instead. I caught his gloomy features. Not the face, it was the mask. He stared at me, and I could feel his piercing eyes cutting on my skin. I shivered not knowing what would happen next. “Wake up, Jason,” he said with a motherly voice. I fathomed I was dreaming, but the only dream I had was of me not being ab...

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“The Child In Pants” by Mike Olsen

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Dear Expensive Mind Doctor, You have instructed me to make a list of three realities that have shaped my life. To clarify, my realities do not need to be grounded in mutual consensus with the rest of society, but that I am still expected to explain myself to validate my position regardless of how agreeable or not my realities may be. Just to note that you didn’t explicitly say what the purpose of this exercise was, only to trust you and do it before our next session. Fair enough. I can play along. Reality One: My Hometown is the ac...

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“BLINK” by Abhishek Roy

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Hari was crossing the zebra in the busy Sunset Boulevard when a man in a hurry collided with him in the middle of the highway. He fell. Horns of approaching vehicles were blaring so loudly as if threatening to mow him down. The headlights under the new-moon night shone upon the bloodstains that were imprinted on his white shirt. His eyes followed the man who collided; he was carrying a gun and was bleeding profusely. Hari got up and called him, “Hey”. He turned around to point the gun at Hari. Both stood in the middle of the zebra, facing ea...

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“The Differents” by Ella Kinnett

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I’m different, and everyone knows it, which makes it even harder for me to cope with. My parent, who is just my dad, tells me that being different is good and is something that I should be proud of, but I just don’t see how I can be proud of being weird. A little part of my brain thinks that it’s really cool to stand out but no one else thinks like that so neither does the rest of my brain. I wish for one day that I could be normal just like everyone else. I’m different in a lot of ways. I have dyslexia, ADHD, and social anxiety which gets r...

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“An Unpredictable Outcome” by Janet Joos

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Being a foreign language (FL) teacher means not only being fluent in the FL, but at times trusting your instinct. When I say that, I believe in thinking outside of the box, trying out new ideas and feeling confident about what you are doing. Of course, there are sometimes flaws which need to be worked out. I also have to admit not all materials are supportive, some can be quite frustrating, or they simply turn the learners off because they become bored, they want something refreshingly new. An appealing attraction has to be prevalent. As w...

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“Ben Franklin Was An Author???” by DERRICK CHU

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Do you know the man named Benjamin Franklin? The dude who flew a kite with a key on it in the rain? Aha! I knew it! As soon as I mentioned the kite, you were like “ Oh yeah!I might remember him from school!” That is probably his most well-known experiment ( that is why whenever I mentioned it, you suddenly remembered who he was.), but did you know he also wrote a book? I know, right? Your brain just went “BOOOOOOOM!!!” How many founding fathers wrote books? Not much, if any, I bet.( Yes he was a founding father. Actually listen in class, wil...

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“Abyss” by Precious Adeyemi

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Does everything that is ejected out of a human womb have a purpose or are we just here because an orgasm occurred? I would be angry if it were the latter, so let us all agree that we’re really doing something here. If we all have a purpose, then I know that the moment I came out of the entanglement in my mother, I was to be a writer, and as I cried, the world pulled me into an embrace and assured me that they would listen to what I had to say. And immediately, my tears ceased. I wonder when people notice they are writers. Does the deceit s...

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

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✍️ 140 stories

“My "Lightbulb" moment” by Mallika Satya

“Darryl's Birthday Present” by David Dicaire

“Block” by Archer Campbell

“While I Slept” by Blane Britt

“An Absurd Spark” by Vineet Bhave

“Smashing the indoctrination” by Alvira Saifi

“a rolling stone” by Uzma Piracha

“The AHA Moment ” by Iam Danger

“New Zearthia” by Nour Too

“The Child In Pants” by Mike Olsen

“BLINK” by Abhishek Roy

“The Differents” by Ella Kinnett

“An Unpredictable Outcome” by Janet Joos

“Ben Franklin Was An Author???” by DERRICK CHU

“Abyss” by Precious Adeyemi

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