Write a short story about someone writing Valentine's Day wishes.

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“New Year's Resolution” by Ken Keiscome

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New Year ResolutionHe listened to their reasons, the jargon they used and their idiotic phrases while trying to justify the failures he knew would soon fall upon their dull, annoying lives. They deserved what they get from their brainless actions.You don't come up with reasons, you either do it or you don't. It's that simple. Why complicate the issue by putting rules and guidelines around them. Just get up in the morning and decide who you want to be today and do it. All it takes to reach any goal is a strong desire to win.He didn't move, ju...

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“The best English assignment of my life. ” by Davina Mercer

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I sit and I stare at the assignment. My English teacher thought it would be a great idea to make our winter break assignment all about new years resolutions. And I had tried to write it before Christmas. But that wasn’t a thing. It has to been a list of five things with explanations about why we want to accomplish each one. I was usually a by the book, stick to what you know and things you plan kind of person. I stayed to myself, stayed out of trou...

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“THE PHONE CALL” by Mariam Yusuff

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Ronnie hated his life. And the only thing he hated as much were Mondays. Mondays meant he got to see the one guy he always felt like punching in the face; his brother in-law. Fred used to be Ronnie’s best friend back in middle school. But when Fred had played a trick on Ronnie, a trick that almost cost him his then-fragile asthmatic health, Ronnie had vowed never to have anything to do with Fred. Well, except for the fact that Fred would end up as his colleague at work and brother in-law. Nope, he wouldn’t have anything to do with him. Anot...

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“Diamond” by Zahra Louw

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Emotional abuse: any act of verbal assault, humiliation, intimidation or any other treatment which may diminish the sense of identity, dignity, and self-worth. It’s the most common form of abuse but the most under-estimated. The only scar it leaves is inside you and you’re the only one who truly knows that it’s there. Because we can’t see it, we ignore it and it starts to fester, leaving us with a sensitive void that can easily swallow us whole. Physical wounds can be treated by bandages and salves, but you are the only one who can treat the...

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Write a short story about someone writing Valentine's Day wishes.

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✍️ 49 stories

“New Year's Resolution” by Ken Keiscome

“The best English assignment of my life. ” by Davina Mercer

“THE PHONE CALL” by Mariam Yusuff

“Diamond” by Zahra Louw

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