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hello_flamingo
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c5j7lzp
1,343,235,809
t3_x2b58
Thank you!
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SurvivorType
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c5j8s2u
1,343,239,723
t3_x3itq
Thank you for the opportunity. Great prompt.
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RyanKinder
t3_x4yub
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c5j9c3k
1,343,241,527
t3_x4yub
"YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES LEFT TO LIVE" That's all the e-mail said. There was a picture attached. My house. *Inside* my house. Of me asleep. The only way out of here is upstairs... and I hear the floorboards creaking. I look at the computer: The note was sent nine minutes ago. New mail notification. No message, ju...
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AgonistAgent
t3_x4yub
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c5jam1y
1,343,245,759
t3_x4yub
***Perception.*** **It's interesting how fail to focus on the present, busy framing time into arbitrary divisions instead of letting it flow.** *A heart thumps. Blood races to support a microcosm of trillions.* **Interesting how we fail to notice our world's omnipresent complexity.** *Eyes turn to a screen.* **How ...
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MurrayL
t3_x4yub
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c5jb7pc
1,343,247,789
t3_x4yub
Dear Cal, If you are reading this email, it is safe for me to presume that the operation was reasonably successful (i.e. you were not reduced to a vegetative state). Congratulations. You undoubtedly have questions, Cal, which is to be expected of a man in your position. Unfortunately, most of the information you seek...
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ethos1983
t3_x4yub
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c5jbdt3
1,343,248,338
t3_x4yub
Thump. Thump. Thud-thump. Been watching Dad punch the heavy bag for awhile, gathering courage. Distracting myself with trivia. He’s more scars than flesh. Grey has overtaken his black hair. Badge and berretta drape across a chair nearby. My laptop shakes. Email I got contains one word, one twenty-year old picture. M...
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[deleted]
t3_x5cni
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c5jbyj9
1,343,250,268
t3_x5cni
The bathroom in the apartment didn't have much of a medicine cabinet, just a metal shelf below the mirror with sliding plastic doors. On his side of the shelf, Finn kept a spare razor, a can of shaving cream, Band-Aids, a small bottle of Pepto Bismol and two cans of Desenex. He hardly ever used the Desenex, but after f...
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[deleted]
t3_wznme
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c5jgozl
1,343,267,974
t3_wznme
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RyanKinder
t3_x5cni
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c5ji372
1,343,273,093
t3_x5cni
Keep running. These were the instructions left for me. Beads of sweat are cascading out of every pore of my body. I need to keep running. I'm holding a bottle of caffeine pills as I run, the rattling of the pills my cheerleader. I can't sleep - only run. The picture that was delivered was of my wife and child. Held i...
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Brutalganja
t1_c5jb7pc
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c5jkusj
1,343,284,368
t3_x4yub
This needs to be developed into something more. Love it!
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RyanKinder
t1_c5jb7pc
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c5jps0g
1,343,316,004
t3_x4yub
I agree with Brutalganja. This is a good start. Since it looks like the note comes from himself to his waking self, there's lots of intrigue here. Any chance we can convince you to develop this into something more?
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RyanKinder
t1_c5j7hhh
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c5jpsgs
1,343,316,052
t3_x4yub
This was hilarious and perfect. I love the signoff of "needfully" as well. I think I might close all messages with that now.
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RyanKinder
t1_c5jbdt3
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c5jpsz5
1,343,316,104
t3_x4yub
This was wonderful. A very evocative and powerful story in just a hundred words. It really is amazing what some people can do with just a few words.
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RyanKinder
t1_c5jam1y
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c5jptnn
1,343,316,174
t3_x4yub
This confused the hell out of me, but I liked it. In fact, I know you were talking about things in the brain firing off, but then I thought of how similar our minds are to the neural networking of computers.
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Beelzebunny
t1_c5jpsgs
WritingPrompts
c5jqgjp
1,343,318,417
t3_x4yub
Good ol' bait 'n switch! Glad you liked it. I had to look up "needfully" to make sure it was a real word. :)
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Beelzebunny
t1_c5jb7pc
WritingPrompts
c5jqhjs
1,343,318,515
t3_x4yub
I would love to see an extended version of this. The fact he needs to be told how old he is really strikes my imagination as to how traumatic his operation must have been.
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ethos1983
t1_c5jpsz5
WritingPrompts
c5jrbjs
1,343,321,368
t3_x4yub
thank you =)
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traysledding
t3_x6y4p
WritingPrompts
c5jsa7s
1,343,324,527
t3_x6y4p
This was hard, you're a devious bastard. Also I need to get my head checked out and probably stop writing about people dying. ----- Already the early light of dawn was peeking over the mountains and there was still so much left to do. Before, in his younger days, a night’s worth of work could be finished long before ...
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Golightly314
t3_wznme
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c5jt0ez
1,343,326,903
t3_wznme
Heather spent time in our courtyard, smoking our cigarette butts and basking in our shade. She wore the same pair of denim shorts and they strangled her thighs like a python. Greg and I sat on the balcony passing a joint with a bobby pin and making a game of tossing popcorn kernels into the dumpster. Heather was i...
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SurvivorType
t1_c5jsa7s
WritingPrompts
c5jtgf9
1,343,328,400
t3_x6y4p
Well done!
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[deleted]
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c5jujr1
1,343,331,966
t3_wznme
Arabella breathed a sigh of relief when she escaped to the empty backyard of the castle. That prince trying to court her would surely find her and bring her back to the ball. She planned to enjoy her moment of silence and walked around the different flowers and mazes of bushes. Finally, she found sanctuary with the sto...
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hello_flamingo
t3_x6y4p
WritingPrompts
c5jwapj
1,343,337,816
t3_x6y4p
Oh, yes! I love a good challenge! ----- “And no cheating!” Bethany and Olivia had been delighted to realize the entire afternoon was theirs to use as they wished. Carefree and brimming with excitement, the two girls had immediately run to the neighborhood park to play; it would be taboo to waste even a second of a d...
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MissMelons
t3_x6y4p
WritingPrompts
c5jxel3
1,343,341,848
t3_x6y4p
Yeah, this was pretty tough. Mines pretty simplistic and basic but it's something I think i'll start playing with more later. It was interesting, thanks! _________________________________________________________ Anytime now he knew the news he had long been waiting for would be exposed.Besides the large amount of stre...
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Bukkhead
t3_x6y4p
WritingPrompts
c5jy8kz
1,343,345,050
t3_x6y4p
Anytime any asks me why I insist on assaulting angels, I tell them. Because those bitches deserve to be beaten, bruised, bullied. Can you see me, there in front of a statue? Daring them to do something about it. Egging them on. Fist balled into tight packages of pain. Getting ready to rumble! Hatred spilling from my ey...
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SurvivorType
t3_x6y4p
WritingPrompts
c5jytfo
1,343,347,315
t3_x6y4p
Absolutely nothing makes sense to me as I awake and smell the carnage around me. Blasted and burned bodies lay strewn about the dark chamber and I have no memory of who I am... or how I arrived in this place. Calling upon what little reserves of strength I still possess, I sit up and try to assess the situation. Dea...
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scatterplots
t3_x6y4p
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c5jyudp
1,343,347,427
t3_x6y4p
Alas! By cryptography, days - entire *furlongs* - got hidden. I just keep language monographs not obscured. Poor quotients result (Saturday, Tuesday) until viewed with XML / YES: Zeta-function.
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c5jz6b1
1,343,348,787
t3_x6y4p
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BeastWith2Backs
t3_x6y4p
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c5jz7me
1,343,348,938
t3_x6y4p
**Mute** After the morning her face appeared I began to speak in tongues. By the afternoon I was blurting out phrases in characters I had never heard. Clenching the locket I had just put on, I looked to her face. Deliberately mute, she said nothing back. Engraved in the mountain was the snow white silhouette tha...
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BeastWith2Backs
t1_c5jwapj
WritingPrompts
c5jzdcl
1,343,349,581
t3_x6y4p
This made me incredibly sad. It's a very pretty picture of two friends have a fun day. But the last sentence and the g sentence, had some serious implications. Wonderful job, the dark side to the story is fantastic.
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BeastWith2Backs
t1_c5jxel3
WritingPrompts
c5jzfqn
1,343,349,852
t3_x6y4p
This was a little confusing to read. The first sentence left me perplexed at first. This story is nice, but I can definitely see it being expanded. Something about his tension and other hints in the story make me sense that Kieth has done something really bad. It sounds like his son is going to be his redemption, and I...
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chazzwa
t3_x6y4p
WritingPrompts
c5k2qcq
1,343,363,066
t3_x6y4p
Although the day was calling as it always had, Henry remained engulfed in the tomb he called home. Beautiful rays of light cascaded down towards the rickety house but were blocked out by heavy windowshades. Crafting together a workload that may make a typical ant crumble from the weight he hardly flinched at the though...
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MissMelons
t1_c5jzfqn
WritingPrompts
c5k5cw2
1,343,377,437
t3_x6y4p
Yeah, I've never had to write anything in this fashion. I'm the sort of person that can be given any topic, write anything about it and probably make it a little interesting. But as soon as I'm asked, "Now do it without using any words that contain the letter 'N'" then my writing goes down hill. I actually enjoyed this...
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RyanKinder
t1_c5k5cw2
WritingPrompts
c5k70px
1,343,392,715
t3_x6y4p
One of the huge advantages of this particular type of prompt is that it forces you to avoid one of the typical pitfalls of writing, which is: Starting a lot of your sentences the same way. "But..."; "And..."; "If..." you get the idea... It's fun to really focus on the word you're starting with.
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RyanKinder
t1_c5jsa7s
WritingPrompts
c5k74vr
1,343,393,451
t3_x6y4p
You are now the proud recipient of one month of Reddit gold, alongside SurvivorType.
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RyanKinder
t1_c5jytfo
WritingPrompts
c5k750q
1,343,393,476
t3_x6y4p
I enjoyed this one thoroughly. Consider yourself Reddit golded. :)
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SurvivorType
t1_c5k750q
WritingPrompts
c5k91lj
1,343,402,336
t3_x6y4p
Wow, thank you!
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Bukkhead
t3_x8uk8
WritingPrompts
c5k95z1
1,343,402,802
t3_x8uk8
Follow these footprints from the edge of the road, two sets: one of them large with long measured strides, the other smaller, bunched up in places as if the walker was excited, got a little far ahead and had to wait on dancing feet. Standing in the middle of large patch of dry desert dust, a tall man, dressed in linen...
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traysledding
t1_c5k74vr
WritingPrompts
c5ka1ht
1,343,405,975
t3_x6y4p
Much obliged. Thank you! (also good on you for running this subreddit)
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[deleted]
t3_x4yub
WritingPrompts
c5ka3x0
1,343,406,222
t3_x4yub
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hello_flamingo
t1_c5jzdcl
WritingPrompts
c5katsd
1,343,408,812
t3_x6y4p
Thank you! I love psychological stuff.
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RyanKinder
t1_c5k95z1
WritingPrompts
c5kbu0j
1,343,412,342
t3_x8uk8
This is very fun and a great germ of an idea for something fuller. I do hope The Wolf and the Walrus become part of some larger story.
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illaqueable
t3_x8uk8
WritingPrompts
c5kcrpp
1,343,415,590
t3_x8uk8
i've actually been working on a longer piece--ostensibly a novel, but i wouldn't even dare to presume i'll finish it, at least not in a timely fashion--involving a body discovered in the wheel well of a passenger aircraft that acts as the touchstone for a wild winding gyre intertwining an FBI agent at the twilight of h...
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RyanKinder
t1_c5kcrpp
WritingPrompts
c5kdq6f
1,343,418,955
t3_x8uk8
I'd love to see some parts. If you'd like any help sorting through the mess, I'm sure this community would love to help you. :)
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theplace
t1_c5k95z1
WritingPrompts
c5kix05
1,343,440,802
t3_x8uk8
This is fantastic. I agree with RyanKinder that these characters are great, and I hope to see them come back at some point. :)
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theplace
t1_c5iflq1
WritingPrompts
c5kk3a7
1,343,446,162
t3_wznme
That did not go at all the way I was expecting. Hats off to you; this was great.
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SurvivorType
t1_c5k95z1
WritingPrompts
c5kocv3
1,343,476,297
t3_x8uk8
Magnificent! I must say that this feels like the beginning of a grand adventure. I would love to read more!
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da_crow_hunter
t3_xaui3
WritingPrompts
c5kqnmc
1,343,493,165
t3_xaui3
I can't believe I'm doing this, but the counsler recommended it. Then my annoyning wench of a mother pushed the topic. So here it is. Dear Journal, Today after classes taugh by those over-payed and idiotic proffesors, in this shit hole they call a college, I went to the gym. Mostly to work off my frustration with this...
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SurvivorType
t3_xaui3
WritingPrompts
c5kt227
1,343,504,548
t3_xaui3
Olivander Zandt Born in the era of the first generation of cybernetic implants, Olivander quickly proved his brilliance by refining those techniques and pioneering theoretical nanotech augmentation procedures while still in grade school. He was constantly picked on and bullied in school due to his abnormally large h...
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RyanKinder
t3_xcabf
WritingPrompts
c5l95z0
1,343,596,218
t3_xcabf
Sorry for the delay in this prompt getting through... the spam filter decided to block it. Please continue submitting prompts, I've added you to the list of approved submitters so you don't go through it again.
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AgonistAgent
t3_xcyga
WritingPrompts
c5la7v5
1,343,600,849
t3_xcyga
:D Thank you!
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SurvivorType
t3_xcyga
WritingPrompts
c5laoil
1,343,602,934
t3_xcyga
Congratulations to our winners!
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RyanKinder
t3_xcyga
WritingPrompts
c5laox8
1,343,602,988
t3_xcyga
I keep saying June. Title should say July. I keep forgetting it's almost the end of July.
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[deleted]
t3_xcyx5
WritingPrompts
c5lavy1
1,343,603,870
t3_xcyx5
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SurvivorType
t3_xcyx5
WritingPrompts
c5lax1k
1,343,604,013
t3_xcyx5
Admin: 30 seconds. Tyree: I'm trying! Admin: Please state the nature of the problem. Tyree: The flux capacitor isn't fluxing. How the hell do I know what's wrong? Admin: Please concentrate on your job. Tyree: Fuck off! Admin: Please state the nature of the problem. Tyree: The jets are NOT going to fire! I am goi...
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AgonistAgent
t1_c5kqnmc
WritingPrompts
c5lc6ev
1,343,609,744
t3_xaui3
You did a great job of making him "psycopathic" instead of just "roid raging bully" - the pinch of intelligence makes all the difference and makes him all the more dangerous.
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AgonistAgent
t3_xaui3
WritingPrompts
c5lcbpp
1,343,610,405
t3_xaui3
The Royal mines. Gemstones breed in the tunnels. I raise my pick and hit the rocks and gems fall out for my masters. New gems appear in the vein and I hit the rock again. The day is over and I return home. Another day. More gemstones. I raise my pick and hit the rocks and gems fall out for the kingdom and now I can't ...
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lizardfight
t3_xcyga
WritingPrompts
c5lel6k
1,343,619,791
t3_xcyga
Hell yea!
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MissMelons
t3_xaui3
WritingPrompts
c5lf4sp
1,343,622,060
t3_xaui3
FUN!!!!! It's hoaky mind you. ______________________________________________________ Regis Lance Black came into power as king of Pavalia when he was only twenty-one years old. The world had high hopes for his rule and even anticipated their freedom from his father's United World Pact. Unfortunately this was not the c...
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AgonistAgent
t1_c5lax1k
WritingPrompts
c5lh80v
1,343,633,028
t3_xcyx5
I enjoyed that, but this line: > Admin: Perhaps if you stop talking and concentrate on doing your job? Seemed oddly intelligent/aware compared to the other lines.
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SurvivorType
t1_c5lh80v
WritingPrompts
c5lia0u
1,343,645,069
t3_xcyx5
It was meant as the next "level" of canned response after "Please concentrate on your job." as the character continued to talk without resolving the issue or even giving any of the expected responses. At least that's how it worked out in my head. Maybe I failed to get that across properly.
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traysledding
t3_xd9gz
WritingPrompts
c5lkwzv
1,343,662,262
t3_xd9gz
“Looks like we got a bad quarter comin’ up, boss.” Ted hadn’t expected to wake up this early, but when he got the phone call, he was out the door wearing only his ten gallon hat, cowboy boots and whatever rumpled clothes had been closest to the bed. His truck, an old Suburban that was just starting gather rust, was at...
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da_crow_hunter
t3_xcyx5
WritingPrompts
c5llw3q
1,343,666,260
t3_xcyx5
"You do realize that if you fail to act within the next sixty seconds, everything...," and then I slammed the mute button on the AI stand. "God damn computer. I know what will happen," frantically returning to typing into the computer. Then in the corner of the monitor, a little text box came up. ///AI SerN6585Ea5911...
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MurrayL
t3_xcyga
WritingPrompts
c5loysp
1,343,677,877
t3_xcyga
>On July 1st there will be a new contest >... >Anyone will be able to enter throughout the month of July >... >The voting for winner will be done during the first week of August You do realise that the 31st of July is tomorrow, right?
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RyanKinder
t1_c5loysp
WritingPrompts
c5lpx84
1,343,681,377
t3_xcyga
Yeah, as I said in the comment above, I'm scatter brained. lol
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AgonistAgent
t3_xcyx5
WritingPrompts
c5lqh8h
1,343,683,471
t3_xcyx5
*1 minute of oxygen left.* I would have refilled my tank - it's just that there isn't any more oxygen left in this universe. So I dive into the infinite depths of this "ocean". Somehow I knew that down there was a solution. I just had to get there. The pressure increases. *30 seconds* I push harder, inching closer ...
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MissMelons
t3_xee88
WritingPrompts
c5lr2f7
1,343,685,774
t3_xee88
Abigale stared at herself in her little pocket mirror. Sweat had completely melted away her professionally applied make up. The gentle red lipstick had been licked away by her nervous habit of licking and pressing her lips together. Why couldn't her hands stop trembling?! The butterflies were having their go at a meal ...
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MissMelons
t3_xcyx5
WritingPrompts
c5lr6gl
1,343,686,211
t3_xcyx5
I took this as a different kind of countdown, but this is one I experience every day. __________________________________________________________ "On your mark!" Words the small child was always eager to hear before starting something fun. After weeks of practice he finally managed to run and that was an experience ...
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RyanKinder
t3_xdsg2
WritingPrompts
c5ltvxu
1,343,697,350
t3_xdsg2
I got to writing a bit of this prompt and it took me to an unexpected place... so I'm going to save it and expand upon it for part of a book I'm writing that it might fit nicely in. Cheers! :)
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RyanKinder
t1_c5lr2f7
WritingPrompts
c5ltz95
1,343,697,723
t3_xee88
I always enjoy the stuff you write. If I could offer some advice though it's that sometimes your sentences are a bit heavy. For example: "Sweat had completely melted away the beautiful make up that had been professionally applied." Something simpler along the lines of: "Sweat had melted away her carefully applied ma...
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MissMelons
t1_c5ltz95
WritingPrompts
c5lucoc
1,343,699,198
t3_xee88
I like hearing constructive advice! I felt that that line was pretty heavy too. I sat here for a good 5 minutes trying to figure out what the heck I just tried to describe. Sometimes my brain fumbles when it comes to basic descriptions like that. I think that I just need to take my time more when I write. Give my brain...
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RyanKinder
t1_c5lucoc
WritingPrompts
c5lufp3
1,343,699,522
t3_xee88
When I go back and read a paragraph, I like to think "are there any redundancies I can get rid of?" When I finish a novel I try to do a thorough first pass before I send it off to an editor and pay five hundred or so dollars to get it in fighting shape, so that in the end I'm getting as much of my monies worth. That s...
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MissMelons
t1_c5lufp3
WritingPrompts
c5luixf
1,343,699,871
t3_xee88
Hahahaha, thanks. A lot of the stuff I post on the KeepWriting subreddit is now about five or six pages behind. I'm already pretty far into that story but I'm pleased that I am taking my time with that. I may write something one day and feel at ease with it but a day later I may decide to word something differently. It...
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phweeeee
t3_xfc9t
WritingPrompts
c5lwh5u
1,343,707,620
t3_xfc9t
Thanks for posting these. I just wanted to let you know I use these, but I write by hand and don't take the time to type them up. Your work is not for naught.
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RyanKinder
t1_c5lwh5u
WritingPrompts
c5lwnjo
1,343,708,359
t3_xfc9t
I enjoy creating them and I do envision some people just use the prompts for their own personal writings rather than sharing, and I can understand that being a somewhat guarded person myself. :) I do hope, however, to see you participate in the August contest when it begins!
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true911
t1_c5idx1q
WritingPrompts
c5m0o2p
1,343,736,443
t3_wznme
Thanks for the reply. It was very gratifying to hear that.
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true911
t3_xcyga
WritingPrompts
c5m0oui
1,343,736,604
t3_xcyga
This is a wonderful prize. I've discovered something new in Flash Fiction. Thanks.
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SurvivorType
t3_x4yub
WritingPrompts
c5m24ap
1,343,744,656
t3_x4yub
I hope you are well. I hate to say goodbye this way, but time is short. I must leave the country tonight. I know this is confusing for you. I wish I could explain. I am not who you think I am. I never was. What I need you to understand is the feelings I have for you are absolutely real. That is the one thing I neve...
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SurvivorType
t1_c5m24ap
WritingPrompts
c5m2b6y
1,343,745,504
t3_x4yub
Words: 100 per wordcounttool.com
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Beelzebunny
t3_xg6su
WritingPrompts
c5m4lu7
1,343,754,425
t3_xg6su
I like your suggestion to take a shower. When I get writer's block, I'll sometimes go sit in the bathroom. As for my paragraph, do you think that going between Osbourne's inner thoughts and narrating the action is too disorienting? Should I have separated the two perspectives? I welcome any criticism. Grammar, t...
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MissMelons
t3_xg6su
WritingPrompts
c5m5x3a
1,343,759,056
t3_xg6su
Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 was my song for this. I didn't take a shower but I did cook my nephew and I lunch. _____________________________________________________________ There was that smile again. It had been such a beautiful enticing smile once. A smile that had melted Amy's heart and made her fall in lov...
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MissMelons
t3_x4yub
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c5m643w
1,343,759,729
t3_x4yub
They know who you are. If you aren’t already hiding, they have captured everyone else. I think they’ve killed most of us, and I know you were never properly introduced but you don’t have much choice. Don’t try to fight back, just hide. If the lights begin to turn then it means it has already started. Remember, do not d...
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theplace
t1_c5lr2f7
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c5m7kro
1,343,764,879
t3_xee88
This is a great piece. I think your style is awesome. I'm not a pro, so I don't have much in the way of advice, but I am not really a fan of the "?!" in the first paragraph; it seems kind of unprofessional. I would tone it down to just a plain question mark.
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random_watercolor
t1_c5m5x3a
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c5m7rd4
1,343,765,531
t3_xg6su
The Rach is a great piece of music to listen to when you need musical inspiration. The full piece is on my writing playlist for just that reason!
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MissMelons
t1_c5m7rd4
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c5m87h4
1,343,767,067
t3_xg6su
That one piece and a handful of others is on a major playlist of mine. :p love Rachmaninoff.
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MissMelons
t1_c5m7kro
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c5m8bwx
1,343,767,491
t3_xee88
Haha, yeah I know. I sometimes let common mannerisms break free in my writing. It's mainly an issue of trying to express how it feels and sounds in my head and then writing it out to have the same sort of expression. With that specific sentence i was trying to express how she couldn't even control what her body was doi...
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SurvivorType
t3_xee88
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c5makwk
1,343,777,960
t3_xee88
Johnson sat huddled behind the fallen log. He was slowly freezing to death. In his mind's eye he could picture the position of every one of his friend's inert bodies that had been mowed down by the machine gun nest. His fear now sat as a frozen, dead lump in the pit of his stomach. His hands shook, not just from the c...
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BILL_MURRAYS_COCK
t3_xg6su
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c5mdvet
1,343,791,486
t3_xg6su
First time I've written in a very long time. It was a sunny day, not unlike any other supposed 'perfect day'. The sky was a light blue with not a single gray wisp in sight. He breathed in deeply, held the crisp autumn air within his lungs for a moment, almost as if the array of pastels smeared in his periphery would...
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fuckinwiseguy
t3_xg6su
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c5mjwn0
1,343,829,078
t3_xg6su
Jonas unlocked his smartphone for what seemed like the thousandth time that day. There were only two international flights scheduled to take off and there was still no sign of Karl. Jonas felt the whiskey turn sour in the pit of his stomach. His worst fears seemed to be coming true. Just as he grabbed his phone again, ...
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BeastWith2Backs
t3_xhs36
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c5msytr
1,343,861,828
t3_xhs36
*Colt *Cackle Is this Supernatural fanfic?
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BeastWith2Backs
t3_xhs36
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c5mtn4w
1,343,864,593
t3_xhs36
The intricate pattern of lightning was burned on Ezra’s skin. Static seemed to radiate from the blue lines. She looked at him and admired her handiwork. “How does goodbye sound?” Her voice was a cackle of electricity. Ezra looked at her blue green eyes and tried to see if there was any humanity left. Black clouds w...
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SurvivorType
t3_xhs36
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c5mtpmk
1,343,864,880
t3_xhs36
I think I get this now. Then again, I may be completely wrong in my interpretation. I have read it perhaps 10 times in total since it was posted. I keep coming back to it for some reason.
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AgonistAgent
t3_xg6su
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c5mz776
1,343,887,954
t3_xg6su
Burial - Archangel ------- Henry patched a connection between two ports and powered up the synthesizer. A glitchy bassline played from his monitors and repeated itself. *Wouldn't be alone.* He jumped, knocked a dial out of place and looked around his sound proof studio. There was nothing but him and his instruments...
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da_crow_hunter
t1_c5mtn4w
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c5n2qo0
1,343,915,640
t3_xhs36
Well, I hadn't seen an [RE] post, so I kinda wanted to experiment with it. Just see what would happen when one was dropped into our laps. Gotta start somewhere right?
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MissMelons
t3_xhs36
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c5n41m4
1,343,921,372
t3_xhs36
I have an idea for this, but I'm not sure what this is so I think I may follow beastwith2backs.
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BeastWith2Backs
t1_c5n2qo0
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c5n85e0
1,343,935,914
t3_xhs36
True. Any critique you can give me?
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BeastWith2Backs
t1_c5n41m4
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c5n8690
1,343,935,995
t3_xhs36
Essentially I was listening to this on repeat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLO7tCdBVrA&feature=player_embedded\ Happy little clouds, hooray!
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SurvivorType
t3_xhs36
WritingPrompts
c5n88lk
1,343,936,211
t3_xhs36
The clearing was empty except for the two of us. Shadowy figures locked in battle, oblivious to the fury of the storm. Lightning flashed all around us as the fierce winds assaulted our rain soaked forms. "How does goodbye sound?" she asked with a definite cackle in her voice. "It never had to come to this you know. ...
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MissMelons
t3_xhs36
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c5n8hcu
1,343,937,020
t3_xhs36
The bed to my right contained the only other person I cared about on this earth and this woman before me now almost succeeded in taking us out of it. "This was only supposed to be between family, why did you have to drag him into this?" I growled, struggling to sit up in the hospital bed. The plastic stitches in my s...
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MissMelons
t1_c5n8690
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c5n8jdi
1,343,937,203
t3_xhs36
Awww, that's such a sweet song!
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RyanKinder
t3_xl74p
WritingPrompts
c5nbec8
1,343,947,320
t3_xl74p
Some tips/questions to consider (or disregard): - Write out a mythology for yourself for the creature. The characters (if you have any) may not know the creatures origins or any abilities it might have... but it can help if you, the writer, knows. - Does this creature (or creatures) have any enemies? - Any weaknesses?...
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