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Writing Prompt: The Contest

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Your phone rings in the middle of the night. An indiscernible voice speaks: “There is a car waiting for you outside your house. Get inside. You don’t want to ignore this.” Your spouse rolls over, eyes squinting, and says, “Everything okay?” What happens next? Plot Samantha, or Sam, Reyes just wanted to get some much needed sleep.   But while getting ready for bed so she could crawl inside and cuddle her husband, Jake, her phone rings.   Temptation is to ignore it, but it just keeps ringing.   Sam finally answers it. “There is a car waiting for you outside your house.   Get inside.   You don’t want to ignore this.” An indiscernible voice tells her, before hanging up. Jake rolls over in bed, “Everything okay?” “Ah, yeah.   I’ll let you know.” Sam says as she gets dressed and heads out to the car that is waiting for her, her mind piqued with curiosity. When the car rolled to a stop at The ACM Awards, Sam got out and was met with her manag...

Writing Prompt: The Letter

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“I wasn’t planning on this. Falling in love with you was the last thing I wanted. Because I know our time would have to come to end. Yet, here I am, begging you not to turn the page.” Who is the speaker and who is the speaker talking to? Finish the scene. Plot “I wasn’t planning on this.   Falling in love with you was the last thing I wanted.   Because I know our time would have to come to an end.   As I reflect on the last few months of this whirlwind romance, I am begging you not to turn the page on our time together.” Victoria signed the letter and left it on the door of the man she wanted to spend the rest of her life with.   Little did she know, but he had already left for the airport that would take him away from her on another assignment. On the flight out of Cancun, Jason sat waiting for the plane to leave.   He got a vibe that told him to get off the plane.   Just after Jason got off the plane and headed inside the airport, ...

Writing Prompt: Untited (For Now)

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Grab the book, magazine, or newspaper nearest you and open up to a random page. Start your story with the first line at the top of the page and end your story with the last line at the bottom of the page. Plot She knew she didn’t want to go out with Mason Travers. But her father made the date last week to make sure Sydney had a date for the debutante ball. There was no way Sydney could go to the debutante date dateless?     How could she refuse to go out with him? Mason was at her house like clockwork, holding a pretty bouquet of roses.   Obviously to impress her, but Sydney wasn’t impressed.   It was just her duty because daddy made the date.   The limousine waiting for them did impress Sydney, but that was all. The chauffeur was standing outside the door waiting for them to get in so he could drive them to the town hall for the debutante ball. Sydney and Mason walked into the dance arm-in-arm, all eyes on them.   Mason took Sydney in...

The Love Boat

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Synopsis After divorcing her cheating husband, Becky Benson decides to take a two-week cruise to get her mind off her trouble.   But when she boards her cruise, she is disillusioned by all the couples on board who are in love.   That is, until she meets a gentleman who is looking for love who shares the same things as her.   Has Becky finally met her true love? Or has her ill-fated marriage disillusioned her view on love? Chapter 1 Becky was glad to be divorced from her cheating husband.   She couldn’t believe Tim was one to betray her?   For two years they seemed like a happy couple.   The sex was…well, it wasn’t great…but it wasn’t exactly non-existent.   Which was why the affair was such a shock to her.   Her friends husbands who cheated all claimed the sex was non-existent, but with Tim, it wasn’t.   But when Becky confronted Tim after learning from Mimi, her co-worker, that they were seeing each other; Tim couldn’t...

A Paranormal Romance

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Plot When Natalie Watkins meets Trace Daniels, a sexy, brooding vampire with a grudge, it’s love at first sight for Natalie.   But when Trace’s past comes to light, Natalie feels betrayed.   Seeking comfort from an old friend, it’s Trace to the rescue when he figures out the „old friend“ isn’t who he claims he is, will Natalie believe him? Chapter 1 Natalie Watkins agrees to go out with a few friends to a bar for a ladies‘ night out.   A much needed night out as Natalie had been working non-stop at the travel agency while her boss was away on vacation for the past week. After getting all gussied up to meet her friends after she closed the travel agency, Natalie met her girlfriend, Christy Cannon, as she was getting out of her car.   Jessie Karr was already inside waiting for them. Jessie waved to Natalie and Chrissy as soon as she saw them walk in and waved them over to her table.   Heading on over to Jessie’s table, Natalie and Chri...