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STORY STARTER
Write a story where a misunderstanding leads to bad consequences.
It could be a small part of your story, or the whole plot could depend on it.
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“You said to send it!” I shouted at Zach. How could he even think about turning this around on me? He very clearly said, “Jane, go ahead and transfer the money.” I remember even asking for clarification on how much to transfer. I said, “All of it?” I just don’t understand how there could have been any miscommunication. But there definitely was miscommunication. Zach says he meant “all of it” meant...
She hadn’t spoken to her mother in months. A couple of years ago Ellie had moved out, into a small share house with a few uni friends. She’d made the effort to see her mother a few times a month, mostly stopping by for dinner after her shift at the local daycare.
On a crisp morning in September, her mother had called asking if she’d like to come over for a family dinner that weekend. Ellie hadn’t...
The cries of Brian reverberate throughout the boxed-in bed frame of the truck. I tug and tug on the door handle. Paint chips embed themselves in the creases of my fingers. I let go, sighing in agony and utter to the boy “I’m so sorry this happened to you.”
Brian, no older than five, cannot hear me. There he sits in the corner of this box truck, hopeless, almost lifeless. The backs of his ha...
As usual the sun is bright. It shines indifferently and brightly on the miserable world, now have turned into a black and white city. And if the city had once burst with colors and liveliness no body would ever have even considered it. Why had this city become like this?
As this 25 year old man walked to his job, these thoughts weighed heavily on his mind. This city is the New York City. But not t...
The only desire that Mr. Dresden had was having his road of granite renovated. It had been due for an update and there was little attention heeded to his road. It is a road shared with his neighbors, yet he’s the most vocal for its change. Mr. Dresden had booked an appointment with an aide to the city manager, Sheila Furlow. The meeting place is in the city hall second floor. Following Mr. Dresden...
En la búsqueda de hacerse famoso y rico Pedro navega por canales fuera de su personalidad, se junta con personas peligrosas y consumidora de substancias prohibidas, enganadores y estafadores y pasa inmensa pena durante 3 años de angustia. Cuando quiere recobrar el camino de bien por intento que hizo ya era muy tarde. Cual es la moraleja de esta breve historia?...
Jasmine was told that she was going down the right path all her life.
But she read a letter saying hi jasmine im your biological father whatever your mother said about me is wrong.
So she decided to go meet him, a week later at a local coffee shop. Then she finds out that her mother was right all along. But jasmine pushes that thought away and continues to hang out and see her biological father…...
This is for a story I am writing! It might not make so much sense though.
I don’t get it. Why are the people of Katahera moving towards my kingdom? I thought they were sent to Eiva to protect the outer villages. My kingdom is well protected and ready if Kaeto arrives. But Eiva is just so big and doesn’t have enough to protect all of it. That’s why I sent Tunie a message to send some of her people...
I told you we should have gotten on that other bus”, said James. “I _told_ you - now I don’t even know where we’re going.”
“…How many times have you said ‘I told you so’ since we left? I dunno what happened, I must have misunderstood the map or something”.
“Well, we’re lost now”, said James.
“Looks like it”, said Riley, peering out the window and yawning into the day. Squinting from bleary eye...
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