Writing Prompt

“I always knew Jake and Jennifer would end up together in the end…” the father paused as everyone stared at him in shock. The groom froze in place as his bride who was very much not Jennifer sunk into her seat. Her fears had been confirmed, her husband was seeing Jennifer behind her back and what’s worse is that his father knew about it! Who else knew? Her mother in law? Her family? Why keep it fr...

A tinny high-pitched ringing started again in his left ear. Just out of the corner of his eye, a flock of aides scrambled into panic just offstage.

“And that’s why,” he continued, “we have to get to work now. Progress isn’t something we can keep kicking down the road. At least, it’s not something I can. So, I ask you, I invite you, to join me as we work to make our hopes for the future, the real...

I said what I said, then an awkward pause followed. Unexpectedly, a hoodie with dark sunglasses walked up to the stage so he could slam stapled documents on the podium in front of me and turn to face the audience, then me, tilting his head to the side and firmly and rudely saying into the mic, “You have been served!” Then he turned back to the audience for a second and made a gang sign. Then left ...

The speech is almost over, but her hands are still shaking. She takes a deep breath, which she disguises as a hearty laugh. All she had to do was finish. Why was this so difficult? She thinks back to what happened backstage; her manager, Erin, had coached her as she got her makeup done.

“Remember, whatever you do, Cori, don’t talk about these issues as if you’ve personally experienced them. You’r...

The sweat is rolling down my back as I take the stage, the one I will cross again in exactly 23 minutes. If everything goes to plan. I have waited four long years for this moment. The time where all the attention is on me, not my sister, not my best friend, not my team, me. I worked my ass off to get here. I want to stay here, right here for as long as I can but the crowd is starting to stir. I sh...

What is the secret of Anne McPuoud?

Well rumor has it that she skipped town.

She and her prom queen crown.

I hated that girl,

She made me hurl,

From the horrible stench

Of her ego.

What happened?

No one knows, no one cares

Just like looking at one out of a head of hair.

Well I did it

And it did it well.

I couldn’t shake the story from my lips

As my important speech came forward I said this.

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I couldn’t write today and I feel rlly guilty but I’m going thru something irl and I don’t have any motivation or creativity. (Writers block) but I still have to write so here

~ Dory...

The President of the United States coughed.

The audience, made up of the Extra-Galactic Alliance, stared at him in shock.

“Ummm,” the President said.

“You know these darn teleprompters … sometimes they have hiccups … of course I meant to say, we look forward with ANTICIPATION to our continued alliance … nothing at all about DOMINATION …heh heh…”

His eyes shifted as he spoke.

I really need ...

There wasn’t a sound in the crowd that swarmed below me. Everyone’s mouths hung open like fly traps, just waiting for my next move.

Somehow, it felt as if I was the fly.

My red hair fluttered in the wind around me, flames flickering against the blue sky. The movement of one singular person immediately caught my eye, parting the sea of sheep’s below. I knew who it was, although I wasn’t sure ho...

Stage lights blazed. The praise band jammed freestyle as the choir returned to their pews. Arms outstretched Senior Pastor Sam lifted his hands for quiet. He gave Sandy, the head usher, a subtle nod. Sandy smiled as she uncovered the gold collection plates.

Ten ushers stood in unison and gathered the plates. As the band wound down the ushers took their positions in the aisle. Sam surveyed his c...