The Writer's Block Group discussion

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Soo.. my story prompt is:
Write a story about a Muslim girl who's erudite. She gets bullied constantly, though she can easily stand up for herself. One day during school, an intruder alert happens. The armed intruder was at the door of her classroom and there was no way out. So she used her wits to take down the bad guy.
Idk how to introduce the bad guy into the story. Like, should there be an announcement over the intercom? Should someone just notice him outside the window? Help..

Thalia wrote: "Soo.. my story prompt is:
Write a story about a Muslim girl who's erudite. She gets bullied constantly, though she can easily stand up for herself. One day during school, an intruder alert happens...."

I like the announcement over intercom idea!

Evelyn wrote: "I am writing a story about a girl getting kidnapped, how I get her into the car. She is getting a thing for a tutor, and she is near the car."

Umm is the tutor kidnapping her?

Hmm. So where is the girl at for the tutor thing?

Is the teacher tutoring her or is someone else?

Is she aware that the teacher hates her?

Okay, so maybe the teacher could try to convince her that the tutor is actually at another place, when really it isn't, and he/she offers to drive her there.

The percent of love and hate you receive is split into two percents above your head. Only Deepthi and Vivienne can see it. Then Vivienne's change.

I kinda stole our friend Deepthi's name. I have her permission so..... Btw, they're twins

Bianca wrote: "I kinda stole our friend Deepthi's name. I have her permission so..... Btw, they're twins"

That sounds like a cool story! what do you need help with?

Josephine wrote: "Bianca wrote: "I kinda stole our friend Deepthi's name. I have her permission so..... Btw, they're twins"

That sounds like a cool story! what do you need help with?"

So, I am planning a plot twist where Vivienne is starting to get hated by their parents because she accidentally killed her sister or something. Apparently they're supposed to be triplets, not twins.

@Bianca I'm sorry i didn't see this til now! yeah, thats a hard one I'll let you know if i come up with something!

Okie!

I need help. In case you don't know, the prompt of my story is:

Write a story about a Muslim girl who's erudite. She gets bullied constantly, though she can easily stand up for herself. One day during school, an intruder alert happens. The armed intruder was at the door of her classroom and there was no way out. So she used her wits to take down the bad guy.

I'm at the point in the story where the bad guy enters the classroom, but idk what to make him say/do.

Make him point this weapon at a kid or something!!

Help me! Get on my story when you can!

So I have a story that was just meant to be a short story with a very open ended ending but, the people I showed it to really want me to continue it.
In a vague, get-to-the-point way: A girl named Cassia is taking a train to meet her close friend (essentially boyfriend) William. She takes the same train and goes often, so she knows the staff pretty well. She is acquaintances with Thomas who works on the train. On this particular trip, she falls asleep gazing out the window, and Thomas wakes her up to tell her they have to leave quickly.
And that's basically where I've stopped. I need ideas for why they had to leave. My friend said someone could have been murdered, which gave me the idea of saying three people were all murdered in gruesome ways, all exactly the same. Also none of them were passengers on the train. And when the police found the abandoned train they couldn't find a single person or luggage, or any evidence that anyone had been there at all.
Is that a good idea, or should I do something completely different with it?

Yeah, that's a good idea! Do that :)

Okay, thanks! (:

I made a poll asking which element the main character in my story should be in control of. Please vote :)

I shall vote.

Thanks

Thalia wrote: "I made a poll asking which element the main character in my story should be in control of. Please vote :)"

Water is the element that won the poll

This chat died! Is anyone writing any new stories? :)

I'm writing a novella about a college graduate who can't find a job in the field he studied, so he joins the gang in his neighborhood, which is tied to a cartel. Basically, it's about his moral downfall from always following the rules to breaking laws for drug dealers.
I'm actually getting more and more discouraged as I write my first draft. I know first drafts always suck, but I am seeing that I'm having a hard time with grammar, specifically because of POV.

Victoria wrote: "I'm writing a novella about a college graduate who can't find a job in the field he studied, so he joins the gang in his neighborhood, which is tied to a cartel. Basically, it's about his moral dow..."

I'm like 2 months late to your comment but that sounds so good!!

Thanks! :) I'm almost done with the first draft. I just have one more part to finish, then I can finally start editing!