Writing Prompt about Lies Inspires Story With Such Feels

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Eric Lund
Jan 4, 2020 11:00 PM EST

Now this is one succinct, well done story. For a heartfelt story that actually happened, here's the story about a train station voice that's a real feels trip. And for some creative writing prompt stuff, here's a tumblr thread that imagines aliens being fought off by wildlife.

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    Text - r/WritingPrompts LotsOfDragons • 1d [WP] You live in a world where each lie creates a scar on the liar's body. The bigger the lie, the deeper and larger the mark. One day, you meet someone that only has one scar; it is the biggest one you have ever seen. WRITING PROMPT 1 Share 7056 608
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    Text - wercwercwerc 1d 010 He was a real good guy, through and through. Never met anyone quite like him since, never really expect I will either. People like Joe don't come around often. Once in a lifetime maybe, if you're lucky. Almost everyone l've ever met had the tiny silvered papercuts of white-lies on their fingers. It's a price of formalities, a camouflage of sorts- as everyone has a few, some deeper cut than others over the years; opened and reopened time after time. And not just that, b
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    Text - In truth, I joined the force because I had nothing left. I joined as a last ditch effort to save myself from rock bottom. Among the elite, surrounded by the brave and the successful, I simply kept my head down. It felt like being a fox, stuck among a pack of wolves. Just being there in the first place felt like deception. But then, there was instructor Joe. I had more scars than most, and that earned little trust- but if people were politely cold with me, they were visibly frigid with Joe
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    Text - Well, that was before he took of his shirt in the locker-room. Before we all saw the hideous mark that covered half his back. One lie, but the most gruesome thing I've ever seen. From his shoulder blade to his ribs, it looked like a crashing comet of red and silvered white. A tiny portion of it just finally healing, a rough tear now recovered again. It was all the same lie. That's something you can just tell sometimes, just know it. Usually you can tell how many times too, but whatever th
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    Text - We all stopped, eyes wide and watching that kid fall down real slow. First standing, staring with his hand pulling away- not even scared, just shocked. Red, like deep crimson soaking and spreading, he dropped down to his knees. Still, he wasn't even there yet, it hadn't quite processed. That's when Joe caught him- and all the shouting erupted. The pandemonium, the first real training turned to action kicking in. Cries for "Medic!" and "KIT! Get the kit!" as people ran for the directions t
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