1/18/2021 51 Comments PROMPT 4THE PROMPT: "Don't Go In The Woods"THE RULES
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Anne of Lothlorien
1/18/2021 06:06:32 pm
"Why, Father?"
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Adrika Mondal
1/18/2021 06:38:37 pm
Ooohhh! I loved your descriptions. The ceasing lines were JUST amazing!!!!
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Elizabeth Holden
1/19/2021 12:43:09 am
I love this! The closing line gave me chills and made me desperate to know more! The atmosphere you create is always amazing!
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Nicole Kaiser
1/19/2021 07:47:26 am
I love that used a young child's language on "hurted". It is so sweet and I love the mother character! Keep up the good work!
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Heather Rose
1/19/2021 10:03:04 am
OOOHHHH that last line :O :O
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Emma Lynn
1/19/2021 11:33:52 am
This was so good! I want to know what happens next!! 1/22/2021 06:17:17 am
Oooh, this had a bit of creepiness to it. I love how you drew the reader along, and wove in the child's voice (and that last line o.0)
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Even years after it happened, I still don't understand. Part of me thinks that I never will.
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Nicole Kaiser
1/19/2021 07:48:37 am
This story is awesome and made me laugh at the end! Great descriptions! Keep up the good work!
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Elizabeth Holden
1/19/2021 11:11:01 am
That first line though!! *heart eyes*
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Adrika Mondal
1/20/2021 05:26:05 pm
I loved this story so much. It was a mixture of laughter and eerienes! Totally savoured this.
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1/22/2021 06:18:48 am
I already love these characters! (and I SO need to know more about the boy!)
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Nicole Kaiser
1/19/2021 09:55:09 am
"Don't go into the woods," he told me. "I'll come out and get you when everything is clear."
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Elizabeth Holden
1/19/2021 10:01:53 am
Woah. Suddenly I want to go fight these Vikings, how dare they kill him! I love how even with so few words you shows the characters personality!
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Nicole Kaiser
1/19/2021 10:04:04 am
Thanks, Elizabeth! Your stories have been amazing!
Heather Rose
1/19/2021 10:03:52 am
Woah woah
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Eden W.
1/19/2021 01:41:01 pm
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How beautifully you drew the characters! I feel in love with it. Good work Nicole:)
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Adrika Mondal
1/20/2021 02:12:54 am
I meant fell*
Jasmine B
1/20/2021 03:44:39 pm
I love this! You paint a wonderful picture and give so much insight into the character's personality despite the limited words!
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1/22/2021 06:20:31 am
Woah! I love how you portrayed the character's voices in so little words!
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Elizabeth Holden
1/19/2021 01:31:16 pm
“War is exciting. Join the ranks and you’ll return a hero.”
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Eden W.
1/19/2021 01:38:34 pm
Deliciously creepy
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1/20/2021 02:16:54 am
“War is exciting. Join the ranks and you’ll return a hero.”
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1/22/2021 06:22:31 am
Every line of this is awesome! The story is so intriguing, I NEED. TO. KNOW. MORE! (Good job!! XD)
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Eden W.
1/19/2021 01:31:35 pm
Walking through the tall golden grass, Carmen cautiously approached the Ebony Forest, and stopped at the boundary line. Carmen had been told by her maid Mern multiple times not to come, but Carmen felt drawn to it. Peering into the deep green depths, she smirked. The Ebony Forest wasn’t evil, as all the legends had stated, but beautiful; light peeped through the gently waving leaves. A bird called, and its chick called back, impatient for food. Carmen roughly pulled her hood over her head, and stepped over the line. The forest suddenly lost some of its color, but Carmen didn’t stop.
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Nicole Kaiser
1/19/2021 02:07:08 pm
This is a great story!! I love how well it flows and the descriptions that make it so real! I love how you described the changes when she went into the forest, especially when the forest lost color. You can tell that Mern cares for Carmen a lot and that she is a loving character. I really want to know what is wrong with the forest! Keep up the great work!
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1/20/2021 02:18:53 am
I agree with you Nicole! Eden your character building capability is so great! I liked the story!!! 1/22/2021 06:25:03 am
Ooh, this is so cool! Like, you KNOW there's something wrong with the woods, and something bad is going to happen to Carmen... BUT WHAT, EXACTLY??? 0.o aaahhhhh
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Bethani Theresa
1/19/2021 07:50:14 pm
I have always been a curious child, and so when Dad told me not to go near the woods, I decided that meant go straight to the woods.I figured I could get back before Dad got home if I started out early.
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1/20/2021 02:21:21 am
So sweet! I remembered one ballad from Indian mythology. Your story brightened me! I liked it.
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Elizabeth Holden
1/20/2021 04:43:41 am
I love how stubborn the character is - the first line really made me laugh! I really enjoyed it!
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Grace
1/20/2021 04:59:44 am
Wow, way to have a twist at the end xD I like the irony of how the dad's words are interpreted.
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1/22/2021 06:27:29 am
"so when Dad told me not to go near the woods, I decided that meant go straight to the woods."
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1/19/2021 09:00:19 pm
The woods weren't green. It wasn’t serenity. The woods was pain
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Elizabeth Holden
1/20/2021 12:32:21 am
I love this! Your descriptions of the forest are amazing and paint a vivid picture of what he sees. And the stammer on the penultimate line...urh you can just feel his sadness!
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Adrika Mondal
1/20/2021 02:23:05 am
Thank you so much for your appreciation. 1/22/2021 06:29:54 am
Your descriptions and emotions are SO vivid! Awesome job!
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Grace Hsu
1/20/2021 05:00:41 am
They’d warned me. My father, the gatekeepers—even my fiancee from two kingdoms over knew the legends. Fire from above. Thorns from below. No one that went into the woods survived.
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1/22/2021 06:32:08 am
Oooh, I LOVE THIS!!! From the very first sentence the MC's voice hooked me (and the dragon is absolutely GOLDEN). I would read a novel about these two, no questions asked!
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Ashley Owen
1/20/2021 03:03:24 pm
I shivered and wished I had listened to my uncle. “Don’t go into the woods.” He had told me. Those were his last words to me, so what did I do as a moody teenager? I went into the woods.
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1/22/2021 06:33:48 am
*GaaaAAAaaaasp* (this gave me a bit of Alice in the Wonderland vibes at the end there, XD).
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Jasmine B
1/20/2021 03:36:20 pm
No one ever lived to tell the tale of what was deep within those woods. We lost someone to the wretched forest every few months. People's curiosity always got the better of them. I attributed their actions to pure stupidity. We may not know exactly what happens when someone decides to venture past the mist of the forest. However, we do know that they never return. We have known this since the beginning of our village, but people continue making the same mistake. My father always told me, "Don't go in the woods." We were never to go into the forest. I never questioned it. That is, until now. Standing before the mist I am about to do what I once thought was stupid, what my father forbid me from doing. I would never have believed I'd be going past the mist. But hey, we do crazy things for love.
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Nicole Kaiser
1/20/2021 06:07:27 pm
I love the character development in this!! How she thought going into the forest was 'pure stupidity' but ended up doing it herself. You really changed up the story by starting off with her not questioning it. I love the last line 'but hey, we do crazy things for love'! I really want to know the end! Keep up the great work!!
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1/22/2021 06:36:19 am
I love the character's inner journey, from being the one to clearly never go into the woods, to now deciding to go into it (and you did so well hinting at why, without ever outright saying).
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Zebra Goddess
1/20/2021 05:16:01 pm
My mother always told me stories of how you should never enter The Healing Forest. Now, I know exactly why…. You should never, ever go into The Healing Forest because the monsters go there to get themselves healed from the danger of us humans. And when a human goes in… they don’t return, because they went into monster territory, and the monsters don’t forgive. I went in, thinking that the stories were myths, but I was long from right. A monster almost tore me to shreds if I didn’t have my copper sword at hand. And that monster was at full health… all I remember was running from the hideous beast chasing me. And then, faced him...
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Heather Rose
1/20/2021 06:09:51 pm
“Don’t, don’t go in,” cried musical little voices. “We cannot lose our Champion!”
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Elizabeth Holden
1/21/2021 12:48:04 am
Pixies!! XD And I love the line "When evil takes over, you don't run from it. You stand up against it." !! Fyrn sounds like the character who inspires courage in everyone!
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1/22/2021 06:40:00 am
I love this!!! (and I wouldn't mind a novel about him becoming a hero *cough* ;P). The sentence "When evil takes over, you don't run from it. You stand up against it." Is SO inspiring!
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