TOPIC: DOORS

THEME: Courage (Doorway to a Better Place)

SETTING: Your character is about to face a difficult situation beyond his or her control. You decide if the sky is falling, if he or she lost a job, if the current job requires a dangerous task, or if something destructive has become an obsession that needs to go. As with any door, you describe how things are different on the other side. Describe how your character needs to use courage to get through a struggle.

HIGHLIGHTS: (Challenge yourself to include these three highlights in your story.) A door, a struggle, and a lesson learned

SUBMISSIONS: Submit your story below

OPTIONAL CONFLICTS:

1.) Your character finds a secret door that leads to a certain place such as a garden. Describe what he/she must leave behind in the garden. Once it is time to go, describe a certain struggle of letting go. Perhaps include the courageous task of burying the struggle in the garden. The struggle can be internal such as worry, doubt, fear, or confusion, or it can be external such as a figurine, calendar, photo, or magnet.

2.) Your character discovers a doorway to the pasture of happiness. Once reaching the pasture, he/she must courageously face a renovation in order to remain. Describe his/her struggle such as almost leaving the pasture, learning contentment, getting lost, finding rest, or second guessing the process of renovation.

3.) After entering into the doorway of marriage, years later a man or woman returns to a familiar location and discovers that he/she has courageously overcome a struggle such as impulsive shopping, horoscopes, a critical attitude, gambling, gluttony, or hoarding.

More optional conflicts can be found in the workbook, Writers 750 Emerald Workbook, pages 5-6.

LENGTH: 750-1,500 word count

DEADLINE: Always due by the 25th of the month

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