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Why am I different? You told your unique, still very familiar story, beginning with the cardinal question that made us all explore, to find us. Thank you for reminding me.

I'm curious.

I hoped you would partake in this year's Na Po Wri Mo and am delighted you do. I enjoyed them all. Some I might take outside to read on my favorite bench in the garden, and some I might borrow to prove that math can be seen through a poet's eye. Thank you.

A green butterfly to be, absorbs April's rays for the last step. Fly. A few words written on the bus.

looks like I'll need a lot of pencils.

Let me recap the prompt. We provided the ending of a story, and you had to work backward to its beginning using the comments. The result is a 3.5k words long story. Yep, you read right, 3.5k. You hit it out of the park, guys. Since this is a bit long to copy/paste into a blog entry, we’ve invited a new member to GA: The Prompter. We’re counting on future bouts of fantastic creativity, and this will also make it easier to find these wonderful prompt collaborations. We heard there was some confusion about the instructions, which means we will fine-tune them a little next time. But you can always ask questions, and we will try to answer them as soon as possible. Before we come to the story, I tried to fit all your cool ideas into a proper frame. I had to exclude one idea as it didn’t fit into the collab; it was its own story. Check it out in the original prompt blog. As I said, we’ll work on the instructions. Are you ready for a wild ride?

Thank you.

Differences to be celebrated. Introspective Value everybody equally. Embrace variety instead of denying it. R S I T Y

You're very welcome, and thank YOU for this wonderful comment.

I'd like to post the story next Friday. 28.03.2025, to be precise. That means I'll put everything together on Thursday. If anyone else wants to add....

There's still time.

This is one of those stories you won't forget and want to read again.

The goal of the prompts is to inspire, which means there is no monopolizing. I'm happy you're having fun. I'll try to wrap up everything with a suitable beginning before we post the entire story.

(@Thirdly You do know that Zelt means tent in German?)

Valkyrie already told you that we’re trying a few new twists for the prompt blog. Last time, she wrote the beginning of a story and some of you continued it in the comment section. IMHO, the stories turned out quite well. This time, I’ll provide the ending, and you will write the matching story using the comments. 🤞 Together, they watched the train leaving the station. A single sunbeam broke through the heavy clouds and flashed over the last wagon before it vanished in the early morning mist.

When did you last get an actual, handwritten snail-mail letter? If so, did you appreciate it, or was it an old-fashioned gesture you didn’t care for? As you have probably already guessed, this Friday’s prompts are all about letters. PT #277 Someone finds a yellowed envelope in a box with used books at an antique shop. What is the letter about? PT #278 Write a letter ending with a poem, either written by you or a favorite poet. You may post a link to a copyrighted poem to avoid infringement. Please include the prompt number either in your story/chapter description or title to help readers who would like to search for specific prompts. Also, please remember that stories less than one thousand words must be posted as part of a collection. If you check the subgenre 'prompt' in your story tags, then people/readers can find everything here: https://gayauthors.org/stories/browse/subgenre/prompt/

@Headstall, there are quite a few more categories to explore.....

@chris191070 Wow! I put all the planning in a box under my bed so as not to get distracted.

Yup, we're the bad guys, totally.

I never wolfed down anything peanut butter jelly.

@BendtedWreath cool! Please do.

Not necessarily with a vampire. I mean, if you want.... Whom would you ask if you could interview any person? PT #273 Write an interview with a fictional person for a blog. PT #274 Interview a real person. Tell us why you chose them and, if you want, who they are. Please include the prompt number either in your story/chapter description or title to help readers who would like to search for specific prompts. Also, please remember that stories less than one thousand words must be posted as part of a collection. If you check the subgenre 'prompt' in your story tags, then people/readers can find everything here: https://gayauthors.org/stories/browse/subgenre/prompt/

Dear @wildone, last I looked I'm not @Cole Matthews . Usually I don't care, but the mix-up happened a few times now soooo I'm

Capybaras???? Really? I had to look that up. Cute Anyway, In front of Jason stood someone in a gigantic plush penguin costume, holding a heart-shaped balloon. "Is that a map? I need to find the penguin exhibit." Jason let his gaze wander up and down the guy. "Obviously." Then he looked at the pink balloon. "Hot Valentine date?" The penguin shook his head. "I'm on a treasure hunt, so if you see people running around in animal costumes, that's us." He passed Jason the pink ribbon with the bobbing balloon. "Happy Valentine's Day."