Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don't see any.
Orson Scott

Comment preview: I was walking around Houston late at night with a friend after my prom. We were having a good time and talking about high school since we were so close to being done. We round the corner to get back to his house and two guys come up out of nowhere demand o ....


Comment preview: **Same fucking thing happened to me.** I had 4 grand mal seizures and long story short the _only_ thing wrong with me was lack of sleep (sleeping 2hrs a night) and my blood glucose was 400, my A1C was 9.6. That was the single most terrifying thing ive ever ....


Comment preview: Loving someone and feeling like this is the one. Being told how much they love you back. Having family and friends tell you what a great couple you make. Everything is happy and good times, life is great. You're in love! True love! It's not like it was in ....


Comment preview: Maybe sharing my story will give you some insight. I'm 33/m. The same thing happened to me a few months ago, pretty much over the course of Christmas and the following few weeks. My wife of eight years, and girlfriend (on and off) for the prior seven, co ....


Comment preview: I posted this in another thread I'll just copy and paste it here. I was kidnapped 5 years ago. I was released unharmed after one night. (The men are now in prison.) The first 20 minutes in the car with those men I knew I was going to die. I was certain the ....


Comment preview: I have posted this before a few times, but I will share again. I was kidnapped 5 years ago. I was released unharmed after one night. (The men are now in prison.) The first 20 minutes in the car with those men I knew I was going to die. I was certain they i ....


Comment preview: I was kidnapped 5 years ago. I was released unharmed after one night. (The men are now in prison.) The first 20 minutes in the car with those men I *knew* I was going to die. I was certain they intended to rape me and I knew with everything in me I was nev ....


Comment preview: UPDATE: I JUST WENT BACK TO GRAB MY BELONGINGS... OH MY FUCK YOU ARE NOT GONNA BELIEVE THIS. THE FUCKING GIRL WAS THERE. I REPEAT, THE FUCKING GIRL WAS THERE. CODE RED! I have never been so shocked in my life to see her face again. WHY THE HELL WAS SHE T ....


Comment preview: It's normal for you to be feeling overwhelmed right now and honestly I would be shocked had you reacted any other way. You absolutely did the right thing by approaching a doctor about your difficulties with eating and I think you owe it to yourself to cont ....


Comment preview: Ex wife used to tell me I was manipulating her by crying when she hurt me. She was a cheater. I'd come home from work worn out but I'd still fix dinner. While I'm cooking she would be skyping or cybering with some dude, while we sat eating dinner she'd be ....


Comment preview: I had to deal with getting punished for being working class too. One of the more memorable moments was the mock job interview thing we had to do in 8th grade. One project we had to do was make a resume and choose a "job" we wanted to apply for. Industry ....


Comment preview: I was due to give birth in two weeks the first time my husband didn't come home. When he finally came dragging in he was drunk and crying because he had taken a turn on the company doorknob, and then in his apparent consternation at his misdeed, thrown a w ....


Comment preview: As an ex-heroin addict myself, I feel you. I was beat to a pulp in the woods by a father, son team (who gave me a couple bags of dope prior to this) who threw me down on some very sharp rocks and the son raped me while I screamed. It was actually a fairly ....


Comment preview: I got dosed against my will a few years ago, it was just about the worst thing that ever happened to me, I tried to kill myself, I thought I was having a nervous breakdown, it was scary as shit but my friends helped me through it. The guy who dosed me also ....


Comment preview: *sigh* The worst thing I ever woke up to was the sound of my wife screaming that our baby was dead. Just a blood curdling scream of pain, fear and sorrow. I'll never forget the sound she made. In a flash, I bolted across the apartment to the kid's room. M ....


Comment preview: I have always been a strong person, dealing with all my shit in stride and helping others as they needed me. My best friend from high school went through a lot in those four years, and every time I was there for her, because I loved her and she loved me an ....


Comment preview: The worst thing that ever happened to me was on Christmas. Oh, God. It was so horrible. It was Christmas Eve. I was 9 years old. Me and Mom were decorating the tree, waiting for Dad to come home from work. A couple hours went by. Dad wasn't home. So Mom ca ....


Comment preview: The worst thing that ever happened to me was on Christmas. Oh, God. It was so horrible. It was Christmas Eve. I was 9 years old. Me and Mom were decorating the tree, waiting for Dad to come home from work. A couple of hours went by. Dad wasn t home. So Mom ....


Comment preview: Well, I was the patient in this one, but it's the worst thing that ever happened to me around lab coats: I was jumped by a couple of tweakers (meth heads) and I got kicked in the head with a steel-toed boot, just below my left eye. It broke both of my eye ....


Comment preview: > What do I wear to hide my inability to date other men? When I wake up in a sweat from nightmares of being chased and dragged back into that bathroom like I was several times that night? How am I supposed to feel when I close up when meeting new people ....


Comment preview: I fell head over heals for someone once. The second the relationship got rocky he discovered The Red Pill. I was pretty crazy about him so I took a more submissive role. It wasn't hard because he was very dominating about everything, in a very emotionally ....


Comment preview: Hope your baby feels better! The worst thing that ever happened to me at an airport? We were stuck at an airport for seven hours due to weather. A lot of flights came in, none left. The airport was MOBBED. Someone lost a toddler and they were asking for he ....


Comment preview: Yes, I'm still in touch with the band. In fact I saw them play a show in Brooklyn this past summer and caught up for a bit afterwards. They played my 5 year anniversary show at UCB Theatre in 2006 (two years after the prank) and that's when we met in per ....


Comment preview: the worst thing that ever happened to me happened the first year i worked at an elementary school fulltime. I was in charge of the 3rd and second graders in program. The kids in that age bracket were sometimes still co-dependant and affectionate towards pe ....


Comment preview: This is so, *so* normal, only no one talks about it. This is how I felt about my daughter for at least the first six months. Breastfeeding and maternity leave made it *so* much worse -- this little animal, taking over my body, taking me away from the job ....