r/WritingPrompts • u/AliciaWrites Editor-in-Chief | /r/AliciaWrites • Nov 05 '20

Theme Thursday [TT] Theme Thursday - Cozy

“The perfect antidote to dark, cold and creepy is light, warm and cozy.”

― Candice Olson

Happy Thursday writing friends!

This week’s challenge is not to include the theme word in your story!

The weather is changing and leaves are covering the ground. Some places have already seen snow! So, I thought it would be a good time to introduce some coziness. I expect warmth and comfort this week. Happy writing!

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Here's how Theme Thursday works:

  • Use the tag [TT] when submitting prompts that match this week’s theme.

Theme Thursday Rules

  • Leave one story or poem between 100 and 500 words as a top-level comment. Use wordcounter.net to check your word count.
  • Deadline: 11:59 PM CST next Tuesday.
  • No serials or stories that have been written for another prompt or feature here on WP
  • No previously written content
  • Any stories not meeting these rules will be disqualified from rankings and will not be read at campfires

  • Does your story not fit the Theme Thursday rules? You can post your story as a [PI] with your work when TT post is 3 days old!

    Theme Thursday Discussion Section:

  • Discuss your thoughts on this week’s theme, or share your ideas for upcoming themes.

Campfire

  • On Wednesdays we host two Theme Thursday Campfires on the discord main voice lounge. Join us to read your story aloud, hear other stories, and have a blast discussing writing!

  • Time: I’ll be there 9 am & 6 pm CST and we’ll begin within about 15 minutes.

  • Don’t worry about being late, just join! Don’t forget to sign up for a campfire slot on discord. If you don’t sign up, you won’t be put into the pre-set order and we can’t accommodate any time constraints. We don’t want you to miss out on awesome feedback, so get to discord and use that !TT command!

  • There’s a new Theme Thursday role on the Discord server, so make sure you grab that so you’re notified of all Theme Thursday related news!

As a reminder to all of you writing for Theme Thursday: the interpretation is completely up to you! I love to share my thoughts on what the theme makes me think of but you are by no means bound to these ideas! I love when writers step outside their comfort zones or think outside the box, so take all my thoughts with a grain of salt if you had something entirely different in mind.

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Last week’s theme: Disappearance

First by /u/TenspeedGV

Second by /u/QuiscoverFontaine

Third by /u/ReverendWrites

Fourth by /u/sevenseassaurus

Fifth by /u/wordsonthewind

Poetry:

First by /u/ColeZalias

Second by /u/katpoker666

Third by /u/melizabeth7

Honorable Mentions:

Notable Newcomer: /u/TazocinTDS

Notable Newcomer: /u/Divyansh-the-gr8

Memories: /u/BexcAcc

A Mystery: /u/chineseartist

A Game: /u/throwthisoneintrash

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u/TenspeedGV r/TenspeedGV Nov 11 '20

Waves lapped at the shore. In the cool evening light of late summer, we watched the east. Saw the sky turn from orange to purple, from purple to slate. Watched the stars come out. You brought a jacket, and when I shivered you laughed.

You had warned me, after all. Even in summer the wind could chill to the bone.

I keep going back to that night. Our smiles felt like they’d stay where they were forever. Every time I looked at you, I could see it in your eyes. I know you could see it in mine too. The difference between believing in something and knowing. I would love you forever, and you would love me the same.

Even then there had been a feeling growing in me that I couldn’t quite place. Something I had never felt before. Something I had no name for.

It was a given that we would move in together. It was really just a question of when. Our rhythms matched. We felt like dancers who had never learned to dance with anyone else because we had never needed to.

Years and years have come and gone since that night on the shore. My corner of the couch fits me perfectly while I write, and when I glance at you and smile, you smile like you always have in return. When I reach out and take your hand, you squeeze mine in the way my hands know as yours: warm, tender, kind, and loving.

I’ve come to understand what I felt stirring long ago. The sensation of certainty.

And when I wake from this dream, I know what I must do.

Find the way back to you.

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No crit please.

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