Story topic?

Question

Does anyone know any topics for really moving stories? Like it'd make the person reading it feel really emotional? Please, no love stories!

Could you please finish the next couple of sentences in this:

There was silence. I could feel Tara’s perspiration trickling down my neck with terror. I embraced her tightly as I met reality.

And with the passage above, what could it be about?

Answer 1

I think I'd have Tara be a child, you be the hero. You're out making deliveries --newspaper, fliers, anything, and Tara is in your neighborhood, so you know her. That's why you're calling her by name. Suddenly, a couple of dogs come running up, right at her. She's got a sandwich, and they go for that first. You grab her and she's in terror. You tried to put her up on a fence or (or car hood, etc.) so you could grab something and fend off the dogs, but she is so terrorized you can't even get her off you. "The dogs are not barking." Instead, the silence is broken by a low growl that gets louder as you gasp for breath with Tara's arms around your neck. You managed to get her around on your back and you're kicking at the dogs, trying to get up out of the way, but there is one on each sice, hair standing on end, teeth bared. . .

So, start with being out making deliveries, and tell how the dogs came running up, knocked Tara down, and you dived in, grabbing Tara. There is the moment of silence while the dogs grab the pieces of sandwich, and you and Tara scramble up. Your next couple of sentences will be about "The dogs are not barking." But of course, the sandwich is wolfed down in seconds, and both dogs turn to face you.

Of course, you will put it in your own words, using "I" instead of
"you" because it is written in first person with you telling the story. Good luck. I'd love to read it when you're finished.

Answer 2

Well, first off I'd rework that sentence so it made sense logically... persperation doesn't trickle with terror. You would be doing something, like I was feeling (which is a cop-out word) with terror... etc. You have to say something like, "I watched in terror as (blah)I the bones of my mother were dragged across the floor. Tara's body, suspended above me, hung limp and I could feel her persperation begin to trickle down my neck. I had to snap myself back to reality and pull her down before she died. Because, you said, no love stories, but moving. So, a family thing? who knows, all I know is that what you've started with needs to be reworked.
OR Tara's the dog, you're a little kid, and there's an intruder in the house. Family gets robbed, dad gets killed, dog goes after guy, he gets killed, and a story comes from what happened, and coming to terms with why it happened. Etc. Just a thought. You still need to rework that sentence.

Answer 3

The wake of a rampage where someone was forced to take out their father for being a homicidal maniac. "Tara just offed her papa for being a hacksaw wielding murderer..." Just play the angle of the love someone so much it's hard to do something like kill them for self-preservation.

You asked for no love stories.