Write your story from the perspective of a side character.

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“Hunting Season” by Ambah Jamz

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It was dark inside the wolf. Her swollen knees tucked at her chest. Her nightgown was covered in the slime of canine saliva. She had a gash in her leg from where the wolf had bit down. Her own wound pooling within the barley stuffed stomach. Being gobbled up had not been on Grandma's to-do list today. The blood that pooled around her sloshed as the gaffer wolf stalked the room. Clanking through her belongings, for God knew what. She could hear him still licking his chops and felt him rubbing against the stomach wall with his ...

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“The Pond” by Jennifer Geer

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The wind howled with the unrelenting roar of Mother Nature, she toppled trees and shook the roof of the old woman’s mountain cabin. She was on a mission only Mother Nature could do. Her mission today was Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Let the games begin! Mother Nature began to roar. This was probably one of the worst storms to hit the mountain in decades. The smoke from the old cabin’s chimney was being carried across the tree tops of the West Virginia Mountains. There was no one was within twenty miles to see it...

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“Her assuring smile” by Madeeha Alvi

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I must be overthinking, maybe they just know eachother because they're in same class last year. Yes it's most likely to be that. Kelvin will never like someone who's a complete dumbo with nerdy glasses. But why do they smile whenever they look at eachother? I'm seriously getting crazy thinking about them. My train of thoughts got intruppted by my Susan. "Hazel? You alright? Oh please don't tell me you were thinking about them again" "What the heck are you talking about? I was just thinking about how to bully Clara today. You got any ideas?" ...

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“Stepping Stone” by Kinsey McIntyre

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The sky was on fire. Ash speckled the sky like a sick imitation of stars, glittering as they fell into the void that was the flames swallowing up the street. Homes used to exist there. People had lived and loved and now died on the street that had meant so much to them. John stared up at the false stars with a grimace on his face, waiting for the pain in his abdomen to fade into oblivion just as he would do soon. The battle had been gruesome. He had done his best to escape; packed up his car and made his way to the end of his driveway befo...

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“Dragons and Dreams” by Day 🌙

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As Nera lead the charge against the dragons, I watched from the right wing. Nera and I had been friends for so long, but now that she was “the chosen one”, she didn’t acknowledge my existence. I’m not bitter, but… I miss the old days. “C’mon, Daemyn!” Nera called, snapping me out of my sleep. “Let’s go.” I blinked at her, and she wiped her eyes. “Daemyn, I learned something horrible about the kingdom. We have to go, or else I’ll die!” Shaking my head, I groggily turned to look at her. “What?” “No time for questions, we have to go!” Nera tugg...

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“The Bread Aisle” by Harlow Jones

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“Hi, I’m Taylor. It’s nice to meet you. Too boring. I’m Taylor. It’s nice to meet me. Too cocky.” Taylor turned around and grabbed two more loaves of bread and nestled them in their spots on the shelf. “Hi, I’m Taylor. Are you ready for the best date of your life? Too desperate.” He looked at his watch. His boss said he could leave once he finished stocking the bread. He had two boxes and twenty minutes left. Things were looking good. “Johnny, will you stop for a second and listen to me?” “I am listening.” Taylor looked over his shoulder ...

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“Mother's Instinct” by Bhaswati Bose

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The phone call comes just after I put the cake in the oven. My heart beats in tandem with the buzzing, hard and demanding. I know the ring tone playing- a silly song Ruby chose, smirking. "This way you'll always know it's me." I put the phone to my ears, wishing it wasn't her. Her calls always mean one thing- danger. Not mine. Hers. "Hey ma." My daughter's voice comes in, panting. She just breathes into the mic for a while, catching her breath from what I know is probably chasing her. "Prophecy stuff. I'll be a bit... late for lunch...

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“Amber-Rose and the Stone Heart” by Rachael Clark

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CW: gore, violence“Remind me again why I decided to tag along?” I complained as the water flooded into the room at an alarming rate. My sneakers were wet and squishy in seconds.“This is not the time!” Amber-Rose yelled back at me, running her hands along the cracks in the stone floor. She was likely searching for a hidden trapdoor, no doubt.“What can I do?” I asked her. “Keep your head above the water, and whatever you do, don’t drown. Okay?”“Easier said than done.” I looked back the way we had come. The exit had been tightly seal...

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“A Sideview on Love” by Anna Wood

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I was still stuck in the time when we were running through the rain, laughing, as I awkwardly stumbled on the sidewalk. That was the day that the rain smelt like lavender, as I watched, you smiled and ran, a new feeling arose in me. I would go home and question the feeling, as I only felt it around you. It felt as if I were safe, calm, and fulfilled. When you left I would get tingling feelings of this tenderness in my heart, is that why the rain smelled like flowers around you? In school, I would be one of the few to sit in the bac...

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“The Woodsman and the Wolf” by Heather Mayson

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The frost lingering longer in the mornings let me know that winter was closing in on us yet again. I liked to blame the frost for my aching bones, for my need to linger under the covers next to my wife’s warm body. I had worked out in the woods all my life. I was used to the toll of being a woodsman. Never once did I think to blame the stiffness in my shoulders or my back on my advancing years. I would drop dead wielding an ax if it pleased God. A gentle laugh beside me served as a reminder that I had yet to rise f...

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“Sticks and Stones” by Maria Griffin

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They wanted me! I was in Ms. Jones’s office. She was my guidance counselor, and had been keeping close tabs on me ever since my dad left. I had pretended to do the whole grieving act, with the fake tears, anger, guilt, the whole deal. Yet she seemed to know that I was faking. The truth is I haven’t really had time to feel anything. Once he left, my mom fell apart. She stopped going to work, so we lost our house. We moved to a shitty apartment on Essex Street, and it ...

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“Through my eyes. ” by Minnie Malfoy

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Something in my heart tugged as I stared at them from their shadow. The better half of me felt happy for him as he stood there with her, a smile that reached their ears plastered on both of their faces, their arms wrapped around each other’s waist as they smiled down at the crowd they had gathered from defeating the kingdom’s enemy, the one who had made their everyday a living hell and had placed fear within them all. He had been toying with them all for all these years and now that his childhood friend and his lover had gotten rid of him, t...

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“A trap within a trap ” by Anna Carter

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The battle was in full swing at that point. The sound of steel scraping across steal, the low hum of magic and a sudden explosion when the spell met its target. The air was filled with the smell of blood and burned flesh something that normally would make Leland highly uncomfortable but right now he didn’t have a choice but to push through the discomfort, his life and the life of his friends depended on all of them staying focused. Another one of the priest's guards charged at him with a sword raised high above his head, Leland immediately f...

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“The Forgotten Love Interest” by Tayler Gentry

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I look over at Emily, the main character of this story. At this time in the story, everything seems to be going well for her. She is in her last year of college and will graduate with a degree in history at the elite university she attends. She is in a serious relationship with her boyfriend of three years and I wouldn't be surprised if they got engaged soon. Life has been handed to her. My connection to Emily is nothing significant. I am her best friend's younger brother. I grew up being around my sister Charlie and Emily and hanging out ...

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“Butterflies” by Arnetta Freeman

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Butterflies by A.L. Freeman “Hey Babe, wassup.” (It was more of a statement than a question.) Kevin walks into the room and greets me like nothing ever happened, closing the front door behind him. “Hey,” I say softly, lowering my head, until he comes over to the couch where I am sitting and takes a kneel, grabs ahold of my chin with his fingertips and lifts it upward gently to meet him face to face. I still couldn’t look at him directly. He might take it as a sign of disrespect and we’ll start the process all ...

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Write your story from the perspective of a side character.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 143 stories

“Hunting Season” by Ambah Jamz

“The Pond” by Jennifer Geer

“Her assuring smile” by Madeeha Alvi

“Stepping Stone” by Kinsey McIntyre

“Dragons and Dreams” by Day 🌙

“The Bread Aisle” by Harlow Jones

“Mother's Instinct” by Bhaswati Bose

“Amber-Rose and the Stone Heart” by Rachael Clark

“A Sideview on Love” by Anna Wood

“The Woodsman and the Wolf” by Heather Mayson

“Sticks and Stones” by Maria Griffin

“Through my eyes. ” by Minnie Malfoy

“A trap within a trap ” by Anna Carter

“The Forgotten Love Interest” by Tayler Gentry

“Butterflies” by Arnetta Freeman

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Write a story from the point of view of three different characters.

Write about a person trying to see something from another’s point of view.

Write a story that switches between first person and third person point of view.

Write about a character who can suddenly see through another person's eyes — literally.

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