Start or end your story with someone saying “You’ll never know unless you try.”

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“The Call ” by FabWritesStuff -

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“You’ll never know until you try.” Reggie sighed as he watched his friend, Danny, pace back and forth like a maniac. “Dude, just make a decision already. Are you gonna do it or not?” His voice snapped Danny out of his trance. “It’s not that simple! I can’t just decide: yes or no and be done with it. That’s just impulsive, and I’m not an impulsive person.” “Cleary.” Reggie muttered under his breath. Danny chose to ignore it and continued to ramble on. “You just don’t get how important this decision is to me. Its lit...

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“The Tale of Cincinnatus” by L.M. Lydon

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“The Tale of Cincinnatus” “You will never know until you try…” The words echoed once more through the desolate corridors of my mind. I wished that I had punched my noble lord father in the face the moment he uttered them. Alternately, out of respect for his many winters and gray hairs, I could have simply turned my back and walked away in silence. Or perhaps I could have embarked on a different quest of my own choosing in a less painful but still futile effort to earn his respect. Anything but what I actually did: allow him to bludgeon me...

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“And Into The Light We Go ” by Ben Hulme

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‘You will never know unless you try.’ I had told myself this since the Hallows Eve service when I had first laid my eyes on her. She had walked in, one foot in front of the other. The soft leather of her shoes tapping upon the stone flagstones of the church floor. She had not seen me straight away; her eyes lost ahead of her, staring after the tall figures of her Pa and Ma. She had worn a dress of the finest wool, blue in shade, almost as bright as the light that fell from her eyes as I felt them on m...

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“My Aim” by Parshalla Wood

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WOW, a piercing light just burned my retinas, what was that? When I could open my eyes, it was the light in our garage, and I realized that Dad and I had made it home from our first hunting trip. We were hunting Turkey and Deer for 3 days and 3 nights. We had so much fun, but we came home empty handed this trip. It wasn’t that we didn’t try, but this was my first time, and I didn’t have the experience that would allow either one of us to get close enough to shoot at them. We were bow hunters, so one must be closer than someone with a rifl...

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“Schrodinger's Treasure Box” by Colin Strivelli

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“You’ll never know unless you try,” a voice called out, breaking the silence of this long-forgotten treasure room.With a gasp, Sam dropped the box, letting it fall back to its hidden alcove. Only time knows how long the rusty old chest had sat there, and what was once elegant metal etchings adorning it, now show the tell-tale signs of a tarnished battle lost long ago. Sam knew a place like this would carry a curse, or perhaps at the very least, a memory, feelings so powerful and potent, unable to truly be forgotten. That’s how it always goes...

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“You'll Never Know Unless You try” by Barbara Burgess

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John’s hand flapped around on top of the small side table until it made contact with the bedside lamp switch. He raised his head slightly off the pillow, opened one eye and looked at the clock 03.55. Glad he’d woken before the alarm went off, no need to disturb anyone this morning. Shoving his legs into his track suit bottoms he shivered slightly in the cold air but felt much warmer as he zipped up his fleece and pulled it around his neck. The torch app on his mobile phone afforded him some light as he crept downstairs, his kitbag slung ov...

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“A New Style” by James Grasham

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The sun was scorching as Luthar set foot on dry land. Five days he had been aboard the ship, and two of them were spent vomiting. The captain had set a fast course, and the winds had been kind, but the summer waves seemed intent on rocking Luthar’s guts overboard. Even the limestone dockside seemed to sway under his weight. The only joy he could take from coming ashore was the gentle breeze that licked his face. Men rushed this way and that, with tightly packed wagons of goods ready for shipping. Customs officials checked paperwork from ca...

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“Lightning strikes” by Alise Hart

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“You'll never know unless you try,” said Zoe. The sentence played over and over again in Katie’s mind. This incredibly intense pressure to take action and to take it now as if her very life depended on it. It was more than a pull. It was as though her very soul demanded it. Was she ever going to get this thought out of her mind? How had her life gone so suddenly into another dimension? She didn’t know what was real anymore. Her life felt like a movie. Katie sat in The Hit watching the rain hit the pavement outside. This was her happy place...

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“Melted Mind” by Sylvie Smith

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“Ahhhhhh, again already?!”, I moan as I wake with another crushingly oppressive headache. I have been sporadically tortured by this ailment for as long as I can remember but the last few months, it has been intolerable. First, I’m hit with a piercing hot icepick to my right temple, then the pressure behind my eye builds until I feel like it’s going to erupt and ooze out of the socket. Then there’s the sound. The high-pitched whirring that courses through my brain. Growing louder and louder until the torment consumes all of my senses. All I c...

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“When Doves Try ” by Marcia H.

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My husband, Sinclair, looked like a black lumberjack. He bounced into our room and took out my yellow suitcase and dragged it across the hardwood floor leaving stuff marks along the way. I sat on the edge of the bed and watched him piling his clothes inside. I knew that he was going to ask me if I wanted to go to the convention with him and he knew that my answer was going to be the same as it had been the ten hundred other times he had asked. “Do you want to go with me to the convention?” He asked me to fold his white tee shirt and...

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“ You’ll never know unless you try.” by Jesper Jee

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“You’ll never know unless you try.”Her eyes were as blue as the ocean behind her. As I stared into them I half wondered if someone was playing a trick on me. Like if someone had put a cardboard image of Sarah in front of me, with the eyeholes cut out. The waves rolled in over my toes, it felt nice but did little to wash my doubts away. As the water retracted all that left was the ground beneath my feet. ”What do you say?”, she continued, excited and sparkly. ”You should just go for it! It will be fun!”Her smile hovered above me like pia...

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“You'll Never Know, Unless You Try” by Carolyn Carter

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“You’ll never know unless you try.” These inspiring words by Sandy Morrison permeated the walls of the school gym at Bevin High. “Even if you fail, find satisfaction in knowing that you gave it all you had. Ok, class, see you Monday, have a great weekend.” Sandy picked up her exercise gear, turned off the lights, and headed back to her office. She had worked as the gym teacher for the school district for 25 years. In addition to teaching her students about health and fitness, she offered words of encouragement, especially to those who were...

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“God is manic” by B A S

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“I wonder what it would take to live your life hypomanic all the time,” I pondered openly as I smoked a cigarette gazing out from the fence clad balcony with a cup of coffee sitting next to me and John sitting across the table. “Would that be good?” John asked without moving his gaze from the brick wall behind me. “That would be great, wouldn’t it? I mean think about it, hypomanic all the time, all that energy all the time.”“All the misery too,” he added and looked at me with dark bags under his tired blue eyes and he brushed his h...

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“Kirkton Burn” by Rob Ryter

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“You’ll never know unless you try,” encouraged Gordon Ramsay, as they watched the silver streaked water bubbling in the moonlight. They were a little way off from the rest of the group, the gurgle of the burn mingling with the distant chatter and laughter. A faint tang of smoke - bonfire, tobacco, and other substances - drifted across in the still air. It was Friday 12 August, 2022. Kirkton Burn had become a regular weekend gathering place for the group of friends, all in S5 at Thursfield High. Aged 17, they were due to take their Highers t...

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“The piano lovers” by A .

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I met Clara two years ago; we had a great friendship; we shared a lot of common interests and hobbies. She is the most inspiring, enthusiastic person I have ever known. On weekends we would always sit by the edge of the street and we would start talking endlessly about our biggest dreams and desires. We had rules for these talks; we didn’t just randomly rant. We talk as if we are already chasing our dreams, as if we are already on our way to reaching them. Nothing felt better than those calm nights, the fresh breeze in the air, the sme...

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Start or end your story with someone saying “You’ll never know unless you try.”

Submissions are closed

✍️ 57 stories

“The Call ” by FabWritesStuff -

“The Tale of Cincinnatus” by L.M. Lydon

“And Into The Light We Go ” by Ben Hulme

“My Aim” by Parshalla Wood

“Schrodinger's Treasure Box” by Colin Strivelli

“You'll Never Know Unless You try” by Barbara Burgess

“A New Style” by James Grasham

“Lightning strikes” by Alise Hart

“Melted Mind” by Sylvie Smith

“When Doves Try ” by Marcia H.

“ You’ll never know unless you try.” by Jesper Jee

“You'll Never Know, Unless You Try” by Carolyn Carter

“God is manic” by B A S

“Kirkton Burn” by Rob Ryter

“The piano lovers” by A .

🌟 Similar prompts

Write about somebody who knows they’re probably going to fail at something, but does it anyway.

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Set your story on a baseball field.

Write a story where hard work doesn’t pay off.

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