Set your story in an unlikely sanctuary.

Posted in High School on Oct 25, 2022

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“Quasi Emo” by Carmen Ella

Submitted to Contest #146

Quasi Emo Let me tell you about an exciting place. A place where you can go if you need to cry or scream or do anything else you need to get your negative emotions out without fear of judgment or someone telling you that you are wrong for being you and feeling the way that you feel. A thought is a thought. A feeling is a feeling. There's nothing wrong with feeling a certain way or thinking a certain way. As long as nobody gets hurt or killed by what you do to express yourself, you are fine. I have created a sanctuary to unleash my chao...

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“PROJECT EARTH” by Mori Johnson

Submitted to Contest #146

“It is bright. So, so bright.” That was the first thing Boog thought when he poked his beak through the thin layer of white that blanketed his surroundings since he became conscious. He did not know how long he had been trapped in this encasement, only blinking awake seconds before his instincts told him to break free from the cold whiteness. “Where am I?” Boog wasn’t quite sure how he had gotten here, or what here even was. Boog wasn’t even sure how Boog knew he was Boog. He did know that he had to get home… wherever home was. He sniffed...

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“Magic” by Rachel Riddle

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I breathe deeply in and out, my eyes squeezed tightly shut and my heart pounding in my chest as I try to calm myself. My hands tightly grip the steering wheel while I sit in the parking lot of the Greenmark Theater. I hate this feeling. Every moment, my stomach feels as if it’s twisting into knots. Even when there is not a thing to be anxious about, my body doesn’t seem to know it. Despite feeling it all my life, I can’t seem to explain it to anyone else. My anxieties are constant and always painful. But in the everyday they sort of...

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“A Place To Go” by Jeanne DeFauw

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The door looked innocent enough, with its muted yellow color and dark wood trim. The handle was burnished brass, and someone had placed a Welcome mat on the floor many years ago. The once bright flowers were now faded, and the W was mostly scratched off. Noah knew the innocuous looking door led to the home of the frowning old lady and her husband. When Noah and his mom moved in, the elderly couple tracked their movements from their first-story window and even peeked through a crack in their door. Two sets of steely eyes followed them...

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Set your story in an unlikely sanctuary.

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✍️ 34 stories

“Quasi Emo” by Carmen Ella

“PROJECT EARTH” by Mori Johnson

“Magic” by Rachel Riddle

“A Place To Go” by Jeanne DeFauw

🌟 Similar prompts

Write from the point of view of a character writing a letter to their past or future self.

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Write about a character discovering a surprising strength in either themself or another.

Start your story during a team building exercise.

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