Write a story that centres around an Instagram post.

Posted in High School on Oct 26, 2022

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“Resolutions and Social Networks” by Gustavo Reyes

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It was April already, and his New year’s resolutions were nowhere near to be completed: meet somebody new, exercise more, try something that scares you. Scratch that first one, won’t you? Meet somebody new? Say hi to the guy who sells coffee by the park, say “nice to meet you”, and there you go. What a joke. No: “Make more friends” is better, more solid. More challenging. Sitting in front of his computer, working from home since the covid-19 pandemic started, staring at his note taking app that holded his recently updated “New year'...

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“Do it for the Gram” by Christopher Allen

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Do it for the Gram Quinton struggled against the wind and pulled the door shut behind him as he ducked into the Café. He brushed a hand through his hair, trying to reposition it after the wind ruined his perfectly coiffed side part. When he finished readjusting his tangled scarf, he noticed Katie behind the counter effortlessly multitasking a double espresso and an orange mocha Frappuccino. Quinton hoped Katie would be back today. He opened Instagram and scrolled through her feed. She had just come back from a month-long trip to Thailan...

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“Not quite as pretty as a picture” by Martha Brown

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If only I could look up at the sky and pinch the sun between my thumb and index finger. Then I could twist it anti-clockwise and dial down the brightness. I could drag it across the sky and banish it behind a cloud. Capturing the right picture in this light was no easy feat. I had to cushion my phone in the sand and set a timer. Then rush into position. Grandma hollered over to me that I looked foolish dashing back and forth, but I was hardly going to entrust her with engineering flattering angles. Now, I have countless photos, but I am stil...

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“Look at her” by Marshall Chapman

Submitted to Contest #144

CW: Profanity, mature themes, sexual innuendo. Look at her. How can someone be so attractive yet so off-putting all at once? Everybody knows that’s not really her. And yet, why does everyone engage, validate even, this shallow persona? Is it for her benefit or for their own? How many of those likes are driven by lust and perversion? How many by jealousy? Of course I’m jealous. How could I not be? My efforts to strive for the upper echelons of this virtual Sodom and Gomorrah have been rained on with fire and ...

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“A Picture of Magic” by Cody Cooper

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“Come on, take the photo! I can only hold the muscles for so long!” Peter barked at Braxton. Peter was standing straight up, shirtless, eyes piercing into the camera, flexing his biceps. He had his arms outstretched at an almost ninety-degree angle, hands meeting with palms open facing upwards. A fireball was located approximately an inch above the palms, perfectly circular, about six inches in diameter. Peter began shaking from the strain of sustaining the fireball for so long. &nb...

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Write a story that centres around an Instagram post.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 20 stories

“Resolutions and Social Networks” by Gustavo Reyes

“Do it for the Gram” by Christopher Allen

“Not quite as pretty as a picture” by Martha Brown

“Look at her” by Marshall Chapman

“A Picture of Magic” by Cody Cooper

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Start your story with somebody taking a photo.

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