Set your story within a window of opportunity, when a character finally has the chance to do something.

Posted in Middle School on Oct 25, 2022

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“Soon Enough” by Shae Dandridge

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*TRIGGER WARNING - this story focuses on suicidal tendencies and homophobia. If you are sensitive to the topics of suicide, self harm, homophobia, or anything related to them, I advise reading something else a bit more suited to your taste.* It was the perfect opportunity. Almost like the universe had carved out this time slot, just for this moment.Both my parents were off at work, too busy tapping away at computers to care about their children. My sister was in middle school. Probably in science class at this moment. My parents had con...

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“Look around, it’s hidden in plain sight” by Chacha Jaramillo

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✍️REEDSY 🔆🔅 The sound of a passing car and the screeching sound of tires called my attention. Maybe another crazy speedy driver street racing down to the beach walk. It’s sunny and many sunbathers are congregating down at the beach. An everyday scene for sunny beach days down Marbella Beach. Couldn’t take the opportunity to join all these exhilarating feelings that everyone’s getting when going to Daytona Bech, the smell the burning tires and the sounds of pneumatic drill unscrewing bolts to take out and put back and exchange tir...

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“Luck By Chance” by Divya Khare

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Chapter 1 Cody Thompson has spent his entire childhood following the footsteps of his famous parents. He tried being a good son, he tried being a good elder brother to his two-little sibling, tried to be a better husband, a better father, a better businessman. But he never did anything for himself. He tried and always tried to keep everyone happy but never realised that he was the one who was unhappy behind. One day Cody was at his job and he was flipping over the pages of some local magazine where he spotted an advertisement that caught h...

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“"Thomas Received"” by ✨Maddy Gunn✨

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"Thomas Received" "You will never, EVER amount to anything, YOU HEAR ME?" The cruel words of his Lady Lane's voice replayed over in Thomas's mind, he clenched his fist trying to drown them out. Thomas stood looking out of one of the Servant's quarter's windows, the day was bright, his clock read exactly 6:00 am, it was already begging to become sunny. The clock chimed. Thomas sighed. "Well, here we go!" he muttered to himself as he changed out of his bedclothes and into his butler uniform. The bells started ringing, in all of t...

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“Dumpster Drivers ” by Meta M Griffin

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Dumpster DriversPatsy peeked out her blinds and grabbed her notebook. She watched the dumpster every night to make sure that people from other neighborhoods weren’t using the dumpsters. There had not been enough room in the dumpster for all the residents of the condo community to put their trash. And there were various and sundry rumors about strangers using the dumpster and or walking through the neighborhood at night. Patsy was determined to catch someone. She felt a rush of adrenalin when she saw a gray car pull up. So...

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“The Optimistic One” by Shaquita B.

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The heel of my boot tapped rhythmically under the coffee table as my knees bounced up and down. The shot of espresso seemed to be working its magic through my limbs. I eagerly watched the people passing by the window with the collar of their coats turned up. Not too strange for early November. I had to have watched about 25 people walk by. None were him. I checked my phone once again. He was ten minutes late. I sighed. Hopefully, he wouldn’t stand me up like he did last night....

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“Chapter 1 of The Real World” by Keith Manos

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Chapter 1 What if . . . I pause for five seconds to let the anticipation build – a trick Dad taught me last year when he learned I registered for this Civil Discourse class in the Civics Division. My classmates, my fellow Proficients, I suspect, are peering at their pads wherever they are inside B TECH Academy this Thursday. They’re watching my calm face on their screens and waiting to hear the dramatic conclusion to my speech titled “Protests Then, Protest Now, Protest Because.” &n...

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“Dreams Can Come True” by Joyce George-Knight

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While flipping through her emails on a humid and gloomy Summer’s morning, Marie stumbled upon a writing contest site: reedsy.com. Ordinarily, she would have immediately hit the delete key. Something stopped her and she read the introduction. Hmm. There’s a topic that fascinates me. I’m going to give it a go. Writing had been a life-long passion for this now septuagenarian. Told by her parents as a child that she had no talent, she had given-up on attempts to produce any potentially worthwhile piece. Oh, she’d written some small art...

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“Birthing Purpose Through Death” by Debra Waller

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Birthing Purpose through Death When she looked back, Deb reflected how many times she succeeded in life. This journey called life, had swung some big blows of disappointment in missed opportunity. Deb also reflected as she pondered in her memories of much success in great endeavors from much sweat and tears. She was an overachiever who always anticipated and looked for opportunities in her life. Somehow, she thought, “This time I will succeed, everything will work out for the best”. Deb was also an optimist who looked at ...

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“A Moonlight Reverie” by Christie Borely

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The whirring noise coming from inside the dashboard of Roy’s truck was driving him insane. He’d had it checked out at three different garages. He’d watched as the technicians opened her up and fiddled around with the cords and fans in there. They all shook their hard heads and shrugged their useless shoulders when they couldn’t find the source of that godawful racket. As he pulled into his driveway, the noise screamed louder at him and he banged his fist on the dash. The whirring continued. Grumbling curses under his breath he switched off t...

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“The Geocache Kidnapper” by K Williams

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The Geocache Kidnapper by K. Laini Williams Sage reaches her car only to realize she doesn’t have her keys. “Don’t tell me I left my keys in the park!” she sighs and heads back into the park. She finds her keys lying on the large rock where she had placed her backpack earlier. She did not recall them falling out of her bag but figures a critter may have found her shiny key chain alluring and pulled it out. It would not have been the first time a critter tampered with her belongings. She recalled...

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“Sayonara Sensei of Sin” by Eugene Pierson

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Inspired by The Joy Luck Club – "Sayonara Sensei of Sin" – 1/15/14; Mrs. Dowling's Creative Writing I class, 10th grade. Juxtaposed by Sampson was a doll, a ningyō, to be exact. The woman’s face, pale with the brush of a white powder, seemed to smile at him. Her fan, placed delicately in her arm — flagrant with bold reds and bright yellows — appeared imperial and majestic. Ever so slightly, the eyes blinked once, then twice, and finally she battered her eyes in succession. The doll mocked him, buffeting Sampson with its blinking! His ...

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“Looking Glass Opportunity” by Joe Swanson

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A window of opportunity. What is a window of opportunity, if not the possibility of becoming someone we are not. Someone we wish to become, or something we wish to change, anything different really.Hershel Watts was a person, average by his own estimate, looking for neither fame nor fortune, not that either would be dismissed for cause. He just needed a change. Life had become, the walking exercise tour in the gymnasium on Tuesday mornings, accompanied by swimming aerobics on Fridays and of all things, Interdenominational...

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“Home Is Where The Giants Sit” by Ben Hulme

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TW: gore, murder Emyr was dying. Cedwyn had been his slave for as long as he could remember, his father had been a slave and so had his mother. They had been taken when Emyr and his men had invaded and sacked their land, the land under the mountain. Cedwyn’s father had been a good slave, as good a slave as any man could be when a knife was held to the throat of his wife, or son. And yet, Emyr had grown fond of him and had said, that upon his death, all kin of Dafydd ap Rhys, shall be free. Cedwyn held Ceri close to hi...

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“Equality” by Simran Hirani

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Dear Diary June 1867 It was five years ago today when Lauren brought me to be her housemaid, to look after her, her husband, and three riotous kids. Taking care of white children, that's what I do all day, making sure Aliza has her matching top ready with her fancy pants, Martin has his favorite banana shake ready after his basketball practice along with cleaning and cooking for the house. My dad died in the American civil war. My mom was left with me, An 11-year-old, Strolling here and there on the streets of Kansas ...

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Set your story within a window of opportunity, when a character finally has the chance to do something.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 144 stories

“Soon Enough” by Shae Dandridge

“Look around, it’s hidden in plain sight” by Chacha Jaramillo

“Luck By Chance” by Divya Khare

“"Thomas Received"” by ✨Maddy Gunn✨

“Dumpster Drivers ” by Meta M Griffin

“The Optimistic One” by Shaquita B.

“Chapter 1 of The Real World” by Keith Manos

“Dreams Can Come True” by Joyce George-Knight

“Birthing Purpose Through Death” by Debra Waller

“A Moonlight Reverie” by Christie Borely

“The Geocache Kidnapper” by K Williams

“Sayonara Sensei of Sin” by Eugene Pierson

“Looking Glass Opportunity” by Joe Swanson

“Home Is Where The Giants Sit” by Ben Hulme

“Equality” by Simran Hirani

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