Start your story with a character saying “I can see it now.”

Posted in Middle School on Nov 1, 2022

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“Colors” by Dawn Locklear

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Colors (A beginning by Dawn Locklear that finishes with an ending by Redzuan Abdul Rahim) ElizaMay exclaims while dancing, “I can see it now! Thank you!” As the first rainbow explodes onto the sky. The colors are bright and alive in the meadow of the forest where her folks had decided to camp for the night. The rainstorm comes on quick, drenching her and the rainbow of flowers that surround her. And as fast as the rain came it stopped, leaving the sky alit with arches of vibrancy. Dancing with joy and...

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“Oh Lord, I fear, Love is Violence.” by Eman Latif Khan

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“I can see it now,” were her last words.I feel me shaking, shivering; clutching my heart in a grip that will surely bruise. I feel my breath coming out in ragged, pained and broken whispers gasping as the agony threatens to cut out my already uneven breathing completely. I double over, cold sweat falling from my scrunched forehead. The last thing I remember is her numb, defeated face, her last words zeroing in on me from all directions, as the world blacks out for what I hope is eternal.“Why, why did you?” She shouts, grasping my collar with...

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“Sojourn of a pollyanna” by Rachael Mungai

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I can see it now; my life since she became a part of it flashing before my eyes. That part of my life is all that comes to mind. It is all that matters. 27.02.1999 The end of one journey initiated her into another. A sojourner she came to be in the new world, where her feet could feel the earth and air she could breathe. Like all the others before her, she cried at the feel of what had become her new home. She wrapped her warm, tiny, palm around her bearer’s finger; the first thing she touched and felt. She had been welcomed to join others...

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“This Is Why People Elope” by Madeline Honig

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“I can see it now,” Antonio's fore fingers and thumbs on both hands framed the view from the lawn to the ocean. “We will put an archway here.” His arms make a wide sweeping motion as he starts to walk. The small entourage follows slowly behind. Antonio waves his arms around to gesture at his vision. “We’ll do a simple runner with white petals with one thousand filled seats with twenty foot ribbons flowing in the wind. And doves of course doves. Everything will be white. Flowers and bows and flowers a...

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“The Night to Remember” by Hailea Drummond

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‘I can see it now!’ Lana declared, her words slurring as she stumbled into the table and a chair drunkenly. Her dark brown hair is everywhere, covering half her face and sticking up in strange places. Lana could never hold her liquor. Laughing, I gestured with my glass for her to continue. Jordan is giggling next to me, his own glass half-empty before him. This is better than going out to a bar, with loud people shoving and pushing against us. Where one of us has to be sober to drive home, or we face the wrath of Uber costs.&nbs...

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“Love, Misunderstood” by Michael Danyluk

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When it gave me options on what type of sensitive material this contained, all I could think of was all of the above lol. “I can see it now, how this all ends. You're my inspiration to get help; in 2 days I'm going to treatment.” “Oh, really? How does this all end?” “Listen, man. You need help; you're in denial. You won't live long, living this way.” “I don't care, Mate, I really don't. I have a date. When I get back, we’ll have a hit.” “No, I'm done. No more hits, no more strange stories of what you do back there, no more nothing. ...

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“Repentance” by Bettina Karpathian

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“I can see it now,” said old Mrs. Jones. “He’s going to do it again. He’s not sorry. He’s just sorry he got caught.”Sandra and Dave looked round at the television to see what she was talking about. Mrs. Jones was very hard of hearing and the news program was blaring. A pudgy, balding man in an expensive suit and flashy tie was looking contritely at the camera, saying something about asking repentance from the Lord. He was holding the hand of his very pregnant wife who was staring at the ground, her face blank.“Brothers and Sisters, I ha...

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Start your story with a character saying “I can see it now.”

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✍️ 37 stories

“Colors” by Dawn Locklear

“Oh Lord, I fear, Love is Violence.” by Eman Latif Khan

“Sojourn of a pollyanna” by Rachael Mungai

“This Is Why People Elope” by Madeline Honig

“The Night to Remember” by Hailea Drummond

“Love, Misunderstood” by Michael Danyluk

“Repentance” by Bettina Karpathian

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Write a story in which a miracle happens — or everyone thinks it did.

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Write a story about someone whose job is to make miracles happen, literally or figuratively.

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