Start your story with a character saying “Where I come from, …”

Posted in Middle School on Nov 1, 2022

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“Where I come from” by BEDA GREY

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There’s a new world somewhere. Leaving your country of birth is never easy. We kissed and hugged and cried. We left behind grandparents, countless cousins, aunts and uncles and close friends. People had huge families in those days. My father had twelve siblings and each of them had an average of six children. Together with their wives and husbands we were a mighty, formidable family. Our house was always packed with visitors. For me as a teenager, it wa...

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“A Cruel Universe” by Marie White

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“Where I come from, we don’t take kindly to being abducted,” she snapped, glaring at her captors, two beings that resembled humans in shape only. Black spots dotted their pale pink skin—it reminded her of the wings of those lantern flies that the media had recently become so worried about. One of the beings had black eyes; the other, jungle-green. Both sets glared at her as if she’d killed their best friends. She probably shouldn’t have made that remark, she told herself. She had already angered them by landing on their planet. Not that she...

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“Home Security” by Mim Mondragon

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“Where I come from…Well, it’s not safe anymore, my building. All the families with kids, except for the Claytons moved out within a year of me getting there. That’s when the neighborhood started to go bad.” Sebastian paused and scanned the crowded circle, trying to recognize a friend in the mass of addicts and recovering addicts. Everyone was new and looked so young these days. None of his old buddies were really around to attend these meetings with him anymore. “I’m sorry to hear that, Seb. It must be difficult to not feel safe and secu...

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“Love is love” by Sayonee M N

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Did you ever wake up one day with sudden nostalgia for your childhood? In my dorm room—several hundred miles away—I woke up with a deep longing for my home. The irony is it was my decision to pick a college as far away as possible to live independently. But on this cold night, surrounded by this disturbing silence, I am missing my home, my parents, my twin, and mostly, my grandpa. It would not be an exaggeration to call my grandpa a master storyteller. He could entertain you in any situation, making you forget yourself. It was no wonder I ...

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“Somewhere along the way the connection was lost” by Ama Diht

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- Where I come from, you see… is not much different from here. Everyone lies here. It's a way of being. We lie about why we came and stayed. We lie to each other in order to have a smoother conversation to each other, we lie to those who live here, or we lie to those who arrive for a short visit, so they can go home with a pleasant feeling. We lie because everyone knows the truth, and we lie because lying liberates when the truth becomes unbearable. We lie because, even among us, everyone has their own self-esteem and because no one cares if...

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“Where I Come From” by Anabel Fielding

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Where I Come From By Anabel Fielding Where do I come from? I come from a big city in California. To be specific, San Francisco. I come from a city where some people are very kind to you and others are very rude to you. I come from, San Francisco. I come from a city that is always under a big chunk of gray fog or a stormy raincloud. I come from a city where the people I have met are hopeless romantics, and successful leaders, and they are trying to provide a life filled with opportunities for themselves. I come from a city filled with happy...

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“From the Desk of E. Frankenstein” by Jill Moyet

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(Where I come from, it is customary to make copies of one’s letters, for posterity and general memory. Here in my journal I copy this one, and only here.) To Mr. Robert Walton, England— I thank you again from the bottom of my heart for the letters and notes which you forwarded to me. They have brought me much comfort despite their grim contents, and with that comfort also has come a clarity on the past which until recently had continued to affect me deeply. After all, I was only a boy when these events transpired, and was often troubled ...

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“Take This Journey With Me” by Ali Myers

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“Where I come from, the past used to feel impossible to escape. But then, I slowly started to find hope. My mom and I are close now, but it wasn’t always that way.” Caitlyn sighed and gave a small smile to her coworker, Ellie, who was starting to become her first real friend in Michigan. Ellie had noticed her sitting alone in the cafeteria about two months ago and boldly asked if she could join her. At first, Caitlyn was hesitant to say yes, but being that she was still struggling to fit in among her fellow nurses at a huge hospital, she a...

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“Reflections” by Vie L'cast

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"Where I come from you're already divorced." Janus crouched in the corner of the bathroom floor. Her knees pressed so tightly against her body it was painful. The full length mirror she had convinced her husband to install in the shower revealed a standing version of herself, naked, talking, and entirely unbothered by the discrepancy of the scene. It's a demon. It's a demon. Her inner voice repeated over and over, as she tried to conjure up the prayers her mother would whisper the few times she had ever shown fear. Just moments ago h...

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“Why are you the way you are?” by Jessica Hunt

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TW: Sexual, emotional and verbal abuse. Where I come from, like a carved, stringy Halloween pumpkin, I scrape the insides of my brain for any shiny, bright childhood memories. The memories are fickle. Through the thick liquid of recollections, I drudge through the memories, viscous with sludge and distain. Pleasant memories were produced like the supernova of space, the relic of a far away galaxy. Rare and fleeting. More accurately, insults would be thrown around like punches in a ring. My mother, helpless and weak, would cower befo...

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Start your story with a character saying “Where I come from, …”

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✍️ 85 stories

“Where I come from” by BEDA GREY

“A Cruel Universe” by Marie White

“Home Security” by Mim Mondragon

“Love is love” by Sayonee M N

“Somewhere along the way the connection was lost” by Ama Diht

“Where I Come From” by Anabel Fielding

“From the Desk of E. Frankenstein” by Jill Moyet

“Take This Journey With Me” by Ali Myers

“Reflections” by Vie L'cast

“Why are you the way you are?” by Jessica Hunt

🌟 Similar prompts

Write a story in which someone returns to their hometown.

Write a story about coming of age in a big city.

Write a story where a local takes a newcomer under their wing.

Think of someone who stood on the periphery of your childhood memories (a classmate, a teacher, a neighbor) and cast them as the main character of your story.

Contest #164

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Contest entries

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