Start your story with a character taking a leap of faith.

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“Listen to The Phoenix” by Arwen Dove

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I jumped.Arms outstretched and pointing towards the darkened sky. Drops of rain tumbled down onto my face, forming a pool of water just above my chin. A drop of water fell onto my lips and it tasted salty, like the sea. Like tears.My breathing was laboured and I was unable to distinguish the thunder from the sound of my own heart beat. I was wet from the falling rain, or was just my sweat and tears? I was unsure of everything now. I was only aware of the heavy breeze rushing past my face as I fell, down, down, down. Tears burned into my fles...

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“Fade to Grey” by Deborah Mercer

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I can still decide not to get on the train, or at any rate, not to get on that train. It is five minutes before it’s due to depart, though its imminent departure has been announced, surprisingly clearly, not in one of those crackling, irritating voices that at one and the same time are both disjointed and like some badly made robot, and as if it is under the skin and not just echoing around the platform. But I have joined the queue, now, and am doing the things that people in queues for trains generally do, taking a swig from a bottle of wat...

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“Dark and Opaque” by S. Asad

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"Its okay, it's okay, the house is locked, it's okay." I have been repeating this thing since a small truck arrived near the daisy pavement of our house.The sky was black or I think black is an understatement for the never-ending charcoal space above me, where the darkness is opaque and nothing except it. Nothing to see or to hear just silence and its darkness. I felt overwhelmed by the sky and the words I have been speaking are making me thirsty, I guess, so I stopped it.From my first glance of that broke down vehicle, I knew something was ...

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“Finally Free” by Aisa M

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After seventeen years, Cecilia's hair was finally cut for the first time. She took the scissors and indulged in cutting her long thick, jet-black hair that extends to her waist. Chunks of hair strands went through the scissors' blade and fell off one after the other. She didn't care about the style or whether the hair was cut evenly. All she wanted was to cut it.She went out of her room. Her hair's length was just until underneath her ears, which she intentionally showed to her papa, who made it a law in their house to never chop her hair of...

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“What’s in a Word?” by Kathleen March

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Looking back now, I think I’ve taken two leaps of faith in my life. One of them may have been a good decision, but it also could have been a huge mistake. It is still not clear to me whether life would have been better had I not taken that dive into the abyss that lay before me back then. It’s not something I’m in the mood to discuss, though, so we’ll move on to the other time I risked everything. It wasn’t immediately clear that I’d done the right thing, but years later, it is obvious that it was the correct decision. Here’s what I did: ...

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“You Only Die Once, So Why Not?” by Ioana Mareta

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It was a sunny, cloudless day in Montmartre, and Christina was having the time of her life admiring the view of Paris when suddenly a handsome young man kneeled in front of her, took her hand into his and looked into her eyes with a mischievous smile. “My dear beautiful lady, will you marry me?” At first, she was completely stunned. Not only did she not know the man, but she also did not know what was happening. People were casting them curious glances. She tried to find her words, yet she could not help but let out a short giggle. “When I t...

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“The Walk Home” by Rose Tilly

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Ann and I went to Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to watch " Holes" with the youth group. Natalie had dropped us off because she couldn't stay. Ann and I were wondering who will take us home. It was the year 2001. We just got done watching the movie, Ann and I were nervous because no one said they would take us home. So, we hid in the bathroom. The bathroom light was off when Stacie passed the bathroom. Stacie said," Ann! April!" Where did they go? I was going to take ...

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“A New Life” by Philip Clayberg

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The boat-house lay on the side of the river. Tree branches hung down and across the roof of the boat-house, shading it from the hot tropical sun.Inside the boat-house was a prototype boat. The latter lay on twin launch rails pointed at the river. It was sleek, low, shaped like a blunt-nosed arrow, and about fifteen feet long. More like a race car than a boat. Tucked into the roof was a hang glider. A helmet was sitting on the boat's passenger seat.I stood next to the boat's designer and builder, a young man about half my age. He looked young...

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“Just Jump” by Joy L.

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Trigger warning: mentions of suicide“Are you sure about this?”“Nope. But that’s what faith is, isn’t it? Believing even when you’re not entirely sure. Do you trust me?”“…Yes.”He grinned and squeezed her hand. “You can do it. We can do it.”“I don’t know…”“Remember, it’ll all be worth it in the end. Just jump!”* * *Her and Jewel were chatting in their beginning Spanish class when he walked in.It was like something out of a movie: everything slowed down, his blonde hair glistened in sunlight coming in from the window, and he looked over at her ...

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“The Huntress” by Alexa Mae Pecora

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They told me to make my last kill in the dead of night, when Nano is bringing the food from the silos back to his team. “It’s the best time,” Timothy had told me, kissing the top of my forehead, “But, it’s dangerous.” “I know,” I had told him. His eyes seemed frightened at the very thought of losing another teammate. We had already lost one, and finding her body, retrieving her watch, and completing her kills was a brutal task. We almost lost Ace in the process. The scar on his arm, a reminder to us all that we can’t take a risk li...

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“Standing Taller” by Madison Smith

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“Hey sweetheart. Put a pot of coffee on, will you?” Mr. Erikson told me the second I walked in the door to the meeting room. “I’m sorry, what?” I asked, positive that I couldn’t have heard him right. “I’m hitting that afternoon lull. Would you do me a favor and make me some coffee?” In an instant, it felt like every nerve in my body was on fire and begging for my attention. I wondered if the outside of me was shaking as much as the inside of me was. “Well, I actually have to get this presentation set up. But good news! The coffee pot ...

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“Dreaming of Kim” by Blue Green

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I’m going to go. There, I’ve said it, so there’s no turning back now. It was the dream which made me make up my mind. He’s standing there before me, wearing a pair of ragged jeans and his thousand-dollar smile. Now he’s running down a dirt track, but with trees, real trees, standing either side. He turns to call to me, laughing, then turns back to carry on running. Stretching out beyond the track I can see fields, transforming into dunes as my eyes reach the horizon, hazy in the late afternoon sun. And beyond, the sea, a thin shimmering line...

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“My Girlfriend” by K. Andrews

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Why? Why did I do it, I ruined everything with two words. Two words and all of my friendships could blow up. "My girlfriend." I had just come out to everyone I loved, would they accept me? To understand everything we have to go back about three hours. About three hours ago, at 14:56 to be exact, my best friend and adoptive father knocked on my door. Of course, I opened the door and him in, John Roler. He was tall and full of muscle, I guess that is what made him a good agent. He had jet black hair that you could only describe as unruly, he h...

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“Wild Ride” by Angel Leya

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“I just can’t anymore. It’s over.” Drake lingered on the phone a moment longer, hoping Danielle would change her mind, but knowing she wouldn’t. They’d been heading in this direction for a long time. She’d been talking about leaving him for years, he just refused to take it seriously. He didn’t want to be alone again. He couldn’t fight his demons by himself. “Goodbye,” she said when he didn’t say more. He was so tired of trying. She was right. It was over. He pulled his phone away from his head to find she’d already hung up. Ju...

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“Long Live the King” by Chris Wagner

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If Mom fully understood my fixation with Googly Goose and Friends, I doubt she would have left me alone in the house so much. Mom was a visiting home health nurse, and a single parent, which means I spent a lot of time alone in front of the television. I must have watched every episode of that puppet show. Googly is Canadian. He lives in a town with twenty five other alliteratively named puppets, one for each letter of the alphabet. It has nothing to do with the Google website, except for a few in-jokes. Mom overcompensa...

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Start your story with a character taking a leap of faith.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 151 stories

“Listen to The Phoenix” by Arwen Dove

“Fade to Grey” by Deborah Mercer

“Dark and Opaque” by S. Asad

“Finally Free” by Aisa M

“What’s in a Word?” by Kathleen March

“You Only Die Once, So Why Not?” by Ioana Mareta

“The Walk Home” by Rose Tilly

“A New Life” by Philip Clayberg

“Just Jump” by Joy L.

“The Huntress” by Alexa Mae Pecora

“Standing Taller” by Madison Smith

“Dreaming of Kim” by Blue Green

“My Girlfriend” by K. Andrews

“Wild Ride” by Angel Leya

“Long Live the King” by Chris Wagner

🌟 Similar prompts

Write a story that spans a month during which everything changes.

Write a story where one person is trying to say goodbye but keeps getting interrupted.

Write about someone who is always looking toward the future.

Start your story with an ending and work backward toward the beginning.

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