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

Posted in Middle School on Oct 25, 2022

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“Transforming Faith” by Tom Kottackal

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Prompt 2: start your story with a character taking a leap of faith. Transforming Faith "Your basic problem is that Goddess Parvathi is angry with your family and causing all these problems in your house." The priest revealed it to Ram Krishna, a staunch Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) member. Ram had been a fanatic Hindu and very much involved in fighting against Christians and doing a lot of harm to them in many places. He had taken leadership in attacking churches and Christian prayer meetings and got ...

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“Breathe and Reach for that Second Chance” by Bernadette Beauchamp

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Tarrion was annoyed and struggling with his yoga mat as he walked up to the Sattva Yoga Center in Escondido. It kept on unraveling which was probably due to the fact that it was brand new, and he had no idea how to hold it so he looked like all of the other yoga students walking to the building. Look at them, he thought, already so calm and grounded with nice, tame mats under their arms. The mat was perfect in the packaging, but he had to take it out. What would everyone think if he showed up with a new mat, obvious that he never did this be...

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“The train to somewhere” by Leah VanHoose

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It was raining. Again. She looked at her pale skin in the mirror. The way her hair just hung limp. She put on some makeup and tried to add some color to her cheeks to make her not look so pale and boring. She smiled at herself in the mirror. She read that in 30 seconds a fake smile turns into a real smile. It worked. But fuck, does she have to smile at herself in the mirror to make herself smile? She couldn't take it anymore. The gray, mundane day-to-day bullshit. Wake up, stand under the hot water till it ran cold, get dressed, go to wo...

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“Emilio's” by Tatyana Smith

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I never thought that I could love a woman as much as I love a man, but here I am. I, Remi D. Jackson, am in love with my best friend; who just so happens to be a girl. The very thought creates simultaneous butterflies and a mountain of anxiety. What's the problem you ask? Well, where do I begin. I am a black 25 year old girl who has grown up in a family of devout Christians. Growing up belonging to these different communities have taught me that some people truly believe that loving someone of the same gender/sex as you is one of the worst t...

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“Love Confession” by Cecelia Annan

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“I need to tell you something,” Cecelia said, and had already felt as though she were burning. She lifted a shaky hand to her smoothie, the drink perspiration making it hard to grip in her already damp hands. As she sipped and worked up the courage to finish what she had started, Parker grew more fidgety with every moment that passed. He waited in the silence, which only made it more difficult to work up her nerve. They had an amazing friendship and got along easily for the past year that they’ve known each other, but now the air...

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“A Leap of Folly” by Cara H

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CW: mental health A Leap of Folly I I always loved writing, and, for the most part, got high marks for the little stories that I wrote in school. Teachers encouraged me to become a writer, and my paternal grandmother, who had once worked with such artists as Eydie Gormé and Steve Lawrence, thought that I should concentrate on my piano playing, but I wanted to be an actress. I was ugly and unpopular. Actresses, I reasoned, were beautiful, and if I were an actress, people would love me. Then I could thumb my nose at all the people who treated ...

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“Early Phone Calls And Illusions Of The Mega Threat” by Ellasyn Carpenter

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The box is in front of me. Though I, more or less, have always enjoyed acting I never in a million years thought I'd be doing this. I reach out my hand over the mouse of my run down computer. I hit the send button hesitantly and before I can have second thought it disappears to be at the mercy of whatever finds it. 🎞️ "Did you do it?" Greg asks hastily. "Yeah, and don't make me regret it!" I bark. "Dahlia calm down, you'll do great." Greg says "I should know because I know you better than anyone. Plus there's a million to one chance that yo...

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“Dying to live again” by Sharon Peters

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*DYING TO LIVE AGAIN* Jean could feel the wetness that dripped from her head the instant she crashed into the incoming truck. This wasn't a coincidence. She knew this was intentional. They had tampered with her car to get rid of her and ensure she never talks to the cops. She felt the faintness that wobbled her vision, the extreme pain that ungracefully hammered her entire body, anchoring in her head. Her car was in a total mess and so was she. She could feel the blood that rushed out from her slender thigh, and her stomach. He...

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“Home.” by Konstantina Cheiladaki

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“I just wanna go home,” her voice was rasped, the light hurting her eyes. “So come home,” ground control replied, a dry with age male voice. “So come home,” replied the stars. Day 278 since the Accident. She was running low. Her rations cut short, the only one left. Dry bread and packaged water. She knew she couldn’t make it; it was a ten-day trip to Mars, a five-day trip back home. “I don’t think I’ll make it, Jackson.” She had grown to think of the old man as a friend, but probably he was just another AI, no person in their right sense of ...

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“The Edge” by Michael Lewis

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The Edge Self-created peer pressure is hazardous to a boy who has recently joined the ranks of what are often called the early- teens. I speak from experience because those pressures almost got me killed. At the ripe old age of almost thirteen, I had become...

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“The Red Barrel” by Hugo Millaire

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-Somewhere in London, 1829- The darkness of the forest started to recede, losing to the fire and torches of the town. As he sprinted away, his steps were hushed on the stone roads, rather than the twigs of the woodland that would crack under his bare feet. His shoes were down by the pond, where he had taken them off to try and stifle his footfall, however he regretted not bringing them, as his skin was now cut with small rocks and covered with splinters. Pete, was his name, was relieved of not having to carry anything...

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“We All Have to Believe in Something, Don't We?” by Sharon Smith

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Never in my life did I ever expect to find myself in the state of Arizona, especially being a girl from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I've always had a kindred spirit and a yearning to travel, but little time or resources to do so. Therefore, I have not embarked much further from the City of Brotherly Love except for an impromptu trip to North Carolina a few years ago and my family adventures into New York City and the Jersey Shore when I was younger. So when my fiance and I radically decided to jump o...

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“A leap of faith! ” by Remi Ridha

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A LEAP OF FAITH Madu sat in the corner of his sitting room in his private apartment at the corner where his seat was found. Madu’s seat found at the corner that was adjacent to the door that led into the sitting room. The seat was place at that particular corner so that anyone coming into the house wouldn’t see Madu directly if at all he was seated inside. The private quarters of Madu contained two sleeping rooms and a toilet and it was located in the compound furthest away from the fence that was the only entrance into the compound. Madu’s ...

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“Fear Itself ” by Matthew Gorrell

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Nothing is worse than having your sleep stolen from you unexpectedly. But, in retrospect, the unexpected is becoming the new norm. Death is in the air; people are hiding themselves from anything that’s real anymore and here I am, sitting up in bed, stirring due to a case of late-night insomnia. At any rate, I decide to check the time on my phone, despite knowing it would only make the fight for sleep all the more challenging. The simple action of pressing down the rubbery power button provides some sense of ease in my late-night unrest. I ...

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“The Night's Fairytale” by Pooja Sankar

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‘I swear, Scallop stood by me’, said the blonde haired girl. ‘Admitting your mistake won’t help you this time Abigail Smith!’ her mother said scornfully. ‘I didn’t say I admitted it, I’m saying that I didn’t do it!’ her blue eyes almost filled up with tears as she said this. ‘What am I supposed to say? The whole school lied?’ her mother started shouting. ‘Oh! For once can you be in my shoes? You are supposed to support me’ she grabbed her guitar and sat by a corner and the rest she heard was her mother’s furious voice shouting, ‘BLAH! ...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 151 stories

“Transforming Faith” by Tom Kottackal

“Breathe and Reach for that Second Chance” by Bernadette Beauchamp

“The train to somewhere” by Leah VanHoose

“Emilio's” by Tatyana Smith

“Love Confession” by Cecelia Annan

“A Leap of Folly” by Cara H

“Early Phone Calls And Illusions Of The Mega Threat” by Ellasyn Carpenter

“Dying to live again” by Sharon Peters

“Home.” by Konstantina Cheiladaki

“The Edge” by Michael Lewis

“The Red Barrel” by Hugo Millaire

“We All Have to Believe in Something, Don't We?” by Sharon Smith

“A leap of faith! ” by Remi Ridha

“Fear Itself ” by Matthew Gorrell

“The Night's Fairytale” by Pooja Sankar

🌟 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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