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

Posted in Middle School on Oct 25, 2022

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“My sweet girl” by Melissa Alexander

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Madison was a fighter even from birth and through it all; her mother was always there by her side. "Mom, there's something wrong because I am hurting so bad and there is so much blood when I go to the bathroom." Her dad; like always just brushed it off and said that it was nothing but her mother knew something was wrong. "I am going to take off from work tomorrow and take Madison to the emergency room because there is something really wrong", but Madison's dad being the control freak said," No you go to work and I will take her". Madison's m...

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“I want to breathe ” by Amy Mx

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Content warnings (mention of panic attacks, parental neglect) I have never been more terrified of the unknown.What is written in my future? What darkness do I have to fumble through to reach that flicker of light that will help me hold on to that filmsy thread of will to live?I have heard people consoling each other holding onto the notion that everything has to fall apart in order to fall into its right pattern. And how everything happens for a reason. Does it? Or is it just a silly little lie that we have tried to paint in the fake colour...

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“Chasing a Happiness Mirage” by Ed Westhoven

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Chasing a Happiness Mirage Sam put the large plastic tote onto the back seat of his SUV, then walked back into the house. He wanted to pass through it one more time to ensure he wasn’t forgetting something. At the end of the main hallway, he stopped at the door of the master bedroom. He saw her there, lying on the bed they had shared for twenty years. He told her he was ready to leave but the only response he got was the muffled sound of sobbing. At that moment, he...

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“Turn Me” by Sherry Mennig

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“Turn me” I found myself spewing out the words before I fully realized it. Kaleb looked at me with serious eyes but then smiled, his fangs showing in the dim light of nightclub. He motioned for me to follow him with his finger and disappeared behind a pair of dark Red velvet curtains next to the VIP section that we were in. I obeyed and followed him in a secluded room with a grey couch and a mirror across from it. Kaleb turned to face me, towering over my slender figure with his massive, tattooed chest peaking from his black button-down shir...

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“Fix or Die” by Jeremiah Ochieng Migom

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The phone rings at midnight! It's Chelsea calling. A young teenager and a friend. Jerry pick the call. “Hello Jerry!” “Yes, Chelsea. How are you?” replied Jerry. “I want to die!” “I can't take it anymore.” “I am taking these pills and die.” “Is there any reason to live? Why do I have more stress than smiling? Does true love exist? Why are men so wicked? He has used me, and now he leaves me for another lady? After all this time, really?” “Please don't do that, Chelsea.” “Listen to me for a little while.” “Can we talk?” rep...

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“Leap of faith” by Gautam Prakash

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His father often suggested that he needs to be more confident and have faith in his abilities. As Young Icarus scaled towards the edge of the building he said to himself “It’s time for the leap of faith.” He jumped from a 10-storey building and his body instead of flying descended downwards without any control at a very high speed. Within seconds he crashed onto a car and fell to the ground. If he was an ordinary human he would have died with bones cracking in an instant and organs popping out of him. But Icarus is no ordinary human. Ica...

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“Of moles and deities” by Pablo Mascaraque Glenn

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The same thought kept going through Alveera’s mind round and round again: I can’t believe I’m doing this. She’d spent many hours during the past four years watching other people do things like this, fully believing in their actions, but now she was beginning to doubt herself. The queue of bathers ahead of her followed a curve around a wall of cement made to look like it had been carved out of the Earth. With the wall in the way, she was still to catch her first glimpse of him in real life. When she did, all her doubts were washed away.The re...

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“Yin and Yang” by London Redstone

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“Don’t do it,” the villain heaved. “Get out of here!” Her breath was ragged and tough. “I will not leave you to die!” The hero screamed with tears in her eyes. She regretted all of her decisions up to this moment. “You will die trying to save what you promised to destroy! Go home, little hero! You do not belong here! You’ve completed your mission.” The hero, Emelia, looked over the edge. She could not see the ground. She was too high up. The villain’s eyes pleaded with Emelia to leave. Emelia had sworn to destroy the villain, but...

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“A tiny ray of hope!” by Aarti Aarti

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TW: rape The sound of busy New York forced me to stretch my eyelids open. As I lay alone on my cozy bed, still baffled, I instantly realized that life as I knew it would never be the same. My life probably would never fully return to be normal but yet this tiny ray of hope was just enough for me to take this leap of faith! I might not know a lot about life yet, but one thing I knew for sure was this miracle is a gift! What could be more beautiful than bringing a new life into this world. Yes, this was going to be my new beginni...

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“That's All It Is Garrett...” by Lennox Ducksworth

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Garrett Thompson stared down into the infinite hole leading into the abyss. His heart fell to his testicles. The same cold wind feathered down his spine and his mouth went dry. Suddenly his ragged old purple monk clothes felt like cement and the beautiful mountain in the distance looked like his final resting place. As far as he knew, this was the hole. This was the cliff. Yet his familiar terror he felt told him otherwise. No...this is...this is madness. This is insane! More insane than fighting post-apocalyptic bandits? More insane than f...

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“As From a Far Place” by Matthew Langford

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The tedium of a bright sunny day. Not so hot as to transform physical activity into a sweaty uncomfortable business, not so cold as to turn the inside of a house into a pleasurable refuge from the elements. But that was where John was. He sat at the dining room table and felt depressed to watch light from the late afternoon sun cast shadows across the lawn. It was now even invading his sanctuary producing bright shafts of light where sunbeams danced and a scattered glow from the polished dark wood where his fixed gaze fell. It was as if one ...

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“Is love enough?” by Katy Lou

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As Rosie clicked the seatbelt in with a satisfying click she leant her head back into the head rest giving little regard to the thousands of heads that must have rested there before hers. Sat here in this metal tunnel, surrounded by strangers who had little to no interest in her she could finally relax. She thought about her bag, packed full with her kindle, magazines, crossword puzzle books and many other paper based distractions and wondered if she would bother with any of them. This was it, the beginning of the adventure. Toby had gone ...

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“Trickster” by Pallavi Nirwan

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On one bright sunny day, I got a call from my old friend, Avni, she is very close friend of mine, but due to our busy schedule, we stopped interacting with each other, though it was always nice to hear from your bestie, and I excitedly received her call. Hi Avni, how are you, wats going up? She equally got excited on listening my voice and said, Hi dear. I am good, you tell, she wanted to meet me, so we made plan to meet, the next day in the afternoon. I scheduled my day accordingly, and went to meet her, as decided on our yesterday's call, ...

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“Dream's big break” by Hayley Carter

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It was that time of year for Drama club rehearsals at our high school for the upcoming musical. I was usually always behind the scenes but I knew this year would be different. I woke up to the sound of my alarm, the Beatles singing Yellow Submarine loudly in the room. I slide my alarm off on my phone and yawned, smiling at my calendar. Today was the day I was going to try out for the lead in our school's musical; Raindrops on my parade. I had been practicing the lines for weeks on end and the music we had to rehearse, no one except my best f...

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“Falling ” by Maddie Patino

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It all started with a leap of faith. literally. I was being chased by my older brother who had just found out that I had sold his favorite goat. My family was not the wealthiest in the village so I did what I had to do to pay for groceries and repairs on the roof. But that’s not what this is about. Back to me. Oh yes, the leap of faith. I was coming up on the stream that separated the village from the forest. It was about five feet wide and the current was far too strong for me to run through it. It was now or never. I hiked my dress up and ...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 151 stories

“My sweet girl” by Melissa Alexander

“I want to breathe ” by Amy Mx

“Chasing a Happiness Mirage” by Ed Westhoven

“Turn Me” by Sherry Mennig

“Fix or Die” by Jeremiah Ochieng Migom

“Leap of faith” by Gautam Prakash

“Of moles and deities” by Pablo Mascaraque Glenn

“Yin and Yang” by London Redstone

“A tiny ray of hope!” by Aarti Aarti

“That's All It Is Garrett...” by Lennox Ducksworth

“As From a Far Place” by Matthew Langford

“Is love enough?” by Katy Lou

“Trickster” by Pallavi Nirwan

“Dream's big break” by Hayley Carter

“Falling ” by Maddie Patino

🌟 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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