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Write about a character who meticulously catalogs everything in their life, until something disrupts their system.

Posted in Middle School on Oct 26, 2022

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“Salutations” by Jade Young

Submitted to Contest #91

When I was a child, my whole world revolved around the spines of every book my fingertips could reach. I would run up and down the aisles of row upon row of shelved books to find the perfect stories for her to read to me.The less pictures a book has, the more enriching the story will be. The more enriching the story, the more meaningful your reading experience will be.That was our family’s motto, passed from one generation of librarians and bookstore owners to the next, and I kept those words engraved into my heart because of the truth they ...

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“Blind Date” by Nainika Gupta

Submitted to Contest #91

The scent of jasmine was my first clue: a woman. I was sitting alone at my usual table when she came and sat down at the one right next to me. I knew she was alone because the chair on the other side of her table had not scraped across the floor, and no one had spoken to her after she had sat down. I sipped my coffee. On a good day, I could pick up the cup, take a sip and return it to the saucer, and if you were sitting at the table right next to me, you would never know I was blind. The challenge was to see how long I could carry ...

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“Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.” by Charli Britton

Submitted to Contest #91

6:30 A.M. - Breakfast7:00 A.M. - Shower/Get ready8:00 A.M. - School3:00 P.M. - Homework4:00 P.M. - Relax5:00 P.M. - Start on Dinner6:00 P.M. - Eat Dinner6:30 P.M. - Clean up7:00 P.M. - Read/Watch Something10:00 P.M. - Try to Sleep11:00 P.M. - Pretend to Sleep12:00 A.M. - Check Messages and Time1:00 A.M. - Lay There With my Thoughts2:00 A.M. - Blink In and Out of Sleep3:00 A.M. - Sleep4:00 A.M. - Wake Up5:00 A.M - Check Messages Again.5:10 A.M - Put Makeup on my Face to Cover the Dark Circles. Again.6:30 A.M. - BreakfastI'm in first period Ch...

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“Planned Obsolescence” by Kathleen `Woods

Submitted to Contest #91

His cover was at the moment flexible and secure.  mostly. There were definitely some faults in his joints.  Zedd could trouble shoot that though, a bit of the fix-it paste on it now should do the trick. He would rather avoid a wardrobe malfunction. He knew what it looked like, an android trying to skate on an old wadding cover, avoiding ‘maintenance’ but Zedd also knew the difference between an actual problem and a cheap way into a chopshop. If the answer is even potentially tacky, or fabric based it was worth it.  Besides tem...

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“Mrs Anna and her famous pinboard” by Wizard Oblivion

Submitted to Contest #91

Mrs. Anna was sitting on her porch, sunbathing when the alarm rang. She got up and went inside her house. She took out the freshly baked cookies from the oven. Her blue velvet cookies were the talk of the town. No event or function in the neighbourhood was complete without her famous cookies. In fact, she had prepared this batch for her granddaughter, Ari, who was coming over from Leeds. Ari's parent couldn't tolerate her anymore, so they sent her to Mrs Anna as a punishment. Mrs Anna placed the fresh cookies in a blue jar and kept...

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“The Katapies Experiment; Part 3” by Penny Tang

Submitted to Contest #91

Leuko      I was up at the crack of dawn, putting on the beige clothes one of our servants had left in my closet and running downstairs. Auris, a kitchen servant I had grown quite fond of, handed me a pastry and a flask of tea. I ate while running to the graveyard, tripping over the long pant sleeves in the bland beige uniform participants had to wear.      I stood next to Mom’s grave and concentrated. Barely a second later...

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“Twenty-four Hours in the Life of Jane Doe” by Darya Silman

Submitted to Contest #91

Jane unwillingly lived off the smell of an oily rag. Books in the alphabetic order on two bookshelves.Bowls of decreasing sizes one within the other. Saturday is for cleaning and washing, Sunday is for reading and walking.An alarm clock set up at 8.05. Five minutes represented frivolousness. Not three or four, or one; five minutes. Although five minutes was a sign of rebellion, it seemed like a good compromise between a wish to sleep longer and the need to wake up.A glass of water half an hour before breakfast and fasting after 6 p...

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“By the book ” by Nicolette R

Submitted to Contest #91

Elisa had a schedule.  Everyday after work she would go to the library for an hour or two to write. She's nothing if not dedicated.  If you haven't already guessed Elisa is an aspiring author. She has been since she was 8 years old. She hasn't published anything yet, and if we're going to get technical: she hasn't finished anything yet. But she keeps her regular dates with the library, even though recently she seems to spend more time reading than writing. She says it's for inspiration, but the growing pile of library books ...

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“Untold story :The Library” by Opher 51 2022 REYES

Submitted to Contest #91

Judy Garland's wild 15-year sentiment with Sid Lift, a previous fighter and aircraft tester, was set apart by both vocation highs and a dim plummet into medications and gossipy tidbits about misuse.  Just a brief time in the wake of finishing her union with Luft, the Wizard of Oz symbol passed on appallingly from an unplanned barbiturate glut in 1969 at age 47.  In another diary, Judy and I: My Life with Judy Garland – made from notes left incomplete before his own 2005 passing, and excerpted in the current week's issue of PEOP...

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“A Most Forgetful Squirrel” by Sachi Shah

Submitted to Contest #91

The Forest was alive with birdsong. The sun would not rise for another hour, yet the robins, blackbirds and thrushes had already started to fill the crisp morning air with their sweet melody. Squirrel shifted in his den, awakening slowly. He rubbed his face with his back paws, followed by a thorough grooming of his bushy speckled tail. When he was satisfied with his job, Squirrel rose out of his stick-house and perched on the nearest branch. All around him, the leaders of the dawn chorus twittered and chirped. Squirrel noticed Cr...

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“Do what I say, not what I do.” by Beth Murray

Submitted to Contest #91

01-09-2002 Dear diary, how am I going to figure this out? It took me 10 plus years to figure out a way to an independent life with a traumatic brain injury. I didn't figure it out on my own, God used the church members to be His hands to do the work. Canton Church of Christ members sat in the hospital and prayed God's healing scriptures over me. Then it was my turn to try, because after a 30 day long coma I began waking to the third stage of the coma. From relearning to walk, talk, care for my hygiene needs, & feed myself to becoming an ...

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“The Manuel and The Mutt” by Avid Writer

Submitted to Contest #91

Knowledge and Neatness. Those where the things that Andrew always prided himself in. So, when the doctors diagnosed him with OCD, was he surprised? No, he recognized the signs. The checking the locks every half hour, the overwhelming feeling to keep everything in its spotless perfect state, and finally the long hours of constant organizing and reorganizing of his precious books.The books where what Andrew loved most. They where the most important part of him. He figured he could learn everything he needed to know from comfort of his pleasant...

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“Thelonius the Wizard” by Marie McLaughlin

Submitted to Contest #91

Thelonius was a humble wizard, scribe, and record keeper for King Jarret the 2nd, the king of the kingdom of Rowandale; a humble kingdom nestled between a forest and a range of mountains that bordered the neighboring province. Thelonius took great pride in his personal library of Spells, Alchemical Recipes, Maps, and Transitions of all Royal Affairs and Processions, scrolls instructing how to turn rocks into meat, scrolls instructing how to control the direction of the wind, you name it. The Alchemical Recipes and Spells were kept and sorted...

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“The library” by Helen Ross

Submitted to Contest #91

I close my eyes, and push open the doors of the library. Sunlight streams through the back windows, down the aisles and aisles of books, and hits my face. The warmth of that light is something I've never been able to recreate - always the same, always perfect. I think it's about 3pm here, and it's always sunny. The smell of old books hits me, an addictive smell, like teak oil on wood furniture, and I open my eyes again. It's bright, and the old windows distort the light, forming patterns on the floor. If I was underwater, looking up at the s...

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“Gray's Schedule ” by Mayuri More

Submitted to Contest #91

"Do you know who she is?She's transfer girl,She lives in our neighbour hood She's kinda weird right?",Shhhh silence**bell rings** "I don't care,our tests are coming soon focus on your studies Jeffrey ." "Ok man see you you tomorrow . " "No,I am gonna spend my day in town library if you want any help just meet me there." Side eyes the new girl in corridor . "Hey there this is my friend Raj and I am Lara nice to meet you,you are????"  "Alaska." "OHhh nice name and you are frommm???? " "Brooklyn" "Ok we'll make a nice team Raj is from In...

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