Write a story based on the song title: "You Can Make It If You Try"

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“Dead Voice” by Catarina Damas

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"You can make it if you try", I hear a monstrous voice inside my head."She is with your boyfriend now... " the voice continues and I wriggle around my bed. When will I be able to sleep again?"You call her your "bestie" but she never liked you. She likes your boyfriend the most."-Shut up!- I yell."You would be so much happier if you killed her…”-Please...go away- I beg, almost crying."Kill her and I will leave".I get up from my bed at a fast pace and grab my sleeping pills."I will be back in the morning, don't worry" - I hear.After these word...

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“It Doesn’t Need to Bother Me” by Christine Hungerford

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“Come on; let’s go!” We raced towards the school’s front doors six minutes before the morning’s homeroom rang. As my best friend and I scampered to make homeroom so we were not late on the eighth day of our first year in high scho...

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“Opportunity” by Ramesh Leelasankar

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OPPORTUNITYStanding in front of Aravindh sir’s office today, I had a mix of feelings running inside me. Fresh memories going back to the days that I worked in his house. His family, the people that got introduced through him, the wonderful experiences gained through all of that and finally, the face of that great human called Aravindh sir, which is tattooed into my mind and soul. Aravindh Sir! - It is still surprising as to how a single individual can attract so much of people towards him and influence all of them with positive energy. ...

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“ Ms DJ Can Play” by Simisola Owoyemi

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Adelaide teaches music in an elementary school. When she doesn’t do that, she spends her leisure daytime busking, and also works as a nightclub DJ. Her life simply is music. Laide grew up in Port Isaac, a small fishing village. Growing up with a guitarist mother and a father who is a fisherman helped Laide in developing great finance management skills. Although Laide loved her parents as much as she loved Port Isaac, it was pretty certain that her future was not seeded in her hometown.At the age of 19, Laide moved to Birmingham where she fur...

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“THERE CAME A BIG SPIDER” by SHYAMALA BHUVANACHANDRAN

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There Came A Big Spider…Chandran, after reading an item of news from The Hindu paper said aloud “Because of these people only, it still rains on earth”. Bhuvanaa busy in her morning chores, heard him say something, turned to him with a questioning look. He read out the news item loudly for her – “Kaushal, a multi-billionaire turned philanthropist by setting aside half of his wealth for charity. Bhuvanaa told him that of late, quite a few are very lenient – particularly from the corporate sector and spared a chunk of their bounties for social...

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“EDUCATION” by Maitreyee Joshi

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Piyu came running home with glee after hopping down the auto which dropped her home. Her father was sitting on the sofa in the living room and watching her coming back from school, called her. She went and stood in front of him; the school bag still on her shoulders. He put the newspaper he was reading, aside on the sofa, lifted her up and placed her on one of his thighs and asked,"How was school, Piyu?"Piyu said, "Very good, we played in the toy house. It has a yellow roof, and red walls."Her father asked, "Did you study anything?"Piyu star...

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“There be Dragons” by Catherine Howard

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Sally May was lonely again. She banged her foot against the kickboard of the kitchen breakfast bar. Her mother looked over at her and sighed. “Sally May” she said “try to make an effort for your father’s sake”. She then turned back to the open cupboard in front of her. The Company flats came full stocked with groceries to help the occupants in their first few days but goodness only knew what was in the myriad of brightly labelled cans and packets she thought. Sally May didn’t care. She jabbed at her Ipad to bring it back to life, flicking th...

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“The Moon Hunt” by Michelle Iruobe

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One of the Wright brothers probably dreamt the strangest of dreams on one of those nights prototypes of their famous invention failed. I always thought it would be Orville instead of Wilbur. His sunken, dark eyes in photographs seem to give him away as one who slept a lot. And dreamt a lot. Imagining the frustration my fictional Orville would have felt on one of his unsuccessful attempts at flying, and imagining him sleeping tiredly after on a pile of metal instruments dreaming away, I cooked up this fantasy. &nb...

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“The Dream” by Nadalee Mohon

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The Doctrine is a nineties rock band that hit the tops of the charts with their debut single, Detour, in 1993. The band consists of its four members, Gambit, Tyler, Freddy, and Bassion. Their story of how they got to where they are today has never been told before. Today the four are here to tell their journey. Bassion: We all grew up in the same town, though at first we didn’t know each other. We all went to different schools and hung out in different places. We all grew up in towns where everyone had a set plan. You go to school, you...

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“Learning to Swim in Shallow Water” by Diane Garner

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You Can Make It If You TryIt was June 1969, I was 11 years old, learning how to swim at the neighborhood park pool.Not particularly athletic or even interested in being athletic, swimming sounded fun and mom wanted me to learn so I wouldn’t drown as we (well, mom and daddy) had joined our first (and last) country club, with a golf course and a pool with a deep end. She almost drowned in a river when she was my age and her friend died, so this was an important safety course, not for fun.We had moved into a new neighborhood, with a newly built...

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“Perseverance -- You Can Make It If You Try” by Geraldine Treacy

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A speech impediment made my childhood difficult. Stuttering was embarrassing and I was subjected to a lot of bullying. I tried to sit directly behind the student in front of me in hopes the teacher didn’t see me. I didn’t want to be called on. Even if I knew the answer to the question asked, I said “I don’t know” rather than give an answer that I would stutter to get out. One time I remember the teacher meeting with my mother and saying “Geraldine does quite well on written exams, but she would do much better if she ...

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“Go, Marvin. You Can Make It” by Gail S Kibby White

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Marvin, the mouse, scampered as fast as his little legs and feet could carry him. He had to get to the barn where his family and friends waited. A picnic in his honor to celebrate his “coming of age” was about to begin.Short of breath, he huffed and puffed as he ran across Farmer Jack’s field toward the barn. “Oh, why didn’t I resist the temptation to go to the cornfield this morning?” he whimpered.At least a foot high, the grass and weeds in the field next to the patch of planted corn made it impossible for him to run any faster. Soon, a sh...

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“Dark” by Katelyn Riley

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The Ramsey’s hosted dinner that month. We lived in Mesa, Arizona at the time, and the Ramsey’s were our family friends that lived five houses down. Abby, the youngest daughter, was two months younger than me, and my best friend. At 6:50 pm on a September night, the sky kissed the earth with a dramatic fade of purple. It drew me in with a light lavender, gradually transitioning to a hazy violet, eventually cancelling out the sky in a deep eggplant, a simple signal of the oncoming darkness of the night sky. We left my house, Abby and I r...

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“I Might Make It” by Chandler Mcniel

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I have been sitting in my car for hours. I don’t really know how many hours. I left my watch and my phone at the house along with my wallet and all my cash but I did not forget my gun. I made sure I had my gun and I didn’t care to look at the clock. “You Can Make it if You Try” is playing over the speakers in my car. I hate that song. Using lines like “push a little harder” and “dig a little deeper”, the song heavily implies that if you try your hardest you will be able to accomplish whatever you want....

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Write a story based on the song title: "You Can Make It If You Try"

Submissions are closed

✍️ 14 stories

“Dead Voice” by Catarina Damas

“It Doesn’t Need to Bother Me” by Christine Hungerford

“Opportunity” by Ramesh Leelasankar

“ Ms DJ Can Play” by Simisola Owoyemi

“THERE CAME A BIG SPIDER” by SHYAMALA BHUVANACHANDRAN

“EDUCATION” by Maitreyee Joshi

“There be Dragons” by Catherine Howard

“The Moon Hunt” by Michelle Iruobe

“The Dream” by Nadalee Mohon

“Learning to Swim in Shallow Water” by Diane Garner

“Perseverance -- You Can Make It If You Try” by Geraldine Treacy

“Go, Marvin. You Can Make It” by Gail S Kibby White

“Dark” by Katelyn Riley

“I Might Make It” by Chandler Mcniel

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