Write a story about a character making a big change.

Posted in Teens on Oct 26, 2022

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“A Brush with Death” by Jessica G

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It was time for a change and I knew it. The trouble was that I didn't know what the change should be. I'd gone to the salon at least once a month for the last two years, only to sit in Benny's chair and stare at my long, blonde hair in the mirror before I would sigh and ask for just a trim.I got compliments about my hair everywhere I went. It was arguably the most noteworthy thing about me, or that was how it seemed. Nobody complimented me on my dissertation, nobody complimented me on having a Ph.D., and they definitely didn't compliment me ...

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“Regularly Irregular ” by Clarissa Wojewoda

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Vanessa was irrationally cocky when it came to her addiction. Addiction was an understatement. She gave the last year of her life to a vicious cycle of drug use. Her drug of choice was heroin. From the minute she let her then girlfriend stick her with a needle, she was in love. Or so she thought. She thought for certain she knew where her dope came from, and what was in it. So much so she thought this that she even decided to take part of her inheritance from the death of her grandparents, nearly six thousand dollars, and use it to use drugs...

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“So what Changed” by Avery Gee

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I didn't have a bad haircut. I repeat not a bad haircut! I got just a haircut. When I left the shop my haircut evoked nothing that would seem like it was bad. I walked with my head held high. I appeared to all as a person that was very proud of their hair. Let the record state ! This was not a bad haircut.I may have been having a bad day ,a bad month, or a bad year. I could see if I was trying to make a change from a bad time I you put a lot on this thing that is a haircut, I knew i could not yes should not but I did!I would like to say that...

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“Wesley Harrison: Road to Recovery?” by Mzatiwathu Banda

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Tick-1-2-3-Tock. Tick-1-2-3-Tock. Tick-1-2-3-Tock. I can hear it, so I know he can definitely hear it. The clock was the Mentos, and there he was a Coke bottle just bubbling up, squirming in his seat ready to explode. My face tenses up as the strength of the Pantheon holds my smile back. I love it. Thirty minutes before the meeting, I rigged the clock to time each second a beat off. Which is off enough to be inconspicuous, unless you’re obsessed with time like the Clock King. Every wrinkle on his grimace when he hears the “tock” is ironic...

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“Growing up” by Riley Cochran

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I am 12, running in my neighbors backyard, soaking up the sunlight while their dogs run by my side. I fall to the ground and feel the dogs slobber run over my face. I viciously start petting them with all the love I can give and throw the tennis ball across the yard again. I smell the Chinese sausage, hamburgers, hotdogs, and chicken sizzling on the grill, and think to myself what is better than this? My mothers gorgeous blue eyes shining in the sun as she talks to Lindsie, my neighbor. My dads contagious laugh fills in the breeze as he talk...

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Write a story about a character making a big change.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 65 stories

“A Brush with Death” by Jessica G

“Regularly Irregular ” by Clarissa Wojewoda

“So what Changed” by Avery Gee

“Wesley Harrison: Road to Recovery?” by Mzatiwathu Banda

“Growing up” by Riley Cochran

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