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30 Best Middle School Short Story Ideas
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A character must overcome their fear of running to join the soccer team, where their longtime crush is.
Write a story about a character learning a new sport.
Write a story about a world in which spirit animals exist. What kind of animal is your spirit animal? Why?
It's your last time trick-or-treating. What's your costume? How do you spend the evening?
Write a story about a character who must confront their past.
Write a story about two characters competing to take the worst ever picture-day portrait.
You're cleaning the attic when you find something terribly old, terribly fragile, and terribly powerful...
Adapt your favorite fairy tale to take place in your home town.
A door in the locker room leads to a magical fantasy world.
Write a story about a group of friends who volunteer at a soup kitchen on the weekends.
Write a story about a character who sees the ocean for the first time.
Overheard in P.E.: "It's not that I wanted to hit you in the head with the ball, it's that I thought you were a spider."
"Whatever you do, DO NOT touch this. Or else."
"When i grow up, I want to..."
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