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30 Best Teens Short Story Ideas
Showing 30 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
Write a story about living a lie. You get to choose the lie.
A pair of twins swap places for a day. What do they find out about each other?
You discover a strange map that's been stuffed into your locker.
In front of you lie two doors. One contains your worst nightmare. The other, your greatest dream.
Write a story that inverts a popular YA trope. You get to pick the trope.
Write a story about coming out. The ending is a happy one.
Ten years later, you see the person who bullied you in middle school in the middle of 7-11.
Write a story based on the last text you received.
Set your story at a sunny day in the park.
Write a descriptive story about a household using only one of the five senses: sight, smell, hearing, touch, or taste.
You find a note in your locker that is not intended for you, but the person with the next locker over. What does the note say? What do you do with it?
Re-tell Jane Eyre as a short story... but set it in the far future.
Write about someone discovering something important from their childhood hidden in the back of a closet.
It's the first day of summer camp, and one of this year's new campers is the child of a major celebrity. Write a story about the first week from the head camp counselor's perspective.
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