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30 Best Teens Short Story Ideas
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"Pick a card, any card. But take care — which card you pull out will determine your fate."
Write a story based on your very first memory.
Write a story that takes place over the course of a house party.
Five competitive students are invited to board game night. Only one can win.
Ten years later, you see the person who bullied you in middle school in the middle of 7-11.
A pair of twins swap places for a day. What do they find out about each other?
Write a story about a character's first day at an after-school job in a retail store.
Overheard in Chemistry class: "Well, that wasn't supposed to happen."
Using only the setting of birthday parties, write a story about growing up.
Sweet Sixteenth? More like Salty Sixteenth!
Overheard at the track-and-field: "I! NEVER! WANT! TO! SEE! THAT! DOG! POKING! HIS! HEAD! IN! HERE! AGAIN!"
Re-tell Jane Eyre as a short story... but set it in the far future.
Set your story at a sunny day in the park.
Write about a story where Mondays are deleted from the universe.
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