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30 Best Teens Short Story Ideas
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Sweet Sixteenth? More like Salty Sixteenth!
Write a short story in the form of a text message exchange between two best friends during history class.
Five competitive students are invited to board game night. Only one can win.
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.
"Pick a card, any card. But take care — which card you pull out will determine your fate."
Write a story that inverts a popular YA trope. You get to pick the trope.
Write a story about a character's first day at an after-school job in a retail store.
Re-tell Jane Eyre as a short story... but set it in the far future.
In front of you lie two doors. One contains your worst nightmare. The other, your greatest dream.
Write a story about a terrible, unfixable hair cut.
Write about a story where Mondays are deleted from the universe.
"Hi. It's me."
Write a story based on the last text you received.
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