Teen and YA Fiction writing prompt
Messages in the School Locker
Write a story about a teen who starts receiving anonymous, cryptic messages in their locker. As they try to figure out who is sending them and why, they begin to unpack the history of their school and a long-lost treasure that's supposed to be hidden somewhere within its walls.
Suggested length: A short story: 1,500 to 5,000 words, or flash fiction under 1,000
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Three ways to take this prompt somewhere nobody else will.
- 1End with a choice only this hero would make.
- 2Make the adults well-meaning but wrong.
- 3Use the way your hero texts to show who they are.
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