|12X FEATURED · 2024 NANO WATT/ONC 2024 LONGLIST · AMBASSADORS' PICK|
Two years after her older brother's tragic death, anxiety-stricken Maisie and her emotional support cat, Milo, attend the Disney College Program, where they must discover a new life meaning in the most magical place on Earth.
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The death changed everything. Milo, an orange tabby, has always wanted a little sibling, but after the tragic loss of his owner's older brother, adoption was put on hold, and he became her Emotional Support Animal. Now, two years later, Maisie's determined to grant Milo's long-overdue wish; however, she's still grieving and overthrown with anxiety, leaving Milo to tag along with her for the famed Disney College Program. Nevertheless, when heartbreak catches him, too, Milo must push past his grief to save himself and his wish.
Maisie Claire is ready to move on but not prepared to leave her family after two years for the DCP. She would've never accepted that offer letter if it hadn't been for her parents helping her get an ESA. Now trapped in an unfamiliar world, Maisie must find a new life meaning while still keeping her brother's memory alive. It starts with discovering the courage to befriend her mysterious suitemate and thanking Milo for everything he's done. After all, sometimes moving on just takes a little bit of courage.
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*Prompt Used: #24-"A desperate wish, made from the heart, is always answered. Sooner or later.*
*Based on a true story.*
*Contains a subtle, LGBTQ+ subplot because of Disney's Inclusion Key, but it's not the main focus. However, please be respectful.*
After the loss of her father, Claire and her mother make the move from their bustling life in Florida, to a more humbling one in the small town of Winterset, Iowa.
|7X FEATURED · SPOLIGHT STORY|
Saddened by her lonely life, a little girl named Victoria Christie uses her inventive imagination to write stories. Now that she's an older individual, she must find a way to share her tale with the world.
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Victoria Christie never expected to be a writer, but everything changed in 4th grade when she annoyed her mother at a barber shop. She told Victoria to write in her school notebook, which sparked her daughter's life-long passion for writing.
Now, many years later, Victoria is eager to share her story-through an interactive novel that showcases how her writing has changed overtime and what hardships she faced in order to keep her island of personality-especially after her brother's unfortunate death in 2021.
With the power of writing and her brother's legacy about her becoming a successful author, will Victoria's old stories spark the interest of an audience? Will they interact with her and tell her how her incomplete pieces should end, or will Victoria forever remain an undiscovered author?
This is an anthology of my old stories. Most are incomplete, so it's up to my audience to decide how they should end. This is the story of how I became Viktoria Fyodorova.
Let the cringe begin!
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What You'll Find in This Book:
1.) 35 fun-filled chapters of my oldest stories.
2.) 11 short memoir stories--no more than 1,000 words each--that share the most important times of my writing career.
3.) A whole overview of my history as a writer!
4.) There's also a bonus chapter about how this memoir came to be!
2nd Draft
Genre (s): Creative Nonfiction/Coming-of-Age, with a touch of Magical Realism.
Word Count: 200,000-250,000
!!TRIGGER WARNINGS!!
Death
Depression
Self Harm
Austin Isaac.
The most sought out actor and model in the country. Maybe even the world. He has anything he wants at the click of his fingers. But all he wants is to be normal. His mother has other ideas though.
Can he break free of his mother's control and live a normal life? Or he will be stuck in the spotlight for the rest of his life?
"Attachment Issues" is a short story about a teenage girl named, Amani, who suffers with depression, social anxiety and attachment issues, making her life at school and at home difficult. Her parents are the pretty normal average parents but sometimes they can be abusive. All her life, Amani, has went through several friendship and relationship break-ups, leading her to never trust people at all.After a long time of completely isolating herself, she meets a guy named Fawaz. Fawaz is a cold and quite dry person who tends to somehow not meet the expectations of Amani. Amani on the other hand develops a strong liking for Fawaz and eventually becomes awfully obsessed, considering her attachment issues. Fawaz had always considered her a friend, a good one, but what he doesn't know is that Amani needed serious help. Fawaz was indeed a toxic person without even knowing it himself. What happens to Amani when she spends more time with Fawaz?. Read to find out:)