Short story for english class... Please read

Hey so here is my short story for english class…it has to be this short, which kinda sucks but so here goes…

In estacada, oregon it was the last day of school for the students of the local high school. In flint, michigan a teen sulkily washed the dishes dreaming of the day he would be free of his parents. In quincy, illinois a flash flood advisory had just been issued. In maple heights, ohio a self consciously short organ donor drove his silver bmw through the winding back roads. He was missing his favorite tv show and he sped up, his soda fell onto the carpet of the new car. He cursed and leaned over to pick it up and he veered off the road into an old oak tree. The man lay in the gray hospital room on life support, his wife slumped in a chair after just receiving the news that her husband was brain dead. The doctor had just posed a question that had once seemed so easy, if her husband wanted to donate his heart. Of course he did, she just could not bear the thought of him losing his heart. After hours of staring at his lifeless face she told the doctor that yes, they could end the life support and donate his heart. The doctor smiled and assured her she was making the right choice and that the person who was to receive his heart was completely deserving.


A beeper went off in an apartment strategically located five minutes away from the cleveland clinic heart center. A 27-year-old status 1b, who suffered from cardiomyopathy, quietly got out of bed and changed out of her pajamas. Five minutes later she was being driven to the hospital by a taxi cab driver who had no idea he was transporting her to a new realm of existence with a heart that actually functions, she could finally be who she always wanted to be. A nurse met her at the hospital doorway with a wheelchair. She obediently sat in the chair and realized that this was the last time she would enter this hospital with this heart. After a blurry space of endless time she lay on an operating table, hazy from the drugs. Starting to go under…


She woke up hours later and felt as if she was in some kind of mystical dream world.  “ hailey, you did incredibly well with your surgery. How are you feeling?”

“ dizzy, tired, but good.”, hailey said with a slight smile across her face. “ good because your mom and dad are here.” the doctor gave a smile to the patient he had for years.

Hailey’s parents came in and were absolutely ecstatic and acted as any parents would act when their child was freed of a lifelong bond. Everything was finally going in the right direction for hailey smith.

Here would be an epilogue kinda thing about hailey or something…

Answer #1

okay thanks :) but the reason I wrote all that crap at the beginning is because I have to include some weird words in my story as part of the assignment and all that crazy grammar, I am NOT a part of the growing epidemic of STUPID in this country…I just switched tenses after I finished writing it, during which I missed some verbs

Answer #2

I can see amazing potential here; you just have to not worry so much. Start by writing as badly as possible. Throw out all rules and just write as if you are telling the story.

There’s this guy I know and he has really blonde hair. I don’t remember his name, but he was really nice. I met him at Target with his blind wife. it was weird, but they seemed really happy together. Thats why I remember him. They were a unique and interesting coupel and despite any setbacks they still seemed happy.

That was sooo random I just made that up. Pshh it was an example but not a very good one. Just trust me. Try writing really fast, and really bad. You can always edit things later.

Answer #3

Hi. This is pretty good. I disagree with smithmax, I think the beginning is good for setting the scene, although you could make is less patterned (each sentence not starting in the same way). Also, you need commas eg In Flint, Michigan, a teen.. not In Flint, Michigan a teen… And is a teen likely to be washing dishes? Lol. I’ve made a few corrections to the rest below (grammar and stuff, which are in caps)

In Maple Heights, Ohio, a self-consciously short organ donor drove his silver BMW through the winding back roads. He was missing his favorite TV show and sped up, KNOCKING HIS SODA (?) onto the carpet of the new car. He cursed and leaned over to pick it up and veered off the road into an old oak tree. (Don’t use ‘he’ so much). The man lay in the gray hospital room on life support, his wife slumped in a chair HAVING JUST RECIEVED the news that her husband was brain dead. The doctor had just posed a question that had once seemed so easy, if her husband wanted to donate his heart. Of course he did, she just could not bear the thought of him losing his heart. After hours of staring at his lifeless face she told the doctor that yes, they could end the life support and donate his heart. The doctor smiled and assured her she was making the right choice and that the person who was to receive his heart was completely deserving.

The rest is fine. Good luck!!

Answer #4

Try cutting out everything up to “In Maple Heights…” None of it has any bearing on the story, and merely confuses the reader. The story pull a better grade like that. Not bad!

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