A good short story could be about a child going through school. Or maybe a murder mystery (don't actually do the murder mystery option. They'll think you have issues) You could write a romance or even a story where a damsel in distress saves herself.
<em>Hanna which part of Flowers For Algernon I am also working on that in ELA just tell me which part and I will change the answer to the one u need.</em>
