Fictional Story Inspired by the COVID-19 Virus

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This sort of ties into the “Why is it important” tab. But this short story was the result of an assignment I had in high school after we returned to school following the lockdown. When I first heard of the assignment, I was looking forward to it very much because I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do, thinking I could really only do a research paper—Though it’s been so long ago, I could be getting the details mixed up. But fortunately, as soon as I realized I could create something fictional out of a real thing, I became much more inspired—especially because I’ve always had an interest in the concept of zombies and really wanted to take inspiration from that and other media I’ve seen like video games, movies, and TV shows. That’s when things really started processing. After everything was finished and my assignment was turned in, it was eventually chosen to be published in a little booklet of other students' COVID-19 papers, where they did research papers, poetry, or other short stories, as I did. I thought it was such an amazing opportunity and I felt so incredibly proud of myself for having made something to be selected for something like that as a student who was still learning how to write well. I’ve learned a lot about writing since making this, and could probably make a million improvements on it, but it’s still something I’m proud of purely because people thought my short story was good enough to be put in a collection of other talented writers.

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