Perfectionism Stories

In the city of Aurelis, perfection is not aspiration-it is law. Emotion is an error. Laughter is noise. A shoelace undone is a declaration of humanity-a term now synonym...

"Maybe I wasn't born to follow the light. Maybe I was meant to create my own." - M In a world, ruled under a perfectionism queen, where all of the villagers wi...

"Almost Enough" by uwishlady Sierra Lane was supposed to be the top of her class. The golden girl. The one with the color-coded planner and Ivy League dreams...

"𝐼 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒, 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒...

The story of two 'perfect' students who in the inside, aren't so perfect. All they long for in their life is someone who understands them beyond their perfect image. The...

Eli Heartsworth is a perfectionist. As the driven band director at Ridgeway High, he's pushed his students to the edge of excellence, sacrificing his own well-being alon...

Eleanor and Ava are childhood friends. Both of them are always together and have one dream: to get accepted at the ballet professional school of London. But suddenly eve...

The studio is silent, but his mind is deafening. Caught between the relentless pressure to create and the suffocating weight of expectation, Chan feels himself slipping...

Rhina has always dreamed of writing a book, but her creativity remains trapped in incomplete drafts. Stuck in a dead-end job and searching for inspiration in the quiet m...

A collection of poems from deep within feelings... sad, angry, joyful, thoughtful, and more. Note- This is my first attempt at writing poetry, please don't criticize it

Tanya has always been someone who craves control, especially when it comes to her relationship with Paul. She believes that if everything is perfect-if Paul cares the wa...

One Shot: He had to keep running. Not because there was a time limit. Not because anyone was chasing him. Not even because he had anywhere he really had to go. He just...

I force myself to write bad poetry and do nothing to change it. No perfectionism, no expectations.

Hey! So my name is Shannon, I'm 17 I enjoy writing typically poems kind of to process thoughts and emotions, but some of my other short stories will be included here. Th...

Emily Diaz is a promising young lawyer at the most prestigious law firm in Barcelona. Undeniably talented, she hails from a family of prominent lawyers and has always ai...

Secrets, regrets, denials and sisters are undoubtedly the recipe for disaster of your average teenage boy. Torn apart by his will to be more than the 'only son', Kaycee...

At first glance, Avery Wilson dislikes Declan Andrews more than she can admit. He gets her to think in ways she has never done before, and he is different than the peopl...

Journey through my mind's labyrinth with this captivating poetry collection. From forbidden love's allure to the symphony of childhood, sadness to the dance of raindrops...

An acrostic poem exploring the theme of perfectionism and the halo effect playing a struggling artisan like a fiddle. "Back to the Drawing Board" is comprised...

A story about wanting to create, but having to overcome obstacles in order to do so