6 Word Stories

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RoxanneR
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Sun Dec 10, 2006 7:00 pm
RoxanneR says... · Sun Dec 10, 2006 7:00 pm
When I went to a Creative Writing course the other day, my mentor told me that one of the ways she writes is to write 6 Word Stories. She said that she finds these harder that writing thousand-word novels, but one of the best she had ever found was:

FOR SALE
Baby Shoes
Never Worn.

Ohhh!

It could mean that the baby died before s/he was able to wear the shoes.

It could mean that the shoes were too big or too small, so the parents are putting them up for sale, to buy some new ones in the right size.


See? 6 words can be made into a whole new stories.

Have a go, post your own on here. (But I'm really bad at writing them, so I won't be posting any ;) )

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Sun Dec 10, 2006 7:55 pm
Fishr says... · Sun Dec 10, 2006 7:55 pm
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The sadness drains through me rather than skating over my skin. It travels through every cell to reach the ground. I filter it yet strangely enough, I keep what was pure and it is the dirt that leaves.
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Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:32 pm
Mickiemoo says... · Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:32 pm
recording contract
singer needed
drummer needed........
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Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:47 pm
Emerson says... · Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:47 pm
I'll take mine from the six word story contest, since I enjoyed that one so much.

She never wore her wedding ring.

I like the past tense. It makes her seem dead. And then its the whole, if she had a wedding ring, she was married. But why didn't she wear it? It leads you to so much more.
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Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:06 pm
Poor Imp says... · Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:06 pm
See, she never asked his name.

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There is something intriguing about yours, Clau - rather melancholy and ominous. ^_^
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Mon Dec 11, 2006 11:10 pm
gold_tangerine says... · Mon Dec 11, 2006 11:10 pm
I thought the chicken would win.
Yeah, puff up a balloon
Have it get you sky-high
So when it pops and you fall
You can't feel yourself die
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Tue Dec 12, 2006 12:08 am
Duskglimmer says... · Tue Dec 12, 2006 12:08 am
for sale: wedding gown and shotgun.
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Tue Dec 12, 2006 2:14 am
Snoink says... · Tue Dec 12, 2006 2:14 am
Hahah... um...

"I'm glad I saw her die."
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Emerson
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Tue Dec 12, 2006 2:56 am
Emerson says... · Tue Dec 12, 2006 2:56 am
people seem to be lightly following the 'for sale' pattern...

Come on folks, be smart children and make your own lines! Two of your six words are not your own, that is one third of the whole sentence. Come now, write your won six words!

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Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:05 am
bubblewrapped says... · Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:05 am
LOL I love these - especially yours Claudette. Very intriguing! But they're difficult to make up...>.<

He still left the light on.
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Mickiemoo
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Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:28 pm
Mickiemoo says... · Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:28 pm
she waited for him to return
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Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:37 pm
Unrecompensed says... · Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:37 pm
The safety was off, it seemed.
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RoxanneR
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Fri Dec 15, 2006 7:44 pm
RoxanneR says... · Fri Dec 15, 2006 7:44 pm
All of those are really good, and you can fit a story into all of them. Especially your's Claudette, very strange!

But I also agree with the whole not using 'for sale' too much, it just seems to make the story sound so much like it's been done before!

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Fri Dec 15, 2006 8:04 pm
mrsviggom says... · Fri Dec 15, 2006 8:04 pm
Duskglimmer wrote:for sale: wedding gown and shotgun.
:lol: funny.
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Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:31 pm
Wiggy says... · Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:31 pm
The blood-soaked vision filled my eyes.
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