Young Writers Society

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 )

RR*

Dec. 24th, 1703
3 INFANT BABES

recording contract
singer needed
drummer needed........

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.

See, she never asked his name.

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There is something intriguing about yours, Clau - rather melancholy and ominous. ^_^

I thought the chicken would win.

for sale: wedding gown and shotgun.

Hahah... um...

"I'm glad I saw her die."

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!

LOL I love these - especially yours Claudette. Very intriguing! But they're difficult to make up...>.<

He still left the light on.

she waited for him to return

The safety was off, it seemed.

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!

RR*

Duskglimmer wrote:for sale: wedding gown and shotgun.

funny.

The blood-soaked vision filled my eyes.