Your story, in six words

Posted by Rubyslippers @triciaot, Jun 23, 2024

Are you familiar with the Six Word Story?
“A six-word story is an entire story told in six words. It is a short narrative that can have all of the emotional themes of longer stories—from funny to dramatic, sad to scary. It can be poetic or straightforward.”

Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in only six words. Others gave their own spin into the six-word novel - a personal twist to describe a life in exactly six words, sometimes called these Six-Word Memoirs.
https://www.sixwordmemoirs.com/
“While these quick stories don’t have the classic beginning, middle, and end of a traditional storyline, they have a subject and verb that give the reader a sense of what’s happened and a bit of conflict.”
https://lib.pstcc.edu/sixwordstory#:~:text=The%20key%20to%20writing%20your,to%20tell%20a%20whole%20story.&text=In%20just%20six%20little%20words,be%20in%20what's%20left%20unsaid.
6 Word Story Examples
http://www.sixwordstories.net/
Here are a few of my favorites, including living through disease treatment:

Lost myself in my own labyrinth
Taking control of my own boat
Discover manage weep repeat heal survive
Disbelief anxiety fortitude bravery live on
Multitudes stand together at bell ringing
What came of it was life

Do you have a Six Word Story to share?

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@itchyd

Count Dracula asks:
"Are you serious?"

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We're supposed to take him seriously?

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@hardingv

Harding says hear ye, hear ye.

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No thanks. NOT into his rap.

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@hardingv

It is going to be grueling.

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Oh c'mon now!
Stop your mewling!

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@hardingv

We're supposed to take him seriously?

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Dont ever count the Count out!

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@hardingv

Chomp. Ouch! Chomp. OUCH! Whack. Poop.

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DING! DING! DING!
DING! DING! DING!
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@hardingv

The one setting a new direction.

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It always sets in the West.

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@itchyd

No thanks. NOT into his rap.

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She/town crier, NOT he/rapper.
[sez hardingv]

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@itchyd

Oh c'mon now!
Stop your mewling!

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Quit doodling, and get to noodling.

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@itchyd

DING! DING! DING!
DING! DING! DING!
🫳🫳🫳🫳🫳🫳
🛎🛎🛎🛎🛎🛎

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Knock out in the third round.

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@itchyd

It always sets in the West.

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Maybe. Blackie just follows his nose.

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