Your story, in six words

Posted by Rubyslippers @triciaot, Jun 23 9:29am

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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There is a video showing Toby signing “Don’t let the old man in” I think at the CMA’s with his wife in the audience. You can see it in her demeanor that his time with us is short. Such a strong and amazing lady, and Toby too as well, this strength is why he was so popular!!

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@hardingv

Where did everybody go? Come back!

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Yeah, life gets busy...I'm back!
(6 right?)

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@judyingenes

Yeah, life gets busy...I'm back!
(6 right?)

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Right. Welcome back. Have some fun.

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@heisenberg34

Thanks! I had a pain doc back in 2016-17 who was very kind and empathetic. Unfortunately, he retired. Still looking for a new one.

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I usually trust my gut instinct. If you are not empathetic. Get another job that you do not talk to others. Kindness is not around like it used to be!!

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Rejection, betrayal, lost, purposeless, meaningless, longing

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Thanksgiving: friends, family, feast, fun, grateful!

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Black Friday. Cyber Monday. What next?

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@hardingv

Black Friday. Cyber Monday. What next?

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Taco Tuesday always comes to mind.

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@foxysoxy21

Rejection, betrayal, lost, purposeless, meaningless, longing

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Couldn't get my book published, either.

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Our precious life is a gift.

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