Six Word Story

[Zuzy]

Ernest Hemingway is an amazing writer--but you already knew that, didn't you?

Actually, one of the best things he has ever written has to be this six word story:

For Sale: Baby shoes, never worn.

The power behind just those six words is impressive. So much can be deduced from it, and yet it's so short. Some people think being able to write a lot makes you a good writer, but honestly, being able to say a lot in as little as possible makes you a good writer.

So, what six word stories can you write?

I wrote one a while ago for a contest (didn't win :()

She never wore her wedding ring.

[Andy]

My sword, my dead friend. Accident.

Really, they have writing contests for this sort of thing? Neat! Where? Sounds like an easy $100 :D

[Zuzy]

Haha, it was a contest on a forum silly. :P but a contest none the less! I could have gotten a free T-shirt...

[Nyx]

Wow that's hard. Here's my pathetic attempt:
Waited forever, he never came back.

[GeorgeMichael]

Selling; Never Opened Parachute, small stain.

(that's not mine, but I just really liked it :))

Winds blew, rattle fell, tears ran.

[Nyx]

These are really fun. I came up with another one:

His cruel triumph, my shattered dreams.

[Andy]

Four, three, two, one, cram, C+

Based on a true story. :D

[Shaun]

Gods rest, gods wake; mankind falls.

[Andy]

Two-hundred. Northwest. Plane. Lost. Found!

That could either be a crashed plane that was found, or a person who used a plane to travel 200 somethings and find something.

[Carraka]

Admin: lock this thread. Thank you.

EDIT: Yeah, that was a story. Heh. I love this idea.

[Andy]

Admin: lock this thread. Thank you.

EDIT: Yeah, that was a story. Heh. I love this idea.
That's funny. :D Because it's probably been said hundreds of times. Here's one:

Carraka, this is your final warning.

[poetical science]

where's my magazine? baby mailed instead.

one that I saw on dA worthy of note:
you've been on my mind ...
quite frankly, you're heavy. Get off.

[Carraka]

Personal attack! Don't threaten me, Andrew!

And now I should try to

come up with real stories, instead

of cramming replies into six words.

[Shaun]

Resistance is futile, assimilated inside Procyon.

[Andy]

Okay:

We are not alike, you monster!

[Carraka]

Long toast. Thin applause. Cold dinner.

Bedtime. Still on computer. Parents angry.

(In other words, good night all.)

[Nyx]

Long toast. Thin applause. Cold dinner.

Bedtime. Still on computer. Parents angry.

(In other words, good night all.)

Hehe I love the second one:D

[Nyx]

Here's another one:

Thin body, shallow mind: modern success.

[Andy]

That's a good one.

[Rafael Domination]

What the hell is going on? :D

(Yeah, thats a story...)

[Eve]

Haha, bravo, bravo!

Here's one:

School test. Fails. Comes home. Dies.

[Rafael Domination]

*You have no idea how sad that made me*

[Nyx]

Haha, bravo, bravo!

Here's one:

School test. Fails. Comes home. Dies.

It's like reading my life story....

[Eve]

It's like reading my life story....

Haha, that's my life story too.

[Rafael Domination]

Oh please - I've done much worse...:D

[Eve]

No you have not. I have. :D

[Rafael Domination]

Praytell...what kind of screw up?

[Eve]

No prayer, no telling, no screwup.

[Rafael Domination]

I don't understand what you're saying...

[Eve]

No understanding, no asking, no telling.

[Rafael Domination]

You use two words too often ;)

[Zombified]

Day twenty. Zombies are still alive...

[Alex]

Eeeeeck! Splat! Snap! Shoulda double checked >.<

[Quietus]

Crap! I stepped on a spider...

[Zombified]

Day Twenty One, they're all dead.

[Quietus]

That was one really long day.
-or-
What happened to the darn zombies?

[Zombified]

Their bodies rotted. Nothing lives forever.

:D

[Binkatong]

Thinking of good six word story...

Explosion, screams, gasps, and then silence.

O_o

[Zombified]

Gonna see Tom Petty on Tuesday!

(Its true)
:D

[lango]

haha, Ive read a mini-book somewhere of collected very-short stories such as these, forgot the name of the mini-book :P

lets see..

Lets pass while the dragon sleeps...

[Nanyoky]

Do not touch me. I bite.

[Naideana]

((These are sooooooooo awesome! Let's see what ol' Naddy can do, shall we? I promise that it won't be based of an anime or Japanese game. *coughfinalfantasy*))

Sorry!!! I'll buy you another vase!

((Hmmm...That's harder then it looks!))

[ABrainDivided]

If you run you can't hide

[Midnight_Moon]

I wrote an amazing song yesterday!!!

[ABrainDivided]

I didn't shoot becuase of this.

[Andy]

And then, it all became clear.

[ABrainDivided]

You'd better believe that I'll hurt you.

[Midnight_Moon]

ABrainDivided is a newbie, introduce yourself.

[blue phoenix]

Head in a bucket and...
SQUANK!
Sorry from a poem Pibs and I wrote:

If I were a goose
I would stick my head in
A bucket and SQUANK:D

[Zombified]

I'm the Lover of the Bayou!!

[sXe_Jinxeh]

She always knew she killed him.

[blue phoenix]

Living forever is terrible, trust me.

[Nanyoky]

oooo! nice one blue!
My only regret: that he bled.

[eriko]

well how about this one:

I came. I observed. I passed.

[Zombified]

Don't drop the nuke you asshole!

[Mercy]

She swung while other children played.

[Phantom]

Someday cows will rule the world.

Stupid, I know.

[Mercy]

After death, will the world stop?

[sera_bookworm]

how will my soulless journey begin? O_oO_o

[Midnight_Moon]

The outside, why am I here?

[seikoXchan]

Only the music can heal me.

[Midnight_Moon]

I'm waiting, just waiting for something

[Zombified]

Now I'm livin' like a refugee.

[seikoXchan]

This is how the beat drops.

[Midnight_Moon]

Why her, why, I don't know.

[Zombified]

I'm so happy, I'm so happy!

[maz.]

troubled girl, suicide she loved you

[Phantom]

She was beautiful, even in death.

[Rafael Domination]

When will this end? Not ever.

[Nanyoky]

He told her he'd wait forever.
(Hmm... Yoky is in a fluffy mood...)

[Mercy]

Fingers loosened, and everyone fell down.

[Phantom]

Why me? Oh, God, why me?

[Mercy]

The clock hand ticked backwards, strangely.

[Phantom]

Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.

[Midnight_Moon]

I'm unsure of what to write.

[Mercy]

The demons whisper in my ears.

[Zombified]

The air is getting hotter today.

[Phantom]

"No, please, have mercy!" she screamed.

[mimitley]

Selling; Never Opened Parachute, small stain.

(that's not mine, but I just really liked it :))

Winds blew, rattle fell, tears ran.


you forgot lupin and tonks!they die too.

[Phantom]

Wow, spamming is so much fun! (that is my story)

[Mercy]

It was not my locker. Crap.

[[Many a time have I tired to open a locker that I thought was mine...T.T]]

[Beakzz]

"Spiteful words slash deeper than daggers."

^_^ Pathetic attempt, I know.

[DarthVader]

Star Wars, the last great movie.

[Phantom]

Sticks and Stones Break my Bones

[Zombified]

Dylan kicked ass at the concert!

[Pibs]

I should be there, I can't.

:( True story.

[Nanyoky]

Where, pray tell Pibs, is that?

[Diocletian]

Doom one he who can't confess.

[ElephntFalingOffClif]

Big jump. Spooky horse. Ground painful.

True story.

[appleofmyeye]

My drama is your favorite show.

[Zombified]

Quarantine, see it and be scared.

;)

[appleofmyeye]

Wasting my life being your friend.

[lango]

I really want to kill you.

[attackofthespoons]

He'd never come back to her.

[Zombified]

Appaloosa is a great fuckin' movie.

[electrilad]

Please ignore the corpse over there ?

[dj4ever]

Yum, steak. Choking. Screaming. Ew, steak.

[appleofmyeye]

Robbed bank. New sports car. Coincidence?

[dj4ever]

hehe thought of another steak one.

This is great steak. Wheres Fido?

[Eilidh]

My nintendo DS blew up, sniffle.

[Childark]

You're not mine, but I'm yours

[winniethepooh4102]

Sam’s boy by William. W. Jacobs.

[winniethepooh4102]

Excuse me for this rough joke!

[winniethepooh4102]

I cried when read this story.

[winniethepooh4102]

:) To be or not to be.

[Childark]

You are so gonna be screwed

[nagarjuna]

a wealthy grandfather and a revolver

[winniethepooh4102]

Here I won’t play at hide-and-seek.

[winniethepooh4102]

If you are a writer welcome.

[winniethepooh4102]

If you aren’t please go away.

[winniethepooh4102]

Will we see your three chapters?

[winniethepooh4102]

Because I cannot see them anywhere.

[winniethepooh4102]

Coming away still none the wiser.

[Childark]

Story is inappropriate to post here

[winniethepooh4102]

I see, directly publishing the story.

[winniethepooh4102]

Six word story ended. Welcome anyway!

[Childark]

Six word story restarted. Start again

[nagarjuna]

stories become metastories. highly postmodern thread.

[Simmi]

The earth's enrichment lost. Happiness erased.

[winniethepooh4102]

Again the story makes the words.

[winniethepooh4102]

Aren’t you my best friend John?

[winniethepooh4102]

Pretending as Filipino 16 years old.

[winniethepooh4102]

His tricks well-known from the childhood?

[nagarjuna]

pooh bear: troll or simply bored?

[winniethepooh4102]

You remember beginning what I said?

[winniethepooh4102]

Hi stupid, where are you from?



(Note: This was not just like that, but something like that, as showing of. In my book I will tell this very funny story about the beginning of one friendship.)

[winniethepooh4102]

On the Philipines I have friends.

[winniethepooh4102]

To make friends is so easy.

[winniethepooh4102]

The Pooh power is always great.

[winniethepooh4102]

They can check your presence there.

[winniethepooh4102]

My Sky’pe eyes are sure everywhere.

[winniethepooh4102]

There are possibilities if you aren’t.

[winniethepooh4102]

To begin new story us together.

[winniethepooh4102]

Because of you I cannot continue.

[winniethepooh4102]

My story crying for a co-writer.

[winniethepooh4102]

Everything in the tells is true.

[winniethepooh4102]

We have only to believe them.

[winniethepooh4102]

As a tell in the tell.

[winniethepooh4102]

But now I have to go.

[winniethepooh4102]

Into my book something to write.

[winniethepooh4102]

Because my characters are crying neglected.

[winniethepooh4102]

And you are developing only yours.

[winniethepooh4102]

This about coop-writing was really serious.

[winniethepooh4102]

And I cannot understand your uncertainty.

[winniethepooh4102]

Well, I will write with dictionaries.

[winniethepooh4102]

Got idea about checking whole sentences.

[winniethepooh4102]

Will this post turn 16 p’ages?

[winniethepooh4102]

What’s a question without an answer?

[winniethepooh4102]

As a hook in our brain.

[winniethepooh4102]

And this sometimes is very painful.

[winniethepooh4102]

:)Ooops, this post is turned 16.

[winniethepooh4102]

Sorry my wife is coming back...

[winniethepooh4102]

;):)Everything is good if finish well.

[JaceMT]

She removed her mask, he screamed.

Another lie, disappointment, same feeling, hurt.

Another day, another dollar, another bill.

A broken heart, an empty home.

A new life, away from him.

[Childark]

Take my life away from me

[winniethepooh4102]

Welcome JaceMT into six wor(l)ds story!

[winniethepooh4102]

Childark is really from the Philippines.

[winniethepooh4102]

What’s his problem I don’t know.

[winniethepooh4102]

If he tell me about it.

[winniethepooh4102]

Or if he tell somewhere else.

[winniethepooh4102]

One friend from China can help.

[winniethepooh4102]

With his international network of kindness.

[winniethepooh4102]

Or maybe I can help him.

[winniethepooh4102]

The life is to be lived.

[winniethepooh4102]

People here can be his friends.

[winniethepooh4102]

There are no problems insoluble.

[winniethepooh4102]

If you have friends and belief.

[winniethepooh4102]

Otherwise we will be only writing.

[winniethepooh4102]

But nothing better will be happening.

[Kyle]

FUN!

1) CHICKEN! RUN! ...why? BEAK OF DOOM!

(Whee, I like these games, random imagination is fanastic.)

2) Touch my heart, feel it break.

(Okay, okay... one more...)

3) All- Your- Base- Belong- To- Us!

(I so didn't want to say it, honest. It just happened.)

-Ky.

[JaceMT]

If only I had known you
If only He had known that...
What if we were not here

He freed the kindom from darkness

He cast off all he knew

He ran into the dark night

We lived on islands, islands sank

He apologised, she forgave, they married.

Evil came, angels cried, people prayed.


For some reason these make me feel poetic. perhaps i'll write a short poem of 6 word lines.

[winniethepooh4102]

Sorry everyone! My book is screaming.

[Nyrihaz]

I like this idea, let's try:

A ring.. A heartbeat... "He died."

[Fiction]

OK!
The little girl was the last.

[electrilad]

Hmm... um... *knocks head against wall*

She would make the voices stop

[you_found_me]

They will never forgive me. Ever.

[miss_smiley]

The world turns in dizzy despair.

If only he had known love.

No warmth where your hand was
But phantom forlorn beneath the thorn.

Red roses cut through tinted visions.

[Liziy]

He died, therefore, she became numb.

[Emberwood]

The coma resting inside her head.

[Ninjatrone]

Birth is the beginning of death.
Love is an obstacle of life.
Death is where the sidewalk ends.
Death is the end of birth.

Anything can happen, but everything won't.

[jcsk88]

Too many posts, too few crits.

[miss_smiley]

A phone call. A beat.
Silence.

[midnight-ramble]

Blood and trifle, on floor, mixing.

[Simmi]

Reality: What the internet seemingly lacks.

[Soleil]

To capture forever, to hate it.

[Simmi]

Breakfast: Who knows what that is?

[miss_smiley]

A shriek in darkness.
War begins.

[Chocolate Hamburgers]

This looks like fun...

I told you--leave me alone!

:P

[Zombified]

Damn. This day sure does suck.

[LovyTory]

My dolls they moved, I swear

[Klon.]

Night. Beer. Car. Fast. Crash. Wheelcheer.

[trinity]

Her life flashed in front of her eyes. :confused:

[Rose]

My imaginary friend thinks you're crazy.
OR:
Who laughs last, thinks slowest.
OR:
I really have nothing to say!
:P:D:)

[peepingthesmurf]

Twas a one-way street to wonderland.
That's the best I can do... xD

[tech.no.logic]

A woman smiled at me. Why?!

I actually named my computer lapdog.

Writing about writing won't save you.

[warioandbob]

Last Night. Last Year. The Same.
---------------------------------------------
What do you think? It's hard to write something with only 6 words!

[hades cornerstone]

The beginning. The middle. The end.

[Rowenny]

I will follow the norther lights.

[Banana]

Breath escaped me. My life: gone.

[Clarissa]

The rope swings from the ceiling.

(That's suprisingly morbid... but it's six words :) )

[Rose]

So they got married...So what!:P

[trinity]

Auditions over, come back next year.

[Rose]

I lazy monster ate her...Kidding!

[Clarissa]

The water closed over her head.

[trinity]

She's dead, sorry for your loss.

[Spacepirate]

Today I attended my own funeral.

[abra~cadaver]

^ I like that one ^

...And saw you in the casket.

I fell; the rope lacked slack.

[Rose]

What is it with you people!?

[Spacepirate]

What is it with you people!?

Too much death? :glare:

How 'bout one with clowns?

"The clown spun once, then died."

Oh wait...

[Clarissa]

Hahaha Pirate, you make me laugh :P

The note. It read ''Forgive me''.

[trinity]

Sorry kids but Barney is dead. :D

[Rose]

You all write about death...Bummer!? :P

[trinity]

I finally came up with something that doesn't include death:

They all lived happily ever after.

[Rose]

And to celebrate, they ate cake. XD :ninja:

[trinity]

A ghost sang me to sleep.

[Rose]

Then came to pay a visit.

[myspeelingisbad]

Small hands shiver and are still.

....

maybe we are morbid...

[Spacepirate]

A gunshot wound, no gun around.

[Spacepirate]

World's your oyster, she ate it.

[Clarissa]

The world stopped spinning - you fell.

That's not really about death :P

[trinity]

Did I mention I'm a zombie ?

[Clarissa]

There she sleeps, a child forever.

[Peppermental]

Strawberries on my nipples blew up

[Omal]

He stole my picture. FBI involved.

[LovyTory]

Murdered. Killing me along with him.

[Taka]

I Forgot The Door Was Unlocked...

[Little Demon]

She forever fused opportunity to lust.

[LovingFan]

She missed the hoop. Crack. Snap.

La La La La La childhood.

Avalanches free fall onto villages. Again.

Bombard this home. Rape my memories.

Shakespeare sucks. Hemingway rocks. Nuff said.

[jdsncb23]

Some of these are really good story openers.

Here is my attempt:

She goes, I go with her.

Yeah, cry. Cry yourself to sleep.

Terrible darkness feeds on my power.

I run on bunnies and sunshine.

[Weirdside]

I do these all the time! 6 words shorts are very fun. For me, the beauty is in the idea more than the story. 6 words hardly make a story, they make the nugget that your mind engorges to story size.
Towers toppling in time to Armageddon.
Jumping from spires. Evolution failing me.
I sit and wait. And wait.

I actually have a bunch of good'uns, but I can't find them. :rolleyes:

[Kiba]

I like this exercise because it's like taking snapshots of little moments in someone's life.

It hurts when you smile now.

I will try to help you.

[Alice Glitterhorn]

I used him as a doorstop.

[Anira]

You only needed to be perfect.
I've always sat at lunch alone.
Hate him, because you loved him.

[lostbookworm]

Death lounged in the unlit hallway.

[ManyIdeas]

Amaterasu adored cruses, and also martini's.
Benny and Susan: The Gender Benders
Perhaps Asgard had gone way overbored.
Up and down are the same.
Harlee was your regular school hoe.

[Peppermental]

Masturbating with freshly clipped cherub wings.

[luckyladybug]

Admiring artwork: him in tight jeans.

[Weirdside]

Peppermetal: That's wickedly cool.

Javelins of justice piercing sinful skulls.
Taking the lion's share. Getting mauled.

[vikram]

A Frog jumps into well

[luckyladybug]

A Frog jumps into well

Um...isn't that only five words?


You and I kiss a lot.

[Faust]

Smells drift into a dark void
A soul is part of everything
Tins are crushed to perfect sizes

[Clawfire]

Death's mighty hand. My fading heart.

[Anira]

You keep me sane with insanity.

[ashinwonderland]

Eyes closed, deep breath, she jumped.

[lostbookworm]

And with that shot, God died.

[slippy]

Bloodied and beaten, but spirit unbroken.

[WiSe]

she once loved, i never knew

[OceanWater]

Forever Dying. Forever Reborned. Never Living.

All I wanted was a friend.

I can't see like you do.

Death was unavoidable. Except for him.

[WiSe]

Dark, cold, lonely as his mind

[CallMeJayla]

Glistening tears fell from her eyes.
She'd never felt so cold. So alone.
Why was this happening to her?