Challenge Writing Skills - Write A Short Story in Less Than Ten Words

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  1. CrisSp profile image68
    CrisSpposted 11 years ago

    Story of my life:

    I laugh, I love, I live.

    (6 words)

  2. mathsmaster profile image69
    mathsmasterposted 11 years ago

    At the end its money that matters.

  3. profile image0
    Deb Welchposted 11 years ago

    Gleaming Eyes
    Shining Teeth
    Blood Red Nose
    Poor Dead Santa.

  4. Zabbella profile image75
    Zabbellaposted 11 years ago

    Wife, mother, widow...
    Grandmother then newlywed.
    Happiness comes full circle.

  5. profile image0
    RTalloniposted 11 years ago

    Curiously, her gelid heart felt hope in the promise.

  6. citywolf profile image60
    citywolfposted 11 years ago

    feet sinking deeper,

    they plodded forth,

    world without end.

  7. profile image0
    RTalloniposted 11 years ago

    Obscure as the methodology was, it worked most advantageously.

  8. 2uesday profile image66
    2uesdayposted 11 years ago

    Nine words spoken hastily and then she left him.

  9. Critical Thinker1 profile image58
    Critical Thinker1posted 11 years ago

    Grieving for the living instead of waiting for change.

  10. profile image0
    RTalloniposted 11 years ago

    Potentates proved pivotally pedestrian. Pejoratives persisted, pinioning progress.

  11. jimmythejock profile image81
    jimmythejockposted 11 years ago

    shot in head,dead, can't write anymore

  12. bBerean profile image61
    bBereanposted 11 years ago

    Silence.
    Quiet breath.
    Stillness.
    Apprehension.
    Fear.
    Footsteps near.
    Scream.

  13. profile image0
    RTalloniposted 11 years ago

    Ingenious impersonators identified irrelevant idiosyncrasies, imperceptibly irking irresolute iconoclasts.

  14. 2uesday profile image66
    2uesdayposted 11 years ago

    The politician admitted he told lies in his biography.

  15. profile image0
    Motown2Chitownposted 11 years ago

    She would have changed it if she knew how.

  16. gmwilliams profile image83
    gmwilliamsposted 11 years ago

    She saw the blond man at a bar.

  17. bizarrett81 profile image68
    bizarrett81posted 11 years ago

    As his truck disappeared, she knew it was over.

  18. profile image0
    RTalloniposted 11 years ago

    Blinded, he nearly missed the turning point.

  19. Hannah Ercolini profile image60
    Hannah Ercoliniposted 11 years ago

    Imagination, Wonder, and Curiosity
    Everything is new
    Children.

  20. 2uesday profile image66
    2uesdayposted 11 years ago

    Lost in space they founded a new society.

  21. Sphinxs Sanctum profile image60
    Sphinxs Sanctumposted 11 years ago

    Your rose-colored bubble formed, floated, briefly--then burst!

  22. ARUN KANTI profile image35
    ARUN KANTIposted 11 years ago

    My  mother’s blessing helped  me   become an upright man

  23. 2uesday profile image66
    2uesdayposted 11 years ago

    Wedding rings for sale, unused and still in boxes.

    1. Rosie2010 profile image67
      Rosie2010posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Oh how sad.

  24. Rosie2010 profile image67
    Rosie2010posted 11 years ago

    She screamed.  But no one heard.  Then silence.

  25. 2uesday profile image66
    2uesdayposted 11 years ago

    House for sale, going cheap they won the lottery.

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    khmohsinposted 11 years ago

    I went hunting to shot deer but shot my foot....!!!

  27. Sphinxs Sanctum profile image60
    Sphinxs Sanctumposted 11 years ago

    Wit and charm, always on, from dusk 'til dawn.

  28. Anna Haven profile image70
    Anna Havenposted 11 years ago

    The door opened,
    She hid,
    He left a letter.

    1. Andy McGuire profile image73
      Andy McGuireposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I like this, it sounds ominous at first, then ends openly. Nice work.

  29. Andy McGuire profile image73
    Andy McGuireposted 11 years ago

    The silent ones now raise their fists, a revolution dawns.

  30. VirtualTrainingCo profile image59
    VirtualTrainingCoposted 11 years ago

    Knowledge, a continuous cycle of learning, applying, sharing, and innovating.

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    RTalloniposted 11 years ago

    Her crown cost far more than she expected.

  32. 2uesday profile image66
    2uesdayposted 11 years ago

    Forgotten on Valentine's Day, eventually she forgot him.

  33. profile image0
    RTalloniposted 11 years ago

    Witlessly, he missed the heart of the matter.

  34. Zabbella profile image75
    Zabbellaposted 11 years ago

    Completely alone!  With nerves of steel, she plotted the course.

  35. kenzaveryella profile image59
    kenzaveryellaposted 11 years ago

    The roofers came, removed old roof, didn't cover, it rained.

  36. profile image0
    RTalloniposted 11 years ago

    Change was required.
    Difficult decision.
    Should've done it.

  37. AdmiralJim profile image59
    AdmiralJimposted 11 years ago

    Quite an infuriating task, seems really simple until it comes to actually doing it. This feels like something of a cop-out, but eh.

    If I die in this hole, tell my wife I..

  38. jg555 profile image60
    jg555posted 11 years ago

    He died.
    She died.
    They Lived.

  39. profile image0
    Deb Welchposted 11 years ago

    Green mold,
    fed to the sick dog -
    Vomitted and
    lived.

 
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