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

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   ChristineVianelloposted 13 years ago

   Dress of lace
   Face of beauty
   The said I do

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      BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      nice but is that a "they" instead of a the?

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   RTalloniposted 13 years ago

   Lonely posts on page 3,
   Calling out, “Approve me!”.

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      BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Done - thank you

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   Nikhil_posted 13 years ago

   Dear Visitors,
   Where have you gone?
   Missing you..!!
   Love
   Hubbers

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      BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Ten Words or Less - please
      
      Interesting post though.  Did your traffic get hit?

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         Nikhil_posted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks. nope

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            BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            That's great - I have some hubs up - really up and some down in traffic but nothing much that moved lower on search results - confusing really

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               Nikhil_posted 13 years agoin reply to this

               Not really
               Thanks for the Motivation

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   Golfgalposted 13 years ago

   dogs bark
   sun shines
   flowers bloom
   phone rings
   cannot find

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      BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      It's good -
      
      Dogs bark - - -   at what
      . .
      . .
      . .
      canno find - - - what!
      
      I like it.

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         Golfgalposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         so did i win?????

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            BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            no one has one yet all of us have won.  Did you get one two?

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   ChristineVianelloposted 13 years ago

   They fished for few, thousands ate, they started to follow.

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      BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      this story has been written - - good job

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   ChristineVianelloposted 13 years ago

   Did I win? heh

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      BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      We have no idea how to take votes on this - no way to have polls.  Any ideas?

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   brandonhart100posted 13 years ago

   Google Dance
   
   Move My Cheese
   
   Google Slap
   
   Move My Cheese

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      BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      amen brother -  amen!

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   RTalloniposted 13 years ago

   Decisively, knowledge kindled comprehension, securing the closed door.

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      BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      almost too deep for me - did you write the script for V the movie?

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   cindi hposted 13 years ago

   I never imagined
   this could happen
   to me

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    cindi hposted 13 years ago

    or--
    shots fired
    bombs explode
    soldier down

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       BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       good - intriguing - leaves me wanting to know more.

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    thirdmilleniumposted 13 years ago

    This is not my own: (supposed to be the shortest story, I dunno)
    
    one: Do you believe in ghosts?
    Other: Yes (Disappears!)

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       BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       cute - but no open ends.  So shortest, perhaps most meaningless short story. That was the genius of Hemingway. The open ends at both the beginning and end of his story.

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    RTalloniposted 13 years ago

    Bright green eyes silently peeked through the flowering hedgerow.

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       BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       but alas she was way to young for such frolicking

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          RTalloniposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          Nope...the only thing racy about it is my kitty planning to pounce on my gloved hands.  Or, could it be a hungry Carolina cougar getting to close for comfort?

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    MPChrisposted 13 years ago

    We Fought.
    We Died.
    For an Empty Crown, upside down.

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       MPChrisposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Also. True Story. '07-'08

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          BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          tres interisant.

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       BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       sounds like clues in the next da Vinci code book / movie

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    2uesdayposted 13 years ago

    He said "Write it right, or else re-write it."

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       BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       well done said the blind man as he picked up his hammer and saw!
       
       No one knows what the nose knows so speak beak!

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    sunny5555posted 13 years ago

    flowers bloom,trees grow,the sun shines,what a world!

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       BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       nine is fine - ten is one to often many

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    camloposted 13 years ago

    Coffin for sale - oak with brass handles, used only once.

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       BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       ten words - drop one - but good topic - what happened to the body?

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          camloposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          It's a mystery.
          
          Yeah - I would have done it in nine words if I'd paid more attention to your forum heading.
          
          Okay:
          
          Coffin for sale - oak with brass handles, used once.

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    schoolofthoughtposted 13 years ago

    ocean rose
    japan submerged
    poeple died
    the world mourns

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       BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       timely - sad too!

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    Neon_Lettersposted 13 years ago

    Amnesia, covered in blood wondering why am i alone?

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       BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Whoa! Fantastic open ends. I love it! Thank you.

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    RTalloniposted 13 years ago

    Friends smiled gently, hoping he would not feel mocked.

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       BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Real good entry - wondering what - from before the start through the non ending end.

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    Kofantomposted 13 years ago

    My cat Lucy got cancer, she died
    
    Real story she died yesterday I am very sad about it...I had her for 6 years

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       BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Sorry for you and your cat.
       
       Is Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds?

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    Marye Audetposted 13 years ago

    A crisis of sorts
    nuclear in scope
    devastated one.

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       BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Timely, interesting

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    Zenaxaposted 13 years ago

    Again
    I am born
    I learn
    I return
    Ever-never-ending

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       BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Very interesting - open ending in an infinitive manner.

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    Pearldiverposted 13 years ago

    In Tribute to Japan...
    In Traditional 5 - 7 - 5 Haiku:
    
    
    Departing our hope
    Gone Miyagi Fishingboats
    Returning Silence
    
    _____________ Pearldiver
    
    Nine Words - Three Chapters
    
    - HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE SPAM CONTENT -

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    RTalloniposted 13 years ago

    The virescent island's strand betrayed a recherché portal.

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       BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       No fair - complex combination of languages

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    RTalloniposted 13 years ago

    Seized the case.
    Blazed a trail.
    Won the trial.

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       BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Good entry - open ended on at least one end - the beginning.

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    mooreboredposted 13 years ago

    Woke up
    Was tired
    Had coffee
    All was good
    
    

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       BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Good but no loose ends on either the front or the back, the beginning or the end.

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    RTalloniposted 13 years ago

    Defiantly going.
    Definitely no return.
    Until he starved.
    
    (This one came to me because I am often puzzled to read defiantly and definitely used interchangeably.)

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       BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Yes interesting use of the two words. Good one.

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    ljanegreyposted 13 years ago

    Collosal waves
    Radiation, raw elements:
    Nature vs
    Human courage.
    
    (OK, this is on the age-old theme of man vs nature...)

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       BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Good, interesting - technically one word to many

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          ljanegreyposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          Thanks, for your comments! Amended it...

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    carolpposted 13 years ago

    Love, what comes next Marriage, House, Children,happy family forever.
    

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       BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       nice family - thank you

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    RTalloniposted 13 years ago

    Dreading her eyes he broke the bizarre news.

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       BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       suspenseful

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    FranYoposted 13 years ago

    He dropped, stretching the rope taut and finally, I smiled.

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       BaliMermaidposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       great post

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    RTalloniposted 13 years ago

    Fleeting fledglings fabricated fables, facilitating farsighted Faulknerians.

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    hell4heatherposted 13 years ago

    Swinging kids
    Upside down
    Really opens doors for you
    ;-)

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    Rosie2010posted 13 years ago

    He left
    She cried
    Heart broken
    Met another
    Happy again

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    ConspireToInspireposted 13 years ago

    A mirror shows no man. He breaks them. Cigarettes.

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    RTalloniposted 13 years ago

    Not walking was the mistake, second only to staying.

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       Bima.Purnawan1posted 13 years agoin reply to this

       You are, amazingly, full of these short soliloquies.

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          RTalloniposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          Thanks, I think.     It's neat to have a spot to park them--or rather, post them.

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          RTalloniposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          Thanks, I think.     It's neat to have a spot to park them--or rather, post them.

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    PK2010posted 13 years ago

    I scream, I wake up, it is just a dream.

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    jobswitchposted 13 years ago

    My eyes opened again. Did we ever exist at all?

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    RTalloniposted 13 years ago

    There had been many surprises, but this was stunning.

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    tsmogposted 13 years ago

    Bored at work.
    A mistake.
    Now the story.
    The End.

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       manlypoetrymanposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Better not post at work; or the boss could get ya'!

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          tsmogposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          thank you for the advice MPM. I will heed it too!

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    jessiebug5863posted 13 years ago

    purple garden
      Swaying fields
      summers eve
      Innocent Kiss
      simple times

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    RTalloniposted 13 years ago

    Hope replaced apathy when light replaced darkness.

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       tsmogposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       wow! I'm stuck on this. The chapters are endless.

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          RTalloniposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          Yes, many possibilities-many, many--but it has one special meaning.

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             tsmogposted 13 years agoin reply to this

             Must have been a happy meaning and that brings happiness to others , , ,thus the light continues

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       xanzacowposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       I love this one!!!!

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    RTalloniposted 13 years ago

    Lightly, he stepped across the threshold, forgetting the consequences.

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    manlypoetrymanposted 13 years ago

    They lived a wonderful life, but were never totally fulfilled.

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    xanzacowposted 13 years ago

    Two shoes.
    Six feet.
    Snowing outside.

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    xanzacowposted 13 years ago

    Fire ablaze.
    Ten men enter.
    One child exits.

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    xanzacowposted 13 years ago

    Question most asked.
    Question least answered.
    Curious minds.

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    xanzacowposted 13 years ago

    Market.
    Home.
    Roast beef.
    None.
    Wee-wee-wee,home.

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    RTalloniposted 13 years ago

    The end began the victory.

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       xanzacowposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       I like that...

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    rebekahELLEposted 13 years ago

    The yellow vase
    next to the window
    that faces east.
    
    

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