Definition of Six Word Stories:
A type of Flash Fiction, six word stories are (very) short stories with an exact word count: six words. Alongside quality, quantity really does matter. Though these stories are so brief in length, they can be as profound, if not more, than the prose and poetry you see and read every day, partly because six word stories can tell us so much and yet contain so little.
A Six Word Story Should:
+Tell a story: the story does not necessarily need to have a beginning, middle and end. There should be a storyline/plot element in the story which allows freedom of imagination. Time is a vital element in a story. Stories do not need to make sense, although there should be an understanding as to what the writer is trying to portray.
+Include a verb: the verb indicates action. With no action, there is no story, only statement. The story CAN be told without a verb if the description makes it evident that some action is about to occur or has occurred. Another way of portraying action implicitly is in dialogue.
+Involve progression or change: either this change, or its consequences, should be expressed in a way that gives the reader an implied beginning (and, potentially, an end).
+Evoke emotions or feelings; this mostly applies to conceptual six word stories describing a setting or mood, for example. As these are simpler to create, stories with this concept should be evocative, generally by drawing upon a familiar image.
+Provide a structure: stories should introduce a platform on which the reader builds a plot with characters and conflicts. The six words alone can rarely provide a plot, characters, and conflict with any degree of eloquency. This does not mean that the story itself needs a plot with characters, but that it should provide a structure for the audience.
+Engage the audience: the audience should want to know what has happened, what is happening or what will be happening next. Allowing the audience to imagine the scene will achieve this.
A Six Word Story Should Not:
+Be quotes/heavy referencing/content of movies, books, cliches, etc. It should not be 'clever' phrases/generic statements/sayings about life, the universe, and other things besides.
+"But life will always go on" is not a story. It might be the final line of a book you're working on, but it doesn't tell us what your book is about. It could be the ending to any book.
+Be generic and unoriginal. To be specific may be a good thing here. As stated by SilverInkblot: Concrete stories of day to day life can be just as impressive as grand sweeping statements.
+Involve a few words and a few symbols tossed in too.
The Challenge:
What I want from you isn't to just write a six word story, but to write ten chapters of six word chapters in one story. There will be one story per author, where it will contain ten chapters, and each chapter will be made off six words only.
The Rounds:
The rounds will be all given out now, one round is one chapter. You can change the order of the rounds as long as your story contains them all. Your chapter can be inspired by the word of the round or contain it, whatever you prefer.
01. gun
02. hurt
03. sell
04. flowers
05. play
06. sing
07. sun
08. water
09. tear
10. life
NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT THIS CONTEST IS ABOUT, ARE YOU READY FOR THE CHALLENGE?
Rules:
❤ Please follow Mibba’s Story Guidelines.
❤ Be careful with grammar and spelling.
❤ Any rating is fine.
❤ Any type is accepted.
❤ Any sort of pairing is fine: slash, femmeslash, hetero, etc.
❤ No pre-writes, though it would be tough to fit them here.
❤ Please link this contest in your author's note.
❤ If you need to drop out of the contest, please do inform me.
❤ If you change your name, please let me know.
Participants:
01. bellus caedes + Mallory's Turn
02. chasingdaisies; + Songs of Death
03. sheepcat; + Cherry Blossoms
04. shelbyvengeance + Soul Keeper
05. BringMeTheFuentes + The Everlasting Depression
06. la melancolique + Paracusia
07.
08.
09.
10.
Deadline:
August 29, 2015
Bye-bye sweethearts! ❤
-Maria.
A type of Flash Fiction, six word stories are (very) short stories with an exact word count: six words. Alongside quality, quantity really does matter. Though these stories are so brief in length, they can be as profound, if not more, than the prose and poetry you see and read every day, partly because six word stories can tell us so much and yet contain so little.
A Six Word Story Should:
+Tell a story: the story does not necessarily need to have a beginning, middle and end. There should be a storyline/plot element in the story which allows freedom of imagination. Time is a vital element in a story. Stories do not need to make sense, although there should be an understanding as to what the writer is trying to portray.
+Include a verb: the verb indicates action. With no action, there is no story, only statement. The story CAN be told without a verb if the description makes it evident that some action is about to occur or has occurred. Another way of portraying action implicitly is in dialogue.
+Involve progression or change: either this change, or its consequences, should be expressed in a way that gives the reader an implied beginning (and, potentially, an end).
+Evoke emotions or feelings; this mostly applies to conceptual six word stories describing a setting or mood, for example. As these are simpler to create, stories with this concept should be evocative, generally by drawing upon a familiar image.
+Provide a structure: stories should introduce a platform on which the reader builds a plot with characters and conflicts. The six words alone can rarely provide a plot, characters, and conflict with any degree of eloquency. This does not mean that the story itself needs a plot with characters, but that it should provide a structure for the audience.
+Engage the audience: the audience should want to know what has happened, what is happening or what will be happening next. Allowing the audience to imagine the scene will achieve this.
A Six Word Story Should Not:
+Be quotes/heavy referencing/content of movies, books, cliches, etc. It should not be 'clever' phrases/generic statements/sayings about life, the universe, and other things besides.
+"But life will always go on" is not a story. It might be the final line of a book you're working on, but it doesn't tell us what your book is about. It could be the ending to any book.
+Be generic and unoriginal. To be specific may be a good thing here. As stated by SilverInkblot: Concrete stories of day to day life can be just as impressive as grand sweeping statements.
+Involve a few words and a few symbols tossed in too.
The Challenge:
What I want from you isn't to just write a six word story, but to write ten chapters of six word chapters in one story. There will be one story per author, where it will contain ten chapters, and each chapter will be made off six words only.
The Rounds:
The rounds will be all given out now, one round is one chapter. You can change the order of the rounds as long as your story contains them all. Your chapter can be inspired by the word of the round or contain it, whatever you prefer.
01. gun
02. hurt
03. sell
04. flowers
05. play
06. sing
07. sun
08. water
09. tear
10. life
NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT THIS CONTEST IS ABOUT, ARE YOU READY FOR THE CHALLENGE?
Rules:
❤ Please follow Mibba’s Story Guidelines.
❤ Be careful with grammar and spelling.
❤ Any rating is fine.
❤ Any type is accepted.
❤ Any sort of pairing is fine: slash, femmeslash, hetero, etc.
❤ No pre-writes, though it would be tough to fit them here.
❤ Please link this contest in your author's note.
❤ If you need to drop out of the contest, please do inform me.
❤ If you change your name, please let me know.
Participants:
01. bellus caedes + Mallory's Turn
02. chasingdaisies; + Songs of Death
03. sheepcat; + Cherry Blossoms
04. shelbyvengeance + Soul Keeper
05. BringMeTheFuentes + The Everlasting Depression
06. la melancolique + Paracusia
07.
08.
09.
10.
Deadline:
August 29, 2015
Bye-bye sweethearts! ❤
-Maria.
November 27th, 2014 at 02:02am
