A very good one!

Clearly we all have lost whatever mind we had left before we joined HW - which, I imagine, wasn't much, since we actually thought it was a good idea to associate ourselves with this motley group - but there are some excellent sentences that have been posted! I like the frogs... among other things.

I finally wrote one. Critiques are welcome, because I am considering posting it on my blog.

"I am the President's orphaned daughter."

Not a self-assessment, btw.

wow, that's profoundly descriptive...


Father never taught me the ways...

The Angels praised as they fought...

Richard hasn't walked since that day...

It's subtle, and takes a moment to sink in, but when it does, it's effective.

Thank you. I was hoping it would...

Yes! Very effective! I was like... eh.... let me read that again... and I was like "Oh! That means the president's dead! Do go on!"

Wow, Philly, that's awesome.

Oh? That IS one...

Exactly! There are so many possibilities, all intriguing.

He's right!

Haha wow, nice catch there Luke.

In retrospect, I shouldn't have tried.

The snow melted in a flash.

“I’m not sure that he’s telepathic."

"Hey, I haven't been wrong before!"

"He killed her twice, I'm sure."

“My parachute seems to be missing.”

Love the last one, I'd totally say something like that

Thanks. And there's another one!

Thank you. That one...and the third one...are actually lines from a chapter I wrote last night for my co-written novel Starling.

Those are good, but this one stood out to me:

Yep. Look through your writing for six-word segments...there's bound to be something in there.

This is getting kind of creepy.

And there's another one!

that's what I was going for.

Haha, that is great.

I just thought of one:

Blood dripped from his broken sword.

These are good, especially the parachute one.

Ya'll are so morbid

Sorry, we just can't help it.

We've tried a few light-hearted or heart-warming stories, but dark seems to be more popular.

Because dark seems like the end.

That's a brilliant one.

I was just making a statement.

All your statements are six words.

And they're dark because if you look at a story, it might have a good ending but it's probably overwhelmingly about bad things. So when you condense a story into six words, what comes out most is the dark part.

Excellent, excellent! We had all better make sure our normal sentences in this thread are longer than six words.

Since this was so popular, I'm thinking about putting graphing them - dark, light, noted as exceptional. *pulls up openoffice* Maybe tomorrow.

But it's fun talking like this! You know, in six word sentences.

I'm inclined to agree with you.

See? We like it. Do you?

They are strangely addicting, aren't they?

Yeah, almost as bad as chocolate.

These are so making me laugh! I wasn't meaning to be morbid...

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The corn harvest overflowed the barn.
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The fingerprints were exactly the same.
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The smilies poured through the doors.
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His raised sword shook with hesitation.
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Feet flying, he landed head first.
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He dodged the bullet by inches.
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No! Please! Anything but the Smilies!

One taste and they have you.

I'm a fan of dark myself

Dark chocolate is definitely the best.

Six word sentences are now in? *evil chuckle*

I disagree, though Jedi you be. Milk chocolate is the best chocolate.


The mist vanished, them with it.

The Man in Black climbed steadily.

The assassin's young son wept bitterly.

Aww, poor child of an assassin...



"Right back"

Never saw him again.

Bahahaha! I like that one!

Never saw him again! That's great!

Why thank you Bush and Luke.

I like talking in six words. Maybe it'll drive other people nuts.

It seems like a probable outcome.

Shouldn't it be six word stories? To stay on topic, I mean?

Six word sentences work well though. It's really not all that confusing.

Life: you live it, then die.