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[CW] First sentence: "The touch of the steel was cold on his skin." | The touch of the steel was cold on his skin.
The nanobot skin made for QN-584 had already been fitted and connected to his own system, and he (QN-584 is now Jacob Walters, 32, Caucasian, banker) is just beginning to get used to touch. He did not expect his own metal body to feel so cold to the skin that will completel... | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7,900 |
[CW] First sentence: "The touch of the steel was cold on his skin." | The touch of steel was cold on his skin.
"Are you sure I can't wear a shirt under this chain mail?" asked Don, his eyebrows raising slightly.
John sighed and pulled the small video camera down from his face. "Yes. That is just how this scene works."
Don lazily took stock of John's parents' backyard. "I don't think v... | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7,901 |
[CW] First sentence: "The touch of the steel was cold on his skin." | The touch of the steel was cold on his skin. I knew what came next. Fear, loathing, a hint of surprise and shimmer of indignation as the unexpected suddenly became inevitable. The change of ownership of certain objects followed by the regret of ever having entered the alleyway.
They should have seen it coming.
Bef... | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7,902 |
[CW] First sentence: "The touch of the steel was cold on his skin." | The touch of steel was cold on his skin. He flinched. He shivered. He surrendered.
"I'm sorry, son. Winter is horrible season. I hate having to kill in the winter. The gun metal is always cold. The skin is always hot. And the Apache in me, he is fearful and superstitious." The sheriff slipped the walkie from his pocke... | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7,903 |
[CW] First sentence: "The touch of the steel was cold on his skin." | The touch of steel was cold on his skin. He set the knife down, not knowing whether to go through with it.
He stared at it.
He couldn't take his eyes away from it.
It had entranced him in thought.
Did he really want to?
He lifted the knife again. Gently gliding it across the skin on the palm of his hand. He had... | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7,904 |
[CW] First sentence: "The touch of the steel was cold on his skin." | The touch of steel was cold on his skin as he came to. The surrounding debris had left him crumpled, bloodied- yet relatively unscathed, considering his situation. It takes the better part of an hour to free himself from the blanketing rubble, clawing at chunks of concrete and metal with battered digits is a slow proce... | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7,905 |
[CW] First sentence: "The touch of the steel was cold on his skin." |
The touch of steel was cold on his skin. In the distance, he heard an agonised howl. The lake was solid with swirling patterns etched into its cloudy surface. He could just about make out her eyes. Reflections of the moon glinted in her widened pupils.
He tried to keep his breathing steady. Slow. He focused on every... | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7,906 |
[CW] First sentence: "The touch of the steel was cold on his skin." | The touch of steel was cold on his skin. Almost as cold as the trickling tear that slid down his cheek in the bitter frosty air of the evening.
"Don't cry," She said softly, "You know this cannot be."
He raised his teary eyes to her, gazing at the light blue LED's of her shining eyes. Her features were as flawless as... | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7,907 |
[CW] First sentence: "The touch of the steel was cold on his skin." | The touch of steel was cold against his skin. For a heartbeat, he thought this was the end, but he let out a shaky breath when he realized it was the flat of the blade pressed against his throat, not the edge.
“What are you doing here?” A whisper, that was all, but it was enough to let him know his assailant was a w... | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7,908 |
[CW] First sentence: "The touch of the steel was cold on his skin." | The touch of steel was cold on his skin, the nearly imperceptible ticking in the watch's face was as clear as the grandfather clock that slowly rocked him to sleep as a child. A Rolex Submariner, truly a beautiful piece of machinery.
Arthur was 75 years old today, and the watch was a gift from his grateful employees.... | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7,909 |
[CW] First sentence: "The touch of the steel was cold on his skin." | The touch of steel was cold on his skin.
The chain of his pocketwatch turned cold as it did its dark work. The hour hand spun in reverse, the screaming grew louder. Lying on his newly polished shoes was an old man, young not twenty minutes ago. The superstitious proles of the past used to say that youth was wasted on ... | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7,910 |
[WP] The hero of the adventure ultimately succeeds and defeats the villain, but is mortally wounded during the final battle. Write the hero's final monologue as he dies. | I'm going with internal monologue (except the very last bit). Hope that's cool.
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Huh. This kind of sucks. Defeated the Dark Lord, saved the world. I wanted to see what the world looked like in peace. When it wasn't completely covered in darkness and fighting against all odds to preserve the merest speck of l... | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7,911 |
[WP] The hero of the adventure ultimately succeeds and defeats the villain, but is mortally wounded during the final battle. Write the hero's final monologue as he dies. | I'll die, knowing that the world won't, knowing that your last laugh signifies my victory, not yours, knowing that I'll be remembered - knowing that I lived a life, worth living. Your infamous name would echo through tartarus, while mine would shine in the heavens. The people wouldn't cry over my grave - they'd be too... | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7,912 |
[WP] The hero of the adventure ultimately succeeds and defeats the villain, but is mortally wounded during the final battle. Write the hero's final monologue as he dies. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7,913 |
[WP] The hero of the adventure ultimately succeeds and defeats the villain, but is mortally wounded during the final battle. Write the hero's final monologue as he dies. | He had succeeded. His time spent in the jungle was not wasted. The wolves and lizards death were not in vain. they gave him the experience he needed to kill the true monster, a grotesque crab like being. Alas it came at the price of his life. The Crab had set him ablaze; he could feel his long blood drenched dreads bur... | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7,914 |
[WP] The hero of the adventure ultimately succeeds and defeats the villain, but is mortally wounded during the final battle. Write the hero's final monologue as he dies. | The hero, adorned in what was once pristine and ornate armor, kneels before the crumpled figure that used to be his mortal enemy. He keeps himself propped up with the aid of his now broken long sword. Where it had once been a heroic weapon it was now a legendary relic. The sword's blade was broken, its magic powers exp... | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7,915 |
[WP] The hero of the adventure ultimately succeeds and defeats the villain, but is mortally wounded during the final battle. Write the hero's final monologue as he dies. | "Time now to have a rest. To think of home, where the sun is always shining. Such a long fight, it's really taken it out of me. Home...
"I can see the sun rising now. I can hear the sparrows harmonise in their morning song. The smell of bread baking, the taste of bruised blackberries as the paint your lips. God, it's ... | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7,916 |
[WP] The hero of the adventure ultimately succeeds and defeats the villain, but is mortally wounded during the final battle. Write the hero's final monologue as he dies. | Heron always told me that my life would flash before my eyes as I die – but he was wrong. The moment is long, and the moment feels eternal. Torturous. Awaiting without end that ever fleeting revelation that all has come to a somber and empty finale.
I’m supposed to feel…proud, and noble…feel like my sacrifice was w... | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7,917 |
[WP] Describe your favorite food to someone who has never tasted food before. | My favorite food in the world is a pastrami sandwich at Katz's Deli in Manhattan. It'll be a little tricky describing it to someone with your unique condition, but I'll give it my best shot.
You walk in through these open, inviting doors crammed with a nonstop stream of people, and it's admittedly a little bit of a t... | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7,918 |
[WP] Describe your favorite food to someone who has never tasted food before. | You...you really don't remember? Even the taste of Glazed Donuts, the ones from Krispy Kreme? Okay, um, let me see if I could describe it to you, um...
Imagine...imagine it's a rainy summer night. Nobody's in the street except you, and you're trying to find some shade. You look around, and you see a orange light emana... | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7,919 |
You are an anthropologist for the most prestigious college on the Earth. The year is 2450 A.D., and you are going to be the first person to time travel to 35,000 B.C. You time travel successfully into the middle of a Neanderthal tribe/village. They all look at you. |
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[PM] Prompt and critique me, please | Write a story where the major plot point quite literally turns everything, "on a dime." | 4 | 0 | 12 | 7,921 |
[PM] Prompt and critique me, please | Write a short story where the main character is a depressive hairbrush. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7,922 |
[PM] Prompt and critique me, please | Your first sentence has to be "The end." Elaborate. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7,923 |
[PM] Prompt and critique me, please | Write about a [terrorist attack at a school](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beslan_school_hostage_crisis) from the point of view of a teacher, child or terrorist.
Write a sex scene in third person restrictive, but switch viewpoints half way though so that we get both sides.
In the Cloud Atlas movie, Sonmi 451 remarks "... | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7,924 |
[PM] Prompt and critique me, please | Joseph realizes that the product his startup is planning to ship is built on an idea or concept, which was not obvious before but is obvious now - is a total sham. Only via some rare intersection of dumb luck, crappy coding, marketing bullshit, and heroic business presentations did they ever manage to reach this stage.... | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7,925 |
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[WP] Write about a pet peeve in an hyper-exaggerated way, as a poem. | Dishes? Not my turn.
3 weeks, dishes still dirty.
I'll clean them, again. | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7,927 |
[WP] Write about a pet peeve in an hyper-exaggerated way, as a poem. | Rubbish spills onto the floor
From bin bags bought by mother-in-law.
Cheap black plastic that's too thin
To hold what we throw in the bin. | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7,928 |
[WP] Write about a pet peeve in an hyper-exaggerated way, as a poem. | I pulled in to the car park,
it had just gone half past three,
I had to buy some milk, but worse, I really had to pee
I strode into the market
with a wince upon my face
I pulled up my new jeans as they were NOT staying in place
There were people everywhere !
As far as I could see
It was the after school c... | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7,929 |
[WP] Write about a pet peeve in an hyper-exaggerated way, as a poem. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7,930 |
[WP] Write about a pet peeve in an hyper-exaggerated way, as a poem. | Does Suessian poetry count?
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When people ride round in their automobiles
To work, school or home, others hot on their heels
They sometimes get stuck in big car line crams
That, oddly enough, they have named traffic jams.
...
Now jams, as you know, are a quite yummy treat
They come in all flavors, and all of... | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7,931 |
[WP] Write about a pet peeve in an hyper-exaggerated way, as a poem. |
Do you know how much I hate, the annoying way you masticate,
Do you know how much I loathe, that you can’t seem to eat with your mouth close.
Do you know how much I dread, sitting by you as you get fed.
I know, I know, some food with crunch makes noise inevitable,
but see here, if you clamp your mouth shut, the... | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7,932 |
[WP] Write about a pet peeve in an hyper-exaggerated way, as a poem. | Hair on the soap
Hair on the soap
Makes me say nope
Die motherfucker
Wash the hair off the soap | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7,933 |
[WP] Write about a pet peeve in an hyper-exaggerated way, as a poem. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7,934 |
[WP] Inspired by the song Unplayed Piano, you are a piano or musical instrument of your choice that has long been neglected by someone who used to play you everyday for years. | I knew this would happen. Since the day he bought me I was always cognizant of the reasons I was in his bedroom. The little plastic guitar with the five bright buttons planted that thought deep in my frets. He'd gained as much entertainment from those games as he could and now he was "Stepping Up" to the real thing.... | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7,935 |
Write the longest story that you can with all of the letters in alphabetical order. |
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Write the longest story that you can with all of the letters in alphabetical order. | [deleted] | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7,937 |
Write the longest story that you can with all of the letters in alphabetical order. | so you want the word "abc" ?
Or do you mean that "cede" is impermissible but "ado" is because the letters are alphabetical?
Or do you mean that the first letter of the first word should be "a", the first letter of the second should be "b", etc?
Clarity, please! | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7,938 |
Write the longest story that you can with all of the letters in alphabetical order. | A bold cessation, dutifully executed, feels grand.
His insides jostle, knees lock.
More news: oh! Peace! Quit resisting, start this unique venture.
Watch xenagogues, young zealot. | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7,939 |
Do you have any short outlandish ideas you'd like to see turned into short stories? |
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[WP] You have the power to build worlds. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7,941 |
[WP] You have the power to build worlds. | (Ten minutes prior to the Big Bang)
"Behold! All of creation! I've made a galaxy of wonder!"
"Why are all the planets shaped like breasts?"
"Why not?"
"Ugh. Hey Everyone! Scrap this universe. We're going back to square one and making God a woman this time!" | 19 | 0 | 17 | 7,942 |
[WP] You have the power to build worlds. | I stood within the orbit of potential, a satellite to that which did not yet exist. Upon a pedestal of incomparable scientific power I prepared to weave rivers and plant mountains in the wake of a lonely yellow star. We were, all of us, burdened with an overabundance of choice. Since humanity mastered the mechanisms of... | 7 | 0 | 17 | 7,943 |
[WP] You have the power to build worlds. | "Its a lot like sending a satellite into orbit, if you mess up on takeoff your fucked. Take the time to build a good foundation and it will spare you a lot of heartache. It's easy to get attached to your creations, so you have to be careful. After things get set in motion there isn't much you can do to stop them."
Th... | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7,944 |
[WP] You have the power to build worlds. | Welcome to Planetary Imagination, "The world is in our hands" what can i help you with? a group of beings approaches the desk, one is wearing a white robe, another one has four arms, there are several each one different. We would like to start over...What happened? Well..it was going okay but then we couldn't support ... | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7,945 |
[WP] You have the power to build worlds. | [deleted] | 5 | 0 | 17 | 7,946 |
[WP] You have the power to build worlds. | I have the power to build worlds...
The white endless nothing fades into a black endless nothing. First light appears, then the planets. Stars, asteroids, suns, moons and galaxies form, the universe takes shape.
I have the power to destroy worlds...
Everything vanishes, I'm back in the white endless nothing. Just me... | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7,947 |
[WP] You have the power to build worlds. | "Cmon! Aren't you going to let Him prove you wrong?" he cried
I sat there weary, millenniums pass, maybe aeons.
I sighed.
"Are you going to just let Him win?" he whispered
I stood up, and I wondered. Why?
Why do these humans always make the same mistake? | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7,948 |
[WP] You have the power to build worlds. | Before the beginning, nothing but blankness existed. A plane of nothing but white; smooth. Infinite. Flat.
And then, with a wave of the hand, the world begins. Small, at first, then bigger, more extravagant. Some grey, some gold, some black, and blue, and red. A rock there, tree there, a bird in the sky. One, two, thr... | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7,949 |
[WP] You have the power to build worlds. | "It doesn't make any sense, you know. You could create anything you wanted in the blink of an eye, but here you are mopping floors."
Anthony sighed and crouched down to ring his mop out again. A smile played on his lips, as though this was all some big joke, but Susan wasn’t about to let the subject slip.
She leaned ... | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7,950 |
[WP] You have the power to build worlds. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7,951 |
[WP] You have the power to build worlds. | I had left it dormant for far too long. Draped cloths over workbenches and tools, the room silent and dark. When had I last been in here? It was hard for me to recall. I was one of the last, a lowly cleric of the Larsa order. We had given up robes and insignia a long time ago, after the purge.
Words were valued once, ... | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7,952 |
[WP] You have the power to build worlds. | I can build worlds, and I can create them. The power of the human- I mean God, mind. Making civilizations appear and smashing together land to make my own world never gets boring.
Until my first break of the day comes, and then I have to save and quit. Simcity is a damn fun game! | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7,953 |
[WP] A writers' lounge argues about some pop culture thing. Each one could only speak in one literary style/genre. | "But dost thou wish to argue with me now?
What ho, thou knave! I find ye in the wrong!
For it is clear that when it comes to form
Pentameter with iambs is the best.
Thine words against me are but arrows dull
that bounce from off my frame and hit the ground
for whilst thou whinge and whine and do protest
I... | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7,954 |
[FF] You are a man who wakes in the middle of the night to discover that he's sprouted breasts and his first period is coming. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7,955 |
[FF] You are a man who wakes in the middle of the night to discover that he's sprouted breasts and his first period is coming. | why's this flash fiction? did you have a word limit in mind? | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7,956 |
[WP] - Professor walks into a classroom. Shoots a student in the head. Proceeds to have a conversation about why. | "Why did I shoot her in the head?" The professor asked, zipping up his pants.
"Because . . ." The girl sitting in the first row began, but trailed off.
"Because, it was humiliating." A guy three rows back guessed.
"Correct. When making porn. You must tailor it to your demographic. There was no fetish introduced. The... | 43 | 0 | 143 | 7,957 |
[WP] - Professor walks into a classroom. Shoots a student in the head. Proceeds to have a conversation about why. | [deleted] | 2 | 0 | 143 | 7,958 |
[WP] - Professor walks into a classroom. Shoots a student in the head. Proceeds to have a conversation about why. | The echo of the gunshot lingered in the air, as if asking why it existed in the first place. The professor, still holding the smoking gun, listened to it bounce around the corners of the room. *Trying to hide?* he thought with a smile. *There's nowhere to go.*
Slumped backwards in his chair was the student he had fi... | 164 | 0 | 143 | 7,959 |
[WP] - Professor walks into a classroom. Shoots a student in the head. Proceeds to have a conversation about why. | The lecture hall buzzed with anticipation. It was the first day of classes at the Detroit Institute of Mechanics and Technology, and excitement (as well as a hint of worry) was in the air. It was also the first day where the Alden Technology Building was officially open, and students were excitedly pointing out all the... | 48 | 0 | 143 | 7,960 |
[WP] - Professor walks into a classroom. Shoots a student in the head. Proceeds to have a conversation about why. | [deleted] | -1 | 0 | 143 | 7,961 |
[WP] - Professor walks into a classroom. Shoots a student in the head. Proceeds to have a conversation about why. | "You see, death is immaterial."
The students sat motionless in their seats, aghast. On the front row, a freshman psychology major lay slumped over his desk. His blood pooled beneath his head and began to drip steadily onto the floor.
Professor Gruman pocketed the Smith & Wesson revolver into his cardigan. It... | 16 | 0 | 143 | 7,962 |
[WP] - Professor walks into a classroom. Shoots a student in the head. Proceeds to have a conversation about why. | "Well I hoped you checked your e-mail", the professor wiped a little bit of brain off her cheek, leaving a blood stained streak in its wake. She seemed disinterested in or just didn't noticed the rest of the blood spattered all over her face. She kicked the body out of her way, "Otherwise you'd be in for one hell of a ... | 13 | 0 | 143 | 7,963 |
[WP] - Professor walks into a classroom. Shoots a student in the head. Proceeds to have a conversation about why. | "Dammit, Professor! Chuck was my lab partner! Now I've got to do this section on melting points all on my own!"
"Look I'm sorry, Dan, but being a Harvester is a responsibility I take very seriously! Do you think I like shooting someone to death whenever this damn watch beeps at random? Do think overpopulation culling ... | 13 | 0 | 143 | 7,964 |
[WP] - Professor walks into a classroom. Shoots a student in the head. Proceeds to have a conversation about why. | It was a dreadful and unpleasantly dry day. Just like any other really; same tired faces
being forced to an early morning lecture. Every fellow student knew the only reason they are here
is because they had it required. Every one of them, with zero motivation for any work.''
Professor stood up with surprising energy... | 1 | 0 | 143 | 7,965 |
[WP] - Professor walks into a classroom. Shoots a student in the head. Proceeds to have a conversation about why. | "You live your lives in ruts. We all do. It is the natural state of humanity.
"We find our habits and we stick to them. We live, wandering in circles, between epiphanies. Humans don't grow unless they're forced to, by some horrid happenstance.
"Right now, all of you are evacuating your ruts. All of you are trying to ... | 5 | 0 | 143 | 7,966 |
[WP] - Professor walks into a classroom. Shoots a student in the head. Proceeds to have a conversation about why. | The classmates all stared in disbelief as the professor turned back to his desk to file papers and nonchalantly took a sip of coffee.
"What?" The professor asked his still shocked students.
Silence and 24 pairs of unblinking eyes responded.
"Why should students have all the school shooting fun?"
A lone voice from... | 6 | 0 | 143 | 7,967 |
[WP] I want you to tell me the story again. The important one. The one existing to warn me against a very real danger or threat I’m too young to understand. | Lenny cracks his knuckles as Sarah watches her grandfather close his eyes, take a deep breath, and slowly open his eyes. He pushes back his gray hair with his hand, pauses, and smiles at Sarah. He pushes a plate with a sandwich towards her and says, "Come on, eat up. Show your grandpa you're a good eater."
"Grandpa, ... | 16 | 0 | 20 | 7,968 |
[WP] I want you to tell me the story again. The important one. The one existing to warn me against a very real danger or threat I’m too young to understand. | Don't go into the woods my child.
Don't pass the painted picket.
There's a beast out in the darkness,
murderous and wicked.
Stay home where it is safe.
Lock the door and hide.
For he comes to steal the children,
making the little ones his brides.
The beast can look like me.
The beast can look like him. ... | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7,969 |
[OT] I think we may have taken it a little too far with the FF purge | I personally enjoy those types of challenges from time to time. There is nothing to prevent subscribers from posting a six word story prompt. Feel free to make one if you like. | 11 | 0 | 107 | 7,970 |
[OT] I think we may have taken it a little too far with the FF purge | [deleted] | 29 | 0 | 107 | 7,971 |
[OT] I think we may have taken it a little too far with the FF purge | As a non-writer type of person who enjoys reading stories on this sub, I feel that FF are the easiest prompts and one of the only ones that I can contribute to. | 13 | 0 | 107 | 7,972 |
[OT] I think we may have taken it a little too far with the FF purge | 6 word prompts just feels like an empty idea. I don't like it personally because I love to read people's world-building, and character development. Even if it's wordier than Tolkien or Robert Jordan, I'd love it more than those darn little 6-worders.
I just don't think they add much to the sub. | 61 | 0 | 107 | 7,973 |
[OT] I think we may have taken it a little too far with the FF purge | The problem with the "must be under x words" prompts is that they're just one-off lines and usually phoned-in. I don't even bother to read them. The top rated items are usually reddit in-jokes or some obvious twist like the serial killer is the narrator or the narrator is dead or whatever. There's really not a lot you... | 28 | 0 | 107 | 7,974 |
[OT] I think we may have taken it a little too far with the FF purge | How about a weekly (or something) FF specific post? A place where all the "Thing X in Y words" can be made in comments to that specific post and responses too said comments can be the responses? Then make a new post weekly to clear it out and allow more new ones, as too allow for FF's to survive and thrive without impe... | 11 | 0 | 107 | 7,975 |
[OT] I think we may have taken it a little too far with the FF purge | Perhaps a specific day each week can be alotted for those prompts, similar to how other subreddits moderate their posts/topics? That way it's not a seemingly constant barrage of micro prompts.
(I love reading them, too.) | 11 | 0 | 107 | 7,976 |
[OT] I think we may have taken it a little too far with the FF purge | who banned it? | 2 | 0 | 107 | 7,977 |
[OT] I think we may have taken it a little too far with the FF purge | [deleted] | 3 | 0 | 107 | 7,978 |
[OT] I think we may have taken it a little too far with the FF purge | I enjoy the shorter prompts. I think a lot of people do. r/writingprompts is sometimes a bigger time-sink than any other sub, and the shorter FF is good for mobile device time killers while you wait for the bus or whatever. It is also a fantastic window into group creativity that is more laborious for longer prompts... | 7 | 0 | 107 | 7,979 |
[OT] I think we may have taken it a little too far with the FF purge | I truly like that we are one of the few subreddits, where there is actual discussion about the aubredddit and how to enhance it. It is what makes all of you special! | 5 | 0 | 107 | 7,980 |
[OT] I think we may have taken it a little too far with the FF purge | Couldn't you just take the prompts written here and try to do them in 6 words? Seems to me the only reason you're pissy about this is because you're desperate to be noticed by other redditors. You should be writing for yourself. | 0 | 0 | 107 | 7,981 |
[OT] I think we may have taken it a little too far with the FF purge | How about creating a joint story? Users can contribute one sentence, people can branch off if they feel they have a better continuation. | 3 | 0 | 107 | 7,982 |
[OT] I think we may have taken it a little too far with the FF purge | How about 6 word (or one sentence) comment tree prompts? Where all responses must be made to appropriately continue the previous comment, thereby creating a story out of mixed author perspectives and ideas? | 3 | 0 | 107 | 7,983 |
[OT] I think we may have taken it a little too far with the FF purge | Honestly I'd rather see less headline traffic out of this subreddit, and have those prompts be focused hopefully on higher quality output by contributors. | 3 | 0 | 107 | 7,984 |
[OT] I think we may have taken it a little too far with the FF purge | You're still more than welcome to do FF prompts! The problem before was that all we had for a long time was a lot of nonsense "Make me feel x in x words" and off the top of my head, I can count 10 times where "Write the saddest story possible in six words" was responded to with the classic, "For sale: Baby's shoes, nev... | 3 | 0 | 107 | 7,985 |
[OT] I think we may have taken it a little too far with the FF purge | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 107 | 7,986 |
[OT] I think we may have taken it a little too far with the FF purge | As requested, here's one:
http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/1vb8ht/ff_you_have_maximum_6_words_write_the_most/ | 2 | 0 | 107 | 7,987 |
[OT] I think we may have taken it a little too far with the FF purge | Personally, I think that limiting prompts allowed is detrimental to the subreddit as a whole. You don't like FF prompts? Skip them. Others DO like them. With the labeling system in place for prompts, I'm somewhat puzzled as to how this is even an issue. It's very easy to pick and choose which posts to read or part... | 1 | 0 | 107 | 7,988 |
[WP] They say your life flashes before your eyes just before you die... | "Tell me again, how would me drowning you help you find your keys?"
"No no, you don't drown me, you just hold me under until I stop thrashing, and the immediately pull me out and perform CPR to revive me."
"...OK, and this helps you find your keys how?"
"They say your life flashes before your eyes just before you di... | 15 | 0 | 12 | 7,989 |
[WP] They say your life flashes before your eyes just before you die... | You know, they say your life flashes before your eyes when you die. I didn't experience anything of the sort, but then again my life had been rather short so it could have happened without me noticing.
I didn't expect to die, not really. It came as a bit of a surprise. I was only fifteen after all. I had made plans to... | 4 | 0 | 12 | 7,990 |
[WP] They say your life flashes before your eyes just before you die... | They say your life flashes before your eyes right before you die.
I open my eyes and everything is a blur; I cry. My name is Gary. I learn my first word: foot. I take my first steps. I'm potty trained. I learn my ABCs. I learn how to count to 10. I learn to read See Jane Run. I start preschool. I learn sha... | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7,991 |
[WP] They say your life flashes before your eyes just before you die... | “They say your life flashes before your eyes just before you die…”
“Frankly, there are a number of issues with this statement, and none that are, on the whole, particularly helpful to its understanding. However, for the sake of argument, let’s narrow it down to two. Yes, that seems like a sensible number to work wit... | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7,992 |
[WP] They say your life flashes before your eyes just before you die... | [Took a while, but I finished!](http://samwise-stories.tumblr.com/post/73430480013/15-1-14) -015 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7,993 |
[WP] They say your life flashes before your eyes just before you die... | They say your life flashes before your eyes just before you die.
The truth is, it doesn't flash. There is a flash, don't get me wrong, but that's before you see if all over again, from your first memory that is etched in your head, laying on your stomach in your kitchen, your mother pulling that chocolate cake from t... | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7,994 |
[WP] They say your life flashes before your eyes just before you die... | They say your life flashes before your eyes just before you die, but I didn't see anything. I tried as hard as I could to envision a face or a name. I tried to picture my father and the days we spend practicing baseball as a child. I tried to imagine his red faded baseball sleeves and torn sweat pants as he beckoned me... | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7,995 |
[WP] A man who hasn't slept in several days due to his noisy neighbors returns home one day to screams from the other apartment followed by silence | Mm, fun prompt! Not sure if others are working on responses though I have a story in the works. Just wanted to leave my mark here since sometimes people delete their posts :( - TBC
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**Edit: Here ya go! I wrote the story and realized at the end that I made them homes rather than an apartment. My bad! :/**
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[WP] A man who hasn't slept in several days due to his noisy neighbors returns home one day to screams from the other apartment followed by silence | It had been a rough couple months. Evan could remember the exact day his new neighbors had moved in, because he hadn’t been able to sleep a full night ever since.
Shirley and Dave. Yes, they had seemed innocuous enough when he had first met them in the hall. A young couple, moving in; youthful, tight bodies dusty... | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7,997 |
WP- You find evidence that finally puts a famous real-life mystery/crime to rest. |
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[WP] My Creative Writing teacher just gave me this. Write an ending. Give us the last couple of pages of a novel or short story. | Class just got out. Here's my first go:
They avoided eye contact as they gripped each other’s forearms in a seemingly impersonal embrace. When they finally locked eyes, both were surprised to see that the others’ held tears.
The taller of the two, a burly man, ran his fingers through his thick, ponytailed, black hair... | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7,999 |
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