Six word story challenges – Figments of a DuTchess

Six word story: Quest

Posted on February 10, 2016February 11, 2016 by Marion Driessen

The writing prompt for this week’s Six word story challenge is QUEST.

In mythology and literature, a quest, a journey towards a goal, serves as a plot device and (frequently) as a symbol. Quests appear in the folklore of every nation and also figure prominently in non-national cultures. In literature, the objects of quests require great exertion on the part of the hero, and the overcoming of many obstacles, typically including much travel. The aspect of travel also allows the storyteller to showcase exotic locations and cultures (an objective of the narrator, not of the character).

Tolkien-crazy as I am, when I hear quest, I can only think of Frodo in Lord of the Rings. And in my mind I wander through valleys, in search of… well, I’ll have to think on that.

What’s your quest about? Surprise me with your six words!

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The challenge for you:

Write a story about a QUEST in just six words. Let a photo or image inspire you to write a story. Or first write the story, and then make or search for a picture to go with it.

Here’s a Six Word Story by Ernest Hemingway.

Such an impact and unseen images in only six words…

Publish your Six word story on your own website/blog and paste the link to that post in a comment to this one here at Figments. I will include your contribution in this post, forming a list of stories.

Will you join me? Will you? Say you do. And share the challenge news.

Have fun writing!
Marion

READ THE QUESTS OF:

The Inkwell: Sword Sharpened – Look out Scaly Dragon!
Figments of a DuTchess: A quest for gold
Peter Bouchier: Nuages Gris
Breath of Green Air: Questing inwards towards the golden truth

Who’s next? 🙂

The next challenge will be published on Wednesday, February 24. If you have an idea for a theme, please contact me.
Check out Six word story challenges for all themes. Perhaps you’ll find something you want to participate in.
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Six Word Story Challenge: Astronomical Object

Posted on October 8, 2014February 19, 2016 by Marion Driessen

The Six Word Story Challenge of this week is all about ASTRONOMICAL OBJECTS or CELESTIAL BODIES.

Astronomical objects or celestial objects are naturally occurring physical entities, associations or structures that current science has demonstrated to exist in the observable universe.

The term astronomical object is sometimes used interchangeably with astronomical body. Typically, an astronomical (celestial) body refers to a single, cohesive structure that is bound together by gravity (and sometimes by electromagnetism).

Astronomical objects are gravitational bound structures that are associated with a position in space, but may consist of multiple independent astronomical bodies or objects. These objects range from single planets to star clusters, nebulae or entire galaxies. A comet may be described as a body, in reference to the frozen nucleus of ice and dust, or as an object, when describing the nucleus with its diffuse coma and tail.

Just a few examples: stars (like the sun), planets (like our dear earth), moons, dwarf planets, asteroids, comets, meteoroids, galaxies, you name it and it’s out there. And plenty of unnamed ones too!

So here’s the challenge for you: step outside and stare upwards until you can

write a story about an ASTRONOMICAL OBJECT in just six words. Let a photo or image inspire you to write a story. Or first write the story, and then make or search for a picture to go with it.

Here’s a Six Word Story by Ernest Hemingway.

Such an impact and unseen images in only six words…

Publish your Six Word Story on your own website/blog and paste the link to that post in a comment to this one here at Figments. I will include your contribution in this post, forming a list of stories.

Will you join me? Will you? Say you do. And share the challenge news!

I look forward to your stories.
Marion

READ THE ASTRONOMICAL STORIES OF:

Gray Poet: Blood Moon – Six Word Story Challenge
Crackerberries: Prophecy?
Creative Metaphor: Tears of the Ninth
The Inkwell: Comet

Doe je liever mee in het Nederlands, ga dan naar Verhaal in zes woorden met beeld: Hemellichaam.

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Older stories:
130226 – Poverty
130313 – Spring
130327 – Writing
130410 – Light
130424 – Music
130515 – Transport
130529 – Pets
130612 – Regret
130616 – Inspiration
130703 – Commercials
130814 – Vacation
130829 – Memory
130911 – Terrorism
130925 – Youth
131030 – The Weather
131113 – Film
131127 – Art
131211 – Food
131229 – Retrospect
140122 – Puzzle
140205 – Shopping
140219 – Dilemma
140312 – Daredevil
140326 – Friends
140513 – Garden
140529 – Elections

Six word story challenges

Six Word Story Challenge: Elections

Posted on May 29, 2014June 7, 2014 by Marion Driessen

The Six Word Story Challenge of this week is all about ELECTIONS.

An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional and local government. This process is also used in many other private and business organizations, from clubs to voluntary associations and corporations.

To elect means to choose or make a decision and so sometimes other forms of ballot such as referendums are referred to as elections, especially in the United States.

Apart from politics, there are also other kind of elections. Think of beauty queens and song contests for example.

The challenge for you:

Write a story about ELECTIONS in just six words. Let a photo or image inspire you to write a story. Or first write the story, and then make or search for a picture to go with it.

Here’s a Six Word Story by Ernest Hemingway.

Such an impact and unseen images in only six words…

Will you join me? Will you? Say you do. And share the challenge news!

I look forward to your stories.
Marion

READ THE ELECTION STORIES OF:

Crackerberries: To Vote or Not To Vote
Island Hopes: Six Word Story Challenge
Oh Danny Boy: Tea Party Candidate Wins Presidential Election
if i only had a time machine: Six Word Story Challenge: Picking Teams
Of Glass & Paper: #SIXWORDSTORYCHALLENGE: ELECTIONS
Khana’s Web: Six Word Story: Elections

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Six Word Story Challenge: Garden

Posted on May 13, 2014May 29, 2014 by Marion Driessen

The Six Word Story Challenge of this week is all about GARDENS.

A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The garden can incorporate both natural and man-made materials. The most common form today is known as a residential garden, but the term garden has traditionally been a more general one. Zoos, which display wild animals in simulated natural habitats, were formerly called zoological gardens. Western gardens are almost universally based on plants, with garden often signifying a shortened form of botanical garden.

Some traditional types of eastern gardens, such as Zen gardens, use plants sparsely or not at all. Xeriscape gardens use local native plants that do not require irrigation or extensive use of other resources while still providing the benefits of a garden environment. Gardens may exhibit structural enhancements, sometimes called follies, including water features such as fountains, ponds (with or without fish), waterfalls or creeks, dry creek beds, statuary, arbors, trellises and more.

Some gardens are for ornamental purposes only, while some gardens also produce food crops, sometimes in separate areas, or sometimes intermixed with the ornamental plants. Food-producing gardens are distinguished from farms by their smaller scale, more labor-intensive methods, and their purpose (enjoyment of a hobby rather than produce for sale). Flower gardens combine plants of different heights, colors, textures, and fragrances to create interest and delight the senses.

The challenge for you:

Write a story about a GARDEN in just six words. Let a photo or image inspire you to write a story. Or first write the story, and then make or search for a picture to go with it.

Here’s a Six Word Story by Ernest Hemingway.

Such an impact and unseen images in only six words…

Will you join me? Will you? Say you do. And share the challenge news!

I look forward to your stories.
Marion

READ THE GARDEN STORIES OF:

Of Glass & Paper: SIX WORD STORY CHALLENGE: GARDEN
Crackerberries: Hiding Places
Indira’s Blog: Six Word Story Challenge: Garden
Figments of a DuTchess: Seasoning

Doe je liever mee in het Nederlands, ga dan naar Verhaal in zes woorden met beeld: Tuin.

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Six Word Story Challenge: Friends

Posted on March 26, 2014March 29, 2014 by Marion Driessen

The Six Word Story Challenge of this week is all about FRIENDS.

Friendship is a relationship of mutual affection between two or more people. Friendship is a stronger form of interpersonal bond than an association. Friendship has been studied in academic fields such as sociology, social psychology, anthropology, and philosophy. Various academic theories of friendship have been proposed, including social exchange theory, equity theory, relational dialectics, and attachment styles. A World Happiness Database study found that people with close friendships are happier.

Although there are many forms of friendship, some of which may vary from place to place, certain characteristics are present in many types of friendship. Such characteristics include affection, sympathy, empathy, honesty, altruism, mutual understanding and compassion, enjoyment of each other’s company, trust, and the ability to be oneself, express one’s feelings, and make mistakes without fear of judgment from the friend.

While there is no practical limit on what types of people can form a friendship, friends tend to share common backgrounds, occupations, or interests, and have similar demographics.

The challenge for you:

Write a story about FRIENDS in just six words. Let a photo or image inspire you to write a story. Or first write the story, and then make or search for a picture to go with it.

Here’s a Six Word Story by Ernest Hemingway.

Such an impact and unseen images in only six words…

Will you join me? Will you? Say you do. And share the challenge news!

I look forward to your stories.
Marion

READ THE STORY ABOUT FRIENDS OF:

Crackerberries: Friends
Colonialist’s Blog: Bilingual Six Word Short Story
Of Glass & Paper: SIX WORD STORY CHALLENGE: FRIENDS #6WSC
Dauws fotografie: High five!
Overcoming to Becoming: Friends – Six-Word Story Challenge
Indira’s Blog: Six Word Story Challenge: Friends

The next challenge will be published on April 9. Doe je liever mee in het Nederlands, ga dan naar Verhaal in zes woorden met beeld: Vrienden.

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Six Word Story Challenge: Daredevil

Posted on March 12, 2014March 16, 2014 by Marion Driessen

The Six Word Story Challenge of this week is all about DAREDEVILS.

Synonyms for a daredevil are:

adventurer
stunt(wo)man
madcap
show-off
risk-taker
person who takes risks

I’m sure there are lots of stories behind this writing prompt!

The challenge for you:

Write a story about a DAREDEVIL in just six words. Let a photo or image inspire you to write a story. Or first write the story, and then make or search for a picture to go with it.

Here’s a Six Word Story by Ernest Hemingway.

Such an impact and unseen images in only six words…

Will you join me? Will you? Say you do. And share the challenge news!

I look forward to your stories.
Marion

READ THE STORY ABOUT A DAREDEVIL OF:

Of Glass & Paper: SIX WORD STORY CHALLENGE: DAREDEVIL
A Spinner of Tales: SIX WORD STORY CHALLENGE: DAREDEVIL
Figments of a DuTchess: Bond. James Bond.
Ramblejim’s Blog: Six Word Story Challenge: Daredevil

The next challenge will be published on March 26. Doe je liever mee in het Nederlands, ga dan naar Verhaal in zes woorden met beeld: Dilemma.

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Six word story challenges

Six Word Story Challenge: Dilemma

Posted on February 19, 2014March 8, 2014 by Marion Driessen

The Six Word Story Challenge of this week is all about DILEMMAS.

A dilemma (Greek: δί-λημμα “double proposition”) is a problem offering two possibilities, neither of which is practically acceptable. One in this position has been traditionally described as Being on the horns of a dilemma, neither horn being comfortable. This is sometimes more colorfully described as Finding oneself impaled upon the horns of a dilemma, referring to the sharp points of a bull’s horns, equally uncomfortable (and dangerous).

The challenge for you:

Write a story about a DILEMMA in just six words. Let a photo or image inspire you to write a story. Or first write the story, and then make or search for a picture to go with it.

Here’s a Six Word Story by Ernest Hemingway.

Such an impact and unseen images in only six words…

Will you join me? Will you? Say you do. And share the challenge news!

I look forward to your stories.
Marion

READ THE DILEMMAS OF:

Colonialist’s Blog: Six Word Story Challenge: Dilemma
awordofsubstance: She said yes. I said no.
Of Glass & Paper: Six Word Story Challenge: DILEMMA #6WSC
Carsten Pedersen (via Twitter): Have plans. Will travel. Not really…
Gerald Aurand (via Facebook): You were sick of white snow!
Indira’s Blog: Six Word Story Challenge: Dilemma

The next challenge will be published on March 12. Doe je liever mee in het Nederlands, ga dan naar Verhaal in zes woorden met beeld: Dilemma.

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Six Word Story Challenge: Shopping

Posted on February 5, 2014May 22, 2014 by Marion Driessen

Seventh heaven? Or the deepest depths of hell? How do you feel when you go shopping? Is it a blessing? Do you dance across town or the supermarket? Or do you hate it and drag yourself from one shop to another like a zombie; perhaps race through it all to escape as quickly as possible?

Shopping is the examining of goods or services from retailers with the intent to purchase at that time.

It sounds very easy, but things can get in the way. Funny experiences. Success or failures 😉 I’d love to hear your story!

The challenge for you:

Write a story about SHOPPING in just six words. Let a photo or image inspire you to write a story. Or first write the story, and then make or search for a picture to go with it.

Here’s a Six Word Story by Ernest Hemingway.

Such an impact and unseen images in only six words…

Will you join me? Will you? Say you do. And share the challenge news!

I look forward to your stories.
Marion

READ THE SHOPPING STORIES OF:

Kiwissoar: SIX WORD STORY CHALLENGE SHOPPING
Colonialist’s Blog – with a 😉 ‘Frederick wrote exquisite nocturnes and waltzes’
Hugmamma’s MIND, BODY and SOUL: six word story challenge: shopping
A Word of Substance: The shoes became part of her.
Indira’s Blog: Six Word Story Challenge: Shopping
Spindellett: Seksordsnovelle ~ Shopping
Figments of a DuTchess: Balance
Colonialist: ‘Love shopping.’ – ‘Prefer Beethoven.’ – ‘Which mall?’
Crackerberries: Balance

The next challenge will be published on February 19. Doe je liever mee in het Nederlands, ga dan naar Verhaal in zes woorden met beeld: Winkelen.

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Six word story challenges

Six Word Story Challenge: Puzzle

Posted on January 22, 2014February 13, 2014 by Marion Driessen

To keep our thirsty brains occupied, we often take up the challenge of puzzles. There are all kinds of puzzles: logic puzzles, mathematical and mechanical puzzles, paper and picture, word and game puzzles, and many more.

A puzzle is a problem or game that tests the ingenuity of the solver. In a basic puzzle, one is intended to put together pieces in a logical way in order to come up with the desired solution. Puzzles are often contrived as a form of entertainment, but they can also stem from serious mathematical or logistical problems — in such cases, their successful resolution can be a significant contribution to mathematical research.

Solutions to puzzles may require recognizing patterns and creating a particular order. People with a high inductive reasoning aptitude may be better at solving these puzzles than others. Puzzles based on the process of inquiry and discovery to complete may be solved faster by those with good deduction skills.

The challenge for you:

Write a story about PUZZLES in just six words. Or let the story be the PUZZLE! Let a photo or image inspire you to write a story. Or first write the story, and then make or search for a picture to go with it.

Here’s a Six Word Story by Ernest Hemingway.

Such an impact and unseen images in only six words…

Will you join me? Will you? Say you do. And share the challenge news!

I look forward to your stories.
Marion

READ THE PUZZLE STORIES OF: