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Quite happy with this one! It has magic in it, which I always enjoy.

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So, uh, how obvious is it that I’ve been reading Discworld?


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I had technical issues while writing this, got a phone call at the end, and didn't actually see the text on the photo until I'd finished…but excuses aside, I don't think it's too bad. Enjoy!

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Today’s SixMinuteStory. This is the first time that I’ve reached the end of one of these and gone “Oh man, I want to know what happens next!”. Here’s the prompt:


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I like today’s. I didn’t feel any need to rush. It’s a repeated piece of stimulus, but quite a different story to the last time I used it.


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This one started autobiographically but then the inspiration sparked and it went in a different direction.


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Forgot to blog this morning! But it’s a writing day, so here’s a six minute story:


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Um, so I'm not really sure what happened here. Sorry about this. That's the nature of six minute stories, I guess - even if you have nothing to say, you have to keep writing. If you'd like to read something that's actually good, I recommend this short story by my 15-year ( Read more... )

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I’m about to start my writing for the day, so I whipped out a 6 minute story. I kept an eye too close to the time, and so the program stopped letting me type with one word to go (and a typo in the final sentence.)

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SixMinuteStory.com gives you a piece of creative commons stimulus and six minutes to write a story. No revisions are allowed; you have six minutes, and then you’re done.


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