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#126 2012-04-15 23:51:00
Re: Could you write a full story in under 50 words?
bananaman114 wrote:
All4one wrote:
bananaman114 wrote:
Hel-
75% of a word.
I win.
maybe uh
Lea-
3/5 of a word
I winAr-
2/6 of a word. >:-)But that doesn't make sense
my words you could tell what they are
yours is uh
no I can't
The complete word is "arroyo".
Uh, maybe there's not a lot of story there, but I got the setting down.
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#127 2012-04-16 00:29:00
- Lucario621
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Re: Could you write a full story in under 50 words?
One famous story that was written with only six words is the following:
For sale: baby shoes, never used.
It was written by Ernest Hemingway. It's not very detailed, but it's open-ended. Why were the baby shoes never used? Where is it being sold? Only you can answer that.
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#128 2012-04-16 06:33:13
Re: Could you write a full story in under 50 words?
Lucario621 wrote:
One famous story that was written with only six words is the following:
For sale: baby shoes, never used.
It was written by Ernest Hemingway. It's not very detailed, but it's open-ended. Why were the baby shoes never used? Where is it being sold? Only you can answer that.
I've heard of that one before.
....My ideas are too depressing.
"The parents were excited for their first baby, and it ended up being born to early and the baby died. They were selling the shoes to rid themselves of anything to remind them of their child's death."
(37 words)
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#129 2012-04-16 15:48:42
- bananaman114
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Re: Could you write a full story in under 50 words?
soupoftomato wrote:
bananaman114 wrote:
All4one wrote:
Ar-
2/6 of a word. >:-)But that doesn't make sense
my words you could tell what they are
yours is uh
no I can't"Ardent"!
And uh, you guys realize that "Run" is a command and cannot, by itself, carry the plot of a story?
Nor can hell and leave.
*help
Okay maybe leave sucks
but uh
Help can imply a lot of things
the sun still shines
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#130 2012-04-17 12:07:25
- waveOSBeta
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Re: Could you write a full story in under 50 words?
I'm not much of a writer, but I may try this if my homework load allows. 
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#131 2012-04-17 14:07:47
- Stickman704
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Re: Could you write a full story in under 50 words?
No.
Dun dun dun dun dun dun.... dun dun dun dun dun dun...
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#132 2012-04-17 15:27:12
- BrownToast
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Re: Could you write a full story in under 50 words?
Wickimen wrote:
I haven't seen the Toasts around for a few days though
Weird
Hallo, good chap.
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#134 2012-04-20 17:55:13
- PlutoIsHades
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Re: Could you write a full story in under 50 words?
XenoK wrote:
probably not. I need at least 50,000 words to complete a full story.
Wow. My longest story is 11,000 words.
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#135 2012-04-20 18:04:08
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Re: Could you write a full story in under 50 words?
Good one that I've heard:
"First, a puff of powdered glass in my face, then an explosion, sirens and seven dead people at the end of the road." -Dan Wilson
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#136 2012-06-02 12:41:20
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Re: Could you write a full story in under 50 words?
once opon a time a cat was trapped in a cold icey blizzard then it walked to a garbage can . it ate some food , like tuna and pickles . it started to choke on a a tuna fish bone . it gasped for air ............... it couldnt breathe so it sadly died .
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#137 2012-06-02 12:49:41
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Re: Could you write a full story in under 50 words?
XenoK wrote:
probably not. I need at least 50,000 words to complete a full story.
What makes you say that?
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#138 2012-06-02 13:05:15
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Re: Could you write a full story in under 50 words?
In the future USA, there was so much noise that you had to pay to talk. One man, however, was crazy, and couldn't stop talking. The speech police arrested him, only to find out he was the prince of Iran. A war ensued, and the US won.
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#139 2012-06-03 02:35:41
#140 2012-06-03 23:23:34
Re: Could you write a full story in under 50 words?
There was a Scratcher named SonicDV. He was new to Scratch. Then he became a Scratcher. The End.
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#141 2012-06-04 04:05:14
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Re: Could you write a full story in under 50 words?
sonicdv wrote:
There was a Scratcher named SonicDV. He was new to Scratch. Then he became a Scratcher. The End.
:')
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#142 2012-06-04 09:34:06
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Re: Could you write a full story in under 50 words?
Once upon a time there was Minecraft. Creepers plotted to destroy it. Herobrine saved Minecraft. It was awesome. Then a endermen greifed it and it died.
THE END 
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#143 2012-06-04 15:58:24
Re: Could you write a full story in under 50 words?
Here's one I made (starting after the colon):
After his amazing flight, he landed gracefully. There was a bomb in the middle of the room which was the reactor. He had to destroy it. But how would he do it? He killed everything in his path, looking for the control panel. He found it. He activated the panel...
I'm back.
Maybe.
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#144 2012-06-04 16:15:31
#145 2012-06-04 16:28:07
- soupoftomato
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Re: Could you write a full story in under 50 words?
All4one wrote:
silvershine wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
Pretty good! I enjoy the choice of words you've used
Thanks! Never underestimate the trusty thesaurus.
Yep, I always use the thesaurus when I want a more juicy word choice. Nobody likes a bland fish.
Actually, I sort of do.
Overlong words can ruin the pacing of a story sometimes.
But aside from that it can be noticeable. I've never read Twilight, but a criticism I often hear of it is that it seems to use thesauri too much. Apparently "small town" might end up being "diminutive municipal" which is too complicated and unnecessary.
However if you are about to repeat the word "said' fifty times or something, by all means use one.
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#148 2012-06-05 19:30:09
- alldaykade28471
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Re: Could you write a full story in under 50 words?
Once upon a time... The end.
(6 words)
Why is it ending already? What time was it? Why is there 3 dots after "Once upon a time"?
PWNed.
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#149 2012-06-05 19:36:46
Re: Could you write a full story in under 50 words?
Once upon a time, there lived a man with a red cap. He wanted to save the princess. In the end, he did. He slid down 50 flagpoles during that time.
(31 words)
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#150 2012-06-05 19:36:51
Re: Could you write a full story in under 50 words?
Wait a second! I've been struck with an inspiration!
True story:
It was the first day of school. I was taking notes on volcanoes. Then the building started shaking! We rushed out of the classroom, down the stairs, and out the building. The inspectors wouldn't be there for a while, so we went home. It was an interesting school day.
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