The task here is as simple as it is delicate, as difficult as it is complicated — go into the comments and write one sentence. No more. Just one entry. This sentence should be no more than fifteen words long. It will not be two sentences, but rather, just one. It needn’t be an opening line or a closing line. It need only be a sentence in a story that has not yet been written.
Then, next week, we will use these sentences to create a new story.
Length: one sentence, up to fifteen words, entered into the comment section below.
Due by: 8/19, noon EST.
Imagine your sentence.
Choose it wisely.
Write it down for all to see.
Vicente L Ruiz says:
“Let me offer you a deal,” the devil said.
August 13, 2016 — 5:24 PM
lpstribling says:
“So, very simply speaking, how much of my ‘no eggs’ request made it past that thick skull before you went to the store?”
August 13, 2016 — 6:09 PM
Mozette says:
Great sentence, but too long… Chuck said 15 words long.
August 13, 2016 — 8:31 PM
decayingorbits says:
Oohh… are you the teacher’s pet or something? LOL
August 14, 2016 — 7:54 AM
Mozette says:
hahaha… nah… the last time I did this prompt, and I went a few words too long, somebody picked on me about it too. 😛 Just keeping up with it all, that’s all.
August 15, 2016 — 8:51 AM
raman thori says:
When I smiled at her looking sharply into her eyes, she broke into tears.
August 13, 2016 — 7:02 PM
sirmanifesto says:
What premier chef, in a bone white apron, takes a bite of your croissant and then places it on your fine china plate, grinning all the while.
August 13, 2016 — 7:20 PM
Martha Bechtel says:
The cat is fuzzy around the edges with quantum probabilities.
August 13, 2016 — 7:42 PM
Eileen says:
Love this!
August 15, 2016 — 12:36 PM
asra choudhury says:
“Yes, I’m leaving,” she said with an even tone and her porcelain-doll eyes and I knew this time she is serious.
August 13, 2016 — 7:53 PM
dizcoon says:
Turns out, the apocalypse smells like mint.
August 13, 2016 — 8:18 PM
Eileen says:
Excellent!
August 15, 2016 — 12:37 PM
Ethan Banks says:
He realized it didn’t matter, and couldn’t have ever mattered.
August 13, 2016 — 9:14 PM
Wanderlost says:
“In those days? They made gas ovens and you could stick your head right in.”
August 13, 2016 — 11:32 PM
Fred G. Yost says:
Cracks marred the surface of the power core, but it should hold out long enough.
August 13, 2016 — 11:35 PM
Christopher says:
Awesome tension here!
August 14, 2016 — 8:38 AM
Eva Therese says:
A thousand gears whirred as the clockwork dragon stretched its wings.
August 14, 2016 — 1:08 AM
Christopher says:
This is very cool! Great visuals!
August 14, 2016 — 8:37 AM
M. D. Flyn (@mdflynwriter) says:
I used this one. A Pyro’s Little Friend
August 24, 2016 — 9:33 PM
Jezebel says:
He touched her as if she was actually alive.
August 14, 2016 — 1:12 AM
writinggypsy7 says:
There are two types of jobs: those you shower before, and those you shower after
August 14, 2016 — 4:39 AM
writinggypsy7 says:
She pulled the knife from her chest and smiled, wast that supposed to hurt?
August 14, 2016 — 4:40 AM
writinggypsy7 says:
So, you’re human? Like 100%? I’ve heard scary things about you guys.
August 14, 2016 — 4:41 AM
writinggypsy7 says:
“Dude, we are not asking the dragon for directions”
August 14, 2016 — 4:50 AM
SamKD says:
Loved this sentence and used it in my piece http://samkdsonlinepace.blogspot.com/
August 24, 2016 — 4:09 PM
katie says:
All she focused on was the feel of the grain in her hands, and the patterns of swirls, cuts, and lines with her knife
August 14, 2016 — 4:59 AM
katie says:
All she focused on was the feel of the grain in her hands .
( one above is too long so, a shorter version)
August 14, 2016 — 5:00 AM
Christopher says:
Every year we gamble: the meteor showers above, or what waits in the caves below.
August 14, 2016 — 7:01 AM
Mr David R Lewis says:
This is great, full of foreboding.
August 15, 2016 — 5:05 AM
Christopher says:
[Cyber Fist Bump]
August 17, 2016 — 4:09 AM
Ivy says:
‘Don’t care anymore,’ he said, wreckage underfoot, windy cinders winking overhead. ‘We’re finished, come sunrise’.
August 14, 2016 — 9:37 AM
Senter says:
This gave me chills. Is it from a longer work?
August 15, 2016 — 8:12 AM
Ivy says:
No, just a stand-alone sentence! I’m really enjoying the contributions and look forward to seeing how Chuck will play with them.
August 18, 2016 — 7:45 PM
Butch McGovern says:
This is lovely
August 16, 2016 — 3:00 AM
antonykgooding says:
He fought back against the urge to sleep; he could sleep tomorrow if survived today
August 14, 2016 — 11:10 AM
Jenn K. says:
You nearly started a fire when you tried to microwave a muffin!
August 14, 2016 — 11:51 AM
kaytee says:
I may have done that.
August 15, 2016 — 4:10 AM
Pavowski says:
The electricity coursing through my body had little to do with the jumper cables.
August 14, 2016 — 2:52 PM
Shay says:
The last thing you want is something possessing you or tricking you into a deal.
August 14, 2016 — 3:14 PM
Greggy Pea says:
He hung, alone, in the space between universes.
August 14, 2016 — 3:53 PM
Nick says:
“Well this is new,” he thought.
August 14, 2016 — 4:39 PM
Caleb Jones says:
Light and dark are not good and evil. Light exposes us to pursuers, sometimes unjustly.
August 14, 2016 — 4:47 PM
Christopher Grundy says:
“A half-truth is still a lie you twit” she hissed in his ear
August 14, 2016 — 4:57 PM
jakashadows says:
“That’s right I am kind, and my kindness is why you should be afraid.”
August 14, 2016 — 7:55 PM
John K. says:
Six feet under, again.
August 14, 2016 — 8:52 PM
Heather Montgomery says:
Sophie drank a mouth-full of tequila from the almost empty bottle, and looking at him seductively, sprayed it through her teeth into Mark’s face as he bent to kiss her.
August 14, 2016 — 9:51 PM
Sophie Giroir says:
You would have thought I’d committed genocide from the way they were all screaming.
August 14, 2016 — 9:52 PM
Michael says:
The City of Had’s roiling river courses with torn book pages and cataracts of notes.
August 14, 2016 — 10:08 PM
R.V. says:
She always hated it when a member of the Lee family apologized, because it made her feel like a fundamental rule of the universe was being violated.
August 14, 2016 — 10:30 PM
StaceyAllenSuazo says:
“I don’t normally hunt, but it was so beautiful, I had to take it.”
August 14, 2016 — 10:47 PM
asheley says:
In her mind, that snowball was the only thing between her and a murder rap.
August 14, 2016 — 11:19 PM
Ridley Kemp says:
Walking a line that fine was bound to cut anyone foolish enough to try it.
August 15, 2016 — 1:36 AM
Butch McGovern says:
She stabbed me a second time as she silently mouthed “I love you”
August 15, 2016 — 4:56 AM
Mr David R Lewis says:
I like this one a lot. Many possibilities.
August 15, 2016 — 5:01 AM
Butch McGovern says:
I thought so too!
August 16, 2016 — 3:01 AM
Mr David R Lewis says:
She picked up the golden feather and wondered why it was quietly humming.
August 15, 2016 — 5:00 AM
Vicente L Ruiz says:
I used your sentence in my story, Ione:
https://medium.com/@VicenteLRuiz/ione-e66e61cc42c8#.p1uz3oi39
August 23, 2016 — 7:23 PM
Tracey says:
The darkness wrapped round her like deadmen’s fingers – chill, constricting, probing her soul.
August 15, 2016 — 5:07 AM
josephsidari says:
He walked down a hallway as dark as his large intestine, but smelling worse.
August 15, 2016 — 6:29 AM
Marla says:
“And just how in the hell are you going to do that?”, she yelled
August 15, 2016 — 7:01 AM
Ed says:
Digging in the mud was hard with only the passing traffic illuminating the grave.
August 15, 2016 — 7:13 AM
Alex says:
“Come down, the water is nice” they said and I foolishly believed them.
August 15, 2016 — 7:51 AM
Senter says:
She spits blood, cracks her neck, and tells him to step into the ring.
August 15, 2016 — 8:20 AM
Ethan Asplin says:
She was right: you could laugh at life, but only if you chose to.
August 15, 2016 — 9:25 AM
Catkins says:
Ghosts lie thickly in the garden, Eleanor uses the leafblower to keep the drive clear.
August 15, 2016 — 11:50 AM
HB McCarthy says:
Pain tap danced along her nerves, an erratic rhythm that lit fire to her brain.
August 15, 2016 — 11:52 AM
kirizar says:
“If you dare laugh, there will be consequences.”
August 15, 2016 — 12:15 PM
Leslie says:
Standing before the beast he was both awed and terrified.
August 15, 2016 — 12:29 PM
Christine says:
“Easy pickings,” the ship’s captain said, looking at the blue planet populated by fools.
August 15, 2016 — 12:40 PM