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Cheers to 10 WORDS: A 10-word story challenge

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Quote by fantasylady69

How can I possibly write a story in ten words?


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Ten words? How do I tell a story in ten....

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https://www.storiesspace.com/stories/drama/the-nurses.aspx

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"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana

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Stories Space is a friendly place to meet nice people.

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I finished, exhausted, and collapsed into her loving, supportive arms.

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Haiku verse becomes
An earnest celebration
Of warm Summer friends

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We honeymooned in cozy Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch, but separated before the end

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 Waking each morning, I find I'm still here. Thank God.

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Gone are the beautiful fluttering butterflies that stir my soul

Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee

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Would she wake and hear me leave? Alas, I must…

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Cheating husband quaffs greedily. Catches wife's eager celebration. Realises, dies.

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Inebriated husband, home late. Reads friendly note, "Dinner in dog."

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And the little girl waits. Yes! Here they come now. dunno (don't know what I'm doing)

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A frown is a smile upside down depending on view.

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She logged on, posted, laughed and smiles. Then, logged out.

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I was good. I am good. I will be good.

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She started her posting. Tap ..tap ..tap ..there she goes.

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Tears overflowed his eyes as he read her message: "Come back!"

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She was gone before the dawn awoke before the cry.

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Bahahaha ..really??? ..like no-one warned me ..I am laughing like an egg here lol this is what I get for not reading the introduction :lol: how stoopid can I get ..too funny ..anyhoo I am not sorry ..and ..I am not deleting my fail attempts ..I'm trying here

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Quote by magnificent1rascal
1. Write a nanofiction story of exactly 10 words.
2. Post it as a reply in this thread.
3. Earn a Challenge Champ badge!

The fine print:
• You may enter up to 10 times
• One badge per member (not per story)
• Each story must include one of the Cheers to 10 Years competition word selections:
- Celebration
- Achievement
- Stories
- Space
- Camaraderie
- Ten
- Friendly
- Free
- Cozy
- Supportive

  • nonfiction story ..check

  • post as a reply ..ahm OK ..check

  • earn a badge ..not a badge collector

  • enter ten times ..check

  • badge again ..doesn't matter

  • Use at least one given word ..check

I think, I'm good to go

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A friendly text sent, free of judgment? Still no reply.

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Ten days of silence. Patience is the key. We wait.

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Sit. Inhale…pause…exhale…pause…inhale…pause…exhale……and…mindfulness…

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With the camaraderie moon's glow sweet scent of inspiration flow.

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Writing stories means that I have no free time today

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I watched the baseball get bigger. Then it hit me…

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