How to Write a Story

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Prompt styles:

First lines
click to use	The bear was furious.	read 3 stories
click to use	The lamp wouldn't turn on.	read 33 stories
click to use	The Potentate surveyed his creamsicle tower coolly.	read 4 stories
click to use	Once, in Beijing, a young girl in a red gown huddled in a doorway.	read 117 stories
click to use	Balanced on the line, he told her again, "Put it down!"	read 6 stories
click to use	He didn't think he was much of a cat person until he met Matilda.	read 9 stories
click to use	Daring to be noticed for the first time in her life, she pushed her chair back and stood up.	read 21 stories
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A bit about Licenses

Publishing digital art is like going to a rooftop and tearing open a feather pillow. You can't control where the feathers go. You can't gather them all again. Ditto for digital art.

We can't control who copies our art, nor how they use it. But we can at least ask those who find the feathers to think of us. To that end Six Minute Story empowers writers to license their work under six Creative Commons licenses or to the Public Domain.

If you want to tell us something

We like to hear from people who enjoy what we create. We also appreciate constructive criticism and suggestions for improvements. If your suggestion is feasible, we'll consider it and attempt to implement it.

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