How to Write a Story

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Write a story

Prompt styles:

First lines
click to use	Until now, she'd never thought of herself as pretty.	read 22 stories
click to use	There was blood on my pillow.	read 15 stories
click to use	Taste.	read 8 stories
click to use	Giving in wasn't an option.	read 10 stories
click to use	Travel light, but take everything with you.	read 15 stories
click to use	Lola.	read 12 stories
click to use	Goodnight...	read 12 stories
click to use	When I was 12, I went to sea.	read 10 stories
click to use	WHAP!!	read 6 stories
click to use	Millions.	read 5 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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