Again, a reminder: The six word story is supposed to be a complete story, not merely a teaser or intro. The reader should have a decent sense of what happened and why. It is the pinnacle of flash fiction. Please adhere to the challenge, and don't treat this as "Write a random six word thought."
Do Unworn Baby Shoes Mean The Baby Died Before Birth? Or that the Shoes Were Stored Somewhere And Not Found Until Now? How About A Trilogy... In My Dreams, I'm Strapped Down... The Sweet Syringe Always Wakes Me... ...As Silence Yearns, Light Unfolds Meticulously
Clever, but it is not a story. It is a proverb or adage, and does not lay out or imply an actual chroinology. To make it a story, generate a character and an event, for example: It still leaves much untold, such as how this miracle came to occur, but there is now a character and a chronology, whereas the original is purely a metaphor that will inspire the most despotic of managers to threaten empoyees with dire consequences to motivate them to do the impossible.
this exercise makes you pick words that stand for many words. here is my attempt Travelling this road he starts anew.
I told you I was sick* as a matter of interest, this was written on someone's gravestone, can't remember who's... A life in six words...
