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Six Word Story Challenge: Elections

Posted on May 29, 2014June 7, 2014 by Marion Driessen

The Six Word Story Challenge of this week is all about ELECTIONS.

An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional and local government. This process is also used in many other private and business organizations, from clubs to voluntary associations and corporations.

To elect means to choose or make a decision and so sometimes other forms of ballot such as referendums are referred to as elections, especially in the United States.

Apart from politics, there are also other kind of elections. Think of beauty queens and song contests for example.

The challenge for you:

Write a story about ELECTIONS in just six words. Let a photo or image inspire you to write a story. Or first write the story, and then make or search for a picture to go with it.

Here’s a Six Word Story by Ernest Hemingway.

Such an impact and unseen images in only six words…

Publish your Six Word Story on your own website/blog and paste the link to that post in a comment to this one here at Figments. I will include your contribution in this post, forming a list of stories.

Will you join me? Will you? Say you do. And share the challenge news!

I look forward to your stories.
Marion

READ THE ELECTION STORIES OF:

Crackerberries: To Vote or Not To Vote
Island Hopes: Six Word Story Challenge
Oh Danny Boy: Tea Party Candidate Wins Presidential Election
if i only had a time machine: Six Word Story Challenge: Picking Teams
Of Glass & Paper: #SIXWORDSTORYCHALLENGE: ELECTIONS
Khana’s Web: Six Word Story: Elections

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Older stories:
130226 – Poverty
130313 – Spring
130327 – Writing
130410 – Light
130424 – Music
130515 – Transport
130529 – Pets
130612 – Regret
130616 – Inspiration
130703 – Commercials
130814 – Vacation
130829 – Memory
130911 – Terrorism
130925 – Youth
131030 – The Weather
131113 – Film
131127 – Art
131211 – Food
131229 – Retrospect
140122 – Puzzle
140205 – Shopping
140219 – Dilemma
140312 – Daredevil
140326 – Friends
140513 – Garden

Six word stories

Retrospect

Posted on January 2, 2014February 10, 2016 by Marion Driessen

My own entry in the Six Word Story Challenge: Retrospect

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Eroding. But not worn out yet!

There IS life after fifty after all 😉

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6WSC: Youth

Posted on October 2, 2013February 10, 2016 by Marion Driessen

My own entry in the Six Word Story Challenge: Youth

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REAL YOUTH WILL NEVER BE TAMED

photo: Google Images

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Six Word Story Challenge: Vacation

Posted on August 14, 2013February 10, 2016 by Marion Driessen

The summer holiday… is over – at least for me. But we still have our memories! Whenever I close my eyes, I see the glorious images and colors of the United States of America. Our four week road trip was unforgettable and is forever etched in my heart.

A vacation or holiday is a specific trip or journey, usually for the purpose of recreation or tourism. People often take a vacation during specific holiday observances, or for specific festivals or celebrations. Vacations are often spent with friends or family.
A person may take a longer break from work, such as a sabbatical, gap year, or career break.

The concept of taking a vacation is a recent invention, and has developed through the last two centuries. Once the idea of travel and recreation was a luxury that only wealthy people could afford. In the Puritan culture of early America, taking a break from work for reasons other than weekly observance of the Sabbath was frowned upon. However, the modern concept of vacation was led by a later religious movement encouraging spiritual retreat and recreation. The notion of breaking from work periodically took root among the middle and working class.

How was your summer vacation? Or is it still calling out to you? Did you stay at home or were you visiting other regions or countries? What do you like, want or need in a holiday? What does it take to make you feel free?

Write a story about your VACATION in just six words. Let a photo or image inspire you to write a story. Or first write the story, and then make or search for a picture to go with it.

Here’s a Six Word Story by Ernest Hemingway.

Such an impact and unseen images in only six words…

Every two weeks on Wednesday I will post a new theme for this Six Word Story Challenge. Publish your Six Word Story on your own website/blog and paste the link to that post in a comment to this one here at Figments. I will include your contribution in this post, forming a list of stories.

Will you join me? Will you? Say you do And share the challenge news!

Have fun writing,
Marion

READ THE VACATION STORIES OF:

Karavanseraiet – Six word story challenge, Vacation
Marian Allen – Away from work, who am I?
Crackerberries – A little rest and relaxation
Dawn: Holiday. Lose yourself. Find yourself. Rejuvenate.
Indira: Six Word Story Challenge: Vacation
Figments of a DuTchess: 6WSC: Vacation
Masadiso79’s Blog: Six Word Story Challenge: Vacation

Who’s next?

I will post a new Six Word Story Challenge every other week on Wednesday – so the next one on August 28. On alternating Wednesdays you can visit my dear Sister from overseas’ website Marian Allen for her story challenges. Doe je liever mee in het Nederlands, ga dan naar Verbeeld een Verhaal in Zes Woorden: Vakantie.

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Six word story challenges

Six Word Story Challenge: Commercials

Posted on July 3, 2013February 10, 2016 by Marion Driessen

We all are confronted with commercials on daily basis. Advertisements in magazines, commercials on the radio and TV, on billboards and even in the air. Sometimes it is useful – like when you’re hungry halfway through the movie, or when you need to visit the bathroom. But apart from that…

How do you feel about commercials? Can we do without? Is it interesting to know what is for sale? New products? Where you can shop cheapest? Are there commercials especially annoying? Or do you like them?

Tell us YOUR story about COMMERCIALS in just six words. Let a photo or image inspire you to write a story. Or first write the story, and then make or search for a picture to go with it.

Here’s a Six Word Story by Ernest Hemingway.

Such an impact and unseen images in only six words…

Will you join me? Will you? Say you do And share the challenge news!

Have fun writing,
Marion

READ THE ADVERTISING STORIES OF:

Gray Poet: Six Word Story Challenge – Commercials
Sidd: Watching Programme -> Commercials -> Irritated -> TV Broken
Julia Davis: Banner Towing. Sending love from above.
I am: Six Word Story Challenge: commercials
Ramblejim’s blog: #6WSC Six Word Story Challenge: Commercials
Mormors klagemur: Six Word Story Challenge: Commercials
Karavanseraiet: Six word story challenge – Commercials
Figments of a DuTchess: 6WSC: Push that button!

Who’s next?

During the summer holiday you can visit my dear sister from overseas’ website Marian Allen. She will take over the 6WSC during the holiday, and as usual on alternating Wednesdays after. The next 6WSC at Figments will be up on Wednesday, August 14th. Doe je liever mee in het Nederlands, ga dan naar Verbeeld een Verhaal in Zes Woorden: Reclame.

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Older stories:
130226 – Poverty
130313 – Spring
130327 – Writing
130410 – Light
130424 – Music
130515 – Transport
130529 – Pets
130612 – Regret
130624 – Inspiration

Six word story challenges

Six Word Story Challenge: Inspiration

Posted on June 26, 2013February 10, 2016 by Marion Driessen

And suddenly you’ve got it. An idea. Something that leads you onward on your path, or sends you in the opposite direction. Makes you try out something new. A warm feeling when you listen to someone, absorbing every word. Suddenly you know the solution to a problem you’ve been wrestling with for ages. INSPIRATION.

What gives you a good feeling? Who or what inspires you? When and where do you get these inspiring ideas?

Inspiration refers to an unconscious burst of creativity in a literary, musical, or other artistic endeavor. The concept has origins in both Hellenism and Hebraism. The Greeks believed that inspiration came from the muses, as well as the gods Apollo and Dionysus. Similarly, in the Ancient Norse religions, inspiration derives from the gods, such as Odin. Inspiration is also a divine matter in Hebrew poetics. In the Book of Amos the prophet speaks of being overwhelmed by God’s voice and compelled to speak. In Christianity, inspiration is a gift of the Holy Spirit.

In the 18th century philosopher John Locke proposed a model of the human mind in which ideas associate or resonate with one another in the mind. In the 19th century, Romantic poets such as Coleridge and Shelley believed that inspiration came to a poet because the poet was attuned to the (divine or mystical) ‘winds’ and because the soul of the poet was able to receive such visions. In the early 20th century, Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud located inspiration in the inner psyche of the artist. Psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung’s theory of inspiration suggests that an artist is one who was attuned to racial memory, which encoded the archetypes of the human mind.

The Marxist theory of art sees it as the expression of the friction between economic base and economic super-structural positions, or as an unaware dialog of competing ideologies, or as an exploitation of a ‘fissure’ in the ruling class’s ideology. In modern psychology inspiration is not frequently studied, but it is generally seen as an entirely internal process.

Tooooo much information right? 😉

Then show me YOUR story about INSPIRATION in just six words. Let a photo or image inspire you to write a story. Or first write the story, and then make or search for a picture to go with it.

Here’s a Six Word Story by Ernest Hemingway.

Such an impact and unseen images in only six words…

Will you join me? Will you? Say you do And share the challenge news!

Have fun writing,
Marion

READ THE INSPIRATIONAL STORIES OF:

Marian Allen: #6WSC Inspiration
Ramblejim’s Blog: #6WSC Inspiration
Crackerberries: The Birds & The Bees
Mormors klagemur: Six Word Story Challenge: Inspiration
I am: Six Word Story Challenge: Inspiration
Colonialist’s blog: Six Word Story Challenge: Inspiration
Figments of a DuTchess: 6WSC: Inspiration
Masadiso: Six Word Story Challenge: Inspiration
Gray Poet: Mind – Six Word Story Challenge
Dauw’s Stekje: Volgt u mij?

Who’s next?

The next challenge will be posted already next week, so on Wednesday, July 3rd. During the summer holiday there will be no 6WSC at Figments of a DuTchess, but you can visit my dear sister from overseas’ website Marian Allen. She will take over the 6WSC during the holiday, and on alternating Wednesdays after. Doe je liever mee in het Nederlands, ga dan naar Verbeeld een Verhaal in Zes Woorden: Inspiratie.

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Older stories:
130226 – Poverty
130313 – Spring
130327 – Writing
130410 – Light
130424 – Music
130515 – Transport
130529 – Pets
130612 – Regret

Six word story challenges

Six Word Story Challenge: Regret

Posted on June 12, 2013February 10, 2016 by Marion Driessen

Why did I get angry so fast that I couldn’t keep my mouth shut? A blabbermouth, rash and too quick to react. How I wished I hadn’t done that, things would have been different now. Afterwards I had many REGRETS.

What does it mean, to regret something? I have done a bit of research:

Regret is a negative conscious and emotional reaction to personal past acts and behaviors. Regret is often expressed by the term ‘sorry’. Regret is often a feeling of sadness, shame, embarrassment, depression, annoyance, or guilt, after one acts in a manner and later wishes not to have done so.

Regret is distinct from guilt, which is a deeply emotional form of regret — one which may be difficult to comprehend in an objective or conceptual way. In this regard, the concept of regret is subordinate to guilt in terms of its emotional intensity. By comparison, shame typically refers to the social (rather than personal) aspect of guilt or (in minor context) regret as imposed by the society or culture (enforcement of ethics, morality), which has substantial bearing in matters of (personal and social) honor.

It is also distinct from remorse, which is a more direct and emotional form of regret over a past action that is considered by society to be hurtful, shameful, or violent. Unlike regret, it includes a strong element of desire for apology to others rather than an internal reflection on one’s actions, and may be expressed (sincerely or not) in order to reduce the punishment one receives.

Regret can describe not only the dislike for an action that has been committed, but also, importantly, regret of inaction. Many people find themselves wishing that they had done something in a past situation.

Enough information, we are here for YOUR story!

Write a story about REGRET in just six words. Let a photo or image inspire you to write a story. Or first write the story, and then make or search for a picture to go with it.

Here’s a Six Word Story by Ernest Hemingway.

Such an impact and unseen images in only six words…

Will you join me? Will you? Say you do And share the challenge news!

Have fun writing,
Marion

READ THE REGRET-STORIES OF:

Bulldog: I rue the regret I feel.
Crackerberries: OOPS
Julia Davis: I regret every nap I didn’t take
Marian Allen: #6WSC Regret
Colonialist: I love you!’ said too late …
Hash Tag, Jonathan: Six Word Story Challenge – Regret
Ramblejim’s Blog: #6wsc Regret
Mormors klagemur: Six Word Story Challenge: Regret
Figments of a DuTchess: Words are Not Enough
Noe and Cindy: Response to 6 word story challenge on Regret
Colonialist: Six Word Story Challenge: Regret
Karavanseraiet: Don’t regret

Who’s next?

The next challenge will be posted on Wednesday, June 26. Doe je liever mee in het Nederlands, ga dan naar Verbeeld een Verhaal in Zes Woorden: Spijt.

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Older stories:
130226 – Poverty
130313 – Spring
130327 – Writing
130410 – Light
130424 – Music
130515 – Transport
130529 – Pets