One line exercises

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A collection of one line exercises. In most cases, this is a phrase or single line intended to provoke a story - so go ahead, find one that makes your muse jump, and write!

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Another One Sentence Blunder!

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[okay, the three day novelists are hot to write, the poets are ready to rhyme and rholl, and the words are just aching to *p*o*p* out of your screen at the touch of the keyboard--or slip across the paper at the touch of your pen, pencil, crayon, quill, or other implement of inscription...so here's a drop of inspiration!]

"Never again," he said, and flipped the switch.

Take that sentence.

Let your "little grey cells" ponder--who is he talking to? What does the switch control? Did he flip it on--or off? What happened then?

And...write about it! Fill in the scenery; retort, repartee, repine, and otherwise reply to the oration; plot a wicked conflict of emotions, relationships, and goals fit for an afternoon soap; and make those characters bent, bold, and mutated!

You may use the sentence at the beginning, the end, or anywhere else. You need not even use it!

Just write.

And if you come up with something you would like to share with the rest of us--post it!

"Never again," he said, and flipped the switch.

After that, it's up to you.

*look at those words rolling!*