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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Fragrant Incense

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original posting: Fri, 7 Jul 1995 11:26:35 EDT

[I'm a bit shy of time today, so this will be short...]

"I'll have to kill you to protect the honor of my house."

Step right up, sit down at your keyboard, and let fly. There's the sentence, just finish the tale.

Use it as a starting gun, setting off the race to the end.

Or, if you prefer, use it as the final marker, where the reader trips and goes flying wildly out into life...as it never was and never should have been.

You may bend, staple, or mutilate as needed.

Just sit right down and write a tale,
a tale of a mighty hero (or heroine),
who ventured into murder
all for the honor of a house...