writing

Keep swimming (word prompts)

| Anna Cull

These six-word stories were prompted by the Page Flutter Six-Word Story Challenge. I’m also posting a few favourites on Instagram. The background is a really (really, really) old image that I recently found while tidying up my computer files. 

10. Pressure transformed her drawings into diamonds.

11. His perfect timing made her nervous.

12. Someone shouted “recess!” and quickly retreated.

13. Struggling with monotony; surrendering to impulse.

14. Comprehensive preparations allow for happy accidents.

15. Keep swimming; enjoy the ripple effect.

16. The newfangled light wouldn’t turn off.

[September prompts: pressure, perfect timing, recess!, the struggle, preparations, keep swimming, new light.]

Extra credit (word prompts)

| Anna Cull

These six-word stories were prompted by the Page Flutter Six-Word Story Challenge. I’m also posting a few favourites on Instagram. 

3. Pencil bouquet: a posy of potential.

4. Hey, teach! Can you pronounce “floccinaucinihilipilification”?

5. Turning leaves, time and time again.

6. Never did find X and Y.

7. Overrun by road blocks, they flew.

8. Extra credit: colour outside the lines.

9. “The big leagues called.” “They what?”

[September prompts: pencil bouquet, hey, teach!, turning leaf, unsolvable, road block, extra credit, big leagues.]

Unstoppable (word prompts)

| Anna Cull

These six-word stories were prompted by the Page Flutter Six-Word Story Challenge. I’m also posting a few favourites on Instagram. The background is an old sketch of the Moeraki Boulders at Koekohe Beach which I went on to paint again here.

27. Dark days prompted a necessary reawakening.

28. Her heart’s desire resonated with him.

29. A mother’s drive negotiates many roads.

30. Total body spa: no assembly required.

31. Unstoppable, tomorrow rushes impatiently towards us.

  1. The occasional clash woke them up.

  2. They scrambled at a cracking pace.

[August/September prompts: fresh start, heart’s desire, mother’s drive, total body, unstoppable, clash!, scrambled.]

A gift (word prompts)

| Anna Cull

These six-word stories were prompted by the Page Flutter Six-Word Story Challenge. I’m also posting a few favourites on Instagram. The background is a detail of a new work in progress.

20. Renewed, like a gift just opened.

21. You don’t see it? Watch me!

22. The underdog was a dark horse.

23. There is always one last chance.

24. In pursuit… a trail gone cold.

25. The oath was a four-letter word.

26. His hardheaded habits weren’t all bad.

[August prompts: renewed, watch me!, the underdog, last chance, in pursuit, the oath, hard habit.]

Potential (word prompts)

| Anna Cull

These six-word stories were prompted by the Page Flutter Six-Word Story Challenge. I’m also posting a few favourites on Instagram.

13. My superpower is optimism. What’s yours?

14. Surpassed and transcended. There were limits?

15. The record breaker had no witnesses.

16. The do-over only prolonged his embarrassment.

17. ” *#%! ” would remain their rally cry.

18. Limitless potential lurked in quiet corridors.

19. The hunt hounded the huntsman’s dreams.

[August prompts: superpower, surpassed limits, record breaker, do over, rally cry!, limitless, the hunt.]

Improvised (word prompts)

| Anna Cull

These six-word stories were prompted by the Page Flutter Six-Word Story Challenge. The background is a detail of a new mini abstract (below) created with some of the paint left over from ‘The High Country’ and a little added purple.

6. Studied. Tested. Passed. Celebrated. Tested again.

7. The overburdened workhorse summoned the cavalry.

8. The inventor improvised, creating pure fiction.

9. Her instincts were hardly ever wrong.

10. The summit wasn’t their high point.

11. Her big break was not “lucky”!

12. The grind required fresh beans daily.

[August prompts: tested, workhorse, the inventor, instincts, summit, big break, the grind.]

XXXs — acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 mm, 2018. Available.
XXXs — drawing room mock-up