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Six Words 2

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  I pity you.

     Your life sucks.
Another six word story
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This is just what I look for in a six-word story. This artform is very difficult to write in because encompassing an entire story within those six words is so very difficult.

Here, you manage precisely that. The specifics of why the protagonist feels that this person's life "sucks" are left entirely to the reader but we've probably all been in a situation where we've thought this, even if only momentarily. This is what six-word stories should play on - the imagination of the reader. After all, if my mind fills in the details, the story ends up being personal to me. Every reader gets something different and that's the true beauty of these stories. You provide that framework for the reader to tell their own story, rather than spelling out everything for them.

The only mild criticism I could give is that ultimately, this is a story that many people have experienced and many have written about so it's not the most original story in the world. But it's an innovative take on it and I love it!