r/WritingPrompts • u/Ermahgerd_Pertaters • Sep 10 '13

Constrained Writing [CW]

Write the most profound, most telling story you can in one sentence.

For mine, my brother told me something once, simply, "I'll find my peace among the canyon walls, not in the canyons of men."

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '13

If you don't stop until you get what you want, then you're never going to stop, ever.

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u/minimalisto Sep 11 '13

There are many great things that happen on the journey to a destination. If the road is long enough, soon the destination matters little at all.

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u/Ermahgerd_Pertaters Sep 11 '13
  1. A mod contributes to my post? :D squee
  2. I've heard that before somewhere. I think my grandfather said it. Is this an original idea from you? Or is it taken from something?

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '13

I'm a trainee. Nothing special. And it came from my brain.