One Sentence

Today’s site is One Sentence. I’d like to start by saying I absolutely love this site. It’s nice and small, or at least it looks that way until you dig a bit. It’s a bit like one of those Russian dolls, every time you lift of one cover you discover a whole new doll beneath. But despite its Tardis like dimensions it’s very easy to use and navigate around.

The basic idea for the site is this. You write and read stories told in just one sentence. Not so hard you might say but you’d be wrong. A true story, like life, must have a birth, a life and a death. A truly good story hints at a before and an after too. I have read many of the One Sentence stories on this site and very quickly you can tell the difference between the, quick and off the cuff one liners and the true stories.

Another aspect of the site that I like is the fact that you can rate the stories up and down. So, if you like one, it’s a thumb’s up and if you don’t well then it’s a, Cesar like, thumbs down.

As a writer I respect the idea of a one sentence story. I have written several novels and many short stories and normally they come from a single instance or thought. They can be inspired by a melody or a single line from a song or even one solitary sentence.

For any budding writers out there I would strongly suggest a look at this site, even my first casual look revealed novels I was just dying to write and any site that bring that feeling out is a must for any writer.

House Rating 9 out of 10