Gimmie Your Stories
Okay - so I came across this yesterday and it was way cool. The idea is to write a complete story using 6 words - no more, no less. The idea comes from this little antedote:
"Lucky, yes, but my twin wasn't."
"I loved; I lost; I'm sorry."
"Leave that alone; remember Mary's scab."
"She watched the world end. Again."
I haven't tried one yet - I'm still thinking about it - but do give me your best shot.
Shawn
Ernest Hemingway was once prodded to compose a complete story in six words. His answer, personally felt to be his best prose ever, was "For sale: baby shoes, never used." Some people say it was to settle a bar bet. Others say it was a personal challenge directed at other famous authors.So, other examples include the following:
"Lucky, yes, but my twin wasn't."
"I loved; I lost; I'm sorry."
"Leave that alone; remember Mary's scab."
"She watched the world end. Again."
I haven't tried one yet - I'm still thinking about it - but do give me your best shot.
Shawn
posted by Shawn White | 10/11/2006 09:17:00 AM
7 Comments:
I'm here. Why? I don't know.
The Beginning. The middle. The end!
lol - good ones Josh!
okay, I think I have one...
"Eve ate. Hit the road Jack!"
Shawn
Hemmingway... what a downer! No wonder he drank himself to death.
"I think more than I should."
Four planes fall. Wake up call.
nice J-Mo
shawn
Thought of some more on the drive home:
Four Liverpudlian lads change the world.
That was the meaning of life.
and for Josh (a variation on a theme):
Big Bang! Big flood! Big fire!
Shawn
This is hard! Like writing a haiku. Well, I'm not sure I can be as creative as some of the ones that have been already submitted...
And forgive the dark nature of my first "short story", it is October, you know...
Okay - here it goes.
Feared vampires. Not anymore. Eternally, Vlad
Here's another one.
He drank. Cars crashed. I lived.
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