Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Six-Word Story

Neal over at The Leftwich Committee for the Proliferation of Thought and Opinion posted this story about Ernest Hemingway's six word story.

The story was this:
"For Sale: baby shoes, never used." (this was according to this site. Wikipedia had a different version: "For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn.")
Neal didn't actually ask anyone to write their own, but I was so fascinated by the idea that I did. Here it is:
He had it coming. Didn't he?
Neal offered this gem:
One day, I swear we'll go.
And he posted them all up here and invited everyone to participate. So, I'm calling on all of you to head over there and post a six-word story. Personally, the approach I took was one that would raise as many questions as possible to lead to the statement. I don't think I could raise as many questions as Hemingway's but I put a lot of thought into mine anyhow.

So, those of you who go over there to participate, post your six-word story's here. I would very much like to see them.

Also, about the latter half of Neal's post (this one) about his story "The Watchmaker." It was very good. I can personally attest to its quality.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Unforgiveable. It was necessary. Fitting, really.

John said...

Death threats, bribery, and family values.