Six Words

[PlugInMatty]

Legend has it Ernest Hemingway was once challenged to write a complete story in six words, he wrote:

 

For sale: Baby shoes, never worn.

 

I'm yet to determine if that is the most brilliant or the most f**ked up thing I've ever read.

 

Anyway, six words.

 

Go!

[rec]

Love. Chastity. Desire. Surrender. Desire wins.

[Anna]

Omg! We so analyzed this in my English class last semester. Our class discussion was the funniest thing ever. Everyone was trying to figure out what the meaning behind it was, and we came up with the silliest things. My friend Sarah said that maybe the baby had no feet, and the whole class starting cracking up lol

 

But anywho, I don't think I could write a story in 6 words, but I shall try.

 

Love at first sight, then death.

 

My easy peasy version of Romeo and Juliet haha.

[Umbathri]

Everything I can think of just sounds like a succinct description of a story, not a story itself, but that

Edited October 6, 2008 by Umbathri

[Tiger]

Life became the path of uncertainty.

 

That's a lot of stories in a nutshell.

[Dolores Esteban]

One thing ends and another begins.

[DEMO]

Everything I can think of just sounds like a succinct description of a story, not a story itself, but that's probably the point.

Here's a couple I think are close.

 

Significant other's holiday gathering; practiced futility.

The death of innocence, first love!

 

Those are both very nice. The second is my favorite.

 

I can't think of any. Blah.

 

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[PlugInMatty]

"Goodbye, my love," he whispered, tearfully.

[Graeme]

This would have been great as one of the Writing Prompt exercises Essentially, that's what it is. As it stands, I sincerely doubt I can beat Hemmingway's story -- it's just so evocative. It's also a complete story.

 

Duct tape doesn't fix broken promises.

[Rigel]

Okay, it's still less than 10 words:

 

"Hello there, young lovers, get out of my car."

 

(Actually, that was written by a songwriter as a VERY short song.)

 

--Rigel

[Phantom]

Six words huh? Here's my shot at it

 

History is a never ending waltz

[Benji]

Six words huh? Here's my shot at it

 

History is a never ending waltz

 

..........So is this in response to I came, I saw, I conquered!!

 

p.s. not my line, credit to someone else

Edited October 6, 2008 by Benji

[rknapp]

Omg! We so analyzed this in my English class last semester. Our class discussion was the funniest thing ever. Everyone was trying to figure out what the meaning behind it was, and we came up with the silliest things. My friend Sarah said that maybe the baby had no feet, and the whole class starting cracking up lol

 

But anywho, I don't think I could write a story in 6 words, but I shall try.

 

Love at first sight, then death.

 

My easy peasy version of Romeo and Juliet haha.

 

Another way of shortening R&J: They loved, were hated, and died.

[Julian Alexander]

Lets see what i can come up with:

 

I have seen, now I rest.

 

Give me words, I shall speak.

[Cynical Romantic]

Reminds me of the old joke about how all the Jewish holidays tell essentially the same story: "They tried to kill us. We won. Let's eat."

[Procyon]

But anywho, I don't think I could write a story in 6 words, but I shall try.

 

Love at first sight, then death.

 

My easy peasy version of Romeo and Juliet haha.

 

You're one of the few who actually did write a story in 6 words -- and it's the best by far, it had me laughing out loud for... well, it felt like ages. Haha.

 

Most of the other attempts are general statements rather than stories, and one of them was the end of a story but there's nothing about what preceded that event.

 

 

Okay, it's still less than 10 words:

 

"Hello there, young lovers, get out of my car."

 

This is funny and also has some sort of plot. Too bad that it's too long.

 

 

Another way of shortening R&J: They loved, were hated, and died.

 

Romeo and Juliet seems to be easy to shorten down, thank goodness Shakespeare didn't know... Well done.

 

I have to say that Anna's version wins, though, thanks to the hilariousness of it.

[jfalkon]

How about this?

 

I drank too much. I'm sick.

 

Yeah, it's fiction. I can't aford the beer.

[Graeme]

Most of the other attempts are general statements rather than stories, and one of them was the end of a story but there's nothing about what preceded that event.

That's why I'm in awe of Hemmingway's, because you do feel a story in those six words. Coming up with a story, rather than a statement or a summary, is very, very tricky.....

 

He climbed that mountain, but why?

[clumber]

A 6 word Nifty story:

 

They had sex before exchanging names.

 

 

Martin

[Razor]

A 6 word Nifty story:

 

They had sex before exchanging names.

 

 

Martin

 

LOL I love that! :D !!!!

 

Also, I really love that six word creation of Hemingway's. It's quite impressive, really, when you think about it. Okay, so, a six word story of my own... will have to wait because I'll have to think about this. I got nothing right now that's halfway decent... I'll return.

[kitten]

A 6 word Nifty story:

 

They had sex before exchanging names.

 

 

Martin

 

I think you haven't quite got the spirit of Nifty.

A real Nifty 6 word story would be:

They had sex *without* exchanging names.

 

Kit

[kitten]

Eating alone in the crowded room.

[Dolores Esteban]

Pure love and sweet desires. Sacrificed.

 

[Razor]

I just don't love you anymore.

[Razor]

Also... found one by Steven Meretzky that I really like.

 

Dorothy: "f**K it, I'll stay here."