Six-Word Stories
Tim Gourley
Sale: baby shoes, never worn."
It's simple, yet breathtakingly profound. It makes you think. Why were
the shoes never worn? There's a lot of emotion you can read into that
simple sentence, and it sparks your imagination to fill in the blanks
left behind by a master storyteller. Let's try to come up with our own
six-word stories. Reply to this thread and submit your own. We'll
feature what we can at the next meeting in April.
Rules: It must be six words: no more, no less. Contractions are ok,
but consider your word choices carefully. The story must be
grammatically correct.
It's harder than it sounds. This took me a while, but here's my first story:
Once discovered, he disappeared in smoke.
- Tim
Chowning, Karolyn J.
Karolyn Chowning
kcho...@ou.edu
- Tim
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Douglas Fasching
I've even teased myself with the same challenge from time to time, but
God help me I always end up trying to sell some article of clothing
more heartbreaking.
Douglas
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Tim Gourley <tgou...@gmail.com> wrote:
Billy Mabray
"Again?" he muttered.
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Tim Gourley <tgou...@gmail.com> wrote:
Lori
How many times will I stop?
-Lori
Chad Henderson
James Edward Gray II
> "Dig a grave."
>
> "Again?" he muttered.
That is awesome.
James Edward Gray II
Dianna Rustin
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 26, 2010, at 12:00 PM, Tim Gourley <tgou...@gmail.com> wrote:
James Edward Gray II
> Ernest Hemingway once wrote an entire story using only six words: "For
> Sale: baby shoes, never worn."
Terrific puzzle! We had the whole family toying with this one around the dinner table tonight.
I kept getting stuck on:
I think, but I cannot write.
Here's a better one though. It is a hand written dedication I wrote inside the first copy of my first published book that I ever signed:
For you, my love. Every word.
I went and looked in the book to make sure I was remembering it right. It was exactly six words and I wrote it several years before Tim sent this challenge. That was a neat find for me.
Here are some of my more story driven ideas:
"The magic is very strong today!"
He leapt, trusting in her arrival.
The baby smiled, she started crying.
Dana Gray is more clever than me and came up with:
Metal scrapes metal, glass shatters everywhere.
Tear of grief mar her smile.
The panel of judges stop arguing.
Too many shots does not exist.
My little brother, Andrew Gray, came up with:
I'm a beginner, so don't laugh.
There was only one conversation left.
James Edward Gray II
Sea
"Young hearts, old hands: entwined forever."
Sea
Sent from my iPhone
James Edward Gray II
> Ernest Hemingway once wrote an entire story using only six words: "For
> Sale: baby shoes, never worn."
Two more:
The perfect recipe: just add passion.
The Mountie began searching in Texas.
James Edward Gray II
Lori
Lol, this one just happened in real life...
Clearly, I had underestimated the applesauce.
- Lori
Chad Henderson
Pete Rustin
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Douglas Fasching
Tim Gourley
Billy Mabray
"No."
"Liar."
"Prove it."
"...Can't."
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