Friday, December 29, 2006

Literary Excercise

Hemingway once wrote, "For sale: baby shoes, never worn." This was his entire story and is said to have called it his best work. So, can you write a story using only 6 words total? Recently a number of famous writers tried this for Wired Magazine.

Here are a few I liked:

A science fiction story:
TIME MACHINE REACHES FUTURE!!! … nobody there …
- Harry Harrison

A suspense thriller:
Easy. Just touch the match to
- Ursula K. Le Guin

A political story:
Bush told the truth. Hell froze.
- William Gibson

A romantic tale:
Longed for him. Got him. Shit.
- Margaret Atwood

Can you write a very short story? I’ll try a few:

A chess story:
1. e4; c5. Oh, no! What now?

A report on the TV Show “Beauty and the Geek”:
Chuck meets Richard. See Chuch strangle.

A personal journal:
Drove downtown. Car got hit. Whoopee!

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