Can you write a story with only 6 words?

Hemmingway wrote a short story ......... "For sale baby shoes, not worn.".





Can you do a story in 6 words?

Can you write a story with only 6 words?
Hemingway's is interesting, because it does imply a full story. "One day I ate some cereal" doesn't really do that. But with Hemingway's, you get lots of interesting information. For some reason, the baby never wore these shoes, because perhaps they were purchased before a miscarriage occurred, or the baby was born with huge feet. And why are they being sold? The parents cannot bear to have them around, even if they have another child. I'm really intrigued by this actually.





Inspired by that, "Tom's truck narrowly missed the igloo."
Reply:You can definitely tell a story in 6 words. You might enjoy checking out Wired's "Very short stories" in which several famous authors wrote 6 word stories.


http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11...





Some favorites:


Computer, did we bring batteries? Computer?


- Eileen Gunn





It’s behind you! Hurry before it


- Rockne S. O’Bannon





Bang postponed. Not Big enough. Reboot.


- David Brin





Steve ignores editor's word limit and


- Steven Meretzky





Stories like this must be done well. They cannot simply be a 6 word sentence, they need to encompass something larger - just as haiku can be beautiful poems that evoke deep feelings, if they're done correctly.





My attempts:





They're dead. But I can't cry.





A storm. There goes my weekend.
Reply:No. In order to get the point across in a story like form you have to write at least 2 pages.





To get a short point across Like, "I had cereal for breakfast" Then yeah you could.
Reply:The man in the moon smiled.





Everyday i to go to school.





I know that God loves us.





wow that was fun. i'll go write some more and become the most famous writer in the world.
Reply:She wanted. She struggled. She received.
Reply:I'm sure you can!
Reply:In the beginning was the end.
Reply:Yeah!!


Once upon a time the end.


There that is the best story ever!!!! LOL
Reply:Today's terrible. Tomorrow will be better.
Reply:One day a girl lost badly.





A frog ate a fly once.





Once upon a time I died





My baby heard a noise upstairs
Reply:I'm sure you could, but I wouldn't be very interesting, would it?
Reply:A cow jumped over the moon.
Reply:It is Friday, time to go.....
Reply:Once upon a time the end
Reply:They fell in love and kissed.





:-P ???
Reply:nope...scored 2 points!
Reply:Man wins lottery, dies of shock!
Reply:its too hot, global warming here



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