nav[aria-label="Primary Navigation"] { padding: 0; & ul { list-style: none; width: 100%; display: flex; flex-direction: row; justify-content: start; align-items: start; gap: 30px; padding: 0; & li { margin: 0; } & ul li { list-style: none; } } }

Child Item

The Hemmingway Challenge. Can YOU create a six word story?

[Deleted User]

I was reading some weekend magazine the other day out of sheer boredom and stumbled upon this little nugget. Apparently, famous author Ernest Hemmingway was challenged by some peers to write a short story that was both compelling and logical but could only contain six words. No more, no less. He left this as his piece.

For Sale: Baby shoes, never worn.

I think it's quite amazing personally! Can you rival it? Give it a go and let's see do we get anything really good?

Find more posts tagged with

Quick Links

Comments

RobbingBandit

Bosnia may beat Ireland on Saturday.

pickarooney

She picked the least expensive coffin.

Improbable

Ignore me. Invisible. Hope for heaven.

forfuxsake

2 lines. wrong pee.wedding off.

Krispie

Just look up. Don't look doooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Dyr

Forks. Glossary. An Indelicate glance. Ponce?

Ellis Dee

He followed a serious constricting path.:)

Sea Filly

No, OP. That is my story.

donegal_man

The Ironic Conversation
"I'm Richard Dawkins"
"Oh my God!"

Twinkleboots

It made me want to vomit.

Sea Filly

Incidentally, call me a philistine, but I don't think Ernest Hemingway's offering is that great. My logical cap went on reading it, there could be myriad reasons why baby shoes wouldn't be worn.

/philistine

Duggy747

Shìt me pants, no more underwear

OldGoat

Eyes clenched, betting slip fisted, willing.

nice1franko

Oncologist came, said "it's back again"

yeppydeppy

OldGoat wrote: »

Eyes clenched, betting slip fisted, willing.

Eyes clenched, being fisted, not willing.

davetherave

Can't live, with or without you.

sbsquarepants

Your honour, please, she looks legal!

Sea Filly

Duggy747 wrote: »

Shìt me pants, no more underwear

Do a wash, you lazy fúcker!

:pac:

Irishgoatman

The Sun rose in the west.

the purple tin

It's my husband! He's back early!
and the sequel
Quick, help me find my trousers!

sbsquarepants

the purple tin wrote: »

It's my husband! He's back early!
and the sequel
Quick, help me find my trousers!

Part 3 of the trilogy:

Gun works fine, told you so!

Conall Cernach

I once was a decent man.

flutterflye

You'll be sorry when I'm gone.

pickarooney

Sea Filly wrote: »

Incidentally, call me a philistine, but I don't think Ernest Hemingway's offering is that great. My logical cap went on reading it, there could be myriad reasons why baby shoes wouldn't be worn.

/philistine

That's precisely why it's a good story, IMO. It could just as easily be a miscarriage, infant death or a screwed-up order on eBay. I actually tried to sell a pair that were too small by the time we got them and was going to use those six words as the ad text. Seemed a little creepy though.

FoxT

Trauma, Drama, NAMA.
liquidation, frustration, emigration.

Sea Filly

pickarooney wrote: »

That's precisely why it's a good story, IMO. It could just as easily be a miscarriage, infant death or a screwed-up order on eBay.

But I guess I don't find that compelling? Those reasons seem mundane to me. But, like any writer, he's not for everyone!

pickarooney

Sea Filly wrote: »

But I guess I don't find that compelling? Those reasons seem mundane to me. But, like any writer, he's not for everyone!

They could be death laser shoes and the parents didn't trust the child to only kill bad guys?

Or automagic tap-dancing shoes that earn you millions of dollars in exchange for a wasting disease.

Or shoes made of a super resistant leather that, no matter how badly you treat them, never become worn.

SomeGuyCalledMi

Worlds last man jumped, phone rang.

Seachmall

Mutually assured destruction. Marriage in synopsis.

Sea Filly

pickarooney wrote: »

They could be death laser shoes and the parents didn't trust the child to only kill bad guys?

Or automagic tap-dancing shoes that earn you millions of dollars in exchange for a wasting disease.

Or shoes made of a super resistant leather that, no matter how badly you treat them, never become worn.

But the reason won't be any of those fabulous things! :pac:

I'm way too pragmatic for my own good.