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

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  • #482
    Mardy Bum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,674 ✭✭✭Mardy Bum


    It needs a beginning (Baby's Shoes) middle (Never Worn) and an end (For Sale:).

    Most of the stuff in this thread are just statements.


  • #483
    shayser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,650 ✭✭✭shayser


    Posters on poles: Yes, No? Screwed.


  • #484
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    No woman no cry. No toe.


  • #485
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    Mardy Bum wrote: »
    It needs a beginning (Baby's Shoes) middle (Never Worn) and an end (For Sale:).

    Most of the stuff in this thread are just statements.

    That's over the limit, I'm afraid.


  • #486
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    He pulls - legend
    She pulls - slag? :confused:


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  • #487
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    checks constantly for thanks, no love :(


  • #488
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    Mardy Bum wrote: »
    It needs a beginning (Baby's Shoes) middle (Never Worn) and an end (For Sale:).

    Most of the stuff in this thread are just statements.

    The strict rules stifled everyone's creativity.

    The jealous poster (beginning) wanted (middle - creates mystery) more thanks (end - solves mystery).


  • #489
    hairyprincess
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,300 ✭✭✭hairyprincess


    A man, a knife, a bloodbath


  • #490
    Plazaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭Plazaman


    hairyprincess wrote: »
    A man, a knife, a bloodbath

    My wife, her period, a bloodbath.



    *Still found hiding behind the couch


  • #491
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    It's hard, thats what she said


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  • #492
    The Scawgeen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 182 ✭✭The Scawgeen


    Pine fresh Flash, cleans floors fast.


  • #493
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,392 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    He left her at the altar.


  • #494
    mackeire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭mackeire


    Broken jaw. Food through a straw!


  • #495
    mackeire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭mackeire


    Plazaman wrote: »
    hairyprincess wrote: »
    A man, a knife, a bloodbath

    My wife, her period, a bloodbath.



    [SIZE="1"]*Still found hiding behind the couch[/SIZE]
    My wife, her period, jam sandwich.


  • #496
    sbsquarepants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    Omackeral wrote: »
    For Sale: Baby shoes, never worn.
    Mardy Bum wrote: »
    It needs a beginning (Baby's Shoes) middle (Never Worn) and an end (For Sale:).

    Most of the stuff in this thread are just statements.

    Pedant confuses beginning, middle and end!:D


  • #497
    languagenerd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,201 ✭✭✭languagenerd


    Mardy Bum wrote: »
    It needs a beginning (Baby's Shoes) middle (Never Worn) and an end (For Sale:).

    Most of the stuff in this thread are just statements.

    Not really, a lot of short stories are just "middle". Novels have to have beginning, middle and end, but short stories (in general) are supposed to give you a snapshot of the life of the character at a particular moment in time. So you can get away without a clear-cut beginning and end if you want!


  • #498
    Fluorescence
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 8,490 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fluorescence


    languagenerd wrote: »
    Not really, a lot of short stories are just "middle". Novels have to have beginning, middle and end, but short stories (in general) are supposed to give you a snapshot of the life of the character at a particular moment in time. So you can get away without a clear-cut beginning and end if you want!

    Language nerd kills thread with SCIENCE :P

    Is that right? :pac:


  • #499
    ardmacha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,476 ✭✭✭ardmacha


    I could have, but I didn't.


  • #500
    languagenerd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,201 ✭✭✭languagenerd


    Fluorescence wrote: »
    Language nerd kills thread with SCIENCE :P

    Is that right? :pac:

    Science :confused:
    Just (very generalised) literary theory...:P


  • #501
    tightropetom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 283 ✭✭tightropetom


    This could be a risky one:


    Blast her with piss. Mod. Banned.


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  • #502
    ectoraige
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,105 ✭✭✭ectoraige


    Trent looked at her. BANG! "hahaha"


  • #503
    Mardy Bum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,674 ✭✭✭Mardy Bum


    languagenerd wrote: »
    Not really, a lot of short stories are just "middle". Novels have to have beginning, middle and end, but short stories (in general) are supposed to give you a snapshot of the life of the character at a particular moment in time. So you can get away without a clear-cut beginning and end if you want!

    If you are using six words obviously it needs structure otherwise it makes no claim to being a story.


  • #504
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    Voted no, asked again, ticked yes


  • #505
    ectoraige
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,105 ✭✭✭ectoraige


    I loved her. She never knew.


  • #506
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    a bus, mysterious stranger enters, OMG


  • #507
    jaspertheghost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 231 ✭✭jaspertheghost


    i`m born,i live,i die


  • #508
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    Captain, sir! My body is ready


  • #509
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    Hes dead, it worked! Honey returns


  • #510
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    Dead people, everywhere, Im dead too


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  • #511
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    Its false, agreed, they still believe


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