Karen showed us an article from Blackbook Magazine, which described The Hemingway Challenge. Ernest had been asked to write a story in six words and he produced this: “For sale: baby shoes, never used.” That inspired Blackbook to ask 25 other writers to produce their own six word stories. Here are a few:
“He remembered something that never happened.” AM Homes
“Saigon hotel. Decades later. He weeps.” Robert Olen Butler
“She gave. He took. He forgot.” Tobias Wolf
“Shiva destroys earth: “Well, that’s that.” AG Pasquella
“I saw. I conquered. Couldn’t come.” David Lodge
“Poison: meditation: skiing: ants – nothing worked.” Edward Albee
Last night at La Cantina, Diane and I came up with a few of our own.
I began: “Campfire food. Bugs mixed in. Yummy.”
Diane: “Loon calls. No response. World ends.”
Me: “Open blouse. Two Drinks. Marriage ends."
On the way out, Diane waited for me to catch up and said, “Man compliments bartender. Falls down drunk.”
All testaments to saying no more than is necessary and relying instead on reader imagination. Though some stray into mere satirical titillation ...
No glove was mentioned, though the report of its hitting the ground is still imagined heard. Before taking it up, though, I offer in addition a more formal challenge -- the longest sentence possible using no more than two of any letter in the English alphabet (the mark set by a Globe reader stands at 33 letters).
Big Banged. Long epochs bustled. Darkness.
or smaller scale:
The phone rang; she whispered, "Please ...".
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All testaments to saying no more than is necessary and relying instead on reader imagination. Though some stray into mere satirical titillation ...
No glove was mentioned, though the report of its hitting the ground is still imagined heard. Before taking it up, though, I offer in addition a more formal challenge -- the longest sentence possible using no more than two of any letter in the English alphabet (the mark set by a Globe reader stands at 33 letters).
Big Banged. Long epochs bustled. Darkness.
or smaller scale:
The phone rang; she whispered, "Please ...".
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