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Community Forums => NWR Forums Discord => Topic started by: Stogi on October 04, 2012, 06:38:22 AM
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Hemmingway, the master of the short story, was bet that he couldn't tell a short story in six words in a bar in New York.
This is what he came up with: For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn.
He won that bet.
Now let's see what y'all can do.
Here are mine:
The cross burned. Then the church.
Short horse in love. Too short.
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I'd like to first of all say that Hemmingway is a real hero of mine. Here's my attempt:
Exhausted, they embraced each other blithely.
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All men grow up to die.
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The cross burned. Then the church.
Fail. "Then the church" is a sentence fragment and makes no sense on its own. With Hemmingway, all three of his can stand on their own.
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TJ Spyke makes a bad post.
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The cross burned. Then the church.
Fail. "Then the church" is a sentence fragment and makes no sense on its own. With Hemmingway, all three of his can stand on their own.
If the full stop was a comma it would make sense though, right?
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Six word stories? Snopes says: "Undetermined (http://www.snopes.com/language/literary/babyshoes.asp)".
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He came. He saw. He conquered.
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Wiishop. Frustration. Fat Man. Playing Joy.
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He came. He saw. He conquered.
He came. She squirmed. They sighed.
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The cross burned. Then the church.
Fail. "Then the church" is a sentence fragment and makes no sense on its own. With Hemmingway, all three of his can stand on their own.
All of his sentences are fragments.
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a girl shat in my car
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a girl shat in my car
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Like a Phoenix from the ashes.
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I just ate a yummy cat.
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I have elevators for my cars.
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a girl shat in my car
True story? Long version please :faust:
i believe i've posted it before
....but i could always retell it if I can't find it.
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