Ernestly Challenged
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 ñ 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.â€
Diane: “Loon calls. No response. World ends.â€
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.â€
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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