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

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  • #502
    ectoraige
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,100 ✭✭✭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: 2,100 ✭✭✭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


  • #512
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,404 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    1.Hearing that, she knelt and cried.

    2. Staring at his nakedness, she laughed.


  • #513
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Short story you say?

    'Once upon a time, the end.'


  • #514
    ardmacha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,476 ✭✭✭ardmacha


    veni vidi vici
    germani vicerunt
    finis


  • #515
    Irishgoatman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,741 ✭✭✭Irishgoatman


    It started, It continued, It ended.


  • #516
    2cool4school
    Closed Accounts Posts: 162 ✭✭2cool4school


    you'd get better stories in playschool


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  • #517
    GoldenTickets
    Closed Accounts Posts: 469 ✭✭GoldenTickets


    Read thread before posting; didn't plagiarise.


  • #518
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    By 2cool4school:
    2cool4school wrote: »
    you'd get better stories in playschool

    Sadly, he couldn't confirm his theory.


  • #519
    2cool4school
    Closed Accounts Posts: 162 ✭✭2cool4school


    dopes posted crappy stories on internet


  • #520
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    2cool4school wrote: »
    dopes posted crappy stories on internet

    Too late, he realised the irony.


  • #521
    iamstop
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭iamstop


    Lots of death stories. Sad Really.

    https://open.spotify.com/album/69JKwCcZGdLqX4Upj3DwP7



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  • #522
    Irishgoatman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,741 ✭✭✭Irishgoatman


    2cool4school wrote: »
    you'd get better stories in playschool

    I was a child back then.


  • #523
    BigCon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,836 ✭✭✭BigCon


    Why?
    Why?
    Why?
    asked Mr. Jones.


  • #524
    2cool4school
    Closed Accounts Posts: 162 ✭✭2cool4school


    he was 2cool4school, yet a genius.


  • #525
    GoldenTickets
    Closed Accounts Posts: 469 ✭✭GoldenTickets


    Notice: Your Pocket Has Been Picked.


  • #526
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    Smiling, he threw the ring aside.


  • #527
    Mallei
    Registered Users Posts: 144 ✭✭Mallei


    Three simple words: I love you.


  • #528
    Mountainsandh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,700 ✭✭✭Mountainsandh


    Push Celine, push ! Oh... My... God...


  • #529
    Ms.M
    Closed Accounts Posts: 439 ✭✭Ms.M


    Female seeks alien for intergalactic excursions.


  • #530
    GoldenTickets
    Closed Accounts Posts: 469 ✭✭GoldenTickets


    "Happy Birthday", he said to himself.


  • #531
    Rega
    Registered Users Posts: 764 ✭✭✭Rega


    Look at the state of that!


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  • #532
    SunSet357
    Site Banned Posts: 5 ✭SunSet357


    Plane, Crash, Island, Freckles, Eyeshadow - Lost.


  • #533
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    He tried, but she had left.

    "My life," he whispered, smiling sadly.


  • #534
    SunSet357
    Site Banned Posts: 5 ✭SunSet357


    The King of Moo wrote: »
    He tried, but she had left.

    "My life," he whispered, smiling sadly.

    She tried, but he had come.

    "My death," she screamed, fingering absently.


  • #535
    blackdog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 852 ✭✭✭blackdog2


    "Sh1te in the bucket", he exclaimed


  • #536
    Deki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 44,501 ✭✭✭✭Deki


    Without farewells, she slipped away forever.


  • #537
    mbur
    Registered Users Posts: 521 ✭✭✭mbur


    Hemmingway challenges, many try, success debated.


  • #538
    Scuid Mhór
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭Scuid Mhór


    I can create a six word.


  • #539
    Danco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 153 ✭✭Danco


    Gary Glitter. Comeback tour. Summer 2013.


  • #540
    Smidge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Smidge


    Danco wrote: »
    Gary Glitter. Comeback tour. Summer 2013.

    Kids, watch out. Peado is loose.


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  • #541
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    mbur wrote: »
    Hemmingway challenges, many try, success debated.

    None even bother debate my success.


  • #542
    jakobgallagher
    Registered Users Posts: 76 ✭✭jakobgallagher


    They expected water, they got zyklon.


  • #543
    dark crystal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,962 ✭✭✭✭dark crystal


    "What do you mean I'm dead?"


  • #544
    Jiminy13
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8 ✭Jiminy13


    Celebrate death it is your destiny


  • #545
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,404 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    I will never drink again, ever.


  • #546
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    Crash!! Bang!! Wallop!! What a video!


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  • #547
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,170 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    Only six months? Not long.

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



  • #548
    forfuxsake
    Registered Users Posts: 829 ✭✭✭forfuxsake


    Wibbs wrote: »
    Only six months? Not long.

    Only six months? Not long enough.


  • #549
    BackScrub
    Registered Users Posts: 353 ✭✭BackScrub


    Legendary British film director Sir Ridley Scott launched a global film-making contest for aspiring directors. It's titled "Tell It Your Way". There were over 600 entries..

    The film could be no longer than three minutes, contain only 6 lines of narrative and be a compelling story. The winner was "Porcelain Unicorn" from American director Keegan Wilcox. It's a story of the lifetimes of two people who are totally opposite, yet, very much the same - all told in less than 3 minutes.

    Porcelain Unicorn


  • #550
    mbur
    Registered Users Posts: 521 ✭✭✭mbur


    BackScrub wrote: »
    Legendary British film director Sir Ridley Scott launched a global film-making contest for aspiring directors. It's titled "Tell It Your Way". There were over 600 entries..

    The film could be no longer than three minutes, contain only 6 lines of narrative and be a compelling story. The winner was "Porcelain Unicorn" from American director Keegan Wilcox. It's a story of the lifetimes of two people who are totally opposite, yet, very much the same - all told in less than 3 minutes.

    Porcelain Unicorn

    Why me, Trent?


  • #551
    GoldenTickets
    Closed Accounts Posts: 469 ✭✭GoldenTickets


    Pulled rip cord. Received no virgins.


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