I took this from Shawn Lea, who got the idea from Caterina.
Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway was once challenged to compose a complete story in six words. His answer was, “For sale: baby shoes, never used.”
Here’s mine, as posted in both bloggers’ comments:
“She refused to sign the prenup.”
Feel free to write your own six-word story and post it in my comments or on your blog or online journal.
“He changed his mind after firing.”
i like this. a lot.
No matter what, they love me.
In light of recent world events…
“They pressed the buttons, the end.”
Or how about this one. It isn’t mine, but I remember it from grammar school…
“When the music stopped, she died.”
If I remember correctly it was a riddle about a blind tight-rope walker.
Finally, he handed in the test.
Death wasn’t such a bad guy.
“Death wasn’t such a bad guy” would be a fantastic beginning to a short story. Just sayin’…
I have been thinking the same thing all day … that is an opening to something somewhere. Needless to say I wrote it down… one book at a time right?
His shattered image; fell like confetti.
i didn’t want to say goodbye.
p.s. hemingway’s was absolutely brilliant.
“Stop press: Titanic ‘sinking’ proved hoax.”
Now I want to read that book!
As corpses went, so did he.
A few different takes on the same line.
Proof, Hell does indeed freeze over.
Her heart, like hell, froze over.
Hell, like her heart, froze over.