Topic #227: 8/22/11
Hemingway once wrote a super short story: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” What story can you write in six words?
All right, Mr. Postaday2011–have you been consorting with my high school Political Thought teacher and my mom? Both of them have frequently insinuated and, well, openly stated, that I tend to be a bit verbose. My mother says that I seem to think i am paid by the word. The statement I most dreaded from my teachers was in’in 250 words or less’….a limit???? ARGH!!!!!!!!!! Ok, with that brief introduction here is my 6 word story:
“Refused to be concise…failed course”. To the curious, I never pushed it that far…;-)
My effort:
But unfortunately, he won the lottery.
oooh—I would like to hear the 60,000 word sequel!