Enter the Six-Word Story Contest

It's Friday afternoon and time to relax a little. Are you into writing - words and storytelling?

Here's a fun contest that Robert Hzuzek at Middle Zone Musings has started.  It's called Let's be Brief.

He refers to a November 2006 article in Wired. Check it out!

We'll be brief: Hemingway once wrote a story in just six words ("For sale: baby shoes, never worn.") and is said to have called it his best work. So we asked sci-fi, fantasy, and horror writers from the realms of books, TV, movies, and games to take a shot themselves.

To enter the contest, all you have to do is write a six-word story - or many stories - and post them on your blog. Check the directions!

Here's the current list of six-word stories. Entry deadline: Sunday, Jan. 21.

Too fun . . . Here's my entries.

Eat chips. Fatten up. Diet now.
His life ended. Her life began.

Photo on flickr by zen
 

Comments

[Mark True]

Sandy:

I love the places you discover!

And I love "His life ended. Her life began." When will that come out in paperback...I hate paying for hardback editions.

-MT

[Sandra Renshaw]

Hi Mark,

I'll give you a signed version! My husband asked if I signed that one "the black widow" instead of PurpleWren...

It is a story though. I had a friend in SD.

Glad you like my finds. It's always fun to discover new places.
Sandy

[Robert Hruzek]

Sandra, thanks for the post and for dropping by and joining the fray! We've had lots of fun and you're part of it. But don't stop now - the contest runs through Sunday!

Robert Hruzek

[Sandra Renshaw]

Hi Robert,

Don't worry, I'll probably come up with more. This is great fun!

Sandy

[Allison]

I guess I missed the deadline, but it sounds like you discovered a fun concept, I came up with this one that has meaning I think :)

"Death overturned a lifetime of obstinance."

cheers :))

[Dion]

what a fun idea, I am wracking my brain right now trying to put something together

Fun!!