I realized when I posted the short story writing contest that I forgot to put a time limit on the entries.
For the official contest (of which the prize is a picture and bio on my blog), the deadline is right now. BUT I would like to hear any more stories you can come up with - either on these posts or on Facebook.
What fun eh? It's really hard to come up with a story in just six words. Hemingway was a crazy genius, so I'm declaring his hauntingly emotional story unbeatable in our hearts.
But as for the winner of the contest: [pause for effect...]
Scott Keller!
"Alien peace talks fail. Draft initiated."
Bio in Haiku
Best friend from high school.
Brilliant computer geek smarts.
Been too long since borscht.
Best friend from high school.
Brilliant computer geek smarts.
Been too long since borscht.
I picked Scott's story because I felt it had a great beginning, middle, and end - plus you get an awesome twist ending.
This sort of writing exercise makes you think about how to organize and execute longer pieces. When going about writing a feature screenplay or a novel, it's good to think about how you want to set up your audience, grip them with emotion, then shock them with the final daring end.
It's so hard to do this in just six words, but if you can't do it in six, how can you do it in a virtually limitless amount?
Honorable Mentions
Spencer Holt: "FORSALE:Typewriterwithbrokenspacebar" (I liked this a lot, but I'm pretty sure I've seen it somewhere else...)
Tiffany Anderson: "Disneyland at 25, a first childhood." (this probably would have won if I didn't think it was about me... sorry babe)
Phil Monson: "Double Rainbow, what does it mean?" (because I laughed out loud)
Josh Cobb: "Whoa! *SPLASH* "Help!" *SPLASH* "guuurrggggle" Silence." (nice sound effects!)
1 comments:
For the record it wasn't about you. It was about me. Even though I've gone many times Disneyland has been the one place where I feel like I can be a kid. So, sorry to say, but I guess you think this story is about you. But it's not!
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