Writer's Block: Six-Word Story

Aug 15, 2008 01:16

He left Miami. It followed him.

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nif August 19 2008, 12:30:00 UTC
Hemingway's response actually epitomizes "flash fiction", a genre of short story becoming increasingly popular in recent years. I did a lesson with this last year. There's a second flash fiction story I thought was pretty good:

"The last man on earth sat in a room. There was a knock at the door."

Flash fiction stories are characterized by their brevity and the "twist" at the end. I made my kids write the back stories to the Hemingway and last man ones. It was pretty cool.

Anyway. Thought I'd share.

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