The story goes that Hemmingway wrote a super short six word story for a ten dollar bet.That story is probably the most economic but resonant pieces of flash fiction ever written.
"For sale; Babys shoes,never worn"
This is a great exercise for authors of micro movies and animation in that it excises all fat and resonates way beyond it's confines into off screen space.
There are now countless websites and schemes dedicated such essentialised prose.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/sixwords.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/reports/misc/sixwordlife_20080205.shtml
WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE TOFFEE/HANDS
8 years ago
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