How Short Can A Story Be?
Posted 17 April 2009 in Writing by Catriona
My best friend first brought the idea of a six-word memoir to my attention back in April last year. I glanced at them then, but didn’t really think about them further.
Then a student submitted a piece of assessment around the idea of six-word stories, drawing my attention to this post with six-word stories, including some lovely ones from Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, and Charles Stross. (Many, many ones from Charles Stross.)
And I was wondering what I could do in six words.
Chances are not a great deal. But I’ve been thinking more about restricted writing challenges lately, so it would be remiss of me not to at least try.
I’m settling on this:
“Our home planet’s gone? Well, bugger.”