Scots Taffer on 26/10/2006 at 05:55
(
http://wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/sixwords.html) Wired article on authors creating a story in six words.
Personally, I find the idea ludicrous and the most that can really be achieved is an image like Frank Miller's, or a meta-joke like Alan Moore's. I must admit I'm surprised by the lack of ingenuity of some of the entries. Marc Laidlaw's second entry gave me a chuckle, for a computer game writer he was more original than most of them!
Bizarrely, my favourite is probably Ken MacLeod's effort -
Quote:
We went solar; sun went nova.
There's something simple but very deep about it, you instantly begin to construct your own story around the words. I suppose that's the best you can attempt to achieve with such a small canvas.
As an entertaining subthread, create your own!
My serious entry: "The sun set, and never returned."
My joke entry: "Epitaph: I couldn't find the words."
Gingerbread Man on 26/10/2006 at 06:10
Well, I nearly had an idea.
<small>Steve found Jesus in flagrante delicto</small>
Briareos H on 26/10/2006 at 06:14
Quote Posted by Scots_Taffer
"Epitaph: I couldn't find the words."
"Isn't that, like, seven words ?"
My entry : "I came full circle, now what ?"
"I always run out of words"
Scots Taffer on 26/10/2006 at 06:15
Quote Posted by Briareos H
"Isn't that, like, seven words ?"
Contractions aren't counted as two words. ;)
Briareos H on 26/10/2006 at 06:18
In french they are, my bad...
Gingerbread Man on 26/10/2006 at 06:27
"The French made excuses from Kyoto"
GRRRR on 26/10/2006 at 06:36
Something lived. Then it died.
Not only very sad but uses just five words :o
doctorfrog on 26/10/2006 at 06:41
The goddess shrieked. It began again.
BlackErtai on 26/10/2006 at 06:43
"They're through? Game over man, game..."
Mortal Monkey on 26/10/2006 at 07:01
Day 14: Water's gone. Still nothing.
