Ernest Hemingway was famously challenged to come up a story in six words. His answer: 'For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn.' (There is still a debate whether he did actually compose this.)
If there's one thing that twitter has thought me is the beauty of brevity. I'm a huge fan of @veryshortstory. A story being told within the confines of 140 characters. Every word in important and precious. Painting a picture this way takes skill. Please check it out.
Some of the most funny, heartbreaking and interesting tweets I've read are when two people that I happen to follow are exchanging tweets. It's like an overheard conversation. But, it's twitter, so nothing is private. Right?
With this in mind, here's a short tweet I posted one day after school.
Junior Infant
Tiny, blonde, button-nosed Junior Infant,
Wearing a duffel coat and glasses.
Worn-out, he sighs,
"I can't find my school bag."
It's on his back.
Your tweet is very sweet, and emotive. I didn't know @veryshortstory existed, will follow it now though!
ReplyDeleteAwww this is so cute..I can just visualise him as my Sweet baby James :)
ReplyDeleteThanks. Sometimes short & sweet is better. Xx
ReplyDeleteahhhhhh bless
ReplyDeleteI love tiny fiction. Do you ever submit to @99fiction competitions? I've never won but love my 99s ;)
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