Ernest Hemingway, was one of the American novelists, who left behind an impressive body of work and an iconic style of writing. Aside from his novels like "A Farewell to Arms", "The Sun Also Rises", "The Old Man and the Sea", "For Whom the Bell Tolls", etc., he was also famous for his short stories.
One of his friends mentioned a story about Hemingway's get-together with his close friends in a bar. They challenged each other to write the saddest, shortest story that they could improvise at once. While everybody was thinking over their plot, Hemingway suggested his will be the shortest, and he will win the bet. He wrote it on a napkin and needless to say he won! This was the story:
For Sale:
Baby Shoes; never worn.
How about you guys? can you write a sad, short story like this one?
Feel free to share your stories.
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You have no idea. On second thought...
Omg, you sound like if it was 100 years ago. It was just 2 years ago... Has your life changed so much over those two years?
Right, I was an enthusiastic fellow back then. Really wet behind the ears.
Oh, I remember this blog of yours!... one of your first ones I think :)
Ah, the 'story' I made was thinkin' about one of the best (and saddest) short stories I've ever read, The Robin by Gore Vidal. It was about that :))
Dreams have remained dreams.
That little sh*t...
I'm not into Hemingway's work that much, but I admit he was a good writer, just because of things like this. Thanks for sharing this piece of good literature here A738a
Okay this is my attempt:
"The kid dried away his tears and threw a big stone over the broken-wing little bird".
Gotcha!
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