“A hunger she failed to contain”…
Tag: Six Word Story
Six-Word Story Series: Movie Taglines #1
I’ve discovered that some movie taglines make amazing six-word stories!
If you’ve never created a six-word story before, you should definitely give it a try! It is a lot of fun coming up with something that has enough “meat” on its bones to tell a story or at least allude to something more, something bigger.
While thinking about six-word stories, I was posting a general movie news post about Anne Rice and The Vampire Chronicles and I read the movie poster’s tagline which I never really noticed before:
“Drink from me, and live forever”…
This is an amazing six-word story! While the words obviously point to some sort of supernatural vampire-related plot, the words are chosen so well that you just want to know more. It draws you in and I think that’s what six-word stories should do. In fact, that is what any good story should do.
What do you think? Have you seen any other movie taglines with six words that packed a punch and made you take notice of the film even more?
Let me know in the comments!
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Six-Word Story Series #2
“If you jump, I’ll jump too”…
Six Word Story Series #1
“But… you’re supposed to be dead!”
“But… you’re supposed to be dead!”
Six-Word Story Series
There is a fascinating history behind how the Six-Word Story came to be, otherwise known as “Flash Fiction”. It involves the writer Ernest Hemingway taking a wager with other writers, that he could write an entire story in only six words.
I have seen other bloggers doing this – (shout out to Pooja from Lifesfinewhine) and I have thought about doing it several, times but never did. I think I want to give it a go on this blog and see how it does as a series.
There is a fascinating history behind how the Six-Word Story came to be, otherwise known as “Flash Fiction”. It involves the writer Ernest Hemingway taking a wager with other writers, that he could write an entire story in only six words. This is confirmed as unsubstantiated by Wikipedia, but it’s interesting none-the-less.
The six-word story that Hemingway came up with is this:
For sale: baby shoes, never worn
Hemingway was considered a writer way ahead of his time, so it wouldn’t be that far-fetched to think that he could produce such a tragic and moving story in only six words. But it does put pressure on anyone else trying to follow in his esteemed footsteps!
I think I’ll give it a go anyway, and see where the path takes me. I actually did start off putting together six-word movie reviews on Letterboxd the other day. And I came up with a couple for these recent movie releases:
Possessor follows an agent who works for a secretive organisation that uses brain-implant technology to inhabit other people’s bodies – ultimately driving them to commit assassinations for high-paying clients.
Director:
Writer:
Stars:
Gabrielle Graham, Hanneke Talbot, Matthew Garlick | See full cast & crew »
My six-word review:
“Possessors can and will lose themselves”…
Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new obsession.
Director:
Writer:
Stars:
Haley Bennett, Austin Stowell, Denis O’Hare | See full cast & crew »
My Six-Word Review:
“With one swallow, she was free”
The difference between writing a movie review in six words and writing a story is that the only way you can gain context with a review is to watch the film. So it’s one step better than a trailer in that sense.
But I have read some heart-breaking six-story words over the last few months, and you just can’t stop thinking about the “how’s” and the “what if’s”. There are just so many questions. I think if that is how you react to a six-word anything, the author is definitely doing it right.
I don’t think a six-word story has to be complete. I think a six-word story must be compelling enough to get you to think about the meaning behind the words and how you interpret those words. It’s just like any story, really. You have to choose the words carefully enough to describe an event, but you also have to leave something out so that the reader is left wondering and thinking about it. I mean, why else do you continue to read a book after the first few pages? Because you need and want to know more.
I’ll be thinking about this topic a lot more over the next few days, and I’ll keep writing about it just for this blog.
Have you got any great six-word stories that you’re willing to share or talk about? Let me know in the comments!
As always, stay safe and keep writing and I’ll catch you in the next post!
