Friday May th 15 Short Short Stories Bell

Friday May th 15 Short, Short Stories

Bell Ringer Describe your favorite TV show in 15 words or less. (Be sure to include the show’s title and brief description, in complete sentences).

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Short, Short Stories These are fully structured stories that include an exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and a resolution. However, they are carefully planned an written in order to minimize word count, and leave a lot of inference up to the reader. Typically, these stories begin just before the climax, with little to no explanation as to how we’ve arrived there as readers.

Shortest Short Story The shortest story ever written was Ernest Hemmingway’s “Baby Shoes”. It was referred to as the “six word novel”. “For sale: baby shoes, never worn. ” - Ernest Hemmingway

More Stories Failed SAT. Lost scholarship. Invented rocket. William Shatner Computer, did we bring batteries? Computer? Eileen Gunn Gown removed carelessly. Head, less so. Josh Whedon Machine. Unexpectedly, I’d invented a time Alan Moore Longed for him. Got him. S#@t. Margaret Atwood

Short, Short Story Due Monday 5/18 ◦ One handwritten rough draft ◦ One typed final copy. (12 font, Calibri/New Times Roman) ◦ Word Count: 25 (MAX!!) ◦ Minimum Word Count: 6 ◦ Include final word count at the bottom right of your paper. ◦ You choose the genre