What color is fear?
What sound does affection make?
What texture do the monsoon rains have?
What shape does a conversation make?
What fabric is a kitten made of?
What noise is made by curiosity?
What is the smell of knowledge?
How do you punctuate life?
What does death taste like?
If a tree falls in the forest and there’s no one there to hear it, what kind of tree is it?
From I See Invisible People come these ten questions for writers from Stephen Leigh.
“Earnest Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in six words. The result:
‘For sale: baby shoes, never used.’
Rumor has it that Hemingway regarded it as his greatest work.
Stirred by this masterwork, the editors of BlackBook asked 25 of today’s most renowned writers to offer their own original six-word stories.”
–The Utne Reader July/August 2005 p. 92
Here are my favorite:
“Forgive me!” “What for?” “Never mind.” – John Updike
Eyeballed me, killed him. Slight exaggeration.-- Irvine Welsh
Satan- Jehovah- fifteen rounds. A draw. – Norman Mailer
[On a separate note: Norman Mailer, the provocative, prolific novelist and essayist died today. Seems he lost his round with Jehovah.]
Oh, that? It’s nothing. Not contagious.- Augusten Burroughs
She gave. He took. He forgot – Tobias Wolff.
So, I give you the Hemingway Challenge. Write a story in six words. Here’s mine:
He came. He conquered. She survived.
What's your story?
If I were a car, I would be a lime green volkswagen coming home after a trans-continental journey.
What car are YOU?
Look below the fold for today's journal activity "If I Were".
Be specific: "God is in the details."
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