Hemingway Challenge

Aragorn · **Joined:** September 23rd, 2010, 3:42 pm **Posts:** 9085

Um... Wow. Those were quite unexpected.

Airianna Valenshia wrote:

HWers have way too much fun.

There, now I've participated, so heh!

Short probably isn't easy for you. It's almost too easy for me.

Too much fun? Is that possible?

Manda Kondrael · **Posted:** February 2nd, 2011, 7:03 pm

Cake on table. Little brother approaches.

Airianna Valenshia · **Posted:** February 2nd, 2011, 7:10 pm

Short is so not my speciality.

I always have more to say.

Six word are so not adequate.

Aragorn · **Joined:** September 23rd, 2010, 3:42 pm **Posts:** 9085

You're doing it quite well now.

Airianna Valenshia · **Posted:** February 2nd, 2011, 7:18 pm

Not really, I cheat, couldn't tell?

Aragorn · **Joined:** September 23rd, 2010, 3:42 pm **Posts:** 9085

And just how were you cheating? By not writing six word stories?

Airianna Valenshia · **Posted:** February 2nd, 2011, 7:25 pm

Multiple sentences building off each other.

They aren't self contained, individual pieces.

Aragorn · **Joined:** September 23rd, 2010, 3:42 pm **Posts:** 9085

But everyone was already doing that. Though it is somewhat off topic.

Kenton D. Long · **Joined:** March 25th, 2010, 5:41 pm **Posts:** 184

I got one!!!

I'm not short, I'm fun-size!!!

I happen to be 14 in 15 days and 5'10" last time I checked, just so you guys don't think I really am short. Though I made that one in honor of my 15 year old friend who is 5' exactly!!!

Kenton D. Long

BushMaid · **Posted:** February 2nd, 2011, 10:23 pm

Baha, that's funny! I've heard of a similar one to that:

I'm not short; just vertically challenged.

Kenton D. Long · **Joined:** March 25th, 2010, 5:41 pm **Posts:** 184

Awsome!! I am now sending those to Hemington's to my almost midget friend.

Kenton D. Long

Airianna Valenshia · **Posted:** February 2nd, 2011, 10:26 pm

Being said short person, I like your quote, Kenton

Kenton D. Long · **Joined:** March 25th, 2010, 5:41 pm **Posts:** 184

Airianna Valenshia wrote:

Being said short person, I like your quote, Kenton

Are you saying that you are short, because those words confuse my confusing/fryed mind.

Kenton D. Long

Airianna Valenshia · **Posted:** February 2nd, 2011, 10:54 pm

Yes, I'm short. I don't hit average height for a woman. I liked the quote

Rachel Newhouse · **Posted:** February 2nd, 2011, 11:56 pm

Hey, that's cool! Nathan, a character in Alaidia, is nearly 18 and barely scrapes 5'. So that's fun for me to hear.

:blush:

Aussie!

That's why Airianna and I work together - because I know how to shorten her verbosity and she knows how to lengthen by bluntness.

Elanhil · **Posted:** February 3rd, 2011, 7:17 am

Kenton D. Long wrote:

I got one!!!

I'm not short, I'm fun-size!!!

My cousin says that all the time. I think she's 17 and not even 5'.

Kenton D. Long · **Joined:** March 25th, 2010, 5:41 pm **Posts:** 184

HAHA!!!
KEnton D. Long

BushMaid · **Posted:** February 3rd, 2011, 6:50 pm

At times, life is all uphill.

DEFINITION - Curveball: One of life's cruelties.

Notice: Reading prohibited at all times.

Nerfs: Awesome fun, waste of time.

Despair coursed through her mind.

Andrew Amnon Mimetes · **Joined:** May 14th, 2010, 4:43 am **Posts:** 4458

Three hours of writing. . .Blue screen.

:rofl:

eruheran

Aragorn · **Joined:** September 23rd, 2010, 3:42 pm **Posts:** 9085

Two hours of writing... Power outage.

Happened to me. No auto save.

Elanhil · **Posted:** February 4th, 2011, 7:38 am

BushMaid wrote:

Notice: Reading prohibited at all times.

I love it!

Kiev Shawn · **Posted:** February 4th, 2011, 7:42 am

Notice:
Trespassers= shot.
Survivors= shot again.

I'm planning on getting a sign that says this for my brothers' bedroom door...

Kenton D. Long · **Joined:** March 25th, 2010, 5:41 pm **Posts:** 184

Hahahaha!!!
Kenton D. Long

Rachel Newhouse · **Posted:** February 4th, 2011, 12:43 pm

Doom and gloom with the power outages! I'm sorry y'all lost your work.

Shawn Henderson wrote:

Notice:
Trespassers= shot.
Survivors= shot again.

I'm planning on getting a sign that says this for my brothers' bedroom door...

One of my menfolk loves quoting this randomly. :roll:

Andrew Amnon Mimetes · **Joined:** May 14th, 2010, 4:43 am **Posts:** 4458

I didn't lose work...I just posted a story. But I can sympathize w/ Jonathan because it has happened to me before.

eruheran

Elanhil · **Posted:** February 4th, 2011, 1:37 pm

LOL! The roll eyes smiley is broken or something. It only moves frame by frame any time I scroll the page. Also on the sidebar it only moves when I type so I'm trying to keep typing so it doesn't stop...

"The roll eyes smiley was broken"

RedWing the Purple · **Posted:** February 5th, 2011, 9:12 pm

A friend? Not always - laughter kills.

I can't believe I only just noticed this. (Or...I did see it, but I couldn't figure out what exactly it was at first, and then I forgot about it...

)

Above italicized sentence directed at all of you. *eyes suspiciously*

Lesse if I can come up with a few...

"The Cursor blinked; no words came."

"Darkness fell, and all feared it."

"Snow. Ice. Hail. No end foreseen."

"The storm now over - peace reigned."

The last one offsets the above depressing ones, I hope.

BushMaid · **Posted:** February 5th, 2011, 9:52 pm

Philadelphia wrote:

Doom and gloom with the power outages! I'm sorry y'all lost your work.

Shawn Henderson wrote:

Notice:
Trespassers= shot.
Survivors= shot again.

I'm planning on getting a sign that says this for my brothers' bedroom door...

One of my menfolk loves quoting this randomly. :roll:

My father and brothers love this quote too. :roll:

Aragorn · **Joined:** September 23rd, 2010, 3:42 pm **Posts:** 9085

BushMaid wrote:

Philadelphia wrote:

Shawn Henderson wrote:

Notice:
Trespassers= shot.
Survivors= shot again.

I'm planning on getting a sign that says this for my brothers' bedroom door...

One of my menfolk loves quoting this randomly. :roll:

My father and brothers love this quote too. :roll:

That's a favorite of guys everywhere.

BushMaid · **Posted:** February 5th, 2011, 10:16 pm

The other one my brothers like is:

This house has shotguns on watch three days a week. You guess which three.

Evening L. Aspen · **Joined:** December 2nd, 2009, 11:01 pm **Posts:** 1461

Jonathan Garner wrote:

BushMaid wrote:

Philadelphia wrote:

Shawn Henderson wrote:

Notice:
Trespassers= shot.
Survivors= shot again.

I'm planning on getting a sign that says this for my brothers' bedroom door...

One of my menfolk loves quoting this randomly. :roll:

My father and brothers love this quote too. :roll:

That's a favorite of guys everywhere.

Are girls allowed to like it?

My latest 6-word story, thought up while doing archery:
"I am the worst of sinners."

Aragorn · **Joined:** September 23rd, 2010, 3:42 pm **Posts:** 9085

Evening L. Aspen wrote:

My latest 6-word story, thought up while doing archery:
"I am the worst of sinners."

That makes it sound like you got carried away with the bow and arrows.

BushMaid · **Posted:** February 6th, 2011, 12:23 am

Evening L. Aspen wrote:

Are girls allowed to like it?

Of course. I like it too.

Jonathan Garner wrote:

Evening L. Aspen wrote:

My latest 6-word story, thought up while doing archery:
"I am the worst of sinners."

That makes it sound like you got carried away with the bow and arrows.

*laughing out loud!*

KathrineROID · **Posted:** February 6th, 2011, 9:23 am

Quote:

Eight green people. The chat is dead.

Sorry, had to throw that in there.

BushMaid · **Posted:** February 6th, 2011, 2:56 pm

Haha, that's funny!

Life holds mysteries no-one can unravel.

The paper fluttered in the wind.

The girl faded into the mist.

For Sale: Pogo stick. Missing spring.

For Sale: Chewing Gum. Used once.

Evening L. Aspen · **Joined:** December 2nd, 2009, 11:01 pm **Posts:** 1461

I like the chewing gum one.

"For God so loved the world..."

BushMaid · **Posted:** February 6th, 2011, 5:58 pm

Hehe.

I like yours.

What can man do to me?

I serve the great I AM.

It came from the pen holder.

His hand shook, sketching final details.

Kiev Shawn · **Posted:** February 7th, 2011, 6:59 am

BushMaid wrote:

Hehe.

I like yours.

What can man do to me?

I serve the great I AM.

It came from the pen holder.

^ I love these especially!

The boat sailed, to never return.

Rachel Newhouse · **Posted:** February 7th, 2011, 11:40 am

All the biblical ones are great. The Bible is full of Hemingway's!

KathrineROID wrote:

Quote:

Eight green people. The chat is dead.

Sorry, had to throw that in there.

Um... this one ain't six words.

BushMaid · **Posted:** February 7th, 2011, 4:28 pm

Whoopsie, KitKat!

"Nooo!"

Slowly, the glass fell and shattered.

~

"You knew?!"

"I..."

"Wait! Stop--"

BOOOOOOOM

~

The ring glittered on her finger.

~

The poison swirled temptingly in the cup.

~

No one saw the sniper's rifle

Kenton D. Long · **Joined:** March 25th, 2010, 5:41 pm **Posts:** 184

BushMaid wrote:

It came from the pen holder.

Here is one I came up with when I read yours:
I came from the word speaker. Get it??? God spoke us into existance.

I love any hemington that deals with short people!!!

Kenton D. Long

BushMaid · **Posted:** February 7th, 2011, 5:54 pm

Cool!

Life as we know it, ends.

The alien's glassy eyes turned cold.

The lantern burned only for one.

KathrineROID · **Posted:** February 7th, 2011, 5:58 pm

Philadelphia wrote:

All the biblical ones are great. The Bible is full of Hemingway's!

KathrineROID wrote:

Quote:

Eight green people. The chat is dead.

Sorry, had to throw that in there.

Um... this one ain't six words.

Oh so that's what was wrong! I knew I was mis-wording it.

Quote:

Eight green people. The chat's dead.

Admittedly a cheat, but. . .

Aragorn · **Joined:** September 23rd, 2010, 3:42 pm **Posts:** 9085

BushMaid wrote:

"You knew?!"

"I..."

"Wait! Stop--"

BOOOOOOOM

~

No one saw the sniper's rifle

I like these, for obvious reasons.

BushMaid wrote:

The ring glittered on her finger.

Lots of possibilities with that one...

Kenton D. Long · **Joined:** March 25th, 2010, 5:41 pm **Posts:** 184

Jonathan Garner wrote:

BushMaid wrote:

The ring glittered on her finger.

Lots of possibilities with that one...

I know.

Here is another short person hemington:

Short=awsome, no dou't 'bout it
Kenton D. Long

BushMaid · **Posted:** February 7th, 2011, 7:46 pm

Jonathan Garner wrote:

BushMaid wrote:

"You knew?!"

"I..."

"Wait! Stop--"

BOOOOOOOM

~

No one saw the sniper's rifle

I like these, for obvious reasons.

BushMaid wrote:

The ring glittered on her finger.

Lots of possibilities with that one...

Thought you would.

Gun/explosion stuff is fun. Fun thing about Hemingways, you never know what story they're telling.

Pulling the pin, the grenade flew...

Hammering the button, the ground shook.

Aragorn · **Joined:** September 23rd, 2010, 3:42 pm **Posts:** 9085

I came up with this one on chat, with the help of Jaynin and Evening:

Holy Worlds: Where Anything Is Possible

BushMaid · **Posted:** February 8th, 2011, 3:29 am

Awesome one! That should be HW's slogan.

Boredom is the absence of writing.

He couldn't see past the bend.

She wished things that were impossible.

Aragorn · **Joined:** September 23rd, 2010, 3:42 pm **Posts:** 9085

BushMaid wrote:

Awesome one! That should be HW's slogan.

That's exactly what I said in chat.

Here's one to go with:

BushMaid wrote:

She wished things that were impossible.

Gabriel: "Nothing is impossible with God."

BushMaid · **Posted:** February 8th, 2011, 3:46 am

That's a good one.

The silence was saying many things.

Trees swayed to an ancient melody.

She wanted the mountain to move.

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