A Six Word Scene
“Quick, run. He’s coming. Your hat!”
(A screen/playwriting twist to the 6 word short story.)
Skidaddle
Krater Café
Words and Images by Richard Reeve
“Quick, run. He’s coming. Your hat!”
(A screen/playwriting twist to the 6 word short story.)
Very clever, Richard. I love the image and love the word Skidaddle even more. I’ve never heard of anyone writing a six-word story before. I’ve learned something new today. I also hadn’t heard the term ‘An American Sentence,’ which you often share on your blog, so I looked it up, and now I know. So, that’s two new things I’ve learned now. I hope you’re well.
Doing well thanks. Glad you are discovering new things. Hope you are doing well, as well…
God, don’t forget your hat!
👒
As said….clever. Great imagery for his story. Two chairs vacated and the reason why. The no clues given to the shadow arriving too late. Let’s your own imagination create the reason why. Sinister or personality driven. It’s not like Haiku. It allows the reader/viewer’s own involvement. All the best.
I like that, Richard: there’s a whole short story contained in this six word sentence —
Three characters and a prop!
Lol
At last, someone who understand a “six word” presentation must prompt readers to “see” a whole “story.” Kudos.
Well, more work to be done!
Your turn!
Difficult work, that, obvious from those who “six word” simple, flat sentences, no suggestion of history, no hint of “plot” and certainly no cause [for a reader] to conjure any conclusion. I’ve done so [with “meh” success] before but presently pound no anvil with eight or ten words that might, could be, or for an inspired wordsmith, will be a legitimate “six word.”
Keep at it!