A (short?) short story

A (short?) short story
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A (short?) short story

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

A short story
Legend has it that Hemingway’s favorite piece of his own writing was a six-word short story that he wrote to win a bet:

 
For sale: baby shoes, never worn.

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

For sale: baby shoes, never worn
Do you think that Hemingway’s piece is a short story? Briefly motivate your answer.

Slide 3 - Open vraag

For sale: baby shoes, never worn
  • How short can a story be and still be a story? 
  • Can you express a narrative in just six words? Characters? 
  • Who is narrating this story? 
  • How important are punctuation and syntax to its telling? 
  • What differentiates it from a poem?
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Slide 4 - Tekstslide

How short can a story be and still be a story?
A
Between 0-100 words
B
Between 100-1000 words
C
Between 1000-10.000 words
D
Between 10.000-40.000 words

Slide 5 - Quizvraag

Can you express a narrative in just six words?
A
Yes, you can
B
No, you cannot

Slide 6 - Quizvraag

For sale: baby shoes, never worn
What differentiates it from a poem?

Slide 7 - Open vraag

For sale: baby shoes, never worn
  • How short can a story be and still be a story? 
  • Can you express a narrative in just six words? Characters? 
  • Who is narrating this story? 
  • How important are punctuation and syntax to its telling? 
  • What differentiates it from a poem?
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Slide 8 - Tekstslide

Now it is your turn: In pairs, Take a famous film or novel and summarise it into a six-word story.

Slide 9 - Open vraag

Test - Theodore L. Thomas
Please take five minutes to read Thomas's Test
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Slide 10 - Tekstslide

In pairs, turn Test into a six-word story.

Slide 11 - Open vraag

What do you see your six- word story as?
A
A summary
B
A tagline
C
The moral of the story

Slide 12 - Quizvraag

Which elements of the original story did you absolutely need to include and why?

Slide 13 - Open vraag

What is the relationship between the two texts? Are your six-word story and the original story even in the same genre?

Slide 14 - Open vraag

Questions
  • What does your six-word story leave out? 
  • How important is punctuation to your six- word story? Diction? Tone? 
  • Is there a narrative arc to your story? Is there an epiphany? 
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Slide 15 - Tekstslide