Struggling to complete your novel?
Try the Heming way.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
After forty years; just a clock.
DRAMA
"She ran out ... I couldn't stop."
MELODRAMA
“I met a man," she began.
TRAGEDY
Their song ... once. He pressed replay.
SUSPENCE
The tightrope snapped. "Shit," he said.
SCIENCE FICTION
Robots marched over decaying human corpses.
FANTASY
"You signed it," Beelzebub reminded him.
ROMANCE (Mills and Boon style)
He smiled. She swooned. They married.
WESTERN
"Four eights!" Hickok grinned, "Four tens!"
CHILDREN’S
Timmy gambolled beside George’s new bicycle.
SPIRITUAL
Life is just a cosmic joke.
THRILLER
Slowly, the car filled with water.
HORROR
Eyes everywhere; then biting, gnawing, tearing ...
WAR
Artillery shells exploded. The poet wept.
CRIME
“Inspector, there’s something I don’t understand.”
DISASTER
Welcome to your Ryan Air flight.
BIOGRAPHY
Sex and drugs and rock’n’roll.
POLITICAL /ENVIRONMENTAL
Dust swirled where buffalo once grazed.
HISTORICAL
Divorced; beheaded; died; divorced; beheaded; survived.
TRAVEL
La station suivante est Pont Neuf.
SPY THRILLER
He fired - missed! Bond took aim ...
MYTHOLOGY
Troy burned. Odysseus sailed for home.
SPORTING
Larwood bowls. Bradman ducks. Aussies whinge.
LOVE
Their eyes met across the room.
COMEDY
Park. Policeman. Pretty girl. Little tramp.
THE EROTICA TRILOGY
Vol 1. He saw; he conquered; he came.
Vol 2. She conquered; she came; she sore.
Vol 3. She swore she came. He concurred.
Comments
maggyvaneijk | April 26, 2010 - 21:06
this is very clever!
I like "Tragedy". These are all so true as well.
insertponceyfre... | April 27, 2010 - 06:37
yep - I think you've got them all in there. Can you do combinations? How about a horror erotica travel trilogy? You've opened up endless possibilities to me H jenkins - thank you!
h jenkins | April 27, 2010 - 18:38
Maggy,
Thanks for the comments. You picked one that is a bit too familiar and true to be funny.
All the best.
Helvigo Jenkins
h jenkins | April 27, 2010 - 18:53
IPFNH,
Yes, I strive to be comprehensive.
As for combinations, be my guest. All possibilities welcome.
Your idea is great.
How about,
'The vampire ravished her in Transylvania'
'Vicious werewolves raped her in Bavaria'
'Daisy's shockingly dirty weekend in Eastbourne'.
Bathos you see. I do like bathos.
I'm sure you can do better.
Good luck and thanks for the encouragement.
Helvigo Jenkins
MistakenMagic | May 1, 2010 - 18:25
I very enjoyable read, Helvigo! I laughed out loud at 'Erotica'and 'Disaster' ;)
Magic xxx
h jenkins | May 2, 2010 - 09:28
Very glad you liked it, MM. Strictly speaking they're not all 6 word novels a la Hemingway. Some are more like opening lines but it gave me a couple of happy hours doing it. And yeah, I was pleased with the Ryan Air one as I've myself experienced some of the pain inflicted by that 'carrier'.
All the best
Helvigo Jenkins
Larkin Williamson | November 17, 2010 - 00:14
These are great! Loved Fantasy and Erotica. :)
h jenkins | December 1, 2010 - 12:45
Thanks Larkin. Pleased that you liked them. Sorry for the delay in replying but I've not been on the site much recently.
Helvigo Jenkins