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Ernest Hemingway once made a bet that he could write a six worded story that could make you cry. He wrote this... 6 Word Stories, Six Word Story, Typewriter Series, Six Words, Flash Fiction, F Scott Fitzgerald, Cs Lewis, Ernest Hemingway, Oscar Wilde
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Ernest Hemingway and the six-word short story

It is claimed Ernest Hemingway once wrote a six-word short story that could make people cry for a bet. The wager was ten dollars, which Hemingway won with the following: “For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” However, there’s no hard evidence that this ever happened. Snopes has categorized the anecdote as “Undetermined.” Quote Investigator claims Hemngway’s tale was first reported in Get Published! Get Produced!: A Literary Agent’s Tips on How to Sell Your Writing by Peter Miller in 1974…

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