I suppose 'veni, vidi, vici' might be the, um, locus classicus for this one, but whether or not the baby-shoes quote issues from Hemingway it illustrates the method in his best (early) work: the emotional core of the situation is inferential, not stated, squeezed into the space between words. Probably a good way to go here if 'very brief' means what it says (10-20?), & not 150 words. Moi, I'm used to composing micro-fictions at 100-150 words, but I don't think I'll try it in this case.
Last edited by basil ransome-davies; 11-11-2013 at 10:08 AM.
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