6words – The Twitter Story Contest (May 6th ONLY)
BY Editweapon @ May 6, 2008
Background
Tony , the CEO of Zappos, put on a spur of the moment Twitter contest 17 days ago, and I won the Van Halen towel . Sweeeeeet! (Rest of the story.)
When I received my "major award" (think ‘A Christmas Story’), included was a $100 gift certificate. TOTALLY unexpected. Totally rad.
Without a doubt, Tony is rich. Without a doubt, Tony is generous. Methinks Tony was probably generous before he was rich.
And now I’d like to pay it forward…
Write a story in 6 words
Ernest Hemingway is best known for writing ‘The Old Man and The Sea’. A forever book that I "read" in high school.
Well, there’s a rumor that he was challenged to write a story using ONLY 6 words. He proclaimed this to be his best work of prose…ever.
"For Sale: Baby shoes, never used."
-Ernest Hemingway
Damn. Chills.
Generosity
At the time I received the Zappos gift certificate from Tony & team, I had just finished a book called The Treasure Principle by Randy Alcorn. A situation presented itself for me to be secretly generous with more money that I would normally feel comfortable giving away to something that isn’t a non-profit where I could gain a tax write-off. But I did it, and I felt GREAT about it!
Thinking about Hemingway’s 6 word story, I penned my own:
"Money buys happiness; give some away."
-Patrick Sullivan Jr.
Clearly, I’m no Hemingway, but I thought this would be a fun way to find one on Twitter.
(Pretty sure Hemingway would have liked Twitter.)
Contest Rulez
Pretty simple. I’ll monitor hashtags and tweetscan for entries. Then I’ll confer with my posse and the best 6 word story wins $100 Zappos gift certificate.
Since I’m no Hemingway OR GaryVee could you please spread/tweet the word. Maybe we can blow this up to a fraction of GV’s Good People Day 08 ??
Popularity: 45% [?]
Let them loathe; while I lovw
Let them Loathe; While I Love
Offer Made. Ipod, Nonprofit. Lost
My story:
“You stink. Or is it me?”
“Love hurts. That’s what she said.”
Not a contest entry, but speaking of Twitter and 6 words, this guy’s Twitter entries are all 6 words each: http://twitter.com/ftrain
Always bored. Must play. Must sing.
Working hard. Get the job done.
Twitter helps Zappos improve communication growth
i only use green dead men.
All great things generate from within.
Live life with your heart first.
Life Sucks get a Helmet
I’m the famous Invisable Man. See?
Young girl wrongfully trusts own father.
Some stories should never be told….
Life: Love, Laughter, Peace and Joy
“I saw, I conquered, I came”
Hey! Who you lookin’ at, buddy?
Born too early. Died too soon.
He who smelled it, delt it.
Tweeted both this morning:
Part 1:
Darling – I pawned my wedding ring.
Part 2:
Don’t worry @senorbuck – it’s a contest!
I think I think too much!
My story in 6 words:
“Here today. Gone tomorrow. Remembered forever.”
No one went to his funeral.
They all slept unwillingly for awhile.
knowledge elicitation six ways to sundown
lowering the bar raises the happiness
My favorite quote..
Not all who wander are lost.
He arose. “Who am i?” Death!
In love, she fell. Gravity kills.
(also tweeted…)
Sunrise. Nevermind. Still tired. Thud. Zzzzz.
My six word story ends here.
She cries; oblivious mom. Dad touches.
Enter to win. Welcome to America.
It’s hard to stop at six.
She blogged from work. No more.
With love, he waits. She walks.
again, I’m late to the party.
There is a Christian next door
Branded as apathetic, Wish I cared
School mourns suicide of friendless student.
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Patrick- thanks for hosting such a great blog site… I got a kick out of the FAIL blog about auto-complete by Google/Bing.
the best wedding ring is of course the very expensive diamond ring’~:
when i first bought my baby shoes, i gave it to my sister’s baby;:;