I saw on another blog that Wired magazine enlisted 38 writers and designers to write short-short-short stories...like in six words. A friend had me pulling my hair out a few years ago with this exercise, since, as you all are very aware, I can go on and on and on. Still, it's kinda cool, and helps me hone my skills as a headline writer.

Hemingway's briefest is a famous one: For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
Another good one, by William Shatner of all people: Failed SAT. Lost scholarship. Invented rocket.
Margaret Atwood's contribution: Starlet sex scandal. Giant squid involved.

Here are a few I came up with, some good, some, well, not so much:
I loved him. Now I don't.
Cat's gone. Should've shut the window.
Writer's block. Brain hurts. Need drink.
Fame? Prestige? Wealth? Nope: Newspaper career.

I know you guys are way funnier (and more imaginative) than me. So HAVE AT IT!