Six-word stories: Share a short tale with the IJ about your thoughts on luck
As they say, everyone’s a little Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. But not everyone has the luck of the Irish. Or do they?
Since March comes in like a lion, out like a lamb and includes the holiday of leprechauns, pots of gold and four-leaf clovers, let’s explore luck — in six words. Have it? Want it? Had it once?
Please make it a story with a beginning, middle and end — not six adjectives, not a cliche and not advice. Make us laugh or cry or at the very least feel something. For an example, here is the famous story attributed to, but not proven to be written by, Ernest Hemingway: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” That’s quite the story!
If you want your story to run in the IJ, please:
• Write “Six-word story” in the subject line
• Send one story. Just one
• Include your full name and Marin town in the body of the email, no attachments
• Write your short story in the body of the email
• Use proper punctuation and spelling
• Use sentence style in one line
• It does not need to rhyme and ideally shouldn’t
• Do not submit six adjectives — that’s not a story
Please send to lifestyles@marinij.com by March 17 and look for it in the March 28 lifestyles section and online.