Two days left! Excited? Me? Nah.

Anyone familiar with flash fiction? In China it's known as a 'smoke long' and is a style of writing characterised by its brevity (perhaps you can now work out why the Chinese might call it that?).

The '6 Word Story' takes it to its extreme and is ... well you get the idea. Supposedly, Ernest Hemingway wrote the first 6 Word Story to answer a challenge and win a bet. His attempt was "For sale: baby shoes, never used."

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So just six words must be a doddle surely? Well as always things aren't always necessarily as easy as they seem, especially when you're trying to be as economical as possible, yet make sure you don't lose any meaning. A bit like trying to report the Chancellor's budget in a single tweet!

So my challenge to you is to write a six word story about your preparations for China, or how you feel with two days left, or anything related to our adventure. Post your story in the comments of this post; you can do so anonymously but it would be good if you added your first name at the end of your story.

Now does the title of this post make a little more sense?