{"id":339,"date":"2009-04-09T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-09T07:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blogWORDPRESS\/2009\/04\/09\/prove-youre-a-great-writerwith-exactly-six-words\/"},"modified":"2009-04-09T00:05:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-09T07:05:00","slug":"prove-youre-a-great-writerwith-exactly-six-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/prove-youre-a-great-writerwith-exactly-six-words\/","title":{"rendered":"PROVE YOU&#8217;RE A GREAT WRITER&#8230;WITH EXACTLY SIX WORDS."},"content":{"rendered":"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_JygV9WxRKKc\/Sdc58YAwRtI\/AAAAAAAAAis\/3PdnvRVi-2g\/s1600-h\/Hemingway.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 317px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_JygV9WxRKKc\/Sdc58YAwRtI\/AAAAAAAAAis\/3PdnvRVi-2g\/s320\/Hemingway.jpg\" alt=\"Ernest Hemingway\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320785194162079442\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Some say it was to win a bet; others say it was to prove a point. Whatever the impetus, <span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">Ernest Hemingway<\/span> once wrote a 6-word short story:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cFor sale: baby shoes, never worn.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Pretty powerful, that.<\/p>\n<p>And a handy excuse for another, impromptu contest.<\/p>\n<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_JygV9WxRKKc\/Sdc6k7TUJXI\/AAAAAAAAAi0\/NSaP9y4uzYE\/s1600-h\/HarlanHogan.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 130px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_JygV9WxRKKc\/Sdc6k7TUJXI\/AAAAAAAAAi0\/NSaP9y4uzYE\/s320\/HarlanHogan.jpg\" alt=\"Harlan Hogan voiceovers\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320785890829935986\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">The Challenge:<\/span> Write a <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">six-word commercial<\/span> for Harlan Hogan&#8217;s upcoming teleseminar class, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thevoiceoverclass.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">STARTING YOUR VOICEOVER BUSINESS: Everything You Need To Know To Turn Your Dream Or Your Sideline Into A Business<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Where To Find Class Info, Hints For Possible Approaches, etc.: <\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thevoiceoverclass.com\/\">http:\/\/TheVoiceoverClass.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">The Rules:<\/span> Exactly six words. In English. Only one entry per person.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">The Winning Entry<\/span> will be the one that is the most persuasive. If two are equally persuasive, the most creatively persuasive one wins. Remember, although it might be wildly offbeat, it does have to &#8220;sell&#8221; the teleseminar class.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Also Influencing The Judging<\/span> will be the quality and quantity of comments other people make regarding specific entries. (Those comments will go in the &#8220;comments&#8221; field beneath this posting.)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Submit Your Entry<\/span> <\/span>by posting it as a &#8220;comment&#8221; on this posting.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">The Prize:<\/span> <\/span>The winner chooses any two of my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danoday.com\/mp3seminars\">mp3 seminars<\/a> and\/or my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danoday.com\/ebooks\">e-books<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Fine Print:<\/span> If fewer than 20 people enter, the Judges Committee (me) reserves the right not to award a prize. So if you enter and you want to win, you&#8217;ll probably want to nag a bunch of other (less talented) people to enter, too.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">The Winner Will Be Announced<\/span> On This Blog, One Week From Today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some say it was to win a bet; others say it was to prove a point. Whatever the impetus, Ernest Hemingway once wrote a 6-word short story: \u201cFor sale: baby shoes, never worn.\u201d Pretty powerful, that. And a handy excuse for another, impromptu contest. The Challenge: Write a six-word commercial for Harlan Hogan&#8217;s upcoming teleseminar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-339","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PROVE YOU&#039;RE A GREAT WRITER...WITH EXACTLY SIX WORDS. - DAN O\u2019DAY TALKS ABOUT RADIO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/prove-youre-a-great-writerwith-exactly-six-words\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PROVE YOU&#039;RE A GREAT WRITER...WITH EXACTLY SIX WORDS. - DAN O\u2019DAY TALKS ABOUT RADIO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Some say it was to win a bet; others say it was to prove a point. 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