The Curtsey
Sep 30, 2023
I am claiming an invention, or at least a new meaning: the word CURTSEY
Basically it is a minimalist idea. It is to write a perfectly sequential story, with a beginning, a middle and an end (and in that order), using as few words as possible. The best-known curtsey was due to Hemingway:
For Sale: Baby shoes, unworn. (5 words)
It was by no means the first, or earliest. Julius Caesar’s autobiography came rather earlier:
Veni, vidi, vici. (3 words)
I attempted to do my own:
His rose refused, he stabbed her.
