With just ten words, he could tell an entire story, Ernest Hemingway bet with fellow writers. They disagreed and each put $10 on the table, it is said. Hemingway wrote: For sale: Baby shoes, never worn - and collected the winnings. Whether the story is true, no one knows. But it shows that even in a few words, a story can be told. With Roberta Allen's Five-Minute Method, you can not only write short short stories, but also develop longer narratives and even novels. Get started!.