I was looking for a book on Amazon.com a few days ago when I slipped down the page to the “customers who bought this item also bought” section. The first book in the section, was a book that I had seen on the news a few days ago and it is called Not quite what I was planning: Six-word memoirs by writers famous and obscure. The writer of this book has just written a new book called Six-word memoirs of love and heartbreak and the book got me thinking about how difficult it can be to tell your story, especially if you are limiting yourself to 6 words.
Some of my favorite six-word memoirs I have found online so far are:
My first concert Zappa, explains everything.
Wasn’t born a redhead, fixed that.
Still lost on road less traveled.
First christmas, gave me a toaster.
I still practice my Oscar speech.
You can write and submit your own on the Smith Magazine website, where they have a bunch of different six-word memoir topics.
I wrote a few of my own six-word memoirs and they are listed below, please feel free to comment or tweet (@blakesunshine) your own six-word memoir. For me, it turned out to be a pretty difficult, but fun, writing exercise.
City girl in Texas, said “Yeehaw.”
No new year’s resolutions, live instead.
Essi sincero e vai con Dio. (Italian for, “Be Sincere and go with G0d”)
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