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2008-08-01 11:29 AM A Short Read Once again, I've had an Aha moment that most of you probably had years ago. I swear, I'm always a beat behind the band trying to find my baton.
Anyway, a good friend recently gave me a newspaper clipping titled Write Your Memoir in Six Words. Shoot and double shoot! After all these years of pecking out storylines with word count goals in the 70,000 - 100,000 range and here I could've done it all with six measly words. Good heavens, it's a wonder I've lived as long as I have without vital information like this. The article states that the six-word memoir thing (yes, the word thing is used) started with Hemmingway. I immediately & rhetorically asked myself, "Who am I to upstage Hemmingway with even one more trifling extra word?" I found an online site that features six-word memoirs. Some examples: 1. Stole wife, lost friends, now happy. 2. Couldn't cope so I wrote songs. 3. Was father, boys died, still sad. 4. I was born some assembly required. 5. Not quite what I was planning. 6. People lie. Keep trying to believe. Oh, and Hemmingway's six-word memoir when someone asked him for a six-word story - For sale: baby shoes, never worn. I don't get it. Do you think there are Cliff Notes? This whole six-word thingy got me to thinking how much easier school would have been if assignments had been six-word books. I wonder how Atlas Shrugged would've read, or War and Peace? Any suggestions? How about: When Atlas shrugged, Rhett said, "Damn." Oops, I think I've got my stories confused there. Okay, how about War and Peace? Peace and Peace. A better world. Yeah. That works! So, what would your six-word memoir say about you? Quite frankly, I would have to write a series with several volumes. But I might start out with: Wiser today than yesterday. There's tomorrow. Read/Post Comments (9) Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top |
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