by Michelle GagnonHemingway was once famously challenged to write a short story in six words or less, and he came up with, "For sale: baby shoes, never worn."
Kind of the perfect story- so much there, yet so much left unsaid. It leaves you wondering and wanting more.
Smith Magazine launched a six word memoir contest awhile back, inviting people to submit the story of their life with extreme brevity. It was so successful that they produced a book with submissions from a wide variety of authors both famous and obscure, including Amy Sedaris (Mushrooms. Clowns. Wands. Five. Wig. Thatched), Sebastian Junger (I asked. They answered. I wrote), and Po Bronson (Stole wife. Lost friends. Now happy).
Today, I challenge you to do the same. Here are some of my favorites, culled from their ongoing blog:
- "More fun since moral compass broke."
- "Write about sex, learn about love."
- "I thought that I'd be taller."
- "Committed voluntarily, until tried to leave."
- "Asked to quiet down. Spoke louder."
"Loved and lost and loved again."
So what's your life been like, in a sextuplet?
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