Brevity

Hi Class,
Your second assignment is to read the NPR article about writing six word memoirs. 6 words you ask? How can you write a complete story in just 6 words? It is a challenge, but in writing each word holds weight, each word should be chosen carefully:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18768430

It is is rumored that Hemingway was once asked to write a story in six words. The result? "For sale: baby shoes, never worn."This is the ultimate in brevity.

And so I have been writing my own six word memoirs. Here are some of the results:

Always taking chances on Prince Charming
Found my soul on the beach
Conservative English teacher: secretly a rebel
Have cat and child, will travel
Married, Divorced, then fell in love
Living life as if on vacation
Old soul at 8, young at 36
Life got in way of writing
Lost soul mate, found real one

Now, I'd like each of you to post to this blog, your own six word memoir of your life. THen in a few days, return to the blog and read each other's memoirs and comment on a few.

Enjoy!