Six Word Memoirs

I have been exploring with this a bit lately--both personally, and with my classes. It is pretty fun . . .but actually really tough to do . . .



Ernest Hemingway, who was famous for his short sentences and "economy of language,"was once challenged (jokingly) to write a story in six words. His result:



"For sale: baby shoes, never worn."



I am struck by the richness of that line, although it is only six words long. What makes it remarkable, I think, is how you can in fact infer so much about the characters and their situation. NPR has a "blog" where people submit their "stories." You can tell a surpringly large amount about a person from only six words . . .I was playing around and here are some I came up with (like I said, its hard to think about encapsulating a part of yourself in six words!)



1. A life in 29 years? Wow.

2. College? UNH. Girl? Maine. Figure.

3. Adriomycin was my homeboy. Now: Hefeweisen

4. Pu-Pu platters speak to me daily

5. My day ends at 2:10? Right.

6.Everyone who knows me won't believe.

7. "Oh but you get summers off!"

8. Blog keeps me writing every day





You should try!!! Here, I will start you off:



* Fat Mainer should do some work!