Six-Word Memoirs
Have you heard of the concept of the six-word memoir? I heard about it on NPR and the idea is to distill your life story down to only six words. Smith magazine has published several books of collected six-word memoirs, and the latest is called It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure (you can buy it on Amazon). Here are some of my favorites (from NPR): James Frey: So would you believe me anyway? Becki Lee: Found on Craigslist: table, apartment, fiance. Kathleen E. Whitlock: I picked passion. Now I’m poor. Neil Patrick Harris: Barney, Doogie, average names elude me. Ha! Aren’t these fun? For mine, I went with a literary theme: So many books left to read. So what’s your six-word memoir? Feel free to leave it in the comments!
