In your notebook:Write six words to describe

your day so far

Six-Word MemoirsNot Quite What I was Planning: Six

Word Memoirs from Writers Famous and Obscure

collects almost 1,000 six-word memoirs, including additions from

many celebrities including Stephen Colbert, Amy Sedaris,

Dave Eggers, Richard Ford, Deepak Chopra, Moby, and more.

Legend has it that Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in only six

words. His response? “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”

What could this mean?

2 years ago, SMITH Magazine asked their readers for their own six-word memoirs.

(Smith Magazine is an online magazine devoted to storytelling in all its forms. Smith's content is participatory

in nature, and the magazine welcomes contributions from all its readers.)

“Cursed with cancer, blessed with friends”

“I still make coffee for two”

“Business school? Bah! Pop music? Hurrah”

“I like big butts, can’t lie”

This week at Smith:

• I like hiding in plain sight.

From LREI High School in NYC“Too many colors, hair now brittle.”

“Fat camp makes fat kids fatter.”

“Life is best with sturdy trampolines.”

“Only child, home alone. Where’s dinner?”

“Late to school every single day.”

“Slightly tempted to believe in Santa.”

“I thought I was a princess.”

“I’m always the only one laughing.”

“Beautiful vacations until the brother came.”

“Obama ran, so I could fly.”

“Still scared about being grown up.”

From Moorestown High School

Name David but feel like Goliath

Six-Word Memoirs, the video previewhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejndNExso9M

“Mr. Wright’s class”:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp6jaUHEfII

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD7Bh63fxUM

New book came out in January: Love & Heartbreak

http://www.amazon.com/Six-Word-Memoirs-Love-Heartbreak-Writers/dp/0061714623/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223593434&sr=1-1

Daniel Handler’s 10 Six word memoirs about love and heartbreak which

follow the course of his life:

Our song: Pat Benetar’s “We Belong.”Her father challenged me to duel.Met in Israel, split like Palestine.Summer 1988. Parents still hate me.What we had in common: dorm.Taught me to drink Wild Turkey.Crazy unfaithful liar, now a therapist.Met on rebound, seventeen years now.

• A short, short story. UrsulaLeGuin wrote, “Easy. Just touch the match to.”

• Something you’ve learned about yourself. “I google myself far too often.”

• Advice you would give to another person. “Never believe your own press releases.”

• A biography of a famous character.Jimmy Wales, creator of Wikipedia, offers the following:

“Yes, you can edit this biography.”• Your dream job.

“Create the need; sell the solution.”

Everyone has a story. Can you tell yours in

six words?

Create a 6 word memoir for Create a 6 word memoir for each about…each about…

• Your life as a student• Your life as a friend/partner• Your life as part of a family• Your hobbies/interests/job• A person or group of people who

has/have influenced you in any way

Six Word Memoir ProjectPick one of your six word memoirs and turn it

into a

creative masterpiece like the examples we saw in the video.

(ideas include using photographs, magazine cutouts, your own drawings, images you find online, etc.)

You will be graded on effort, originality, and creativity so produce something that really represents you!

It should be no smaller than 4x6 but as big as you’d like!• Due: Thurs. Oct. 4• Value: 100 points