Seeing how you all rose nobly to the challenge of writing sixteen-word stories for KLUE magazine some time back, I thought you'd be interested in this competition at Smith magazine for six-word memoirs.What's more, the Guardian is also inviting you to have a go! (I've put mine up there already.)
A first collection was compiled into a book called Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure edited by Rachel Fershleiser and Larry Smith. (Called One Life, Six Words, What's Yours? in the UK).
Particularly notable mini-stories include Blake Morrison's :
Womb. Bloom. Groom. Gloom. Rheum. Tomb.and John Banville's :
Should have lived more written less.There's are tons more for you to enjoy in this video :
Postscript :
Alice Teh read the book and writes about it here.
my contribution; -
ReplyDeleteDad came, Mum sore, I conquered.
mine;
ReplyDelete1 saw, i conquered, i came
Ooooh... I read this book in June this year. Totally enjoyed it. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, I really enjoyed the video!
ReplyDeleteI mull too much to write.
ReplyDeleteOo Sharon, why are you suddenly moderating comments?
ReplyDeletethought i'd give it a try because i was getting a bit cross with some of the nonsense ...
ReplyDeleteI would like a convertible. Please.
ReplyDeleteYes, anonymous was getting tiresome.
Animah
Was stumped, then read your post.
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