Once asked to write a full story in six words, legend has it that Ernest Hemingway responded:
"For Sale: baby shoes, never worn."
Here are some others from Smith Magazine's collection:
Dave Eggers....."Fifteen years since last professional haircut."
Stephen Colbert....."Well, I thought it was funny."
A man dumped by his girlfriend...."I still make coffee for two."
In the spirit of profound brevity, write a six-word memoir representing one of the characters who has made an impression upon you this semester.
Next, write a six-word memoir that reflects where you are in life right now.
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ReplyDeleteCharacters: My uncle is banging my mom
ReplyDeletealternatively:
We spied and we're dead now
mine: escaped the lab, hiding among humans
alternatively:
light shines, but it is cold
Logan Delavan-Hoover
DeleteAmera Mohamed 5:
ReplyDeleteHamlet: I will sacrifice everything for revenge.
Amera: Can’t wait for my next nap.
Milkman: Needed to be lost. To be found
ReplyDeleteMe: I just need to breathe sometimes
The governess: Creepily infatuated with potentially-haunted kids
ReplyDeleteMe: Counting down the days until summer
Joyce Koo, pd. 2
Hamlet:"Love was the cause of death"
ReplyDeleteIshia: "Life's hard, God got me though"
Ishia Sillah, PD 5
Milkman: I can’t be like my father
ReplyDeleteMe: Summer better be around the corner
Alex Dessin
amabelle: how do you say parsley again
ReplyDeleteme: how do i pass ap lit
Hamlet: I spent too much time overthinking
ReplyDeleteMe: We had an essay due today??
Amabelle: Imagination is an escape from reality.
ReplyDeleteBriana: Six words isn't close to enough.
The Governess: I'm a pathological liar. Or not.
ReplyDeleteMe: Too much time watching crime documentaries.
The Ghost: Avenge my death. Kill the murder.
ReplyDelete"Hamlet" by William Shakespeare
Me: Relax and let go of the drama.
ReplyDeleteMilkman Dead:Immature man drifting aimlessly through life.
ReplyDeleteMe: I want to graduate already DAMN!
Amabelle: I've lost and gained in life.
ReplyDelete-Keyli
Me: It's not trust if I'm worried.
Delete^Keyli
DeleteFarming of Bones: "I wish I could've done more for her"
ReplyDeleteMe: "Senior year is a joke periodt."
Milkman: flight is the purpose of life
ReplyDeleteMe: Thomas Hobbes might have been right
Farming of Bones: Family lives forever in your heart
ReplyDeleteMe: Senior year is tearing me apart
Milkman: He flew without leaving the ground.
ReplyDeleteMe: Burnout is really hitting me hard.
Or...
Hamlet: I want to stab my uncle
Me: Why does every text include sexuality?!
Hamlet: I will risk anything for revenge
ReplyDeleteMe: Time to conga the pain away
Hamlet: Not sure I want all this.
ReplyDeleteMe: I think I've been missing something.
Amabelle: Hoped for peace, was given war.
ReplyDeleteMe: Life's too short to stay silent
-Katie Brockmeyer
DeleteAmabelle: You must make sacrifices to survive.
ReplyDeleteAyden: I better get freaking scholarship money.
Milkman - Choosing to fly sets you free
ReplyDeleteCarissa - Enjoy today despite the to-do list ...
Hamlet: To be or not to be
ReplyDeleteSamantha: I have no motivation to pass
Ophelia: My lover has killed my father.
ReplyDeleteVickie: I applied, they didn’t accept me.
Vickie Tu
Period 2
Hamlet- No one understands what I feel
ReplyDeleteMe- Life will still go on despite
To be or not to be -Hamlet
ReplyDeleteIs it worth to get 4.0? -Jie
The Governess: What happens happens unless it didn't
ReplyDeleteMe: Why is the ever recurring question
Amabelle: There is no home for me.
ReplyDeleteMe: When will UMD hit me back?
Hamlet: This world doesn't know what matters.
ReplyDeleteMe: It's wild. I'm actually pretty happy.
Also Me: I'm so sorry this is late.
Me pt 3: I thought it was still Sunday.
Hamlet: the sacrality of family has broken
ReplyDeleteMe: I’ll never be on her level
Also me: I apologize for the late post
Amabelle: I have no home for me
ReplyDeleteMe: What college will be my home?
Hamlet: To be or not to be
ReplyDeleteMe: To get accepted or to not
Emily Gierson: will loneliness be my eternal companion
ReplyDeleteMe: is the world ending? just curious
Milkman: I have learned to be compassionate
ReplyDeleteMe: I don't mess with nobody.
Hamlet-To be or not to be
ReplyDeleteMe- To procrastinate or to not procrastinate.
SURAJ