6 word memoir
Ernest Hemingway once bet his friends $10 that he could write a novel in 6 words. He wrote:
For sale: Baby shoes, Never worn.
His friends paid up.
Jeff Kirk recently challenged me to write a memoir in 6 words - no $10 though. I couldn’t settle on one so I did two. Six words each, here they are:
Here are some others I thought of but didn’t quite make the cut. Obviously with 6 words I wasn’t trying to get too deep.
A giant among short-statured men.
He figured it out—well—eventually
Here are a few from wired magazine. Having completed my memoir, per the meme - I must now name 5 others that I’d like to see:
Nice memoirs…it’s kinda difficult to do, huh? I do think it’s a lot of fun though.
If you truly succeed in getting Jer to answer the challenge and reclaim his blog, the whole world* will owe you a debt of gratitude.
He probably made up that whole Elizabeth thing anyway. Jer, I know you’re reading this!
*not the whole world
@Jeff
Yeah, it was harder than I thought it would be - I decided to not try and be serious. I don’t think I could do it - I like words. Lots of words. Fun though…
@Jon
It would be nice to see something happen @ jeremybear.com. I know life can get busy but I’m hoping he finds the time somewhere. I considered giving up on blogging for a while but then I thought “no - the world needs to hear what I have to say - even if they don’t want to listen.” Or something like that - the world needs you Jeremy - these – sir – are dark days.
[...] who is much more of a creative guy, challenged me to sum up my life in 6 words. It’s tough to do, but this is what has come to [...]
OK, it’s posted. You’ll have to visit my site to see.
http://www.gopulls.com/blog/2008.04.13/my-life-in-6-words/