HAD IDEA, MADE A GREAT BOOKIn 2006, Smith Magazine ran a contest on Twitter for the best Six word memoir. This idea apparently originated with Ernest Hemingway according to this anecdote
(snopes.com):

More than thirty years ago, at the beginning of my career, I had lunch with a well-established newspaper syndicator who told me the following story:
Ernest Hemingway was lunching at the Algonquin, sitting at the famous "round table" with several writers, claiming he could write a six-word-long short story. The other writers balked. Hemingway told them to ante up ten dollars each. If he was wrong, he would match it; if he was right, he would keep the pot. He quickly wrote six words on a napkin and passed it around. The words were: "For Sale, Baby Shoes, Never Worn." Papa won the bet: His short story was complete. It had a beginning, a middle, and an end!
The Vimeo page has a pleasant video of some of their best famous and not so famous submissions.
Here's an invitation to add your own
Six Word Memoirs by commenting on this post.
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