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Six-Word Memoir [1]

Creative Nonfiction [2]
8.30.09

As the old story goes, Ernest Hemingway was once asked to write a six-word story about himself. This is how he responded: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” Write a six-word memoir about yourself. For inspiration, check out Smith Magazine's Six-Word Memoir Project [3].


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[1] https://www.pw.org/content/sixword_memoir [2] https://www.pw.org/genre/creativenonfiction [3] http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/