I just read through a book with an interesting premise: six word memoirs collected from a variety of writers. It is really intriuging to think about how one would sum up a life in just six words and the results vary from poignant to self-deprecating.
The introduction starts out with an anecdote about Hemingway being challenged to write a story in six words...and the result was "For sale: baby shoes, never worn."
With the feel of magnetic poetry, this idea has many possibilities for writers (new and old!) as both an original writing exercise, as well as using the phrases in the books as writing prompts.
The name of the book is Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure and can be found in adult nonfiction, 920.02 Not.
