Tell your Life Story

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Tell your Life Story

• In (just) Six Words!

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Legend has it

• Ernest Hemingway was challenged to write a whole
  novel in six words.
• His version?
• For sale Baby shoes never worn.

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• Never really finished anything, except cake.
• Carletta Perkins

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• Not quite what I was planning.
• Summer Grimes

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• I managed not to destroy anything.
• Tucker Frazier

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6 word memoirs have become so popular lately that
there is a website dedicated to them. Several
books have been published, including one written
entirely by teens called I Cant Keep My Own
Secrets.
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• Eventually, Ill make my own breakfast. Sam Z.

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• Youre the parent, act like one. Anais V.

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• I only tell truth in journals. Rachel W.

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• Moneys tight thankfully imagination is free.
  Vanessa E.

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• I seriously love school bean burritos. Kenna J.

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• They screamed nobody.
• I believed them. Andrew C.

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• Cant stop taking pictures of myself. Kacey K.

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• Exaggeration is the spice of life. Eve G.

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• Aspiration colonize Mars. Youre not invited.
  Jordan H.

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• I resent people who ignore grammar. Molly S.

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• I never got my Hogwarts letter. Deanna H.

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• Googled what he called me. Ouch. Emily L.

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• Me plus brother equals total disaster. Zachary M.

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• Lost myself for popular kids approval. Kimberly
  G.

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• Chose happiness over anger and hate. Samsara R.

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• Coach ignored me.
• Hell regret it. Maeve M.

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• Still have nightmares of sixth grade. Jackie V.

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• Can I be fourteen forever, please? Emily B.

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• Im thankful Im not messed up. Kieran D.

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• Tired of being the smart kid. Danielle B.

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• Love
• not enough,
• All there is.
• -Katie B.

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Write your life

• In just six words!