Three Times

I just read about Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure by Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser in my daily VSL e-mail this morning. In the hours between then and now, mention of the book has crossed my reading path twice more, and each time I have become more intrigued.

The project was started with Smith Magazine based on a Hemingway's response to a challenge to write a story in six words. His brilliant story was "For sale: baby shoes, never worn." I've never returned to a sentence as frequently as I have to this one. And from looking at some of the examples from the website, it looks like it's more than Hemingway that knows how to turn six words into a punch in the stomach or an utter delight.

Then tonight I stumbled across this NPR link which includes artwork that goes along with some of the six-word memoirs.

So, if you do three things today they should be, in no particular order:

• visit Smith Magazine's website and look at the variety of unique writing projects they are coordinating
• visit the NPR link listed above
• go to the VSL website and check out some of their other recommendations