English 126: Creative Writing
Post your Six-Word Memoir by 8/31/10!
The following examples are from It All Changed In An Instant (Harper, 2010): “Rolled a few stones. Grew moss” (Yvonne Ashmore); “Loved at first sight, needed glasses” (Susan Holcombe); “I never checked my lottery ticket” (Casey Burra);”So would you believe me anyway?” (James Frey); “Former Boss: Writing’s your worst skill” (Amy Tan); “Straight white male struggling with privilege” (Paul Brown); “Leather-loving Indian vegetarian, speaks ahimsa)!” (Pavitra Maragani); “My life, two words: fuck it” (Henry Rollins); “Bimbo wannabe, writer as second choice” (Isabel Allende); “Said vagina more than necessary. Vagina” (Sarah Silverman); “Meant to be a child star” (Rob Williams); “Why is speaking true so courageous?” (Melissa Etheridge); “Emulated Hemingway, Bukowski; just drunk now” (Michael Gustie);”Don’t know which self to synopsize” (Art Spiegelman); “Father: Anything but journalism.” I rebelled.” (Malcom Gladwell); “The only way out is in” (Junot Diaz); “Living a dream riding a skateboard” (Tony Hawk); “Say when, childhood whispered, pouring, spilling” (JR Moehringer).