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Loading... Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and…by Larry Smith
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I picked this up at the library not realizing I had already read the first version. I don't remember half the quotes in this new edition, so it seemed like they added a lot to it. This is very fun and quick and will have you trying to think up your own six word memoir (  )MaryinHB | Jun 29, 2009 |   worth a "heh." gave to dad. (  )damsorrow | Jun 11, 2009 | Hundreds of examples illustrating why we usually need more than six words to tell a good story. (  )jorgearanda | Jun 9, 2009 | I just read Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure and the companion volume, Six Word Memoirs of Love & Heartbreak by Writers Famous & Obscure. I know the first book made the rounds when it was first published, but I just now got around to it. I read it in one sitting and really enjoyed it. The idea is based on the legend that Ernest Hemingway was challenged to write a story in just six words. He wrote, "For sale: baby shoes, never worn." That definitely tells a story and leaves you wanting to know more, as well. Many of the memoirs in both these little books are good, some are just silly, and there are a few that are quite profound. Obviously, they chose one of the best for the title, "Not quite what I was planning." If you haven't read this little book, I would definitely recommend it. And then of course you have to write your own. I'm still trying to come up with mine. (  )knittingfreak | Jan 28, 2009 | 1  A neat little volume. Throw on the bedside table for a few quick lines before shutting out the light. (  )horacewimsey | Dec 17, 2008 | 0.033 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0061374059, Paperback)Deceptively simple and surprisingly addictive, Not Quite What I Was Planning is a thousand glimpses of humanity—six words at a time. One Life. Six Words. What's Yours? When Hemingway famously wrote, "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn," he proved that an entire story can be told using a half dozen words. When the online storytelling magazine SMITH asked readers to submit six-word memoirs, they proved a whole, real life can be told this way too. The results are fascinating, hilarious, shocking, and moving. From small sagas of bittersweet romance ("Found true love, married someone else") to proud achievements and stinging regrets ("After Harvard, had baby with crackhead"), these terse true tales relate the diversity of human experience in tasty bite-sized pieces. From authors Jonathan Lethem and Richard Ford to comedians Stephen Colbert and Amy Sedaris, to ordinary folks around the world, everyone has a six-word story to tell. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:16 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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