![]() ![]() In May 2008, Harper Perennial signed SMITH to a five-book deal, including Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak, Six-Word Memoirs by Teens(Sept.Each contributor received a copy of the book and a promotion kit. With 950 credited contributors, Not Quite What I Was Planning may be the most “crowdsourced” book in publishing history.1 most e-mailed piece on all of NPR.org for three straight weeks. ![]() ![]() NPR’s 12-minute “Talk of the Nation” segment on the book was the No.5, 2008, making The New York Times bestseller list, and named one of Amazon’s Top 100 books of 2008. Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure was published on Feb.Within weeks, the blogosphere was buzzing about the challenge. In a partnership with Twitter (among the company’s first outside projects), SMITH’s followers were sent one six-word story a day. “Can you tell your life story in six words?” From speed dating to parlor games, to conferences and staff retreats, Six-Word Memoirs have become a powerful tool to inspire conversation around a big idea, and a simple way for individuals to break the ice.Īnticipating the microblogging explosion, SMITH originally launched Six-Word Memoirs in November 2006 as a simple online challenge asking: The Six-Word Memoir exemplifies the best of SMITH Magazine’s storytelling mission: populist, participatory, inspirational, and addictive. Hundreds of thousands of people have shared their own short life story at, as well as in classrooms, churches, and at live Six-Word “slams” across the world. Six-Word Memoirs have been featured in hundreds of media outlets from NPR to The New Yorker, covered on tens of thousands of blogs, and, as of Summer 2010, can be found inside 1 million Honest Tea bottle caps. Since then, Six-Word Memoir project has become a global phenomenon and a bestselling book series. They sent in short life stories in droves, from the bittersweet (“Cursed with cancer, blessed with friends”) and poignant (“I still make coffee for two”) to the inspirational (“Business school? Bah! Pop music? Hurrah”) and hilarious (“I like big butts, can’t lie”). His response? “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” In November 2006, SMITH Magazine re-ignited the recountre by asking our readers for their own Six-Word Memoirs. ![]() Legend has it that Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in only six words. Make your own Six-Word tee or choose among our favorites. Our witty, wordy, fast, fun game for of all ages.Ī new six-worder each day-and spot to write your own.
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