In Just Six Words

I never want to really “pigeon-hole” myself as just being one type of specific writer. I want to attempt to write in many forms. Writer’s Digest
published their annual list of the Top 100 websites for writers in this month’s issue. I came across one for the Six Word Memoir. The point of this exercise is to write some autobiographical about yourself. It is to be starting point for a story. The only mandate is you have to do it using only Six words. It is not as easy as you might think it is. This exercise forces you to be as efficient as possible in what words you use to construct your thought. It also helps with sharpening your editing skills. In writing, editing forces you to become very “cold hearted” towards the value of your ideas. Just because you wrote it does not mean that is automatically “good”. Write. Rewrite. Rinse. Lather. Repeat.

So I decided I had to come up with 10 attempts for this exercise.

1. Daily testing God’s sense of humor.
2. Quiet in person. Rocker by night.
3. Easily confused as being a psychopath
4. I got up for this crap?
5. Pizza and beer: Underrated romantic dinner.

   (NOTE: But a damn fine weekend breakfast meal)

6. Finishing housework is just an illusion.
7. Size matters? Always answer with “Yes”.
8. Easy maintenance means “No One Cares”
9. UFO’s, Bigfoot, Experts and other myths
10. It’s debatable what is strange here

And sorry about the change in fonts on the site. I write the blog in Word 2007 and post from there. The new version of Word Press did something “funky”. So I am working on yet another thing now.