Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure

Edited by Smith Magazine

If you had to put your memoir into 6 words what would you say?

That is the remarkable idea behind Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure

Smith Magazine asked their readers to submit a six-word memoir... this book is a collection of the many responses they received from both the famous and not so famous.

Here are some the examples…

• “Followed rule, not dreams. Never Again”
• “No future no past. Not Lost.
• “No words can describe my life”
• “Act two curtain brought dramatic improvements”
• “For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.”

Just open to the first page and you are hooked.

In case you are wondering what my 6 word memoir would be…

My lifelong fear was letting go.

Review by Tony Kainauskas