This document discusses the author's involvement with writing six-word memoirs since 2008 and provides tips for writing concise and impactful six-word stories. It encourages taking six minutes to write six-word phrases that make you smile, remind you of something you love, or are motivating. Examples of famous and obscure six-word quotes are also given.

1. Exploring 6 Words
Kathryn Campbell
US English/Journalism
6 Words of Advice author

2. Where did it all begin?

3. Where did it begin for me?
2008 - this book came out, and my WHS
classmate, Chuck Klosterman, had a “celebrity six”
published in it.
2011 - joined the SMITH Magazine site
2013 - August Memoirist of the Month
2015 - published in The Best Advice in Six Words
present - over 1000 personal memoirs

4. Six NaNoWriMo

5. Tips to write memorable sixes:
- write what you know
- think about how your truth is both individual
and universal
- pay attention to your verbs
- try to create images with your words
- embrace puns

6. Oz Sixes

7. Reading and Writing Six
Take 6 minutes:
- Write six words that make you smile
- Write six words that remind you of something you love
- Write six words that motivate you

8. The Best Advice in
Six Words
Released Nov. 3, 2015
Learning I was
published...

9. Famous and Obscure
“Never, ever refuse a breath mint.”
-- Lemony Snicket

10. Reading and Writing Six
Take a few minutes:
- posters on the walls for each grade level
- please write a six that captures your grade-level experience

11. Resources for teens...