Your 6-Word Story

Inspiring, funny, but often sad

Michael Werner
The Shortform
Aug 4, 2022

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Photo by Ilya Chunin on Unsplash

As much as I like to read long novels and in-depth biographies and history, especially narrative non-fiction, I love to play around with 6-word stories.

Perhaps the most famous is one from Ernest Hemingway:

For sale: baby shoes, never worn.

I challenged my blog readers to come up with a 6-word story that would serve as their life story.

Here’s mine:

Tried to be kind. Mostly succeeded.

To add your own, go here:

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Michael Werner
The Shortform

I write about 1950s -60s America, business, and publishing; mostly fun things, but sometimes I cry. I also share recipes from my wife’s Aztec ancestors.