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A life in 6 words?
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Reading time: 1.05 Hey Reader, Ever thought of writing a memoir? In 6 words? No? Then today’s your day! Here’s a writing prompt for if you get stuck: Write a 6-word memoir. Before you start, here are the elements of a memoir:
Now, the elements of a 6-word memoir:
Here’s an example from my brain… I start and end with tea. And another… “I can’t” becomes “let me try.” And a lovely one I just found on this website:
I can drive North to sanity. (by Shelldefelice on sixwordmemoirs.com) I’d love to hear yours, if you’d like to share it. If you put it on social media, tag me! And remember, this Thursday I’m running another MicroWorkshop called Write with Rhythm. You’ll learn 3 quick techniques to inject a little pizazz into your writing, super useful when you feel flat or you get stuck. It’s just £25 + VAT, just 45 minutes long, and you get the recording to keep forever. PLUS — mad bonus — you get to join my Creative Playground Power Hour for FREE afterwards to practice your new skills! Join here:
TTFN, Vicky
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Learn to Write Like You Mean It
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Reading time: 1.42 Read this email in your browser. Hey Reader, “I can’t draw.” ^^ Are you making shapes on a piece of paper with a pencil? Then you can draw. Same goes for: “I can’t sing” “I can’t dance” “I can’t write” If you’re making sounds with your face, shapes with your body, and words with your brain, you can do all of the above. What you mean is: “I cannot reach or exceed the imaginary and ridiculously high standards I’ve set for myself, nor do I dare to breach the ridiculous western...
Reading time: 5.04 Read this email in your browser. Hey Reader, On the top of Hergest Ridge, on Offa’s Dyke path, there is a random clump of monkey puzzle trees. They puncutate the landscape with their spiky limbs, giving walkers a semi-colon to rest in before we continue our meanders along the boundary between England and Wales. There are semi-wild Exmoor ponies up on the ridge too. They don’t let you get close enough to pet them (unless you’re a horse whisperer like my friend Darrien) but...
Reading time: 1.02 Read this email in your browser. Hey Reader, Engage Fresh Prince Mode: This is a story all about how Your words get flipped turned upside down And I’d like to take a minute, just sit right there I'll show you how to write funner than that AI user there. In a field in Herefordshire, surrounded by sheep In a spiderweb is where I spent most of my days Reading, writing, messin’ about all cool And all bustin up my grammar and breaking the rules When a couple of tech bros who...