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YOUR10 questions for SMITH
BY Allan Hoffman
If you think you can't say much in six words, then you haven't heard of SMITH. An online storytelling project, SMITH is the home of the six-word memoir, as in this one, from a mesmerizing video from SMITH: "Desperate enough to read my spam."
SMITH's got a new book, It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure, packed with six-word stories. Until you've read these, you can't really imagine how much drama and emotion you can cram into just six words.
And so, if you can write a memoir in six words, why not conduct an interview in six words? That's the idea of this interview with SMITH founder Larry Smith. Ten six-word questions, ten six-word answers.
- 1Can you describe SMITH for us?A personal, participatory storytelling community.
- 2So your surname is really Smith.That's my story. Sticking to it.
- 3Why six words? Why not seven?Hemingway legend: a story in six?
- 4What does your SMITH t-shirt say?Everyone has a story. What's yours?
- 5Does everyone really have a story?Yes they do. Just ask them.
- 6What are your six favorite words?Reading and writing brought me here.
- 7Do you have a favorite memoir?In and out of hot water.
- 8And why is it your fave?The writer is my wife, Piper.
- 9Parting words of wisdom for us?Words carry weight. Choose them wisely.
- 10How was your recent book tour?Cities flowing with people and stories.