There is a legend about Ernest Hemingway that goes something like this. "Papa" was frequenting one of his favorite watering holes with a bunch of writers when they bet him he couldn't write a story in a mere six words. Hemingway is reported to have scribbled: For sale, baby shoes, never worn.
Hence the popularity of six words. "There is a little magic in six," says Larry Smith, the editor and co-founder of SMITH, a website for writers and artists.
Now you can add your six words to the mix. The National Constitution Center has joined forces with Smith magazine to enlist your six words for Barack Obama's speech writers who are crafting the Inauguration Day speech as we speak. The contest is called Address America: Six Words to Inspire a Nation and you can get to it from the Constitution Center's website.
Think about it. Some of the greatest mottoes of our time are but six words. "Nothing to fear but fear itself." (Roosevelt) "To bind up the nation's wounds." (Lincoln)
What advice to do have for our next president? How would you rally the nation? How do you see the future?
Give it a try. It's only six words.
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