Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Dear Teen Me: A 6 Word Teenage Memoir


Dear Teen Me
Edited by Miranda Kenneally and E. Kristin Anderson
Publisher: Zest Books(October 30, 2012)

How many times have you looked back on your teenage years and cringed, wishing you could offer your younger self some guidance? This book of nearly 70 letters by top young adult authors—including bestselling writers Lauren Oliver, Ellen Hopkins, and Nancy Holder—does just that, and today’s teens will benefit. [taken from Zest Books website]

I'm proud to be a stop on the DEAR TEEN ME BLOG TOUR! Check out the other blogs contributing, here.

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As part of the Dear Teen Me Blog Tour, I have decided to share with you all my take on the 6 word memoir.  This idea came from the website: Six-Word Memoirs at SMITH Magazine.  The concept is to use only six words and create a memoir about your life.  Well, since this blog tour is about teen years, I thought I'd ask a few friends to give me their six word memoirs for their teen years.  I was overwhelmed by the responses.  Watch the video below and then perhaps you'd like to share your six word teenage memoir in the comments.


Special thanks to my blogger & author friends who contributed to this video.
Also, thank you to Six-Word Memoirs at SMITH Magazine for the inspiration.
And, thank you Pawns or Kings for use of their song in the video.

35 comments:

  1. just wanted to say a big THANK YOU for asking me to be involved....I loved seeing what so many people I love and admire and think are SUPER cool would say to their teenage selves!! to quote mark darcy 'I like you very much. Just as you are' I wish we ALL lived closer so we could hug it out then go and eat loads of tasty business and drink all the beers.

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  2. Oh, I've got chills. That's too cool.

    My Six Word Memoir would go something like:
    Settling For Less? Not an Option!

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  3. Ginger, thank you for inviting me to participate. I love it. I loved seeing everyone's six words. I could relate to a lot of them. Great job, G!

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  4. That was awesome! I now see I was a little too light-hearted in mine, but honestly? I could write books and books to my teenage self and it still wouldn't be enough. In fact, several years ago, I went back and read one of my old diaries from when I was a teenager and, as a 21 year old, wrote a letter to teen self. It was LONG. I'd love to go back in a few years at 30 and write a letter to my 21 year old self. Though I think I'm afraid to back and read a diary from the dark ages. Beautifully done, G!

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    1. I thought it was nice to have that funny lighthearted moment in there... I think we've all had our moments of unfortunate fashion choices in HS!!

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    2. I agree. The lighthearted was necessary!
      I too fell into the purple eyeshadow pit. Sigh.

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  5. Awesome! By the way, this a great activity to do with students! I do 6 word memoirs with my English classes about themselves, their school year, for characters in books, anything!! Great way to teach how important word choice is :)

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  6. Wow. beautiful and soul stirring. My six words-

    "Let go, It's time to forgive"

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  7. Thanks for letting me partake! The video looks awesome. I had so many different six word memoirs stirring around in my head -- some to do with appreciating the time I had to do with my mom, some to do with my confidence in those years, etc. etc. But then I just thought about all of those things and realized they really are all just part of the big adventure that is life. Enjoy all the good and use that to help you get through the bad. You never realize how it'll all turn out.

    Really this turned out perfect and great song choice!

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  8. Gah, Jen told me this was up on your blog today and I felt so bad because I haven't been reading blogs in forever! I've missed them! But oh wow, G, this blew me away. I loved the whole emotional gamut throughout the video and the music was perfect. (Which, of course, can't really expect anything less coming from you.) Thanks for asking me to play a part. Teen me would have loved all of these bits of advice. Teen me would've printed out each photo and stuck it all over her locker and her room!

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  9. This is awesome, G! Love the music too. Man, I totally meant to participate but I couldn't figure it out in six words. It would have been something like this (but shorter...)

    Boys will always want more of you but you never have to say yes.

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  10. I <3 this so much. What a great idea! Thanks for including me :)

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  11. This is beautiful! Such a great idea

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  12. What a beautiful idea!! You definitely featured some pretty amazing ladies who had great "advice".

    My six words: "Brush it off. Laugh. Be yourself."

    ♥Isalys / Book Soulmates

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  13. Aww, I love this! What great advice! (Thanks for including me!)

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  14. What a fantastic idea! Great, great post. It's a PLEASURE to have you on the blog tour!

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  15. Thank you SO MUCH for asking me to be a part of this! It's amazing to see what everyone's answers, as it definitely speaks across a variety of experiences. I think EVERYONE should get a chance to see this video - it's inspiring!

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  16. Amazing post!! I just love it! I want to read Dear Teen Me... it's such an amazing idea :)

    My 6 words: Quit worrying about what people think!

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  17. This is fantastic, Ginger! I am forwarding this to my step-daughter who is wrapped up in all the drama of HS.

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  18. Ginger, that was awesome. Just awesome.
    I am also a stop on the Dear Teen Me blog tour (last day!) and am still trying to put my post together. I think I may need to tap into your idea and include something like this, too!
    Awesome, seriously. :)

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    1. Ginger - by the way, I just posted my video for the Dear Teen Me blog tour! Seriously, thank you SO much for being the inspiration behind my video. You'll have to stop by to check it out! http://www.erinlschneider.com

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  19. Ah! So wonderful to see so many friendly faces and so well meaning "memoirs". Thanks for asking me to participate even though real life got in the way. (Maybe that should be my memoir.)

    xo

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  20. So fantastic, Ginger! Thanks for putting this together, I'm truly inspired!

    xEKA

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  21. This turned out so great :) Thanks for letting me be a part of it!

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  22. This was so inspiring, Ginger! I had my tween daughters help me out with this and we had a really great conversation about life lessons that are sometimes learned the hard way. :) Thanks for asking me to be a part of this special project. <3

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  23. This was so inspiring! I felt chills go down my spine when I was watching the video! Great idea!

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  24. Ginger, thank you so much for coming up with this incredible & inspiring idea and for letting me be a part of. I get goosebumps every time I watch it. There were so many wonderful words of wisdom in these photos <3

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  25. Love the concept of this book, loved participating in this blog tour, love the girls in your video and all their responses and looooove that I don't look too dumb on your video's freezeframe. HAHA. Thanks for asking me to join in :)

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  26. I absolutely ADORED this video -- what a unique idea! Thanks for sharing =)

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  27. Hi Sweet Ginger! I'm so sorry I didn't get to comment on this yesterday. I was sucked into the terrible world of paying my sales taxes yesterday. I love that you put this together and I'm thankful you asked me to participate. I love the messages everyone included -- so many I should have heard in high school, including Jen's about the purple eyeshadow (even though mine was a pale purple .. it was still purple). ;)

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  28. This was beautiful! Thanks for inviting me to be a part of this, even though my post it was hard to read! HA!

    So much good advice.

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  29. Great post! I remember writing my six word memoir in high school! Mine was "Parents divorced so I am doomed" hahaha. I have no idea what I would write my teen self now but it would definitely be more uplifting.

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  30. I was away in Disney when you posted this! I'll have to come back to view because my work blocks youtube. boo.

    Thank you so much for including me <3

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  31. This made me totally tear up! Best post on the tour! Mine? "You Plus Boone's Farm? Not Good." I was a bit of a lush during my teen years...

    Karis @ YA Litwit

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