6 Word Memoir Debrief

What did I learn about storytelling?

With doing the 6 word memoirs I learned a number of ways how text and language can affect your stories! One way was that I learned that you don’t need to write a lot of text to create a story with a lot of detail! A lot of the 6 word memoirs in both classes told stories that had so much detail, in 6 words and a picture! What I also think helped with these details, are the punctuation and the vocabulary. The punctuation was able to set the tone as well as the pace that readers read the sentence in their head! Also depending in the word selection it also helped tell the stories with more detail. The picture a person chose also helped get the message in a clearer way.

Where did I show my knowledge about using storytelling skills?

I showed my knowledge in story telling when I chose the layout of my memoirs. This included the colour and font of my texts, the pictures I chose, and the vocabulary I used. For my memoirs I always wanted to set a certain mood the reader reads the text in. I would set the mood by placing the texts in different colours. For example if I wanted to create a happy mood as my friend memoir is in, I chose a bright colour such as yellow, as bright colours are mostly seen as happy colours. For my pictures I decided to mostly do pictures of the actual subject. In one of my memoirs I decided to change the wording to both connect to the subject of my memoir as well as the picture. This helped connect the story even better because it showed it in a more artistic way. For most of my memoirs I decided to chose simple words that would get my story across in a way the clear and simple, as most of my stories are reflecting myself and I am a pretty simple person.

What did I learn as a reader, writer, thinker, and storyteller?

As a storyteller and writer I learned that you really do not have to write huge stories to get a point across! This will help me in the future as writing insanely long stories has always been a problem for me! I can take this lesson to better create stories as well as make them more interesting and will help keep my readers interested! As a reader I was able to look at my fellow classmates work and see ways that I could improve in my creativity and presentation! It also let me get to know some of my other classmates which is always nice! I believe that seeing my classmates work and seeing that I have ways to improve will help me create better works of art in my writing!