Have you heard about the book in which writers were invited to distill their bios into just six words? It’s called Not Quite What I Was Planning edited by Larry Smith. ("Found true love, married someone else" is an example.)
Can you imagine the characters in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz writing their bios in just six words?
How about “Stuffed with straw. Afraid of matches.” Or “Magic power revealed. Wizard is humbug.”
Or “Bad witch melts. Glinda tells secret.” Or “Good masters. Evil masters. Three commands.”
Or “Timid beast loses fear. Becomes king.”
It's addictive, once you start. Let's see how many six word bios of Wizard characters we can compile.
