I've recently been approached by the publisher of a weekly to write a series of three short stories, each in 1,200 words. Based on my "Mature Women Series", I came up with a prequel trilogy entitled "Mature Women Monologue". At first I thought the most difficult part of the assignment would be the incorporation of a cliffhanger for each of the 1,200-word story to pique readers' interest. However, as it turned out, the catch was the 50-word "About me" to be submitted to the editor on completion of the stories.

Why don't you give it a try and describe yourself in 50 words?

But wait. You can't just write "My name is XXX. I'm XX years old and live in XX." You've got to come up with something that gives the readers a clear picture of your personality.

To be able to do that, you must know yourself inside out and, for a more detailed description, you must have a good understanding of your personality traits which can arouse interest in others.

Do you know yourself well? Can you tell what's the most attractive about yourself?

OK, give it a go now! Do it your friends and then see for yourselves. This should be fun!

* Translation from Chinese article.