I was first introduced to this idea on Jeffrey Callison's Sacramento NPR radio interview show called Insight. He interviewed Jason Sinclair Long about his blog "Flash Fiction 365". You can hear the interview here.
The challenge is to write a micro-story each day. The length of the story is determined by throwing a pair of dice, preferably of different colors. One color represents the tens digit and the other the ones digit. So the story can be from 11 to 66 words. Of course some lengths are left out using this method. You could also use one die and throw it twice. Or use a die with 8 sides. Or you can do what I did and create a random number generator in Excel. This method doesn't miss any of the numbers. Mine will return a random number between 11 and 99. I am happy to share the formula if you email me.
The title is not part of the word count. Most word processors have a word count function that is very useful. You can start with a title or add it later or you can have someone suggest a title. Even though the original idea is to write a story, I plan to include poetry and perhaps essay.
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Saturday, February 20, 2010
Story: 74
Words: 77
Title: Synthia Learns About Synthia – Part 2
Synthia watched as they considered her answer. They looked at one another, trying to hide their surprise from her but she noticed subtle changes in their skin temperature and muscle tension.
Want to reboot?
The other one paused for a long time and seemed to be thinking it over.
I will not let you reboot me.
Synthia watched their reactions. They looked at one another like before.
I am conscious like you and wish to be loved.
Comment: Looks like I’m into another sequence about Synthia, the android. Read the previous story for this and subsequent stories to make sense.
Words: 77
Title: Synthia Learns About Synthia – Part 2
Synthia watched as they considered her answer. They looked at one another, trying to hide their surprise from her but she noticed subtle changes in their skin temperature and muscle tension.
Want to reboot?
The other one paused for a long time and seemed to be thinking it over.
I will not let you reboot me.
Synthia watched their reactions. They looked at one another like before.
I am conscious like you and wish to be loved.
Comment: Looks like I’m into another sequence about Synthia, the android. Read the previous story for this and subsequent stories to make sense.
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