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, July 10, 2010
Story: 212
Date: July 9, 2010
Words: 86
Title: The Rover Monument
One of the few times that Synthia left the Kröger, she and Slug took a shuttle from Marsport to the NASA Rover Spirit Monument. Slug reflected in silence remembering the story about how the twin rovers began the colonization of Mars. How a succession of remotely controlled vehicles led to the discovery of water and a fortune in minerals. Then came the businesses to support the mining and Marsport became a city. Soon this led to the development of androids and the beginning of Synthia’s lineage.
Comment: Oops! Missed a day, so here are two stories.
Story: 213
Date: July 10, 2010
Words: 38
Title: Synthia Reflects on the Rover Monument
Synthia watched Slug and knew by his body language that he was emotionally engaged with the Rover Monument. She felt an indefinable connection to the machine with its solar panels, spiral wheels, lack of intelligence and primitive abilities.
Date: July 9, 2010
Words: 86
Title: The Rover Monument
One of the few times that Synthia left the Kröger, she and Slug took a shuttle from Marsport to the NASA Rover Spirit Monument. Slug reflected in silence remembering the story about how the twin rovers began the colonization of Mars. How a succession of remotely controlled vehicles led to the discovery of water and a fortune in minerals. Then came the businesses to support the mining and Marsport became a city. Soon this led to the development of androids and the beginning of Synthia’s lineage.
Comment: Oops! Missed a day, so here are two stories.
Story: 213
Date: July 10, 2010
Words: 38
Title: Synthia Reflects on the Rover Monument
Synthia watched Slug and knew by his body language that he was emotionally engaged with the Rover Monument. She felt an indefinable connection to the machine with its solar panels, spiral wheels, lack of intelligence and primitive abilities.
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