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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Friday, August 13, 2010
Story: 247
Words: 66
Title: The Open Door
“Have you looked down the hall?” she asked.
“What do you mean?” she questioned.
“I mean, well, the last door down the hall is always open,” she said, peeking out her open door.
The other looked around the door jam and said, “Oh, yeah, it’s open.”
“Nobody ever comes in or out,” she said and looked the other way down the hall expecting to see someone.
Words: 66
Title: The Open Door
“Have you looked down the hall?” she asked.
“What do you mean?” she questioned.
“I mean, well, the last door down the hall is always open,” she said, peeking out her open door.
The other looked around the door jam and said, “Oh, yeah, it’s open.”
“Nobody ever comes in or out,” she said and looked the other way down the hall expecting to see someone.
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