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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Sunday, August 15, 2010
Story: 248
Date: August 14, 2010
Words: 11
Title: Trees
Walking and the trees are alive greeting me with deep energy.
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Story: 249
Date: August 15, 2010
Words: 60
Title: The Waterfall
He listened to the sound of the waterfall as it cascaded over the verdant cliffs. He was transported to another place in space/time where he met a master.
“What does the sound of the waterfall mean,” he asked.
“It is the sound of your own being, beating in the heart of the Earth,” the master replied.
Silence filled that being.
Date: August 14, 2010
Words: 11
Title: Trees
Walking and the trees are alive greeting me with deep energy.
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Story: 249
Date: August 15, 2010
Words: 60
Title: The Waterfall
He listened to the sound of the waterfall as it cascaded over the verdant cliffs. He was transported to another place in space/time where he met a master.
“What does the sound of the waterfall mean,” he asked.
“It is the sound of your own being, beating in the heart of the Earth,” the master replied.
Silence filled that being.
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