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, October 03, 2010
Story: 298
Date: October 3, 2010
Words: 31
Title: The Paper Fan
It was there on the floor, precisely folded, torn by awful anger. A Japanese paper fan with a picture of a beautiful women in a kimono. And her next to it.
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Story: 297
Date: October 2, 2010
Words: 45
Title: Broken Promises
You said you would always have my back. You told me you would always love me. Why did you tell her about the dog? It was here only hold on reality. How was I to know the dog was allergic to chocolate? I hate you.
Comment: Two for one since I missed yesterday.
Date: October 3, 2010
Words: 31
Title: The Paper Fan
It was there on the floor, precisely folded, torn by awful anger. A Japanese paper fan with a picture of a beautiful women in a kimono. And her next to it.
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Story: 297
Date: October 2, 2010
Words: 45
Title: Broken Promises
You said you would always have my back. You told me you would always love me. Why did you tell her about the dog? It was here only hold on reality. How was I to know the dog was allergic to chocolate? I hate you.
Comment: Two for one since I missed yesterday.
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