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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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Story: 336
Words: 16
Title: Who’s Talking Now
Reaching for the can of peaches, I brushed the hot tea kettle. “Ouch,” it said apologetically.
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Story: 335
Words: 79
Title: Galactic Peace
We stood against the railing of the promenade watching the delegations from the Many Worlds greeting the station captain on the deck below. It wasn’t just protocol. The captain had forged peace out of the diverse and resolute positions of all the known post-warp civilizations in the galaxy. They meet here on Peace2 every 5 Earth years to caucus and refine their many and varied relationships. Today the torch passes to a new captain and inaugurates many new opportunities.
Words: 16
Title: Who’s Talking Now
Reaching for the can of peaches, I brushed the hot tea kettle. “Ouch,” it said apologetically.
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Story: 335
Words: 79
Title: Galactic Peace
We stood against the railing of the promenade watching the delegations from the Many Worlds greeting the station captain on the deck below. It wasn’t just protocol. The captain had forged peace out of the diverse and resolute positions of all the known post-warp civilizations in the galaxy. They meet here on Peace2 every 5 Earth years to caucus and refine their many and varied relationships. Today the torch passes to a new captain and inaugurates many new opportunities.
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