this post is longer than my piece
Jul 26
100 words, projects, writing Comments Off
One thing I’ve noticed about writing these 100 word pieces is that, although it’s only been a few weeks, I’ve seen a shift in my writing. The first few pieces were less dialogue and more descriptive, I guess. And they pretty much told a full story.
But now, especially the last two, they have been parts of a story, and had guns mentioned in them. Not that guns are a bad thing. It’s just that two in a row is boring.
I think I know why I’m writing only part of a story; I like the idea of being dropped into the middle of something and not know what’s going on. You have to take a step back and say, ‘Who is this guy? How did he fall and hurt his head? And where is he going with that gun?’ You have to use your imagination a little.
The only problem is that it doesn’t give the person who follows me much to go on. Should I worry about that? I don’t think so. The only real rule is to hit 100 words. The story can be about anything. Though I am the only one who uses any sort of dialogue on an almost regular basis.
I just write what comes to me.
On the flip side, I think I need to work on these stories a bit to tighten them up. All of them need a work, some more than others. The stories I put up are the stories I send out to my group, usually as is. I have, on occasion, changed a word here or there, but nothing drastic. For example, I changed the word ‘fed’ to feed’ in ‘birds-of-despair’. I am going to make minor adjustments. Nothing more.
In other news….
Hopefully this week I’ll be able to meet up with my friend to discuss this project I have in mind. It could be really cool or really dumb.
Obviously I’m hoping for the cool.
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