Bike taken in to the shop, some more shopping done, floors washed. Now it's Mill...er...tea time. Green tea and cookies time, to be precise.
Good morning! I've put the coffee on. Kettle is boiling with some Irish Breakfast in my favorite teapot.
Just submitted the next Micro of the Day. Watch for it.
It is a bit chilly here this morning but we are supposedly headed for 30C (86F) and humid before a system comes through tonight to cool things back down.
One thing I like about micros is that there is lots of room to set things up, then let the reader's imagination run wild. It is too little space to really flesh things out so you give a few key bits and then the imagination can fill in the rest.
How do you do it? How do you get a story down to under 1000, or under 100, words and still get the story told?
I am sure there are all kinds of tricks and tips for writing short short fiction. Let's share them.
1. Adjectives and adverbs are the enemy, esp. in micro. Yes, you might need the former from time to time but review each one to make sure it is really necessary.
2. Active takes fewer words than passive in many cases. And writing in active voice is good practice anyhow.
3. Watch for cases where a small wording change can save words (trying to remember the example from the micro i wrote this afternoon and I can't)
Not 102 here but heating up again to be sure. Then it is supposed to cool off and get shower-y tomorrow.
So what do you do when you have half a story? I have one sitting in my "slush pile" that I started a few months ago. The part that is written (the beginning) is marvelous, IMHO. But I kind of stalled and every time I go back and read it, I just don't know what to do with it.
Welp, my turn to fire up the coffee maker and kettle. I'm just drinking tea (fasting for blood work) but there's still cake and cookies left. Kick back and enjoy some.
Warming up here, but still sunny so might work on the deck again.
Mystic Rhythms in my head - Rush
Yeah, been thinking over writing some myself. Could be a fun exercise.
