I've been trying some new things lately.
One of them is starting a new blog, something to help me be creative and more concise and less rambley - it's a blog called Twitter Sized Stories.
It was an idea I had late one night, then I mass emailed a lot of people I may or may not really know.
Then I did nothing.
But today I did something.
Feel free to go see, comment, critique, tell me if it works or not, if it elicits emotion or thought or fails utterly.
It's my first attempt.
Oh yeah, and I would love this to be a group effort, like that silly cat pictures thing or Cake Wrecks. Twitter gives you 140 spaces to say something. Try it, it's like a haiku: easy enough anyone can try it, but possibly elegant enough you can make something beautiful. Email yours attempts to twittersizedstories@gmail.com and feel free to include pictures and an intro or not.
Thank you.
B
2 Brilliant Bits of Inspiration:
Cool. I was one of those people you e-mailed, but I failed to come up with anything creative. I'll go take a look.
Interesting idea, I shall check back regularly. I like the things you've written already.
In the 1980s or '90s, someone coined the term "flash fiction" for a similar concept. Fiction in 1,000 words or less. Amy Hempel's written some devastating short-shorts.
Given my tendency to ramble, I sometimes write on index cards. Forces me to into brevity and conciseness. Similar to poetry; my my attention's focused on a few vivid images or ideas. I'll take up your challenge and dig out a few shorter pieces.
Sorry if you emailed me and I missed it. Life's felt like I've been crawling from a pit the last few weeks and I've neglected my email.
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