Comments on: How Short Can You Go? 50 to 100 Word Stories http://www.dailywritingtips.com/how-short-can-you-go-50-to-100-word-stories/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:10 -0600 hourly 1 By: Ali http://www.dailywritingtips.com/how-short-can-you-go-50-to-100-word-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-20884 Ali Sat, 31 May 2008 13:46:00 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=481#comment-20884 Jeff -- I think you're echoing a famous six-word story by Ernest Hemmingway: "For Sale: Baby shoes, never worn". Jeff — I think you’re echoing a famous six-word story by Ernest Hemmingway: “For Sale: Baby shoes, never worn”.

]]> By: Writing Practices » Blog Archive » Very Short Writing for Three Prompts http://www.dailywritingtips.com/how-short-can-you-go-50-to-100-word-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-20869 Writing Practices » Blog Archive » Very Short Writing for Three Prompts Sat, 31 May 2008 09:26:05 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=481#comment-20869 [...] Daily Writing Tips and Copyblogger have both posted about very short story writing lately. Copyblogger even held a contest for very short stories, limited to 140 characters. Not 140 words: 140 characters. I felt inspired after reading the entries. The winners are found here, or see all the entries and be the judge yourself at Smithereens Blog. [...] [...] Daily Writing Tips and Copyblogger have both posted about very short story writing lately. Copyblogger even held a contest for very short stories, limited to 140 characters. Not 140 words: 140 characters. I felt inspired after reading the entries. The winners are found here, or see all the entries and be the judge yourself at Smithereens Blog. [...]

]]> By: Jeff Bauer http://www.dailywritingtips.com/how-short-can-you-go-50-to-100-word-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-20733 Jeff Bauer Fri, 30 May 2008 12:54:03 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=481#comment-20733 Baby clothes for sale. Never used. Baby clothes for sale.

Never used.

]]> By: GoingLikeSixty http://www.dailywritingtips.com/how-short-can-you-go-50-to-100-word-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-20708 GoingLikeSixty Fri, 30 May 2008 02:10:21 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=481#comment-20708 Here's a couple more sites that like short writing exercises: http://onesentence.org http://first50.wordpress.com/ and copyblogger ran a twitter contest, requiring a story in exactly 140 characters! Here’s a couple more sites that like short writing exercises:
http://onesentence.org
http://first50.wordpress.com/
and copyblogger ran a twitter contest, requiring a story in exactly 140 characters!

]]> By: Ali http://www.dailywritingtips.com/how-short-can-you-go-50-to-100-word-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-20684 Ali Thu, 29 May 2008 21:16:28 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=481#comment-20684 D.F -- have a go! It is surprisingly hard ... but it can be a great way of learning to use words effectively. Ali D.F — have a go! It is surprisingly hard … but it can be a great way of learning to use words effectively.

Ali

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