Day 204: Microfiction

It’s Writing Day!

Writing Prompt: Fit a story in a tweet.

Try your hand at a very short story.

Micro SF/F is one of the masters of the genre:

Micro SF/F stories @MicroSFF

They looked at the Chosen One. "Are you sure that's him?" "All the signs are there. Are you saying the prophecy is wrong?" "No! I was just expecting... dunno, a good, humble boy." "Indeed. Who'd need training and guidance?" "Fair. Let's tell him." The puppy dog wagged his tail.

Micro SF/F stories @MicroSFF

"As a knight," the king said, "it is your duty to kill dragons." "Very well, my liege," the knight said. "Um. May I ask why?" "Because they hoard wealth without sharing, and people live in fear of their capricious moods." "Very well, my liege," the knight said and drew his sword.

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Catch up on previous Writing days:

• Write a choose-your-own-adventure story

• Word avalanches

• Nominative determinism

• Write badly on purpose

• Play Exquisite Corpse

• Write a story from a non-human perspective

• Start a dream journal

• Film-noir narration

• Use your senses

• Write a six-word memoir

• Is a picture worth 1,000 words?

• Imagine your calendar for this time next year

• Try blackout poetry

• Write a letter to someone

• What’s your lockdown language?

• Document your life right now

• Is there a fact you can’t forget?

• What’s your personal meme?

• What made you realize you were an adult?

• Make a mini-presentation about something interesting

• Who was your best teacher? Who was your worst?

• Have an AI do the writing for you

• How have you changed?

• Learn about word origins

• Design an ad from the future

• What’s the best advice you’ve been given?

• Write a one-star review of your dinner

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