tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226912073376351967.post6543557400615886724..comments2023-10-26T11:09:58.770-04:00Comments on Short Stories for Short People: Too Much Formalism Makes Me CryAri Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227340986313844290noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226912073376351967.post-1752430262787773312008-02-19T08:12:00.000-05:002008-02-19T08:12:00.000-05:00This story is adapted from Griefbus over at my blo...This story is adapted from <A HREF="http://carljeffries.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/griefbus/" REL="nofollow">Griefbus</A> over at my blog. The absurd overformalist idea for this 55 is: a 55-word story can be divided into ten sentences of one word, two words, three words... all the way up to ten. You then write a 55-word story using 10 sentences of different sizes. This one did them in ascending order, but you can do them in any order you want. Descending order would be interesting also.<BR/><BR/>As if a 55-word limit weren't enough formalism...Ari Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07227340986313844290noreply@blogger.com