LEESEAN.NET » 50 Word Fiction http://leesean.net The Life of an Artist-Activist-Musician-Nerd Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:09:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2006-2009 ls@leesean.net (LEESEAN.NET) ls@leesean.net (LEESEAN.NET) 1440 http://leesean.net/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.png LEESEAN.NET http://leesean.net 144 144 the adventures of lee-sean: life, media, music, art, politics, activism, style, travel, cuisine, and more... LEESEAN.NET LEESEAN.NET ls@leesean.net no no 50 Word Fiction #1 http://leesean.net/2007/07/24/50-word-fiction-1/ http://leesean.net/2007/07/24/50-word-fiction-1/#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:11:27 +0000 leesean http://leesean.net/2007/07/24/50-word-fiction-1/ Today I tried out to be a teacher for an SAT prep company called Revolution Prep. There were about 13 of us at the audition. We had to teach a short, non-SAT-related lesson on the topic of our choice as a demonstration of our classroom teaching potential. I did an interactive lesson on how to order drinks in Japanese. One girl named Tatiana introduced us to the idea of 50 word fiction. It is meant to be a daily exercise where you have to write a short, fictional story in only 50 words. The story should begin right in the middle of the action or a vivid sensory description and end with a twist. I wonder if I will be disciplined enough to try it as a daily practice. It seems like a great intellectual and creative exercise.

Here is my first attempt below:

Amy was doing cartwheels on the lawn. Dog days of summer. Sprinklers turn on. Johnny washing his car in the driveway. Lemonade stand across the street. Damn neighborhood kids riding their bikes through my flowerbeds. Damn punks with their music too loud. So I throw my garden gnome at them.

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