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Give Me 60- A Writing Exercise
By D L Johnson
Sunday, November 07, 2010
Rated "PG" by the Author.
I have been concerned that some of my writing has become overly verbose, so I developed an exercise in writing a story in 60 words or less...this first attempt was about 62 words.
That day in November so many years ago, still haunts me like a bad dream. Walking down the hallway going from one class to another at the small college I attended, I heard one student say to another…”man can you believe it?” “No man, what happened?” They walked a few more steps and the first guy said, “We have one less Catholic to worry about, John Kennedy is dead.”
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| Reviewed by * Starman * * |
12/23/2011 |
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| Whew, that was a close one, hope you can write more about these provocative subjects. Yes, more is sometimes... :) |
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| Reviewed by Patrick Granfors |
11/16/2010 |
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| Ultra flash fict......er, non-fiction? I don't think you are overly verbose but this is slam dunk excellent. Patrick |
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| Reviewed by Annabel Sheila |
11/8/2010 |
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Well penned story! Isn't it amazing how carefully chosen words can deliver such a powerful impact?
Anna |
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| Reviewed by Dawn Anderson |
11/7/2010 |
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| So powerful in so few words, Dan. |
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| Reviewed by Chip Bergeron |
11/7/2010 |
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wOW! Well sparing of words, but says a lot. I was in high school when it happened.....it's one of the seminal events for everyone of that era.
Chip Bergeron |
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| Reviewed by Hariharan Balakrishnan |
11/7/2010 |
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| Excellent. I started my "100 words" in similar vein after getting angry with an editor who wanted my culture stories to be limited to 800 words! Best of luck. |
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