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Write a minimalist short story
Fifteen minutes, a word limit, and a surprising twist. Discover how much you can say with just a few words.
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Some of the strongest stories fit on half a page. Minimalist writing is all about leaving things out: you only tell what is truly necessary and let the reader fill in the rest. In fifteen minutes, you can create your own mini masterpiece.
You pick a simple but loaded theme, such as love, loss, or hope, and capture it in a single key sentence. Then you set yourself a word limit of one hundred to two hundred words and write under time pressure. You build in a surprising twist and read your text aloud to cut any unnecessary words. Perfect for a rainy morning or evening, from age sixteen and up.
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Choose a simple but meaningful theme such as love, loss, or hope, and capture the essence in a single sentence.
Suggestion: Write down your theme and key sentence in a notebook.Set yourself a word limit of one hundred to two hundred words and start a ten-minute timer. Write only the most essential parts.
Come up with a surprising twist that catches your reader off guard or gives them something to think about, and write the paragraph that contains it.
Read your story aloud and cut unnecessary words with each pass. Revise at least twice for maximum impact.
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