Week 12 Story Lab: Learn about Microfiction
This was my first exposure to microfiction that I can recall, although I do very vaguely remember encountering some books that contained extremely short stories as a kid (without remembering any details, but I am at least familiar with the concept). I really liked the NPR article "Can You Tell Your Life Story In Exactly Six Words?" I thought several of the six-word biographies were pretty funny, such as Anita Kawatra saying "Yale at 16, downhill from there." It seems so short and easy, but trying to think of a six-word biography for myself, I realize it is so much harder to be extremely concise than it is to go on and on about something (kind of like I am doing in this post). There were also some interesting points made over in the article on Hint Fiction about the art of writing a short story (like 25 words or less short), and how it is difficult to intentionally create a story and not just a "random thought" or "first sentence." A favorite ex
