To found, or not to found?

[ink_and_coffee]

Went searching through the groups listed under interest "microfiction." Most are anime fanfic. Another is based on the premise of taking lines from a comic strip and building a story around them

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[anti_cyclone]

I like the idea of microfiction. I know I've written a few things here and there that weren't long enough to really be short stories, but were much too large for, say, haiku. There's something appealing about restricting yourself to a brief vignette—it means you really have to focus on including everything you need, without unnecessary excess.

(Have you read Neil Gaiman's story Nicholas Was?)

As for a group...I don't know. Might be worth a try. If it goes nowhere, it can be allowed to fade quietly away into non-existence again.

I haven't read that story, no.

[ink_and_coffee]

I have a book of "short shorts" but didn't discover microfiction until I came across a compilation of it in the local library. I've written a few pieces of fewer than 300 words since then, including the rough draft below.

There's a contest put on annually by Florida State University, which restricts entries to (I believe) 250 words. Someday I'll take a deep breath and plunge in.

I'm still deciding on the group. Leaning toward at present, though.

Re: I haven't read that story, no.

[anti_cyclone]

Wow, the internet has everything. (I think Mr. Gaiman got fed up with people sending illegal copies of the story around, and decided to just post it himself.)

Wow.

[ink_and_coffee]

Now I have read "Nicholas Was ..."

It's a perfect example of what microfiction should be. No, it can't spell everything out for the reader, but the words are placed perfectly to frame the larger, unwritten narrative.

Thank you.